Kitty E. Raynor Women's Missionary Society
We, the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, do endeavor to make possible opportunities and resources to meet the changing needs and concerns of people throughout the world, do ordain this Society and offer a fellowship so strong, a message so convincing and so enthusiastically contagious, that the gospel through us will be at work in the world.
The purpose of the Missionary Society is to help people grow in the knowledge and experience of God through His Son, Jesus Christ, through Christian training, as well as individual and collective mission work, thus challenging them to respond to God's redemptive plan in the world.
The Women's Missionary Society was named for Mrs. Kitty E. Raynor, who was active in the founding of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. There are currently 25 members of the KERMS. We meet monthly. We have Bible study, and study the Promotion and Education lessons on various subjects and countries. We have an annual "Prayer Breakfast," provide a book scholarship for each of our high school graduates, and make health kits for the festival of sharing sponsored by Church Women United. We participate in all of the Church, Conference, District and Connectional activities as requested.