Christian Missionary Work In South Africa

Initially the focus has been on mobilising the church and training missionaries to go into the world but in recent years the work of om has become even more diverse as we respond to the needs in south africa.

Christian missionary work in south africa. Christianity in africa arrived in egypt in the middle of the 1st century. Indigenous ministries assisted by christian aid mission have sent more than 4 700 missionaries to the field throughout the continent mainly in regions dominated by islam where millions of people belong to unreached people groups. The purpose of this role is to develop language and culture skills ministry skills and relationships that will. The role of missionaries the legacy of christian missionaries in africa lives up to this day.

Augustine of canterbury missionary to england. European colonization of north america aroused interest in native americans and the virginia and massachusetts charters enjoined their conversion. In southern africa most of the leaders who participated in the fight for independence were educated by missionaries or schools built by missionaries. By the end of the 2nd century it had reached the region around carthage in the 4th century the aksumite empire in modern day eritrea and ethiopia became one of the first regions in the world to adopt christianity as an official religion and the nubian kingdoms of nobatia makuria and alodia followed two centuries later.

Matzikama western cape south africa. On the one hand they were driven by a strong desire to genuinely serve humanity and bring about material and social changes which would improve its quality of life. During colonialism in south africa they defied the government and educated black students at a time when the colonial governments forbade this practice. The battle for souls rages on in africa home to the world s largest christian and muslim communities.

European missionaries to southern africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. Missionaries are also needed to show the light of christ by serving people in limited access countries in. Christianity christianity protestant missions 1500 1950. A study of missionary settlement and the spread of christianity in southern africa during the period 1800 1925 including a piece on the role of missionaries a list of mission stations and case studies of individual mission stations.

Saint boniface influential in the conversion of german peoples. Today there are between 400 500 missionaries represented by om south africa either working locally or in a foreign country. A christian school in south africa is seeking suitably qualified individuals committed to christian education for the following teaching. Alopen first missionary to china nestorian.

These are missionaries who predate the second council of nicaea so it may be claimed by both catholic and orthodoxy or belonging to early christian groups. As the world invests financially our prayer is that god s people will send business people bible teachers healthcare workers school teachers and many more people with a heart to help the people of africa know christ as savior.