Women's Mission Union

ID: 630 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
This file appears in: First Baptist Church
Women's Mission Union

First Baptist of Waco placed a strong emphasis on mission work, a tradition that continues to this day. In 1877, six women started the Women's Mission Union with the intention of sending missionaries to China.

This file appears in: First Baptist Church

By George Graves & Amanda Sawyer
On May 31, 1851, four charter members established the First Baptist Church of Waco. These members reached out to prominent missionary and Texan Rev. Noah T. Byers, offering him a salary of seventy-five dollars per year to pastor the church. The…