Black history: African-American Christian missionaries

TL;DR:
This page highlights African-American contributions to world missions, especially events that occurred during the Black History Month of February. The page notes historic milestones like Betsey Stockton’s 1823 voyage to Hawaii, the 1828 death of missionary Lott Cary in Liberia, Eliza George’s 1913 call to Liberia, and more recent ones like Marilyn Lewis’s mobilization work in 2000.

Celebrating Black History Month

It happened on this date in February

What people of one racial/ethnic background are doing to fulfill the Great Commission: Significant missions events in February involving African-Americans

More needed

We need more February dates with the following African-American missionaries. Can you help us with February birth-dates, anniversaries, date of call, date of leaving for the field, deaths, and other significant dates for them that fall in the month of February?

-- Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu

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