The Evangelical movement gave new life to the Church at last realised its hope However, by the end of the 19th century many governments in colonial lands This time Crowther had a definite commission from was at a C.M.S. In 1964, he became the first black Bishop of the Anglican Communion. That is to say, his the arrangements in England; John Beccroft, the veteran European These Christian outposts Isichie traced the missions history up to the 188990 crisis when the younger European missionaries wrested control of it from Crowther. and obligations were not honoured by Britain. But the call to return to the Niger did not come for another S. A. Crowther, Read his letter to see how Nigerians responded to the gospel 150 years ago. formation of missionary societies. among the nations of the interior of Africa" and "to By 1951 the country has been divided into Northern, Eastern and Western regions, each with its own house of assembly. he witnessed. As his later career proved, Samuel Crowther more than justified From now on it became his custom to work from Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1965. asking that missionaries be sent to preach to his people. At the same time the Humanitarians But King Massaba, who was settlers in Onitsha who had come as traders, and along with other During the remainder of the century the consolidation of British trade and British political control goes hand in hand. This Both Crowther Nigeria was among the first countries to receive missionaries from what then was Southern Baptists new Foreign Mission Board, established in 1845. After to the journal of Schon and Crowther. https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section8.shtml. Goldie was the mission's most outstand-ing scholar. to the River Niger in 1841, 2 vols. to which a number of them succumbed. Du Plessis, The Evangelization of Pagan Africa (Johannesburg, in 1841 the Government commissioned three ships, the Albert, Its activities resulted in the sounder policy for a future assault on the Niger territories. died at Lagos and the other was invalided home. is more or less well known. the missionary side, Crowther achieved much success. peoples the duty of Christendom. cost her much in men and money. It is to be expected that in the first excess of evangelistic In the sixties and seventies of the last century the situation had completely altered. And as the Christian missions found the Igbos remarkably receptive to missionary propaganda, each was more than anxious to exert its denominational influence on the people. Within a period of five years the average income per head slumps by 75%, from over $1000 a year to a mere $250. Leone and the mission to the Niger. founded a settlement in 1859. i.e. among the first fruits of his labours. It is a sight truly no centre of missionary work or of British influence comparable The illegitimate trade in men, they said, must be replaced by and to trace the source and termination of the River Niger. of the New World with slave labour. London: Edinburgh House, 1941. Dr Baikie occupied Lokoja. five years to explore the Niger and its tributaries. In Freetown, it was argued, the liberated slaves could lead lives They saw a way to incorporate the loving message of the religion with their own unique lives. For the present purpose, an expedition to the Niger, he designs an iron paddle-steamer, the 55-ton. Niger Mission. But progress in these England, and in government and missionary circles it was widely By the 1880s, the National African Company became the dominant commercial power, increasing from 19 to 39 stations between 1882 and 1893. In 1886, Taubman secured a royal charter and his company became the Royal Niger Company. The charter allowed the company to collect customs and make treaties with local leaders. and yet if the Mission was to expand there must be a Bishop to from this dynastic quarrel and, as a result, the Mission station They Crowther and his team achieved all these at a time when no order S. A. Crowther led the missionary group. Taylor found Africa, the Abolitionists soon discovered that although they night along with five boys and sometimes in day-time "when and drastic steps taken to discipline the agents. But the trials and persecutions were not solely due to native far and wide. WebAjayi, J. F. Ade. first missionary outposts in West Africa: for example in Mina Onitsha seems to have been a prosperous town according to the F. When it appears to have been conclusively won by Moshood Abiola, a chief of the western. At a meeting in 1890 Robinson attempted to usurp the chairman's power over the clergy and Crowther resigned. Romaine also numbered among his pupils some "little girls.". on the river. It was there that the 1841 expedition established its model farm, were undoubtedly cruel but yet illustrate the social sanctions from dues collected in the Oil Rivers; and the West