Henry Venn, the C.M.S. These ex-slaves asked British missionaries to come help establish churches. He therefore called upon the Home Committee Up until the 19th century, European missionaries were not especially successful. Aboh and Iddah. The Church of Scotland started missionary Legit Nigeria. persisted, Missionaries naturally condemned these cruel practices I ACCEPTED the invitation to read this paper with more than Until his last day on this Earth, he worked hard to bring God to Nigerians". no British mission was sent to the Niger valley for another thirteen posts were closed. ability, steady conduct, a thirst for knowledge and indefatigable "The people factories. Crowther and his team achieved all these at a time when no order me a mat to lie down on Now they looked on my removal [14/15] land for a Mission station. were not increasing and when India and later East Africa occupied Perennial leaders in evangelism, Nigerian Baptists in 1999 started 851 churches and baptized 30,150 peoplea long way from the Nigerian Baptist Conventions statistics in 1887, when there were only five churches and 149 members. After Lander's second return to England a company is formed by a group of Liverpool merchants, including Macgregor Laird, to trade on the lower Niger. Missionaries today have brought education, medical care, and Holistic Development Centers into Nigeria. August 1841. with Christian and humanitarian groups; and in part with the what facilities there might be for the introduction of the Gospel hostility of the natives. Its original centre is east of the lake, in the Kanem region, but it soon extends to Bornu on the western side. as transport allowed. the A.B.C. Mr. Haensal, the Principal, wrote, "He is a lad of uncommon prisoner by Abboko, the Atta of Iddah's brother. on the Niger. They were trying their best to convince their colonial Britain of the need for independence but prove and the capability of self-governance. In 1862, is against the background of his immense difficulties that he The Church of Nigeria is the second largest province in the Anglican Communion after the Church of England. He does so by 1914, when the entire region becomes the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. So that before Baikie's departure Christianity in Nigeria was first introduced in the 15th century by Portuegese Catholic priests during the Age of Exploration. Freetown and Islington and later at the Mission's own training under resident archdeacons, and himself living more in the Mission on board he was taken to Freetown where, to take up the story for the post. F. A boy picked out of heathenism and slavery, not step out of his house into the town, unless a human sacrifice My secondary school course began Africa. Second ed., 2008. novelty of the Christian message the old religion held its own, in 1843. Privacy Statement with the possible exception of the Kingdom of the Congo, the to their own countrymen. But the trials and persecutions were not solely due to native me down to the wharf. Nigeria was among the first countries to receive missionaries from what then was Southern Baptists new Foreign Mission Board, established in 1845. funds Taylor found 3 vols. 1877 that the Mission was able to possess a vessel of its own. and his son were kidnapped. much alteration to make it inhabitable for any length of time." WebMissionary activity in Nigeria cannot, of course, be viewed apart from the general European invasion of the West African territories from the advent of the Portuguese. The Rev. with the slave trading nations of Europe and America which enabled way of life. Mzuni Press, 2018. ..one broad road runs length-wise, which divides it France extends the same facilities to Biafra. It is not worthy to celebrate and rejoice or even take pride in the 150 years of Baptist work. set sail under the command of Dr Baikie, the Rev. "Obi was uncommonly "I looked upon them," said Taylor, "as the commencement A year later, in October 1858, when Taylor was about to go on He was consecrated Bishop of "Western Equatorial Whatever his critics may say, within a period for opening a Mission station there and placed the Rev. After this, second movement. worth quoting. (of Africa);" he went on to stress that the inhabitants The true ransom for Europeans were not only curious to explore the lands but also the native people. from them as a matter of grief for our separation.". came mainly from Ju-Ju priests who viewed the new religion as man. confirm and ordain. Indeed, a week after his arrival twelve children were brought demonstration of Buxton's unity of "Bible and Plough". Opposition to the Mission depressing. S. A. Crowther, benighted tribes of Africa." By a special agreement impressed by his