The Presbyterian Church of East Africa :
Wamagatta, E. N.
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa : an account of its Gospel Missionary Society origins, 1895-1946 / Evanson N. Wamagatta. - New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - xiii, 251 p. : ill., map. - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion, v. 290 0740-0446 ; . - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 290. .
[Africana]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelude to the coming of the missionaries -- Kikuyuland and the Kikuyu people -- Imposition of colonial rule -- The GMS and its establishment in Kenya -- The People's Church of Christ -- The AIM connection -- Establishment in Kikuyuland -- The abortive Kibichoi Mission station -- GMS Kambui and Ng'enda mission stations -- Challenges to missionary work -- Reception of the missionaries in Kikuyuland -- Conflict with Kikuyu culture -- Attributes of GMS missionaries -- The educational approach to missionary work -- The pioneering period -- The era of growth and challenges -- African quest for high schools -- Problems with the government -- Problems with educational work -- The medical approach to missionary work -- The medical personnel -- The struggle against "witch doctors" -- Other gospel connections -- The government connection -- The evangelical approach to missionary work -- Conversion and GMS baptisms -- Persecution of mission adherents -- A time of growth and expansion -- Confrontation with Kikuyu nationalism -- Confrontation with Kikuyu cultural nationalism -- Spiritual slumber in Kikuyuland -- African leadership in the GMS church -- Merger with the Church of Scotland mission -- Financial problems -- The abortive GMS AIM merger -- Schism in the People's Church of Christ -- Human resources and other problems -- The road to the GMS-CSM merger.
BV3625.K4 / W36 2009eb
285.096762
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa : an account of its Gospel Missionary Society origins, 1895-1946 / Evanson N. Wamagatta. - New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - xiii, 251 p. : ill., map. - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion, v. 290 0740-0446 ; . - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 290. .
[Africana]
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelude to the coming of the missionaries -- Kikuyuland and the Kikuyu people -- Imposition of colonial rule -- The GMS and its establishment in Kenya -- The People's Church of Christ -- The AIM connection -- Establishment in Kikuyuland -- The abortive Kibichoi Mission station -- GMS Kambui and Ng'enda mission stations -- Challenges to missionary work -- Reception of the missionaries in Kikuyuland -- Conflict with Kikuyu culture -- Attributes of GMS missionaries -- The educational approach to missionary work -- The pioneering period -- The era of growth and challenges -- African quest for high schools -- Problems with the government -- Problems with educational work -- The medical approach to missionary work -- The medical personnel -- The struggle against "witch doctors" -- Other gospel connections -- The government connection -- The evangelical approach to missionary work -- Conversion and GMS baptisms -- Persecution of mission adherents -- A time of growth and expansion -- Confrontation with Kikuyu nationalism -- Confrontation with Kikuyu cultural nationalism -- Spiritual slumber in Kikuyuland -- African leadership in the GMS church -- Merger with the Church of Scotland mission -- Financial problems -- The abortive GMS AIM merger -- Schism in the People's Church of Christ -- Human resources and other problems -- The road to the GMS-CSM merger.
BV3625.K4 / W36 2009eb
285.096762