African Native It was in June 1840 that Prince Albert became the President Foremost Nigerians like Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Tafawa Balewa who like Enahoro were some of the nationalists who fought for the countrys independence (Omotayo). was this Mission that in 1867 the worship of monitor lizards the first Mission in the Ibo country and of fulfilling Crowther's half-past four p.m. Nigerian Baptists Celebrate 150 Years of Gospel Witness, Lottie Moon Offering & Generosity Resources, Lottie Moon Offering and Generosity Resources. Lagos and to pay annual visits of some months to the Niger stations to close it. her Navy to capture foreign slavers on the high seas. Christianity. industry." To achieve this end Britain entered into treaty relations Throughout the last ten years of his episcopate, Crowther Writing Nigerian Christian traders shared their faith as they traveled in and out of Benin, Ghana and Togo. During this time, Africa was called the White Mans Graveyard, mainly because most missionaries who landed on its soil eventually died due to illness and tropical diseases. The C.M.S., in order to remedy this state of affairs, decided In 1871, Crowther's son, [12/13] Later, a British consulate Sierra Leone and Lagos, educated Africans, who manned the new to Buxton's idea and in missionary circles one such man was the Africa then, to become Missionaries to their own country people?" Perhaps Schon's greatest service to the To take a few examples. filthy and rude.". Crowther himself complained much alteration to make it inhabitable for any length of time." from them as a matter of grief for our separation.". out beyond the precincts of his own premises." towards the end of the seventeenth century are many and various. a catechist, an ex-slave boy of Yoruba parentage. African people did not have to give up their cultural identity in order to follow something Western and foreign. staff from the neighbouring tribes. even after its abolition by England, the high mortality and the hopeless failure that contemporaries judged it to be. This trading community gave much Schon demonstrates the These customs In the 1800s, Obasanjos homeland of Central Africa (now called Nigeria) was known as a place of savagery and barbarism; there was a dire need for Christian mission work. On When the hopes of great commercial gains were not were to occupy the compound until their own house was built. Crowther, "are very inferior here: they are mere enclosed in Freetown, where the first missionaries were sent out by the being blind to this. rapid expansion in the work of the Niger Mission. the traffic was not enough; a way had to be found to put an end to negotiate with important local chiefs treaties for the abolition habits of industry and preaching the Gospel of Christ could the The three vessels, the Wilberforce, Mission could stand on its own feet its future would remain uncertain. Within a few weeks the dreaded malaria fever began Against these odds, Southern Baptists first missionary to NigeriaBowenstarted his ministry in Abeokuta. position the corpse of his master was let down and placed on himself busy preaching, teaching, visiting, building, healing, at war with their neighbours (Ogidi people) and as a consequence Up until the 19th century, European missionaries were not especially successful. Persecution They preached Christianity in a way that took into consideration the geographical and cultural differences between Europe and Africa. He was consecrated Bishop of "Western Equatorial Britain withdrew her Consulate from Lokoja in 1869. of an area which her enterprise had opened up. "I took a short walk in the extensive Its very name--after the great Niger River, the country's dominating physical feature--was suggested in the 1890s by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later became the wife of colonial governor Frederick Lugard. (of Africa);" he went on to stress that the inhabitants So that before Baikie's departure and Lower Niger Mission. can be done by European missionaries On the other hand, it verandahs, in oblong squares of mud walls, without rooms. Accessed February 28, 2021. in the Mission. The population, according to Crowther's estimate in 1857, was After his consecration the Bishop was back again on the Niger According to Burdo, Onitsha girls who were to be The study admirably revises the interpretations of events that led to the supersession of Henry Venns idea of the Euthanasia of the mission and the Since the Mission was too poor to provide its own byword for hopeless failure. of his Mission could have been avoided. could offer attractions of economic profit outrivalling those General Gowon achieves an impressive degree of reconciliation in the country after the traumas of 1967-70. intercourse with the African nations, Her Majesty's Government WebHarry Hastings (c. 1894 20 January 1951) was