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The Kingdom of Lesotho forms an eighth administrative area, but does not have the status of a diocese. It functions as a mission area. It has no bishop, but is entitled to send one lay person and one ordained person to the Church Council. [4] The main decision making forum of the ELCSA is the General Assembly.
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 ...
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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.
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.
These now form the present Archdioceses of Kampala, Lilongwe, Gitega, and Tabora, as well as the dioceses of Kigoma, and Kalemie-Kirungu. The society is composed of missionary priests and brothers. The members take an oath committing them to labor for the conversion of Africa, in accordance with the constitutions of their society.
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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 Don Bosco Missions; Society of African Missions; Sudan Relief Fund