In the local congregations of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, women’s missionary groups had been formed as early as 1919 by the founder, Bishop R.C. Lawson, as he was directed by the Holy Ghost. However, it was not until September 8, 1923 in New York City, New York that the National Missionary Department was organized by the Executive Board of the National Convocation of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.
The Women’s Missionary Department was created to aid the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (COOLJC) as a living body of Christ to carry out the acts of the saints in the beginning of the Biblical Apostolic Church; to give the missionary women an opportunity to be helpers together with the ministers and pastors in bringing souls to Christ; to be a comfort to those in need; to visit the orphans, the sick, and the widows; to give godly counsel in the fear of God; and to support the missionaries who have proven themselves worthy in obedience, are true to Christ and the Church and are sent out by the Executive Board at the general session of the National Convocation.
International Missionary Department Leadership
Mother Carrie Lawson
1919-1923
Mother Elizabeth Brown
1923-1931 
Mother Ora Waid
1931-1951 
Mother Delphia Perry
1952-1969 
Mother Ruby Duke
1969-1972 
Mother Beatrice Mills
1972-1975 
Mother Susan Parrott
1975-1978 
Mother Gertrude Frasier
1978-1982 
Mother Harriet Maloney
1982-1985 
Mother Pandora Williams
1985-1995 
Mother M. S. Woolfolk
1995-1998 
Mother DyAnne Moultrie
1998-2004 
Mother Doris Hudson
2004-2008 
Mother Ethelyn Rosier
2008-2011 
Mother Mildred Lewis
2011-2017 
Mother Evangeline Jenkins
2018-Present