Sarah Bostick Explained

Sarah Lue Bostick (1868–1948)^[1] born Sarah Lue Howard near Glasgow, Kentucky, on May 27, 1868,^[2] was key in organizing the first African-American Christian Woman's Board of Missions auxiliary in 1892 and subsequent clubs throughout the south at the turn of the 20th century.

In 1892, she was the first African American woman ordained in the Disciples.^[3]

Works

• Book: The Life Story of Sarah Lou Bostick: A Woman of the Negro Race . Sarah Lou . Bostick. Bertha Caroline Fuller. T R Moore. Claude E Spencer . Little Rock, Arkansas . 1949 .

See also

• Sadie McCoy Crank
• Jessie Trout

Further reading

• Book: Burnley, Lawrence A. Q. . The Cost of Unity: African-American Agency and Education in the Christian Church, 1865-1914. 2008. Mercer University Press. 978-0-88146-134-3. 15, 236–237.
• Book: Cummins, D Duane . The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation. May 1, 2009. Chalice Press. 978-0-8272-3678-3. 146, 190.
• Web site: Discovering the Disciples . Covenant Christian Church .
• Book: Fuller, Bertha M. . Sarah Lou Bostick: Minister and Missionary . 1949 . Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - private printing . Nashville, Tennessee.
• Meet Your Past - Sarah Lue Bostick . August 2008 . 1 . 2 . African American Disciples Women . Disciples Women of the National Convocation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) .
• Book: D. . Newell Williams. Douglas Allen Foster. Paul M. Blowers. The Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global History. March 30, 2013. Chalice Press. 978-0-8272-3527-4. 55, 58, 68–69, 71, 72.
• Web site: Sarah Lue Bostick. Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Notes and References

1. Book: Keller, Rosemary. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. 2006. 0-253-34685-1. 302.
2. Book: Hull, Debra. Christian Church Woman. Chalice Press. 1994. 0-8272-0463-9. St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 107. registration.
3. Web site: Understanding our Disciples Heritages . 2 . Claremont, California . 2017 . Disciples Seminary Foundation . May 4, 2017.