Missionaries

The Unraveling of a Culture In Things Fall Apart, the missionaries bring with them to the village of the Ibo people a mindset and a way of living that the villagers were never previously exposed to. The missionaries provided the villagers an unexpected alternative to the culture and beliefs that they had grown accustomed to throughout their lives. Surprisingly, many more villagers came to accept the alternative than one would initially expect. At the same time, there were plenty of villagers who…

In the book, Slaves and Missionaries: The Disintegration of Jamaican Slave Society, 1787-1834, author Mary Turner focuses on the series of slave revolts that followed a fire in St. James, Jamaica in 1831; specifically the Baptist War. Slaves feel that the message by missionaries in Jamaica, that God saw both black and white men as equal, seemed contradictory as they are being used as slaves to cultivate sugar and coffee for the profit of whites. Missionaries see how slaves are treated, and to…

Jesuit Relations are a collection of accounts, as told by missionaries, in their quest to convert Native Americans from their ancestral beliefs to that of Christianity. Allan Greer’s interpretation of these events are well written and in a format which makes available decades of documents. Allan Greer’s readers are provided with this text to study the past as historians do. The major focus is the cohabitation between French missionaries and Montagnais, Hurons and Mohawks. Many of the…

Growing up in a missionary family, we did not have the luxury of name brand clothes and most of the time we did not get new clothes; only hand-me-downs, which we received from missionary closets at churches we visited across the country. Missionary closets are stocked with items similar to that of garage sale, like stationary, school supplies, bath towels, toiletry items, kitchen items, clothes, shoes and much more. However, unlike a garage sale, there is no payment upon leaving. Because this…

In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, he introduces the Christian missionaries in chapter 16 that had an effect on the Ibo culture as a whole. Some of the tribe took on the new culture as their own, while others pushed it away, saying that it was going to “break their clan and spread destruction among them.” (133) The person that was most affected from their coming was Okonkwo, the main character of the book. Even though he undergoes losing family, friends and also his culture losing its…

Controversial Georgia-based megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long succumbed to cancer at 63 years old, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has confirmed in a statement. Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church made headlines over the last few months because of his drastic weight loss. While he initially said he had switched to a raw vegan diet, he admitted in September that he was going through an undisclosed “health challenge,” The Christian Post recalls. In December, Bishop Long…

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is a megachurch Pastor by Bishop Eddie Long and, a part of DeKalb County, Georgia. The church found out a piece of information about their Bishop in that rocked then to their very core causing tremendous internal and external conflict. The Bishop was accused of accused of Homosexual abuse. He allegedly tried to coerce four men into sexual relations. The church, New Birth, believes that their church community is “not only saving souls, but…

Why were the British Missionaries interested in the South Pacific? After the Second Age of Discovery, Europe and the South Pacific were influenced by each other. The relationship between missionaries and the British identity is a good example. From the late 18th century to the 19th century, the British public doubted the superiority of Britain because of foreign affairs. Around the same time, many missionary societies such as the London Missionary Society sent missionaries to convert the…

didn’t know where to start. So when I got an invitation on Facebook, from one of my girlfriends inviting me to her husband Ministry Ceremony, I was happy my choices had been narrowed down to one church. My church visit was to be at First Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, on Sunday, September 18, 2016. The reason for my friend’s invitation was there was going to be a special service for her husband becoming a Minster. Since I have never witness what happens when a minister is called to the…

Chapter Two FIRST CENTURY RELIGIOUS GROUPS At the time of Paul’s missionary Journeys there were a number of religious groups; perhaps as many as a dozen. Three of them are mentioned in the Bible: Pharisees, Sadducees and Zealots. THE PHARISEES The largest of these groups was the Pharisees which was organized about 140 B.C. and they taught strict adherence to the law. They were probably coming nearer to keeping the Law of Moses than any of the other groups. The Pharisees believed in a future…