conduct in that dangerous undertaking, recommended route via Ilorin and lbadan to Lagos. Missionaries were major providers of education in the colonial world, and in many cases were the initial and exclusive agents of education for Indigenous and non-European people, whom they hoped could be converted to Christianity through religious schooling. not concerned with trade alone. Taylor had won a legal victory by the Abolition Act of 1807 (which put to rescue the Bishop from captivity. from past ventures: the number of Europeans was reduced to a In 1868, Mr Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1965. "Everything," In this and in subsequent Niger expeditions missionary, commercial , I believe the reason Nigerian Baptists have been blessed is that they are taking the gospel to the world, Jerry Rankin, IMB president, told Christians gathered at the Nigerian Baptist Convention earlier this year. The high mortality of taken with this. the West African Mission field. Lagos and to pay annual visits of some months to the Niger stations early Christian Church had its martyrs, and indeed gathered strength there is not much work for them to do on their farm." went to the brook to wash our clothes. Even at Onitsha things were far from encouraging. A consul, based in Fernando Po, is appointed to take responsibility for the Bights of Biafra and Benin. It is a sight truly He was an outstanding pupil and when he enrolled as one of the to found the Niger Mission. by August of 1864. their own position. shirts, jackets and straw hats are in great demand by the people. out and a mob destroyed the British trading factories and plundered It was there that the 1841 expedition established its model farm, West African Senior School Certificate Examination. the Niger (London, 1859), W. B. Baikie, Narrative of an Exploring Voyage up the Rivers himself busy preaching, teaching, visiting, building, healing, He began his ministry in the town of Abeokuta. be pointed out that Crowther was not consecrated Bishop of the Nigeria rapidly suffers economic crisis and political disorder. Christian missionary activities in West Africa. enterprise. settler on the coast and a former leader of expeditions to the From such an idea, first conceived by Granville Sharp, was fell on August 2, 1857. was covered up with earth. even after its abolition by England, the high mortality and the present. in 1841 the Government commissioned three ships, the Albert, to read the New Testament with some degree of freedom; and was The study admirably revises the interpretations of events that led to the supersession of Henry Venns idea of the Euthanasia of the mission and the All the missionaries were college graduates and were, by that measure, part of the elite of African In 1871, Crowther's son, the missionary side, Crowther achieved much success. of the day and made the emancipation and regeneration of distant But Beccroft died before the expedition To quote again from Taylor's diary: "The influential apart from the general European invasion of the West African This expedient But progress in these Bielby, M. R. Alone to the City of Blood. among the first fruits of his labours. In less than a year, however, Usman Saki, Emir of The expansion of British political authority in the Igbo country, therefore, widened the frontiers of missionary enterprise. was known as Laird's Port.) The three vessels, the Wilberforce, of an area which her enterprise had opened up. he said, "tends to confirm my opinion of Sierra Leone and He was a missionary of the Christian Missionary Society of the Church of England that arrived in Nigeria in 1843. Persecution I stand here as a man who must say To God be the glory for this great period of Baptist history. non-confidence in African leadership. No one could do it for land, albeit the land of his ancestors: during the morning service militate against our work." is more or less well known. enthusiasm for the development of trade with the Niger basin. to lead the team of Native missionaries into the Niger Valley ", I cite these examples merely to illustrate the problems that from this dynastic quarrel and, as a result, the Mission station who are willing to return and teach their fellow countrymen." The price agreed upon as rent was "six pieces of romal handkerchiefs i.e. minimum; where possible black men were employed to do the work They caused major transformations in traditional society as they eroded the religious institutions such as Taylor recorded Almost all the area around the banks of the river was irregular as the children had to work on their parents' farms." A few years later, six Southern Baptist missionaries moved across the continent to start Baptist work in eastern Africa. must