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William Henry Sheppard (March 8, 1865 – November 25, 1927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church.He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and other Congolese peoples by King Leopold II's Force Publique.
This is a list of Christian missions in Africa. 4africa; Africa Inland Mission; Algiers Mission Band; Anglican Frontier Missions; Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa; Basel Mission; Church Mission Society; Cowley Fathers; International Missionaries for Christ; London Missionary Society; Mission Africa; Mission Aviation Fellowship ...
The mission almost dissolved in the next year when most of the workers either died or resigned, but Peter Cameron Scott's vision of the network of mission stations extending to the centre of Africa has ultimately been fulfilled with churches established throughout East Africa, and in most other countries of the continent.
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The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (SMNDA; French: Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique), often called the White Sisters (Sœurs blanches) [a] is a missionary society founded in 1869 that operates in Africa. It is closely associated with the Society of the Missionaries of Africa, or White Fathers.
Alexander Murdoch Mackay (13 October 1849 – 4 February 1890) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Uganda also known as Mackay of Uganda.After studying math, drafting and other technical subjects at several universities, Mackay, at age twenty-five, decided to dedicate his life to Christian missionary work, and saw this as a great opportunity to put his technical skills to beneficial use.
Missionaries of Africa; Missionaries of the Poor; Missionary Oblates; Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa; Missionary Society of St. Paul; Missionhurst; Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, PEMS or, in French, Société des Missions Evangéliques de Paris; Pontifical Mission Societies; Salesian of ...
Daniel Lindley (August 24, 1801 – September 3, 1880) was an American missionary in South Africa. He and his wife Lucy founded the Inanda Seminary School in 1869. Lindley was pastor to the first Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State. He was a pastor to the Voortrekkers.