Missionary

Christian missionary in China. Both her father, a pastor of a congregation and the missionary in china had charismatic façades whom become unlikely sources of hostile oppression. My comprehension when she stated that “behind faith there are complications” (Lee presentation, April 20, 2017), was that faith alone is not what makes Christianity but the choices and behaviors of those that have the power to lead or help people in need. Though, her experience with her father and the Christian…

The story “Things Fall Apart” the village tribe that the book revolves around loses their old traditions and customs to the White Men who try to convert them to Christianity. Throughout the story, some of the characters agree with the missionaries, but some of the others completely disagree with them and want to keep their old traditions and customs. Even though some of the characters try to keep their tribal members, they fail and it becomes harder for them.…

In 1681, King Louis XIV of France wrote a letter to the King of Tonkin requesting permission for Christian missionaries to be allowed to convert the people in Vietnam. King Louis did not only want to trade with the Vietnamese, but he also felt that the people should be allow to be taught about the one true God of the Christian religion. He argues that if the King of Tonkin knew of the truths that Christianity taught that he would be the first of his subjects to convert. Louis also mentions the…

to conquest African because “Might was Right”. It is a superior group must control the minor group due to natural selection. For example, we started seeing Social Darwinism in Things Fall Apart when the old priest got sick and he had to leave the missionary. The new man that replaced…

A young woman voyaging through the thick jungles of Africa; telling cannibals of Calabar, West Africa the good news of the Gospel. This woman’s name was Mary Slessor. Being a missionary to the cannibals of West Africa was no easy task, but Mary Slessor’s life was never easy. She was born in 1848 in Scotland to a family of nine. She was the eldest of 7 children; born to a poor family. Mary Slessor’s father was an alcoholic, but God blessed her with a mother that knew the Lord. Her mother…

worry them. Finally, however, after two weeks, I decided to confess my concerns to the local LDS missionaries I had met recently, knowing that they would help me. Through referencing the LDS gospel, the missionaries taught me how to confront failure. I was not only grateful for their lesson, but also shocked as to how their scripture The Book of Mormon contained the answer I needed. From the missionaries’ lesson, I learned that accepting the possibility of failure is the first, hardest step…

calling to reaching the world for Christ. Now is the time to go forward with a clear vision and an aggressive strategy to make disciples of all the nations for Christ," he said. Last year, the IMB had announced its decision to cut about 600 to 800 missionaries and staff to reset the finances to a sustainable budget for 2017. Even after the initial count of expected layoffs, the organization was in a $23 million deficit.…

Red sand fumes into the moonlit sky, beaded anklets rattling amidst the smoke. Throbbing drums clutter the fiery air, feet stomping and whisking through the thick clouds to the beat. Masks illuminate the crimson fog, voices seeping through into the quaking thump of drums. Flutes fold slender into the cadence, their airy tone shimmering amongst the clack of percussion. This is a night of celebration, a routine festivity to the Igbo people. Their dances are chaotic and minimalistic, although they…

During the age of colonialism, several European rivals raced to the New World to expand their empires; naturally, settlers from competing countries treated the Indians they encountered differently. The English tried making friends but viewed them as savages, the French adopted a policy of inclusion while slowly forcing religious views, and the Spanish mistreated the Indians due to the greed for silver and gold. The inhumane treatment of the Indians by the English spans back to the first…

going to public school. Oona starts to worry that the tradition of the Ojibwe culture would not be endured. She starts a group that teaches women the old ways of the Ojibwe and starts missionaries. On page 124, it states, “..in the summer the missionaries came in wagons to teach them the true path.” The missionary brought children to the woods and the original Ojibwe land and taught them many…