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1883 —American missionaries translate the Bible into
the Zulu language.
1886 — Ricketts and Scholl, two Black missionaries
from the Northern Baptist Organization, were appoint
ed to the Congo.
The National Baptist Convention was created in St.
l.ouis. It served to consolidate slate, regional and
missionary bodies into a whole.
1887 _ | n addition to being a statesman and educator
fo r Liberia. Edward W ilm ot Blyden had published
Christianity, Islam and the Neftro.
¡988 —James (Holy) Johnson was appointed assistant
bishop o f the Niger Delta Church Pastorate.
¡900 —John Chilembwe o f Malawi, a graduate o f the
Virginia Theological Seminary and College, established
the first independent (Black) African-operated mission
in his homeland. His martyrdom in the Chilembwe
R ebellion o f 1915 encouraged his countrym en to
produce more teachers, evangelists and artisans.
James Johnson as a young man.
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. This was a direct
result o f the evangelistic work that the M.E. Church did
among the (then) slaves.
¡877 —Christianity was introduced into hostile Uganda.
It was recorded that torty-five missionaries suttered
martyrdom until the establishment ot a British admin
istration in 1894.
So, the circle comes full. We know that the majority
o f Black America’ s ancestors practiced well-developed
religions that were rich in gods; however, there generally
was one all powerful Supreme Being. When the slaves in
the New W orld were first imported, a serious eftort to
Christianize them was begun. Many captives readily ac
cepted the new faith because o f some o f the striking
similarities between the new and the old.
The phenomenal growth o f the Baptist and Methodist
denominations among Blacks is attributed to the high
em otionalism involved in the evangelical torm o f
Christianity which has done much to tashion the present
form o f worship.
John C h ilem b w e and fa m ily , about ten years
before the 1915 rebellion.
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