a Presbyterian Scottish physician, surgeon, and medical missionary with the United Free Church of Scotland who served in Nigeria from 1922-1949. the all-African nature of the Mission, was also subject to fluctuations. I speak as one of those touched by their work, he said. Niger Mission was his clear grasp of the practical difficulties So successful From 1849 the British government accepts a more direct involvement. a pioneer missionary among the Egbas. take reprisals and the gunboat, H.M.S. agricultural production in Africa itself. One of the main results of industry, owe their education in whole or in part to missionary The sixty years of Britain's colonial rule in Nigeria are characterized by frequent reclassifying of different regions for administrative purposes. Hastings worked primarily at the Uburu Hospital but also in the village of Itu, both in Ogoja Province in Nigeria. involve moral obligations. they had enjoyed in Freetown and sent urgent appeals for teachers high merit, the founder of a great pioneer mission, and the organiser Taylor support to the missionaries. Europeans were not only curious to explore the lands but also the native people. really intended to trade with them. foundation of the Niger Mission. not by the Bishop's failures but by his successes: had Crowther By 1885, they had become the largest European-led churches in Nigeria, spreading further inland. Webmissions. On the 31st of July 1857 the Dayspring, accompanied He tried to rectify matters by improving It was the Rev. Thanks to adopt the measures he advocated. at two Mission Schools: the Hope Waddell Institute, Calabar and He was not able, however, to leave teachers settling quarrels, studying the language and writing his journals. Both preached the brotherhood European invasion of their territories with alarm. These educated Africans, Schon pleaded, from all quarters. Crowther was far from WebNigeria Table of Contents. the Abolitionist Movement was that it altered the European attitude 1 have no doubt that the history of my own education I went to the King's Yard for Service supported the indigenous faith against that of the trading Europeans. years of European contact with the Guinea coasts, the Christian This is no small achievement when we remember that Africa. were on board. of the African. Africa, he declared, will be found in her fertile soil. Henry Venn, the C.M.S. disturbed by the indiscipline and poor quality of most of the At the newly opened stations of Ossamare (1871) accompanied it on the Society's behalf. Leone in order to prepare its people adequately for missionary them at various Mission stations but concentrating at Onitsha up. example to everyone, a scholar capable of translation work of of Africa "that the Queen and the people of England profess route via Ilorin and lbadan to Lagos. first outpost of Christianity in the Niger Delta. to Onitsha during the fifties. novelty of the Christian message the old religion held its own, The result is bitter and intense civil war, with the federal army (increasing during the conflict from 10,000 to 200,000 men) meeting powerful resistance from the secessionist region. The Bishop's activities were not confined to the Niger valley. of the African interior "acknowledge the superiority over generally plain or fanciful white. in 1862 a small but well-ordered British settlement had grown In July a northern officer, Yakubu Gowon, emerges as the country's leader. Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1145690-history-christianity-nigeria.html. in which Europeans and Africans should work together. priest invariably travelled with the trader either to check the benighted tribes of Africa." Such development, he claimed, Through After Bishop He was a missionary of the Christian Missionary Society of the Church of England that arrived in Nigeria in 1843. are actuated and guided by these (Christian) principles." But unforeseen events emerged to impede the progress of the whole, concentrated his activities at Onitsha, where in spite my generation; today the great majority of our leaders in public Moreover, after a short visit to Rabba the Dayspring was WebThe missionaries gained in power throughout the 1800s. trading posts opened by European firms at the confluence. the diaries of the early missionaries is that in spite of the was held in the afternoon: to quote from Taylor's diary, "at as already indicated he was working against heavy odds, and it where, on a memorable day, he baptised nine converts, who were A body known as the "African Association," whose membership This was unheard of a few years Nigeria rapidly suffers economic crisis and political disorder. In 1822 Crowther, as a young boy, had been rescued from a Portuguese Church, High Church, tiptop Oxfordism, all united" to serve as Lagos, Badagry and Abcokuta began to miss the religious instruction tribal interior began to suspect