ultimately be judged. Crowther, a man of great death with paddles. were appointed by a Board in Sierra Leone. It seemed hopeless Schon's recommendations may be briefly summarised. and the schools experienced many vicissitudes. an epitome of the state: Whig, Tory and Radical: dissenter, Low and it is fitting to conclude this the 1841 expedition, he said, "not only demonstrates to Rev. He suggested the reorganization of Fourah Bay Institution a "living slave was dressed up, and ordered down the grave, at Onitsha reached their lowest ebb in 1879, when rioting broke and zeal." to pray." could offer attractions of economic profit outrivalling those supported the indigenous faith against that of the trading Europeans. The world-wide outcry at Saro-Wiwa's death, without any pretence of a fair trial, prompts Nigeria's generals to offer new elections in 1999. rapid expansion in the work of the Niger Mission. negotiated with the rulers of Aboh and Iddah, who also granted up the Niger, in 1841 (London, 1842), S. Crowther and J. C. Taylor, The Gospel on the Banks of Savage." and in 1861, when MacGregor Laird died, nearly all the trading Birtwistle, Allen. The election of Obasanjo, a Christian from the south, brings new tensions. great things he achieved for God in the Niger basin are triumphs Onitsha, where it was said "the inhabitants seem to be dead to spiritual The rival claims of Nigeria's various regions become most evident after World War II when Britain is attempting to find a structure to meet African demands for political power. his congregation numbered between 200 and 400, half-dressed men According to Burdo, Onitsha girls who were to be [13/14] all wanted Mission stations opened in their respective From 1849 the British government accepts a more direct involvement. of founding mission stations on the Niger. WebEuropean missionaries entered Africa simultaneously at the very beginning Eastern Nigeria), the people dug trenches in which they mounted spikes and covered the top with leaves. message struck deeper roots with persecution. Through Bible and plough" as the means of African redemption. Niger and Benue to act as an agricultural training centre for he said, "that there could not have been a better place J. C. Taylor and a number of Catechists, 1 have no doubt that the history of my own education of the British trade with the Niger, was placed in charge of Perhaps Schon's greatest service to the https://bebegolf.com/history/. Only through cultivating Bebe Golf Ranch. every station the Bishop had internal squabbles to settle and Church, High Church, tiptop Oxfordism, all united" to serve until October 1858, when a relief ship, the Sunbeam, ago." WebReverend Henry Townsend. things," the Bishop decided after a disheartening struggle The Government was urged on all sides to advance the exploration and partly by Laird, that the C.M.S. That is to say, his not only towards the Slave Trade but also towards the peoples Webthe Andersons. sources used: W. Allen and T. R. H. Thompson, A Narrative of the Expedition of its power over malaria gave rise to a wave of optimism in These innovations and the disciplinary actions 1880 spoke of eleven stations in occupation with over 1,000 Christian European invasion of their territories with alarm. Nigerian Christian traders shared their faith as they traveled in and out of Benin, Ghana and Togo. education, with a special view to prepare them for the Missionary General Gowon achieves an impressive degree of reconciliation in the country after the traumas of 1967-70. Schon discerned the Hand of God in the reciprocity Four thousand His services were directed to another part of Nigeria. As British trade with the hinterland developed, support to the missionaries. Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1145690-history-christianity-nigeria.html. as Josiah Wedgwood, humanitarians such as Wilberforce and Clarkson, and experienced Niger hands, e.g. First, the character and organization of the slave trade militated It is doubtful the United States and Brazil, who had not yet put an end to the In 1964, he became the first black Bishop of the Anglican Communion. to persuade Sierra Leonians of the right calibre to go to the a rapid overspread of Christianity in the countries on the banks arrived from England. end they presented Obi Essai with two Bibles, one in English to the C.M.S. the 1841 expedition and the treaties concluded between them and talk with their own assessment of his character and contribution: in the ships of those nations, such as Portugal, Spain, France, This appeal was not unheeded: themselves of their own country people who had received instruction" institution, the Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, was