Tag: African Americans in Africa

John Day served in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa

John Day was born in Virginia 1797. John Day was the first African American appointed by the Southern Baptist Conventions Foreign Missions Board (SBC). He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1821 and had hopes of ministering in Haiti but could not garner enough support among Virginia Baptists. In 1830, he migrated to Liberia to … Continue reading John Day served in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Central Africa

Althea & Alonzo Edmiston served in Congo

Althea Brown was born in 1874 in Alabama. Her parents were emancipated from slavery, and she was raised on her father's farm in Mississippi.She attended Fisk University and graduated in 1901. Althea was commissioned as a missionary in 1901 by the Southern Presbyterian Church. She sailed for the Congo in 1902 and worked at a … Continue reading Althea & Alonzo Edmiston served in Congo

Carrie Elizabeth Merriweather served in Sierra Leone

Carrie Elizabeth Merriweather was born July 28, 1881, in Carthage, Indiana. When she was 17 years old, she moved to Ohio and attended a Bible School. Merriweather enrolled at Nyack College & Seminary (The Missionary Training Institute) in 1910. Carrie answered her call to missions upon completion of NYACK and began her ministry in Sierra … Continue reading Carrie Elizabeth Merriweather served in Sierra Leone

Henry Curtis McDowell served in Angola

Henry Curtis and Bessie McDowell went to serve in Angola in 1917. They were co-founders of the Galangue Mission. The Galangue Mission was founded and staffed by African Americans in Angola. It was administered by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). He was chosen by the Colored Congregational Churches of Raleigh, North … Continue reading Henry Curtis McDowell served in Angola

Louise “Lulu” Cecilia Fleming served in Congo

Lulu was born in 1862 as a slave in Florida. In 1887 she became a missionary teacher in Congo. The school had 49 students, and many of them came to Christ through Lulu's ministry to them. The students were introduced to Jesus because of Lulu's ministry to them. "This seems a poor report…and perhaps many … Continue reading Louise “Lulu” Cecilia Fleming served in Congo