Author: Mary Carol Cloutier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532697511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From its very beginning, in June 1842, the Protestant Mission in Gabon included men and women of African descent--African Americans, Americo-Liberians, and West Africans--all teachers and advanced students from the Cape Palmas (Liberia) Mission, who transferred with the mission to its new location on the Gaboon estuary. All came voluntarily and wholeheartedly. They served as teachers, evangelists, preachers, and printers, building the early foundation of Christianity in Gabon. Many eventually returned to their homelands, but others stayed for the duration of their lives, assimilating into the local community. This book celebrates the contribution of persons of African descent who served with the mission from 1834 until 1891, a time of complex and controversial race relations in America, which seeped into mission relations overseas. Private missionary correspondence and journals reveal the interrelationships, roles, and contributions of these individuals, and also the underlying perceptions of nationality, race, and gender. One must grieve the injustices evident in the stories, yet marvel at the giftedness, faith, determination and commitment of those who served, often with no official recognition. I introduce you to Mr. B. V. R. James, Lavinia Sneed, Charity Sneed Menkel, Mary Harding, and others--may their stories inspire you!
Bridging the Gap, Breaching Barriers
Author: Mary Carol Cloutier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532697511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From its very beginning, in June 1842, the Protestant Mission in Gabon included men and women of African descent--African Americans, Americo-Liberians, and West Africans--all teachers and advanced students from the Cape Palmas (Liberia) Mission, who transferred with the mission to its new location on the Gaboon estuary. All came voluntarily and wholeheartedly. They served as teachers, evangelists, preachers, and printers, building the early foundation of Christianity in Gabon. Many eventually returned to their homelands, but others stayed for the duration of their lives, assimilating into the local community. This book celebrates the contribution of persons of African descent who served with the mission from 1834 until 1891, a time of complex and controversial race relations in America, which seeped into mission relations overseas. Private missionary correspondence and journals reveal the interrelationships, roles, and contributions of these individuals, and also the underlying perceptions of nationality, race, and gender. One must grieve the injustices evident in the stories, yet marvel at the giftedness, faith, determination and commitment of those who served, often with no official recognition. I introduce you to Mr. B. V. R. James, Lavinia Sneed, Charity Sneed Menkel, Mary Harding, and others--may their stories inspire you!
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532697511
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
From its very beginning, in June 1842, the Protestant Mission in Gabon included men and women of African descent--African Americans, Americo-Liberians, and West Africans--all teachers and advanced students from the Cape Palmas (Liberia) Mission, who transferred with the mission to its new location on the Gaboon estuary. All came voluntarily and wholeheartedly. They served as teachers, evangelists, preachers, and printers, building the early foundation of Christianity in Gabon. Many eventually returned to their homelands, but others stayed for the duration of their lives, assimilating into the local community. This book celebrates the contribution of persons of African descent who served with the mission from 1834 until 1891, a time of complex and controversial race relations in America, which seeped into mission relations overseas. Private missionary correspondence and journals reveal the interrelationships, roles, and contributions of these individuals, and also the underlying perceptions of nationality, race, and gender. One must grieve the injustices evident in the stories, yet marvel at the giftedness, faith, determination and commitment of those who served, often with no official recognition. I introduce you to Mr. B. V. R. James, Lavinia Sneed, Charity Sneed Menkel, Mary Harding, and others--may their stories inspire you!
Catalogue of Current Periodicals Received at the Public Library of Victoria
Author: Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1972
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1972
Book Description
Rules and decisions of the General assembly of Pennsylvania, legisative directory
Author:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 1626
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 1626
Book Description
The Gospel in All Lands
Author:
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The American Ecclesiastical Year-book
Author: Alexander Jacob Schem
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Periodical Literature of the United States of America
Author: Ernst Steiger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Annotated Catalogue of Newspaper Files in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Author: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library
Publisher: Madison : The Society
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher: Madison : The Society
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Periodical Literature of the United-States of American
Author: Ernst Steiger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The IMS ... Ayer Directory of Publications
Author:
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
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