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1761 – The first Moravian missionary in Ohio, Frederick Post, settles on the north side of the Muskingum. [188] 1762 – Moravian Missionary John Heckewelder confers with Koquethagacton ("White Eyes") at the mouth of the Beaver River (Pennsylvania) 1763 – The Presbyterian Synod of New York orders that a collection for missions be taken.
Thomas J. Arnold Missionary in China during the Qing dynasty; David Bogue – missionary to India, convert from the Church of Scotland; Samuel Dyer – 19th-century China; William Ellis – missionary to the South Pacific and an author; Cynthia Farrar – missionary to India, 1827–1862; Cyrus Hamlin – American missionary in Turkey
David Zeisberger (April 11, 1721 – November 17, 1808) was a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native American tribes who resided in the Thirteen Colonies.He established communities of Munsee (Lenape) converts to Christianity in the valley of the Muskingum River in Ohio; and for a time, near modern-day Amherstburg, Ontario.
1739 - The first missionary to the Mahican (Mohegan) Indians, John Sergeant, builds a home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts that is today a museum. 1740 - Moravian David Zeisberger starts work among Creek people of Georgia [50] 1741 - Dutch missionaries start building Christ Church building in Malacca Town, Malaysia. It will take 12 years to complete.
Many forget the missionary zeal of Dr. David Livingstone, as he hoped to spread Christianity but also commerce, in Africa. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
John Nevins Andrews (July 22, 1829 in Poland, Maine – October 21, 1883 in Basel, Switzerland), was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. J. N. Andrews was the first SDA missionary sent to countries outside North America. He was the most prominent author and scholar of his time, in the Adventist church.
During the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries and missionaries (such as Saint Patrick and Adalbert of Prague) fostered formal education and learning of religion, beyond the boundaries of the old Roman Empire. In the seventh century, Gregory the Great sent missionaries, including Augustine of Canterbury, into England.
The Gnadenhutten massacre, also known as the Moravian massacre, was the killing of 96 pacifist Moravian Christian Indians (primarily Lenape and Mohican) by U.S. militiamen from Pennsylvania, under the command of David Williamson, on March 8, 1782, at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio Country, during the American Revolutionary War.