Profiles of African-American Missionaries

Profiles of African-American Missionaries
Title Profiles of African-American Missionaries PDF eBook
Author Robert J. Stevens
Publisher William Carey Publishing
Pages 481
Release 2012-06-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 1645082040

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Profiles of African-American Missionaries features the lives and ministries of the great African-Americans who have gone to the world with the message of Christ. It is a collection of stories sharing the ministries of several African-American missionary pioneers from the 1700s to the present, dealing with all the social and ministry issues that they had to face here and abroad. Readers will be inspired by the dedication and commitment of these great African-Americans, as they lived out God’s great commission to go into all the world and make disciples of all people. It will inspire and challenge all readers to greater personal involvement in God’s worldwide mission.

African-American Experience in World Mission

African-American Experience in World Mission
Title African-American Experience in World Mission PDF eBook
Author Vaughn J. Walston
Publisher William Carey Library
Pages 220
Release 2002
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780878086092

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Collection of articles about the history of missions from an African-American perspective.

William Sheppard

William Sheppard
Title William Sheppard PDF eBook
Author William E. Phipps
Publisher Westminster John Knox Press
Pages 268
Release 2002-01-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780664502034

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This comprehensive biography of William Sheppard, the first African American Presbyterian missionary, presents the remarkable story of how an African American born in the South during the era of slavery emerged as one of the most distinguished Presbyterian leaders in American history. The book chronicles Sheppard's journey to the Congo, details his efforts to challenge human rights violations, and describes his impact on the areas of religion, human rights, education, and art.

Native Apostles

Native Apostles
Title Native Apostles PDF eBook
Author Edward E. Andrews
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 459
Release 2013-04-15
Genre History
ISBN 0674073495

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As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most evangelists were not white Anglo-Americans, as scholars have long assumed, but members of the same groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles offers one of the most significant untold stories in the history of early modern religious encounters, marshalling wide-ranging research to shed light on the crucial role of Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves in Protestant missionary work. The result is a pioneering view of religion’s spread through the colonial world. From New England to the Caribbean, the Carolinas to Africa, Iroquoia to India, Protestant missions relied on long-forgotten native evangelists, who often outnumbered their white counterparts. Their ability to tap into existing networks of kinship and translate between white missionaries and potential converts made them invaluable assets and potent middlemen. Though often poor and ostracized by both whites and their own people, these diverse evangelists worked to redefine Christianity and address the challenges of slavery, dispossession, and European settlement. Far from being advocates for empire, their position as cultural intermediaries gave native apostles unique opportunities to challenge colonialism, situate indigenous peoples within a longer history of Christian brotherhood, and harness scripture to secure a place for themselves and their followers. Native Apostles shows that John Eliot, Eleazar Wheelock, and other well-known Anglo-American missionaries must now share the historical stage with the black and Indian evangelists named Hiacoomes, Good Peter, Philip Quaque, John Quamine, and many more.

Samuel Morris

Samuel Morris
Title Samuel Morris PDF eBook
Author Lindley Baldwin
Publisher Bethany House Publishers
Pages 100
Release 1987-03-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780871239501

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The extraordinary story of the young African who came to be called "The Apostle of Simple Faith."While most missionary biographies detail the lives of Western missionaries, this is the story of the African missionary that God called to the United States when slavery and segregation were a way of life. Previously published under the title The March of Faith, this book details the moving life story of Samuel Morris.After a miraculous escape from certain death during the ravages of intertribal warfare in Liberia, Africa, Kaboo was converted to Christ by Methodist missionaries and baptized under the name Samuel Morris. Traveling to America for pastoral training in the late 1880's, his trip was a missionary voyage in itself when several seamen were lead to Christ through his godly life. At Taylor University his example of faith made him a leader among the students and a challenge to the faulty.An unforgettable biography which shows Christ's love felling all racial barriers.

African American Religious History

African American Religious History
Title African American Religious History PDF eBook
Author Milton C. Sernett
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 612
Release 1999
Genre History
ISBN 9780822324492

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This is a 2nd edition of the 1985 anthology that examines the religious history of African Americans.

African-American Experience in World Mission

African-American Experience in World Mission
Title African-American Experience in World Mission PDF eBook
Author Vaughn J. Walston
Publisher William Carey Publishing
Pages 473
Release 2009-06-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1645082024

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Venture into the world of overseas missions from an African-American perspective. This collection of articles takes you deep into the history of missions in the African-American community. You will learn of the struggles to stay connected to the world of missions in spite of great obstacles. You will read of unique cultural experiences while traveling abroad. You will feel the heart for fulfilling the Great Commission both in the African-American community and beyond. All text remains the same in this revised edition, with the exception of new study guide questions at the close of each chapter. The questions can be used to help facilitate discussions in Sunday School, Bible study, seminary classes, conference workshops and other group or individual studies.