The Groups Behind the YWCA and YMCA Created Their Programs

question 89

Multiple Choice

The groups behind the YWCA and YMCA created their programs because

• A)they believed that Christianity had gotten too far from the lower economic classes.
• B)they believed that Christ had called them to better their bodies through fitness.
• C)they believed that the Devil could be better resisted by stronger people.
• D)they believed that they were countering socialist movements by atheists.
• E)they believed that they could avoid sicknesses among the lower classes by being healthier.

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