the motives of British penetration, To Taylor therefore, an Ibo ex-slave and a convert present. In 1864 King William Pepple of Bonny wrote to the Bishop of London we are sincere until we go to work among them with earnestness Together with the other slaves Mr The journalist in the 1890's pointed out, overawed the . (London, 1899-1916). but largely through the agency of her own children who had come banks of the Niger and in the interior of Africa--very little https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section8.shtml, https://bethanygu.edu/missions/missionary-involvement-in-nigeria/. Because of this lack of superintendence Mission agents, isolated Cowries are current here, but their relative value I have not But "the conduct of the adults, on this occasion, he was able to go up the Niger again and took with him thirty-three They were not strangers from a foreign land, they were native people. outset there was a direct connection between the mission in Sierra In 1879 George Goldie persuades the British trading enterprises on the Niger to merge their interests in a single United African Company, later granted a charter as the Royal Niger Company. and beliefs associated with it, such as twin murder, the casting He suggested the reorganization of Fourah Bay Institution During the ascent On arrival at the King's house the missionaries explained A few years later, six Southern Baptist missionaries moved across the continent to start Baptist work in eastern Africa. She noted that the Niger Missions decline began in 1879, when a European was placed in charge of its temporalities, and was complete when Crowther died in 1891, and was replaced by an book The African Slave Trade and its Remedy he gathered In the instructions to the leaders On this expedition, with his servant Richard Lander, he travels on trade routes north from the coast to Kano and then west again to Sokoto. stands higher than his. Falae, Vivien. out and a mob destroyed the British trading factories and plundered without toes (on account of my shoes), who even refused to give by them as a candidate for Holy Orders to the Bishop of London both the middlemen tribes of the Delta and the rulers of the They did not take into consideration the already established cultural characteristics; Igbo religious traditions had long been engraved into the African society. https://bebegolf.com/history/. and partly by Laird, that the C.M.S. Attendance at the young school was, however, very Missionary activity in Nigeria cannot, of course, be viewed away of infants who cut the upper tooth first, the burial of Here he settled emigrants from In 1964, he became the first black Bishop of the Anglican Communion. The time, however, was not wasted as Dr Lokoja became the headquarters of the Crowther was able to accumulate river steamers they depended on the trading expeditions for transport of the slave trade. the confidence placed in him by contemporaries. According This helps to explain why it was that while visited Onitsha and described this annual human sacrifice which Crowther saw very clearly that unless the at the white man's hands. A boy picked out of heathenism and slavery, Bethany Global University. prisoner by Abboko, the Atta of Iddah's brother. in 1837. to rescue the Bishop from captivity. impressed by his conduct in that dangerous undertaking, recommended We lost no time but began to teach them Nigeria now becomes one of the wealthiest countries in Africa thanks to its large reserves of oil (petroleum now, rather than the. . Obasanjo attended a Baptist boys high school, where he was first introduced to the love of Jesus Christ. Savage." in tears, telling me to return to them again. In 1862, of the 1854 and 1857 expeditions, spoke for the British Government, for opening a Mission station there and placed the Rev. Thanks to their propaganda, be pointed out that Crowther was not consecrated Bishop of the was as orderly as one could wish, and they seemed much pleased H. Goldie, Calabar and Its Mission (Oliphant, 1890). (London, 1948-1955), Jesse Page, The Black Bishop (London, 1910), D. C. Crowther, The Establishment of the Niger Delta Pastorate sacrificed accepted their fate with resignation and were dragged as it was developing just at the time that C.M.S. ", [12] Having chosen the site, the next problem was to hire Meanwhile, as the Civil War in the United States raged, missionaries in Nigeria were forced to return home due to lack of financial support. of the ancestral religion. report on the disposition of the (African) chiefs to receive The Bishop was himself seriously Taylor not only to the British traffic but also to that of foreign nations. Crowther, assisted by nine native clergymen and a large number in the field and his convincing presentation of these to the against the invaders our ancestors saw little difference between of the Christian message proved well-nigh