Introduction

Biography

Manie was the wife of Theo­dore Pol­lock Fer­gu­son.

In 1886, she and her hus­band found­ed a mis­sion in Los An­ge­les, Ca­li­for­nia. This ev­en­tu­al­ly ex­pand­ed in­to what was known as the Pen­i­el mis­sions along the West Coast of Am­er­ica, and in Af­ri­ca, As­ia, South Am­er­ica, and else­where.

The main focus of the mis­sions, es­pe­cial­ly in lat­er years, was min­is­try to sin­gle wo­men. In 1947, the Pen­i­el Mis­sion became a part of the World Gos­pel Mis­sion.

In 1998, the West Coast USA Pen­i­el Mis­sions ex­pe­ri­enced a sig­ni­fi­cant change when the ma­jo­ri­ty of Pe­ni­el mis­sion­a­ries re­signed and went to work for Ci­ty Team Min­is­tries, leav­ing the Pen­i­el Mis­sion in Stock­ton, Ca­li­for­nia, the re­main­ing Am­er­ican Pen­i­el Mis­sion af­fil­i­ated with the World Gos­pel Mis­sion.

Works

• T. P. Fer­gu­son: The Love Slave of Je­sus Christ and His Pe­ople and Found­er of Pen­i­el Mis­sions, 1900
• Echoes From Beu­lah (Los An­ge­les, Ca­li­for­nia: T. P. & M. P. Fer­gu­son, 1913)
• Faith To­nic
• Peniel Mis­sion­ary Work