The Seventh Day Baptist Women\u2019s Society was originally organized during the 1884 Seventh Day Baptist Annual Conference in Lost Creek, WV.\u00a0 The petitions committee report included the following Resolution:<\/p>\n
Resolved, That we still recommend the organization of the women of our churches into some system of co-operative work for the promotion of our denominational interests.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Woman\u2019s Board was created from the passing of this resolution.\u00a0 Originally the Board consisted of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and 4 regional representatives.\u00a0 The first Board of the Women\u2019s Society was located in Alfred, NY.\u00a0 Since that time this volunteer Board has periodically changed locations to different churches in the denomination.<\/p>\n
1884 \u2013 1886:\u00a0 Alfred, NY<\/p>\n
1886 \u2013 1929:\u00a0 Milton, WI<\/p>\n
1929 \u2013 1951:\u00a0 Salem, WV<\/p>\n
1951 \u2013 1961:\u00a0 Battle Creek, MI<\/p>\n
1961 \u2013 1970:\u00a0 Milton, WI<\/p>\n
1970 \u2013 1980:\u00a0 Denver, CO<\/p>\n
1980 \u2013 1990:\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n
1990 \u2013 2000:\u00a0 Shiloh, NJ<\/p>\n
2000 \u2013 2009:\u00a0 Daytona Beach, FL<\/p>\n
2009 \u2013 Present:\u00a0 North-Central Association<\/p>\n
During it\u2019s first 50 years, the focus of the Women\u2019s Society was to help co-ordinate efforts of women\u2019s groups in local SDB churches to support the overall ministry of the Conference.\u00a0 These early groups had a large interest in the support of Missionaries, both foreign and domestic.<\/p>\n
The Women\u2019s Page in the Sabbath Recorder first appeared in the March 8, 1888 issue.\u00a0 That column has continued to this day and is a source of encouragement and information for members of the Women\u2019s Society across the country.\u00a0 TheSabbath Recorder<\/a>, including the Women\u2019s Page, can now also be read online each month.<\/p>\n
In the 1960\u2019s the work of the SDB Women\u2019s Society began to shift to new areas.\u00a0 The purpose of the Society remained to support the ministries of the SDB General Conference.\u00a0 The Society chose to do this by creating and implementing the SCSC program to provide training and service opportunities to young adults in the SDB denomination.\u00a0 The first SCSC project took place in the New Orleans area in 1964.\u00a0 There were 4 participants that summer.\u00a0 The SCSC program has operated every summer since 1964 and many current SDB pastors, denominational leaders, seminary students and lay leaders have served in the program in some way.<\/p>\n
Currently the elected Women\u2019s Board publishes an annual report and 6\u00a0<\/sup>month update to inform Society members and the denomination of their activities.\u00a0 These are available at Conference or in the Yearbook.\u00a0 The Women\u2019s Board also reports directly to the SDB Women\u2019s Society through the Women\u2019s Interest Committee as part of the business of the General Conference each year.\u00a0\u00a0Simply Put<\/a>, the Women\u2019s Society newsletter is available for downloading from the community section of this website or should be available at your local SDB church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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