BIBLE INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES
Evangelistic Department The Institute conduct s aggressive evangelistic work, un der competent leadership, along the following lines: In the Oil Fie lds; among the Mexicans; Shops and Fac tories ; among the Seamen in Pacific Coast Harbors ; House to H ouse Visitation and Bible Class Work by Bible Women; among the J ews; a Bible Institute in Hunan, China; the Pocket Testament League. The Work of t.1e Bible Women (See Page 76) This work came into existence as the result of a deeply felt need to reach women in the home, and was organized by l\ '[rs. Anna L. Horton in January, 1909. "Bible Vlomen" seemed to be the only appropriate name by which t o designate those chosen and consecrated to the work of saving souls by lead ing them to Chri st, reclaiming backsliders, meeting, warn ing and instructing those who have been mi sled by false re ligions, and establishing believer s through the teaching of the vV01·cl of Goel. The Bible Woman's work is found wherever the circum stances spell opportunity. Her working hours are any in the twenty-four when the Lord can use her for comforting, help ing, winning back, or saving her sisters. The major part of her work is house to house visitation in an assigned di strict, organizing and teaching Bible classes, meeting women in business offices, speaking across counters, going from bed to bed in the hospitals, and tactfully conversing in the rest rooms of the business houses. The Bible Woman aids pastors by training the church members for more efficient service, and by finding in her visita tion the backslider and the unchurched, and reporting the same to some pastor. Since the organization of the work, this band of devoted women has spent one entire morning each week in counsel and prayer, knowing that their work can only glorify God through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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