Issue 79. African Apostles: Black Evangelists in Africa


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Summary
The challenges of 19th century African Christianity surrounded a central question of missions: When ought the missionary labor be handed over to the convert? North American missionaries brought the Gospel into the heart of Africa and began churches throughout the continent, but they were reluctant to yield power to indigenous leaders when they rose up. Then came men who whose passion and leadership could not be stifled.

Christian History & Biography presents the African Apostles: Resilient, mission-oriented men who overcame the pressure of racial stereotyping to lead an emerging indigenous church. Their prophetic callings and visions triggered an explosion of Gospel ministry across sub-Saharan Africa.

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • Anatomy of an Explosion
    The missionaries blazed the trail, but then Africans began to make the gospel their own.
  • Bishop Before His Time
    Samuel Crowther’s consecration as Anglicanism’s first African bishop looked like a great leap forward. Then, racism set in.
  • The Brilliant Career of Joseph Kiwanuka
    How this scholarly Ugandan became the first African Catholic bishop over the protests of a divided church.
  • “The Prospect Terrified Me”
    Apolo Kivebulaya braved witch doctors, hostile chieftains, and Pygmy tribes to preach the Gospel.
  • A Hunger for Holiness
    Simeon Nsibambi’s message of a “victorious life” sparked an East African revival that continues today.
  • A Soul of Fire
    William Wadé Harris preached his way across the Ivory Coast, baptizing 100,000 in 18 months.
  • The People’s Prophet
    Simon Kimbangu’s brief but powerful ministry inspired faith in Central Africans and fear in white authorities.
  • Gallery: Supernatural Faith
    West Africa’s Aladura churches grew from the radical faith of a group of visionary leaders.
  • Transatlantic Alliance
    Two South Africans changed their country by linking their church with an African American church.
  • A Leopard Among the Bannas
    Mahay Choramo faced down violent opposition to minister to the murderous nomads of Ethiopia’s southern frontier.
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