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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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