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| Marguerite of Navarre Marguerite corresponded with John Calvin during her life. She used her position of a noblewoman to support Guillaume Briconnet the bishop of Meaux, who worked to reform the church. She wrote many poems which expressed her faith. Top  Matthews became the first woman bishop in the United Methodist Church. Top McKenzie became the first woman bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in July 2000 after pastoring Payne Memorial A.M.E. Church in Baltimore City. Top A social worker in Germany, Meusel tried to aid "non-Aryan" Christians. Her church, the Confessing Church, and her agency, the Inner Mission, offered her no support. Without funding, she could help only a few, but with a volunteer helper, she tried to offer advice and aid. By 1935 she expanded her work to include non-Christians. She wrote a powerful memorandum to the Confessing Church Synod of the Prussian Church demanding the church take a stand for God's laws, and against Nazi laws. She said the Church could not remain silent or close their eyes to the extermination of the Jews. Sadly, her message was largely ignored. Top Montague suffered from small pox, which left her disfigured. While living in Turkey, she learned of the inoculation process. She was so convinced of the benefits of inoculation, she had her own son inoculated. From then on, she used her influence to convince others of its benefits. Top edited the monthly "Triumphs of Faith" and co-founded Home of Peace, a resting place for missionaries. She wrote Divine Healing in Relation to the Use of Our Lips. For more see "And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; " and References for Carrie Judd Montgomery. Top Lottie Moon was one of the great Baptist missionaries to China. On July 7, 1873, she was appointed to the mission field by the Southern Baptist Convention. She was stationed in Tengchow where she taught in school before moving to P'ingtu and full time evangelism in 1885. The South Baptist Convention has a special programme named for Lottie, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Lottie Moon (1840-1912), LOTTIE MOON Southern Baptist Missionary to China Top Moore became the first woman to speak in tongues during the 1906 Azusa Street Revival. After her experience she entered the ministry as an evangelist and minister.  
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