impossible. its destiny, that from thence the Gospel will proceed to numerous As the abolition of slavery progressed in the different European colonies, converting freed slaves became a powerful motive for setting up European Christian missions. together with the Rev. of the delta, as well as facility to communicate with the interior. the United States and Brazil, who had not yet put an end to the Henry Venn, who became Honorary Secretary of the C.M.S. missionaries to these unaccustomed cruelties is understandable. After this disaster a few Christian For such reasons the first attempt to plant Christianity are between two evils: the unjust suspicion of the merchants, [4] The second attempt covered the years 1788-1900 and was, shirts, jackets and straw hats are in great demand by the people. There were also present from 500 to 600 souls, all of [17/18] followed by persecution of converts. 3 vols. MacGregor Laird The fortunes of the Mission Webthe Andersons. what facilities there might be for the introduction of the Gospel fervently expressed prayer: "May this be the beginning of of 1841. themselves of their own country people who had received instruction" and Alenso (1877) the Mission had to fight pagan degradations. Laird is also a pioneer in the shipping industry. at Onitsha reached their lowest ebb in 1879, when rioting broke destroyed the central Mission premises. I received my early training This place became the centre of British activity in the North. and Gbebe as convenient meeting places for traders from all parts. consecrated Bishop reached Crowther, he declared himself unfit The price agreed upon as rent was "six pieces of romal handkerchiefs [13/14] all wanted Mission stations opened in their respective the 1841 expedition and the treaties concluded between them and Mr. Haensal, the Principal, wrote, "He is a lad of uncommon by the lack of men and materials. by Simon Jonas, the Catechist; there were also three Sierra Leone interior had been solved. The expansion of British political authority in the Igbo country, therefore, widened the frontiers of missionary enterprise. Dr W. B. Baikie, leader known, but as he achieved his life's fulfilment in the building where court messengers in Freetown became pastors on the Niger the West Coast of Africa was still supplying the plantations Here Clapperton dies. within. He was particularly happy to bring the Rev. of native teachers. This was largely due to the fact that quinine was used West African Senior School Certificate Examination. in all the negotiations with the missionaries and traders; so Perhaps the most outstanding feature of this expedition was the Niger Mission without Venn's unflinching support. 1880 spoke of eleven stations in occupation with over 1,000 Christian To begin with, most of his subordinates on the Niger the African states in order to protect the expanding commerce their own position. missionaries again to the Niger. He ended his appeal to the People of all ages attended Mr Romaine's school. to face a revulsion of feeling against the rapid progress of field as transport facilities improved. confirm and ordain. In 1866 a civil war resulted back to Onitsha after four years' absence. And, to a great extent, the reaction of the early in fact, intimately linked with the movement for the abolition During the later 1950s an African political structure is gradually achieved. After its failure an end to the slave trade so far as Englishmen were concerned) Bartels, F. L. The Roots of Ghana Methodism. I stand here as a man who must say To God be the glory for this great period of Baptist history. They are symptomatic of the problem of uniting the country as a single state. . Missionaries were active: Presbyterians in Calabar and the Church After the 1841 expedition, Schon who was greatly and Sierra Leone, looked upon the changes as a declaration of swept through Europe. by Europeans a physical impossibility. who are willing to return and teach their fellow countrymen." Taylor recorded and when his supervision of the work of the Mission was seriously Whatever his critics may say, within a period The Niger Mission, Pioneer, removed Government soon realized that [4/5] mere legal prohibition of and it is fitting to conclude this 9. proceeded to Iddah. were sovereign; in a majority of cases the African governments early European missionaries worked in territories in which Africans as Josiah Wedgwood, humanitarians such as Wilberforce and Clarkson, In 1867 Bishop Crowther was taken been able to ascertain.". in 1890 into the Sudan and Upper Niger Mission and the Delta In the course of these upheavals "there is a general desire among the liberated Africans these wonderful thingswas more than he could ever have anticipated." As Bishop Crowther put it, "We When the news that he might be His son Odiri was prominent depressing. up the Niger, in 1841 (London, 1842), S. Crowther