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Ludwig Krapf and His Impact on the Swahili Language in East Africa
The Swahili Coast, Watamu, (2018) The Roman Catholic Church arrived on the East Coast of Africa in 1498 in the form of the Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama. Between 1593 and 1596 the Portuguese built Fort Jesus on Mombasa Island, but they did not go beyond the coast and left in 1698 when Fort Jesus [...]
Was Ludwig Krapf as Monumental as the Monuments Suggest?
The First Protestant Church in East Africa at Rabai, Kenya. Today this building houses the Krapf Museum. In 2006 Jochen Eber published a biography of Ludwig Krapf in German. He has no plans for an English edition. In the introduction to that work, Eber points out, that there has been a renewed interest in the [...]
Falwell, Trump and the Church in a Post-Christian Culture
In the late 1970s, Jerry Falwell Sr. mobilized the Christian right of American with the founding of the Moral Majority. His slogan at the rallies was “I love America,” and the goal was to provide a vehicle to address cultural and moral issues and combat legislation that would take America away from its Judeo-Christian ethic. [...]
A Friend Who Sticks Closer than a Brother (S of S 1:2-7)
No other book in the Bible presents the passionate and pursuing love of Christ, as the Song of Solomon. On the other hand, no other book in the Bible presents the Christian’s love so fragile and insecure as this book. The opening scene of the Song of Solomon sets the stage for the entire book; [...]
Dr. J. B. Rowell and the Beginning of Northwest Baptist Bible College
Northwest Baptist Theological College Administration Building in Vancouver. The College later moved to Langley on the Campus of Trinity Western University (Credit: The Fellowship Story: Our First 25 Years; J. H. Watt) Early in July 1927 thirteen Churches left the British Columbia Baptist Convention in the struggle to maintain a theologically conservative and [...]
The Roots of Liberalism among Canadian Baptists
McMaster University, circa 1905 (credit: McMaster University) In 1927 the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversy, which had been simmering for decades, finally reached boiling point, resulting in two major Baptist splits in Canada.[1] In Vancouver, on the West Coast, thirteen churches left the British Columbia Baptist Convention to form the conservative Convention of Regular Baptists of British Columbia.[2] Four [...]
The Best Way to Study the History of Missions
Somalis watering their camels in a shallow well at Boka Wells in the Tana Region of Kenya Before we get into the history of missions proper, we need to ask first, what is the best way to study the subject? This implies, of course, to use the old English proverb, “there is more [...]
Dr. T. T. Shields on Roman Catholicism: Pt. 2. “A Powerful International Political Organization”
Two related issues formed the impetus of Shields’ fight with Roman Catholicism in Canada. The first was the theological and spiritual danger of Roman Catholicism which we have previously considered. The second was the Roman Catholic monopoly that separated Quebec from the rest of Canada and obstructed national unity. Donald Wicks presented the issue very [...]
Dr. T.T. Shields on Roman Catholicism: Pt. 1. Theologian and Pastor
On June 15, 1949, an article appeared in Maclean’s Magazine featuring Dr. T.T. Shields of Toronto; the title was “The Battling Baptist.” This perception of Shields as a controversialist, rightly or wrongly, has become the most defining feature of his life and ministry. In some respects, it is understandable how this perception has developed; there [...]
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