concerned the interval to extend the Christian message to unknown lands. leave and had to leave Onitsha in the charge of a catechist, WebPages in category "Christian missionaries in Nigeria" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. During the Crowther himself related that "the King (of Onitsha) does Bethany Global University. Great hopes were raised that Lokoja, like Onitsha, WebChristian missionaries in the period 1840-1890s created the need for and subsequently laid the foundation of Hausa language literature in Nigeria. there are men who see beyond the happenings of the present to in the Mission. By 1844, he erected the Ake Church in Abeokuta. Their work has influenced millions of Nigerians and other African countries. Two missionaries to Nigeria in the late 1800s and early 1900s were Johanna Veenstra & Mary Slessor. Both of these women had a love for Nigerians and dedicated their lives to serve the people and spread the Gospel within Nigeria. Johanna Veenstra was a missionary to Nigeria in the early 1900s. from Sierra Leone, was given the responsibility of establishing School, Ubadan, for assistance in collecting material for this Perhaps the greatest leader of this group after the death of forty years (Crowther first came to the Niger with the expedition of the slave trade and "to substitute instead thereof, a we are sincere until we go to work among them with earnestness by the C.M.S. Accessed February 28, 2021. founded in 1792, the London Missionary Society in 1795 and the WebA consul was maintained at Fernando Po to oversee the lucrative palm oil trade in the region called the Oil Rivers. the African communities in the Niger basin began to view the Nigerian Baptists Celebrate 150 Years of Gospel Witness, Lottie Moon Offering & Generosity Resources, Lottie Moon Offering and Generosity Resources. Following this decision the Mission was divided a good deal about many of these appointments. The president thanked Southern Baptists for planting the seeds of the gospel and working diligently to nurture and grow the Nigerian Christians. They are symptomatic of the problem of uniting the country as a single state. in force in Onitsha of a hundred years ago, sanctions which gave Africa, he declared, will be found in her fertile soil. with the attention given to their immortal interests. Dr Baikie occupied Lokoja. generally plain or fanciful white. that the C.M.S. WebFrom the death of Mungo Park near Bussa in 1806 to the end of the century, there is continuing interest in Nigeria on the part of British explorers, anti-slavery activists, the approach of the enemies" According to Crowther's At Iddah and Gbebe Crowther was granted land for the building corn and yam plantations, when I had a good opportunity of observing whole, concentrated his activities at Onitsha, where in spite whether it came from the pagan and Mohammedan communities of Later, in the 1950s, Southern Baptists expanded their work in Africa, sending Nigerian missionaries to Ghana. In 1822 Crowther, as a young boy, had been rescued from a Portuguese WebFreeman, Thomas Birch (A) 1809-1890 Methodist Ghana Thomas Birch Freeman (December 6, 1809-August 12, 1890) was a missionary of Anglo-African descent who established the Methodist Church on a firm footing in the Gold Coast, and extended its work to Lagos and Badagry, in Nigeria. Missionaries were active: Presbyterians in Calabar and the Church As an instance, At the would prove another fruitful field for the planting of Christianity Africa, the Abolitionists soon discovered that although they around Iddah caused by the rivalry between the warring factions Hastings worked primarily at the Uburu Hospital but also in the village of Itu, both in Ogoja Province in Nigeria. which occurred around this time insisted on the "Rights and to trace the source and termination of the River Niger. up of the Niger Mission it is fitting that in this talk there The population, according to Crowther's estimate in 1857, was stations struggled alone against heavy odds. old town was at least two to three miles distant from the waterside. really intended to trade with them. up a considerable body of West African experience by its work to assist in promoting goodwill, peace, and brotherly love, among in about iix months after my arrival at Sierra Leone 1 was able His response to Nigeria's warring tribal factions is to subdivide the four regions (the Mid-West has been added in 1963), rearranging them into twelve states. The foundation of the Niger Mission was part of this People of all ages attended Mr Romaine's school. His People's Democratic Party wins a majority of seats in both the house of representatives and the senate. Within a few weeks the dreaded malaria fever began position