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Anne Luther Bagby
Anne Luther Bagby (March 20, 1859- December 22, 1942) was an American Baptists, Baptist missionary from Texas. She was the first woman from the Texas Baptists to become a foreign missionary. She also served as a leader of the Texas Baptists when she was not doing missionary work in Brazil. Overall, Bagby worked as a missionary for sixty-one years. Six of her nine children also became missionaries. Biography Bagby came to Texas from Kentucky with her parents who came to work at what was formerly known as Baylor Female College (now University of Mary Hardin–Baylor, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor). Crossing the country, she was baptized in the Mississippi River when she was eleven. Her father, John Luther, became the president of Baylor Female College. Bagby felt that she had a "calling to become a missionary at age 19". Some accounts, however, state that Bagby felt the calling to be a missionary by age 12. Bagby graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in 1879 and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), ''sola fide'' (salvation by just faith alone), ''sola scriptura'' (scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice) and congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and communion. Diverse from their beginning, those identifying as Baptists today differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship. For example, Baptist theology may include Arminian or Calvinist beliefs with various sub-groups holding different or competing positions, while others allow for diversity in this matter within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
