Missionary agencies

George Liele – First Baptist Missionary in Jamaica

Simonetta Carr
Jul 6, 2021
George Liele – First Baptist Missionary in Jamaica It has been said that the first American Baptist missionary was not Adoniram Judson, but George Liele, a former slave. Some have quibbled that Liele, although licensed to preach, was not specifically sent abroad by a church. In any case, his life...

Maria Fearing and the Mission to the Congo

Simonetta Carr
Oct 27, 2020
Maria Fearing and the Mission to the Congo If you think you are too old for something you wish to do, Maria Fearing can prove you wrong. She learned to read when she was 33 and became a missionary at 56. She would have continued until her death if the Presbyterian mission board hadn’t stopped her...

Power for Missions Restored

Philip DeHart
Apr 22, 2019
Since the early 19 th Century the American church has largely taken for granted the necessity and legitimacy of mission agencies, both church and para-church. By the mid 20 th Century they were as firmly entrenched as any feature of American church life. But a surprising deja-vu moment occurred...