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Itoko Maeda

19182008

Itoko Maeda was the first Japanese missionary commissioned by the United Christian Missionary Society (UCMS). She served in Japan, Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States, concluding her ministry as the Director of Interpretation for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)...

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Maria Butler Jameson

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Maria Butler Jameson of Indianapolis was elected the first president of the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions at the Cincinnati meeting and served with distinction from 1874-1890. Butler University is named in honor of her father, Ovid Butler, from whom...

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Jorgelina Lozada

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Jorgelina Lozada was one of the most outstanding graduates of the Women’s Training School, Instituto Modelo de Obreras Christianas, established in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1922 through cooperation between the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions and the Methodist Church. Born...

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Campbell, Thomas (1763-1854)

17631854

Founder in 1809 with his son Alexander of a movement for the union of Christians by a restoration of the New Testament church. The union of this movement in 1832 with followers of Barton W. Stone formed the Stone-Campbell Movement. Thomas...

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Alexander Campbell Mansion & Study

The immediate vicinity of the Alexander Campbell Mansion includes the mansion proper, Campbell’s detached hexagonal study and two dependent structures, a schoolhouse and smokehouse/springhouse. Also included is the Campbell family cemetery—”God’s Acre”—in which Campbell and members of his family are...

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Edgar DeWitt Jones

18761956

Edgar Dewitt Jones (1876–1956), Disciples of Christ minister, ecumenist, and author Edgar DeWitt Jones was born December 5, 1876, in Hearne, Texas, and died on March 26, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan. Growing up in Missouri, he first studied law, but...

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Joseph M. Smith

19122011

Joseph M. Smith (1912–2011), a dedicated Disciples of Christ missionary, left an enduring legacy through his work in China, the Philippines, and beyond during and after World War II. Later, Smith held prominent leadership roles within the Division of Overseas...

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Rosa Brown Bracy

18951960

Rosa Brown Bracy was born to Elder and Mrs. King R. Brown in Port Gibson, Mississippi on August 16, 1895. She attended Mary Holmes College in West Point, Mississippi and Southern Christian Institute in Edwards, Mississippi, earning a BS in...

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Elizabeth “Mother” Ross

18521926

Elizabeth “Mother” Ross was born Mary Elizabeth Williams in Indiana on February 16, 1852. She joined the Christian Church in Dayton, Ohio at age 16. She married Allison Ross on June 21, 1874, and the couple had a son, Emory...

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Christian Century, The

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Influential ecumenical journal historically related to the Disciples of Christ. The Christian Century started as a local denominational publication speaking for Disciples of Christ in Des Moines, Iowa, and surrounding regions. In 1884 the journal’s first editor, D. R. Lucas, chose...

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