 | Frederic H. Chaffee - China - 1967 - 706 pages
...reconstruction movement. Apart from the churches, the most important Protestant Christian organizations were the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). The YMCA, organized in China in 1885, proved to be a more rapidly growing organization than the churches... | |
 | Frederic H. Chaffee - Japan - 1969 - 658 pages
...church councils. Some of the 100 or more Protestant schools and the various youth organizations, such as the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), belong to the Council. The Council was designed to help crystallize Protestant opinion, by means of... | |
 | Elections - 2003 - 1008 pages
...and from the state tax based on the value of the company's property. • Exempts property owned by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and used for their purposes from local general property taxes. Act 109 (January 2002 Special Session... | |
 | Hubert Jedin, John Dolan - Religion - 1981 - 906 pages
...area of Anglicanism, there were above all associations of youth and of the Christian Student Movement. The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), founded in England in 1844 and 1854 respectively, soon spread to Europe and North America. Supranational... | |
 | Justo L. Gonzalez - Religion - 1984 - 438 pages
...founded Sunday Schools, and these eventually became a common practice among Protestants. Others organized the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Also, a number of new denominations were born — particularly the Salvation Army, founded in 1864... | |
 | Family & Relationships - 1996 - 212 pages
...realise the huge potential of partnership. Working with other agencies and networks YMCA and YWCA 7.21 The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association of Great Britain (YWCA) are membership movements which are open to all young people. There is a contact... | |
 | Thomas H. O'Connor - History - 1998 - 386 pages
...their origins in Great Britain were adapted to meet the social needs of persons in the United States. The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) expanded their branches during the 1 870s and 1 880s, working among urban derelicts to save their bodies... | |
 | Walter A. Hazen - Education - 1999 - 100 pages
...poorest of neighborhoods, spoke no English, and suffered from prejudice and discrimination. Other than the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), no organizations were available to offer them assistance. Jane Addams changed all of that in Chicago... | |
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Teams were sponsored by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). 
