was also because the Maori had wanted the British to protect them from other countries who had wanted to colonize in New Zealand. For the treaty signing to have taken place the treaty was written in English and was then translated to Maori by the missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward. Due to Henry Williams translating the treaty it has been a subject of debate as many believed that Henry Williams deliberately mistranslated the treaty‚ therefore there was no settlement on what exactly was agreed
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Katrina Carter November 20‚ 2011 Botswana The African country of Botswana‚ formerly know as Bechuanaland‚ is located in the southern end of the continent‚ Africa‚ and consists seventy percent of the Kalahari Desert. Botswana is surrounded by six countries‚ including South Africa‚ Namibia‚ Angola‚ Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ and Mozambique. Rhodesia was an expanded territory which included the countries of Zambia‚ Zimbabwe‚ Mozambique‚ and Botswana. Once this vast Rhodesian territory came across the
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A Christian rock band called Rainbow is taking the millenials in China by storm and is using its music and popularity to share the gospel to people across the country. In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) News‚ Rainbow lead singer Uncle Bing recalled how only a few people knew about the band when it was formed in 2012. However‚ they were propelled to stardom with the help of a national talent show‚ and now the band is traveling from one city to another and is bound in unity
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historical faith and is incarnational‚ the reality of God entering into human affairs (p.181). Bosch proposes four epochs in the history of mission‚ each epoch has its own characteristic “paradigm”: the missionary paradigm of Eastern Church (the Greek patristic period); the medieval Roman Catholic missionary paradigm; the protestant (Reformation) paradigm; and the modern Enlightenment
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Scriptures. The Apostle Paul came a long way from where he was to where he ended up. The Bible tells us that he would persecute the Church passionately and without regard for the Believers. The Apostle Paul was arguably the world’s most influential missionary (obviously not counting the Lord Jesus) to ever walk planet earth. Paul was not always his name but actually he was called Paul only after his conversion. Paul’s first and original name was Saul. Saul was a terror to the church and a modern day
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from the college in Fairfield‚ New York in 1832. For four years he practiced medicine in Canada until he returned back to New York to become a missionary member of the Presbyterian Church. Narcissa Prentiss was born in Prattsburgh‚ New York in 1808 to a devout Presbyterian church family. She had always been a perfect religious child and soon became a missionary worker who taught primary school kids in the city she lived
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the Indian society over the past century. In 1815 he founded the Atmiya Sabha. In 1819 he defeated a great scholar named Subrahmanya Sastri on the question of idol worship. Since then the Christian missionaries extended their full support to Ram Mohan Roy. In 1821 William Adam‚ a Christian missionary began to have faith in the unity of individual and universal soul. William Adam had close contact with Ram Mohan Roy and he founded the Calcutta Unitarian Committee. Since then the Christian
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Livingstone eventually convinced his father to let him go to school and become a missionary in China. After finishing school‚ Livingstone had planned to go to China to perform his missionary duties‚ but because of the Opium War‚ Livingstone’s plans were altered. He continued his studies‚ and became a respected member of the medical community. Soon though‚ he offered his services to the London Missionary Society‚ and was assigned to a mission in Africa. Early knowledge and exploration
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sacrifice‚ communal living‚ marriage‚ war‚ and magic. Religion in the Umuofian society was very important and distinct‚ they have different ways of practicing it‚ and it is influenced and compared to the Christian religion practiced by the European missionaries that were invading at the time. Religion has been around for millions of years and it is used as a way to explain things that occur throughout our daily living. These events that occur can be explained by religion. The Ibo religion depicted
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and an English missionary teacher in Japan. Serving people as a dentist is truly inspiring and rewarding to me; however‚ serving the Lord is incomparably glorying that absolutely completes me. Therefore‚ I will not get tired working with the Lord to reach out and tell to the unbelievers His saving grace. It is indeed such great achievement and priceless wealth to see people get freed‚ healed and alive again in the love of God. I came to Japan not as a dentist‚ but as a Missionary English teacher
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