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Three women are closer to realizing their academic pursuits thanks to Christian Women’s Job Corps® (CWJC) and a scholarship from the WMU Foundation. WMU Foundation announces 2025 Dove Award recipients.

For the very first time in Virginia, HerMission (formerly WMU of Virginia) hosted the MK Reentry Retreat for IMB MKs who are transitioning back to life in the United States. This year’s retreat welcomed 87 MKs for Bible study, worshipping, and getting acclimated to American culture in preparation for college, the military, and the workforce.

Janalisa Sherrell is celebrating eight years of sobriety and is this year’s recipient of the Sybil Bentley Dove Award, which is presented annually to a current or former CWJC participant who has demonstrated a desire to improve themselves by enhancing their skills through academic development, Bible study, and Christian mentoring. It includes a scholarship to help with tuition, fees, and books.

Christian Job Corps sites are excited to receive grants from the WMU Foundation to help them serve participants and transform lives.

Boys in first grade can be a part of Royal Ambassadors and now continue their RA journey in missions discipleship through their senior year of high school. National WMU board members approved a recomm

Only one in two people with mental illness or experiencing a mental health challenge seek help according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Stigma, lack of access to affordable care, and limi

Eden Gilbreath of Stallings Memorial Baptist Church in Salisbury, North Carolina, and Carolyn Harrell of Calvary Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have been named as this year’s national Acteens

Despite a major winter storm that impacted travel across the country and brought a blanket of snow to Birmingham, approximately 180 missions leaders gathered for national WMU’s board meeting, Jan. 11–

Children’s Missions Day (CMD), an initiative of WMU, encourages children in grades 1–6 to take part in missions-focused projects that positively impact their communities. CMD took place on Sept.

The joy of working together for the glory of God was on display as a houseboat constructed of nearly 700,000 craft sticks floated on Lay Lake near Birmingham, Alabama, on November 7. The boat launch w

Marie Beam says she’s always liked working on cars. She found out early on that she didn’t like being stranded — she’d rather be able to do something about it when her car had problems. “I started lea

Giselle Gonzalez-Rivera said she wondered if she was crazy going back to school in her late 30s with three young children. But she found a group that encouraged her — Moving Forward Chattanooga, a Chr