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Evangelical Missions and African Initiatives

RE V I E W A N D A P P L I C A T I O N

1. Why does Latourette call the period of 1792–1914 the “great
century of mission?”

2. Discuss some of the difficulties missionaries encountered
when they attempted to take the gospel inland.

3. Differentiate the following: (1) Mission Society, (2) Bible
Society, and (3) Faith Missions.

4. List three missionaries discussed in this chapter and explain
their significance for the advancement of Christianity in Africa.

5. What did Sanneh mean when he wrote “The era of the
‘Scramble for Africa’ was to create a wide circle of disaffected
Africans, many of them Christians?”

Be prepared to discuss these questions and any other questions or issues
that come to mind when your instructor refers to them in class.

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