Across the United States
Gladys the bear is a BGMC Character honoring the work started by Gladys Hinson.
The ministry fittingly began in the heart of a thirteen-year-old girl. As just a young teen, Gladys Hinson was inspired to open an orphan care ministry somewhere someday.
During her college years she surrendered her heart to God’s call to be an Assemblies of God missionary in China. She believed China would be the place of her ministry dream.
In 1941, as she prepared her plans to depart there in mission, the disaster at Pearl Harbor struck and missionaries were not permitted to enter that land.
God turned her impassioned dreams toward the orphan need in America. Her relentless pursuit launched a growing work spanning seven decades.
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