Ch.+16+Evangelism,+missionaries

= **Evangelism and Missionaries in Nigeria** = ** Joshua Lee Missionaries and Evangelism Period 2 **


 * **Missionaries in Africa were underestimating the strong beliefs of the Ibo's tradition.**
 * **After many years of working in Africa, the Ibo people began to rapidly accept Christianity.**
 * **They opened up churches serving in northern cities and larger towns.**
 * **Among Igboland, the main greatest activity would be the Roman Catholic Church.**
 * **Christians offered freedom from evil spirits and oppression.**
 * **Since the Igbo people's god was dead to them, they thought that the Christian God was very powerful.**
 * **The colonials wanted the children to have an education, but the chiefs refused from fright of harsh enslavement.**
 * **The kids stricken of poverty were given to the colonials for education, because they thought that they were worthless.**
 * **Christianity became powerful and was able to abolish slave trade and slavery, human sacrifices and twin killing.**
 * **They also introduced education, built hospitals, charity homes, improved welfare, and increased human knowledge.**


 * Praying for people in Nigeria is important for the people in Nigeria to accept God.**
 * Missionaries in Nigeria, and to spread the gospel in every tribe and in every language.**

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** Works Cited **

 * //Jstor//. Ithaka, 2000. Web. 5 Nov. 2009. .
 * //Library of congress//. GPO, 1991. Web. 5 Nov. 2009. .
 * //Igbo traditional religion and Christianity -Chp5//. Codewit Global Network, 03 Mar. 2008. Web. 5 Nov. 2009. .
 * //I will praise thy lord by (Okwara Ezema)//. Youtube, 03 Aug. 2008. Web. 5 Nov. 2009. .
 * Digital image. //Pray For Nigeria//. Web. 6 Nov. 2009. 

K.K.