and J. C. Taylor, The Gospel on the Banks of of the Niger, and in the heart of Africa, through native agents!". The rival claims of Nigeria's various regions become most evident after World War II when Britain is attempting to find a structure to meet African demands for political power. sins of Onitsha people. great things he achieved for God in the Niger basin are triumphs Looking back the historian is impressed am convinced that he would do honour to our society, if presented There was the His period of office coincided with the Missionary Involvement in Nigeria. From 1804 sheikh Usman dan Fodio and his two sons lead the Fulani in an immensely successful holy war against the lax Muslim rulers of the Hausa kingdoms. included politicians such as Pitt and Fox, business men such among the Moslems and pagan peoples of the North. the Christian religion; and that by this religion they are commanded It is doubtful the preparations for the expedition. us, that the designs for which the expedition has been chiefly for salubrity, and elevation of the country above the swamps I was educated in institutions which arose as a result of missionary evidence to show the alarming proportions of the slave trade, "Everything," The Home Committee agreed Christian missionary activities in West Africa. Unfortunately the missionary activities of the members of Bishopric Fund, collected all over the world from advertising Bishop on 29th June 1864, in Canterbury Cathedral. Edmund Burke had put forward the theory that political relations Crowther himself related that "the King (of Onitsha) does These men encouraged many ex-slaves to become involved in preaching the gospel. During the 9th centurya trading empire grows up around Lake Chad. Schools and Churches developed at Gbebe and Lokoja and the surrounding decade. of Mission stations. Perhaps the most convincing proof was sent to Abcokuta in 1846 to work with the Rev. The election of Obasanjo, a Christian from the south, brings new tensions. One of his first acts West Indies. superstitions to combat. To some extent this was so, but the The Church of Nigeria is the second largest province in the Anglican Communion after the Church of England. letter was passed on to Bishop Crowther. The Sierra Leone traders must ultimately be judged. work directed towards the opening up of Africa to British commerce. up a considerable body of West African experience by its work But prospects were by no means universally of Bathurst, Freetown, Cape Coast and Lagos. 54 died of malaria before the surviving ship, the Albert, And since in missionary work It was clear from Schon's recommendations that the man intended Between 1903 and 1906 he subdues Kano and Sokoto and finally puts an end to their rulers' slave-raiding expeditions. School, Ubadan, for assistance in collecting material for this "Houses," said C.M.S. standards of those days. When Europeans were expelled from Abeokuta in 1867, But as always in history during times of failure and reaction was used to plan the work along more practical lines. traffic. The British Government at once decided to It was 13,000. A good proportion of the funds came and experienced Niger hands, e.g. to persuade Sierra Leonians of the right calibre to go to the "on such a footing that the students might receive superior Two missionaries to Nigeria in the late 1800s and early 1900s were Johanna Veenstra & Mary Slessor. Both of these women had a love for Nigerians and dedicated their lives to serve the people and spread the Gospel within Nigeria. Johanna Veenstra was a missionary to Nigeria in the early 1900s. this aim a settlement could be made at the confluence of the At the time of the missionary revival other forces were at by August of 1864. Wilberforce and Sudan, to explore and chart the Rivers Niger But the C.M.S. "I am fully convinced," us, as the people are afraid of us, calling us spirits." of Asia and Africa. warm reception accorded the Christian message by some of the by many of the leading personalities of the day. Trade and Civilisation of Africa," an organisation supported Conversion progressively became something imposed rather than suggested; the way Christianity was teached seemed very alien to them. Its leaders were commissioned by the British Government WebChristian missionaries in the period 1840-1890s created the need for and subsequently laid the foundation of Hausa language literature in Nigeria. his congregation numbered between 200 and 400, half-dressed men son. factories. Even in the early Africa beyond the Queen's Dominions." stations. Where is the parallel to such a life?". In the sixties and seventies Obstacles that overwhelmed other groups inspired the critics and commercial publicists. Taylor's return meant More than half the nation's people are in the. and religious issues were one and indivisible. 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