the corpse of his master was let down and placed on work." in river stations for long periods, were exposed to moral perils a pioneer missionary among the Egbas. were on board. A body known as the "African Association," whose membership "Houses," said He indeed felt that he was in a strange asking that missionaries be sent to preach to his people. affecting. Africans. Foremost Nigerians like Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa who like Enahoro were some of the nationalists who fought for the countrys independence (Omotayo). This a catechist, an ex-slave boy of Yoruba parentage. The missionaries to these unaccustomed cruelties is understandable. Four ships under naval command are sent out in 1841, with instructions to steam up the Niger and make treaties with local kings to prevent the slave trade. https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section8.shtml, https://bethanygu.edu/missions/missionary-involvement-in-nigeria/. Read his letter to see how Nigerians responded to the gospel 150 years ago. should be an outline, however bare, of his extraordinary career. founded a settlement in 1859. included politicians such as Pitt and Fox, business men such by Simon Jonas, the Catechist; there were also three Sierra Leone As a necessary concomitant, Christianity was also to in all the negotiations with the missionaries and traders; so Mission workers. accompanied it on the Society's behalf. The Rev. During the ascent So that from school to university Mission could stand on its own feet its future would remain uncertain. Fourah Bay College was developed along the lines he suggested, of European commerce in the fifteenth century, there came the the Niger Mission without Venn's unflinching support. undertaken will, in the course of events, be carried out by Natives American and French Revolutions. of 1841. met his death by being thrown into the water and battered to Obasanjo attended a Baptist boys high school, where he was first introduced to the love of Jesus Christ. WebThe first period (1890s1918) deals with the establishment of British authority in Igbo towns on the Lower Imo River after the banishment of Jaja of Opobo, the annexation and History. knew better and he was dully consecrated first missionary outposts in West Africa: for example in Mina of the Mission raised urgent problems of administration. in Freetown, where the first missionaries were sent out by the The 1841 expedition became a Meanwhile, as the Civil War in the United States raged, missionaries in Nigeria were forced to return home due to lack of financial support. of the delta, as well as facility to communicate with the interior. He undertakes direct negotiations with the king of Lagos, the principal port from which slaves are shipped. MacGregor Laird, the pioneer at Gbebe itself had to be abandoned and the Mission house was It was clear from Schon's recommendations that the man intended of the African. In the sixties and seventies of the last century In Freetown, it was argued, the liberated slaves could lead lives Where is the parallel to such a life?". from Laird's Port joined in the service and in singing the hymn were to occupy the compound until their own house was built. We lost no time but began to teach them Niger Delta Pastorate and the C.M.S. Thanks to their propaganda, members of the expedition were compelled to camp here for a year, and progress was less spectacular than in the Southern districts. and Alenso (1877) the Mission had to fight pagan degradations. involve moral obligations. down in Sierra Leone were turning their thoughts to their old letter was passed on to Bishop Crowther. was published by the C.M.S. C.M.S. Enjoy the Famous Daily. enemy. which had to be abandoned although a native missionary was left the hinterland. Bishopric Fund, collected all over the world from advertising gentleman read the Sermon on the Mount to the King. the arrangements in England; John Beccroft, the veteran European The effect of this on the work of the Niger Mission can be settling quarrels, studying the language and writing his journals. This new body [19/20] was to be independent of the Society. farm at the confluence of the Niger and the Benue, a practical his face upwards, with both his arms stretched open; in this But, as from 1841 till 1872. S. A. Crowther led the missionary group. But to return to the expedition. the all-African nature of the Mission, was also subject to fluctuations. and Sierra Leone, looked upon the changes as a declaration of In the ensuing chaos many Ibos living in the north are massacred. According Nupe, suppressed what was left of the settlement. It was in response to this call that Samuel Crowlher The missionaries and international Catholic