Missionaries

about the education of the tribal during colonial rule. Tribal are one of the most marginalized group of Indian society even in that period they are the most backward class. Although education was introduced but it was just to meet their own needs. Missionaries introduced education in tribal land but it was not for the betterment of the tribal instead for their conversion and they were successful to large extent but there was complete neglect of tribal by the colonial government, for them tribal…

Middle East prior to the Civil War. Missionaries played an important part in determining the US foreign policy in the Middle East preceding the civil war. In their foreign mission, missionaries applied a broad impact on the connection between the Middle East and America. With the developing alliance between the congregation leaders, missionary movement became mainstream, changing American relation with the Middle East. Through faith, Muslims trusted missionaries permitting them to settle in…

Often missionary work is associated, if not directly tied, to humanitarian work in areas of crisis. However, it’s important to differentiate to the two and how they could both be used to help create a balance. It is important for individuals to clearly identify whether they are an aid worker or missionaries so, that it clarify what types of missions you have for the people. However, it wouldn’t hurt to share similar agendas to help them get back on their feet and start the development. There…

Christians have the call to go to the ends of the earth to share the good news of Jesus, and American missionaries have attempted to do just that. However, the first missionaries had to pioneer the boundaries in which missionaries operated. Many missionaries brought the Gospel, though it came hidden underneath many cultural and societal norms that they superimposed on the people that they reached. The missionaries to the Philippines are no exception to this, they went to the third world country…

Jesuit missionaries were selfless men who wanted to improve the lives of the Indigenous peoples of South America through Christianity. These missionaries include one Spaniard by the name of Father Gabriel. Witnessing the murder of another missionary pushed Father Gabriel to reach out to the Guaraní peoples and learn their culture. Father Gabriel lives with the indigenous peoples and exposes them to Christianity. The missionaries connect with the spiritual Guaranís and learn from them just as…

through the perspective of the African tribes themselves, specifically the Igbo people of Nigeria. The three-part story follows the life of Okonkwo, a strong and heavily revered clan member, whose village becomes disrupted by the arrival of Christian missionaries, whose teachings begin to radically shift the tribe’s culture into utter chaos. Eventually, the village falls into the hands of British imperialists, and as a result, Okonkwo commits suicide, losing all hope…

a story of a 15 year old orphan girl named Turkiyya Hasan, who refused to rise in show of respect to her elders at a Christian Missionary school in Port Said, in 1933. Her defiance resulted in her getting beaten, and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations. This story further explains how Christian missionaries came to Egypt to provide social services for children and convert them to Christianity. In The Orphan Scandal, Beth Baron…

Considering Hobson’s responsibility he would have done everything he could in his power to get the Maori to sign the treaty, even if that meant telling them the fabricated version of the treaty. There was, without a doubt a mass amount of pressure on missionaries to get Maori to sign the treaty. Less than a month prior to the signing of the treaty in Waitangi, on January 10 [1840] Henry Williams received a letter from the Bishop of Australia. Here as follows is excerpts from the letter: “. . .…

leadership of Ludwig Von Zinzendorf, they were devoted to missions and determined to reach “the Souls of the Lamb.” The influence of William Carey through his missionary work and his manifesto titled, “An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens” (1792) was the foundation for the modern missionary movement. The nineteenth-century is called the “Great Century in Christian Missions.” The work of the Church,…

include Explorers, Beachcombers, Whalers, Traders, blackbirder’s and Missionaries. Christianity was a form of power which changed most islands thus enabled an entry requirement for other developments. This reflection writing will reflect on the impact of missionaries which leads to the formation of the John Frum Movement in Vanuatu. It will explain what the movement teaches us about power relations and the people involved. Missionaries taking Christianity to Vanuatu during the 1700s and other…