In 1900, a dozen deaconesses from the Free Methodist Church traveled from Wichita, Kansas, to help women and children in Indian Territory.

These pioneering women's legacy lives on through a faith-based agency celebrating its 125th anniversary.

The Oklahoma Rescue Home for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, which also became known as the Home of Redeeming and the Deaconess Home, was established in 1900 in Guthrie, and evolved over the years into the present-day Deaconess Pregnancy & Adoption, 8308 N. May Ave., Suite 100.

The agency celebrated its milestone anniversary with a gala at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, where the organization's leaders and supporters gathered to pay tribute to all of the people who have helped continue its mission at the intersection of faith and fa

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