The Women’s Connectional Council of the Christian Methodist Episcopal church was organized September 7, 1918 at Capers Chapel CME Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Mattie E. Coleman from Tennessee was elected the first president and Mrs. Helena B. Cobb from Georgia was elected vice president.* Other officers elected were: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M. L. Copeland from Kentucky; and Recording Secretary, Mrs. T. H. McKenzie from Alabama. Other officers appointed by the President and affirmed by the Council were: Assistant Recording Secretary, Mrs. S. L. Helm
from Illinois; and Treasurer – Mrs. Cora L. Nelson from Mississippi. In 1986, the name was changed to the Women’s Missionary Council of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Mission of the Women’s Missionary Council of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is to share the good news, salvation through Jesus Christ with unsaved men, women, and children at home and abroad by using the process-es and programs outlined in the Bible, the Book of Discipline of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Constitution and By-Laws of the Women’s Missionary Council.