Who was Janie Chapman?
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n 1902, Janie Weston Chapman was elected the first president of Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to South Carolina Baptist Convention. She was the wife of a prominent upstate pastor, J.D. Chapman. In 1937, WMU's state missions offering was named "The Mrs. J.D. Chapman Offering for State Interests" to honor Mrs. Chapman's strong missions leadership. In 1985, the name was changed to the "Janie Chapman Offering."
Read more about Janie Chapman in the new SC WMU history written by Mary Foster,
We the Women, Telling His Story available through the SC WMU office or visit the SC WMU website: www.scwmu.org