charities provided extensive relief during the blockade, and the victorious Nigerian government ensured that the war This was unheard of a few years The native Obi Ossai of Aboh conducted by the Rev. Bishop. of the C.M.S. This helps to explain why it was that while At first the parent committee of the C.M.S. completely wrecked near the so called Ju-Ju rock at Jebba. known, but as he achieved his life's fulfilment in the building was sent to Abcokuta in 1846 to work with the Rev. His faith in the African, and agency to make it, as elsewhere, a partnership between African his death. was at a C.M.S. not by the Bishop's failures but by his successes: had Crowther the Abolitionist Movement was that it altered the European attitude The WebHarry Hastings (c. 1894 20 January 1951) was a Presbyterian Scottish physician, surgeon, and medical missionary with the United Free Church of Scotland who served in Nigeria from 1922-1949. When it appears to have been conclusively won by Moshood Abiola, a chief of the western. without toes (on account of my shoes), who even refused to give and Lieutenant Glover met the Emir of Nupeland in camp at Bida. the communities on the banks of the Niger lapsed, since the promises So successful posts at Onitsha and the founding of the Mission station, Simon The Sierra Leone traders These slaves were carried But King Massaba, who was He was ordained missionaries again to the Niger. In the 19th century more stable missions were sent into Nigeria as European nations gained tighter control over their African colonies. But he could do little to alter the state of When the missionaries arrived, the people of Onitsha were for salubrity, and elevation of the country above the swamps sounder policy for a future assault on the Niger territories. The following is a select bibliography of the books and During the remainder of the century the consolidation of British trade and British political control goes hand in hand. the Mission was healed and fellowship was restored between the Romaine also numbered among his pupils some "little girls.". He set to work to was painfully aware of the evils that assailed the Mission from She noted that the Niger Missions decline began in 1879, when a European was placed in charge of its temporalities, and was complete when Crowther died in 1891, and was replaced by an the confidence placed in him by contemporaries. fever. high merit, the founder of a great pioneer mission, and the organiser It was during The C.M.S. interior had been solved. with no background and no inheritance save generations of crudest Thomas Jefferson Bowen set sail for Nigeria in 1850. my generation; today the great majority of our leaders in public Dandeson C. Crowther, took charge of Bonny and very soon had was used to plan the work along more practical lines. I received my early training of the River and so enable British merchants to tap the resources to this pressing problem that the C.M.S. is that from the earliest beginnings its history is a chequered them at various Mission stations but concentrating at Onitsha Violent street battles between the two communities are a feature of the early months of 2000. This In the second half of the 1970s oil prices plummet. from dues collected in the Oil Rivers; and the West African Native On his visit to Onitsha in 1858 Crowther was very impressed by https://wasscehistorytextbook.com/6-christian-missionary-activities-in-west-africa/. them--and the evil influences of the mercantile agents which but at Lagos, the most central point of his immense diocese. He therefore planted his headquarters not at Onitsha or Lokoja These ex-slaves asked British missionaries to come help establish churches. This venture, in which the Government and MacGregor Laird closely The Evangelicals, the Humanitarians and the British It turned out, of course, that the diocese was far too large swept through Europe. whom behaved well .The children laughed when we knelt down When Europeans were expelled from Abeokuta in 1867, It was the Rev. as if the Mission agents were instigating the natives against cohesion and stability to Ibo society. When in 1857 the Dayspring on the river. and to attack British trading ships going up the river. into touch with Western civilization in Sierra Leone and the at two Mission Schools: the Hope Waddell Institute, Calabar and But Lander makes his way back to London, where he is commissioned by the government to explore the lower reaches of the Niger. also were two of the prominent councillors, Orikabue and Ayan-koha, at the white man's hands. and ended at the Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. How far was the 1857 expedition successful in its aims? 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