Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union (Corporate Name)
- Woman's Missionary Union Auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention
- WMU
- Earlier heading: Woman's Missionary Union
- Woman's Missionary Union (Southern Baptist Convention)
- Women's Missionary Union (Southern Baptist Convention)
- Earlier heading: Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Societies
Unused subdivision: Young Woman's Auxiliary
Watkins, R. A backward glance, c1987: t.p. (in subtitle: Woman's Missionary Union) t.p. verso (WMU)
Encyc. of Southern Baptists, 1958 (Woman's Missionary Society; until 1970 the missionary organizations for women in Southern Baptist churches; local societies preceded the organization of Woman's Missionary Union; representatives of these societies met in 1888 to form a general organization; first name chosen was Woman's Missionary Societies; in 1890 name of general organization changed to Woman's Missionary Union and name Woman's Missionary Society was retained as name of local church organizations; in Oct. 1970 local members of Woman's Missionary Society organizations became members of local organizations of Baptist Young Women or Baptist Women; national organization called Woman's Missionary Societies, local church organizations called Woman's Missionary Society)
One common need, c1995: end credits (produced by Women's Missionary Union)
Create a safer world, c1998: t.p. (Woman's Missionary Union, Birmingham, Ala.)
NUCMC data from Wake Forest Univ. Libr., N.C. Baptist Historical Collection for New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.). Records, 1819-1983