Bible woman

Ranyard's heart was heavily burdened with the poor condition of women in St. Giles district that she decided to start an evangelistic work among them.

The woman who had the similar life as her recipients would freely visit the poor women and read the Bible to their hearings.

After Ellen Ranyard's death in 1879, her work was continued as the London Bible and Domestic Female Mission.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the creation of many interdenominational mission organizations was influenced by the Evangelical revivals, anti-slavery movements, and free trade theories, especially in Britain.

The urge to preach the gospel to individuals shifted to nations and was motivated not only by religious zeal but was also inspired by Enlightenment ideology (which saw liberation and salvation of the world as an equal) to improve one's self to contribute the global progress.

They played a central role in mission fields as doctors, nurses, and teachers; they ran schools, hospitals and orphanages for children, etc.

[1] Their ministry was wide in its range: they openly shared their faith with their fellow women, read the Bible in communities, taught children in village schools, called on the sick or troubled, worked among girls, and visited women in their homes.

Following the one hundred lessons, there was a "Way of Salvation" series that was geared to bring the student to a personal commitment to Christ.

Although they were the least known evangelists, Bible women played a major role in spreading Christianity in their homelands and beyond.