Mothers’ Union (MU)

The Mothers’ Union is a worldwide society, organization or fellowship of Christian women in the Anglican Communion or Churches who accept it under the patronage of the Archbishops Bishops and Priests, joined in prayer and fellowship. It was founded by Mrs Mary Elizabeth Sumner in 1876 at Old Arresford in Hampshire near Winchester.

The objectives of MU are:

To uphold Christ’s teaching on the nature of marriage and promote its wide understanding.
To encourage parents to bring up their children in Christian faith and life of the Church
To maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christian, united in prayer, worship and service
To promote conditions in the society favourable to stable family life and the protection of children
To help those whose family life has met adversity/problems