The Presbyterian Church of East Africa an account of its Gospel Missionary Society origins, 1895-1946 /
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York :
Peter Lang,
c2009.
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| Schriftenreihe: | American university studies. Theology and religion ;
v. 290. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Prelude to the coming of the missionaries
- Kikuyuland and the Kikuyu people
- Imposition of colonial rule
- The GMS and its establishment in Kenya
- The People's Church of Christ
- The AIM connection
- Establishment in Kikuyuland
- The abortive Kibichoi Mission station
- GMS Kambui and Ng'enda mission stations
- Challenges to missionary work
- Reception of the missionaries in Kikuyuland
- Conflict with Kikuyu culture
- Attributes of GMS missionaries
- The educational approach to missionary work
- The pioneering period
- The era of growth and challenges
- African quest for high schools
- Problems with the government
- Problems with educational work
- The medical approach to missionary work
- The medical personnel
- The struggle against "witch doctors"
- Other gospel connections
- The government connection
- The evangelical approach to missionary work
- Conversion and GMS baptisms
- Persecution of mission adherents
- A time of growth and expansion
- Confrontation with Kikuyu nationalism
- Confrontation with Kikuyu cultural nationalism
- Spiritual slumber in Kikuyuland
- African leadership in the GMS church
- Merger with the Church of Scotland mission
- Financial problems
- The abortive GMS AIM merger
- Schism in the People's Church of Christ
- Human resources and other problems
- The road to the GMS-CSM merger.