Missionary Work In Africa 1800s

In the 1800 s catholic missionary expeditions were launched with new vigour to the west in senegal and gabon.

Missionary work in africa 1800s. Our missionaries provide direct medical care for the sick and needy in rural clinics and help run an hiv clinic and community centre a powerful witness to the love of christ. On the one hand they were driven by a strong desire to genuinely serve humanity and bring about material and social changes which would improve its quality of life. Today though the number of cross cultural missionaries is growing most rapidly among believers from asia africa and latin america. By the 1800s believers from europe and america enraged by the slave trade began establishing christian missions in africa.

Established in 1795 the london missionary society lms was very active in africa. This material was researched and prepared by franco frescura to be published in book form. One key part of his mission was mapping. The role of missionaries the legacy of christian missionaries in africa lives up to this day.

Chaplains were assigned to forts but their role was to serve the europeans not to evangelize africans. Nigeria is the focus of much of mission africa s work today first pioneered in 1887. A study of missionary settlement and the spread of christianity in southern africa during the period 1800 1925 including a piece on the role of missionaries a list of mission stations and case studies of individual mission stations. To better understand missionaries in africa let s start by looking at two of the first influential missionaries in africa.

European missionaries to southern africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. In the 1800s with rare exceptions cross cultural missionaries came from the west. She is now noted as one of africa s top missionaries and much of west africa was evangelized due to the open door that mary created for the next generation of missionaries to follow after her. Lms missionaries were typically average europeans from humble backgrounds.

It was fairly easy to raise funds to start the missions because of christians compassion for the plight of slaves. In southern africa most of the leaders who participated in the fight for independence were educated by missionaries or schools built by missionaries. David livingstone was a missionary to africa during the 1800s. Missionary work in africa has taken place since the late 1800s.

Even until forty years ago missionary generally meant a westerner going to asia africa and latin america. During this time various european powers were penetrating and carving up the continent for control. During colonialism in south africa they defied the government and educated black students at a time when the colonial governments forbade this practice. David livingstone mary slessor.