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Protestant Missionary Movement. Lesson 12. Objectives: Lesson 12. Describe the widening sense in European Protestantism of the universality of the gospel and discuss the theological and evangelical impulses behind the modern missions movement
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Protestant Missionary Movement Lesson 12
Objectives: Lesson 12 • Describe the widening sense in European Protestantism of the universality of the gospel and discuss the theological and evangelical impulses behind the modern missions movement • Describe the factors that impelled the beginnings of Protestant missions, especially the life and work of William Carey (1761-1834) and Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) • Compare methods the church used to implement her mission in history with present attempts to meet fresh challenges facing the church today • Describe some of the ways in which Christianity grew in various Asian countries • Describe the development of missions in the South Pacific • Term Paper Project • Hymn Project • Articles of Faith • TULIP • Wesleyan Quadrilateral
European Protestantism • Describe the widening sense in European Protestantism of the universality of the gospel and discuss the theological and evangelical impulses behind the modern missions movement • Protestant Calvinism did not promote missions • Pietists and the Moravian groups felt that their message needed to be spread • To their own people in remote locations (USA / Africa) • To foreigners
European Protestantism • As strict Calvinism was rejected, the call for saving the souls of others grew • instead of "God will save them" it became "We must at least preach that they may hear and respond"
Early Protestant missions groups (1700’s) • Catholics! :-) Don't forget, they were there the whole time! • First Spain and Portugal • Then France • England - SPCK and SPG • Wesley went with SPG to Georgia • Whitefield too • Danish Pietists to India • Moravians • German and Swiss • London Missionary Society (1795) • Church Missionary Society (1799)
1800’s • Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (1817) • South Pacific • Americas • American Board of Commissionares for Foreign Missions (1820) • To Hawaii • At first, these societies were basically non-denominational. 100 years later most joined with denominations for administrative or financial support.
South Pacific Missions • LMS sent missionaries to Tahiti - 1796 • John Williams killed in Tonga 1839 • Tonga - Methodists from 1820s • Samoa • CMS to New Zealand (1814)
Factors that impelled the beginnings of Protestant missions • Describe the factors that impelled the beginnings of Protestant missions, especially the life and work of William Carey (1761-1834) and Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) • Protestant Missionary assumptions: • Humans are basically the same spiritually • Humans are equal in God's sight • Other religions are inadequate or evil • My culture is better (oops!) William Carey – “Father of Protestant Missions” was actually not the first.
Compare methods • Compare methods the church used to implement her mission in history with present attempts to meet fresh challenges facing the church today • Catholic Missions: • Focus on giving clergy positions only to Europeans with training • Focus on Christianizing, but not elevating • "Paternalistic" Father-child relationship • Local people not trained because “they cannot do the work as well”
Early Protestant Missions: • Focus on equality and Christianizing • Focus on cultural superiority • Converts could sometimes be leaders if they changed culture
Later Protestant Missions: • Increasing discomfort with "Westernizing" or "civilizing" • Quickly transfer leadership to national pastors and lay people • 3-self churches: self-governing, self-supporting, self-propagating (spread) • But where is the "body" in 3-self? • 3-self is a good phase of missions • Interdependence has great value • Schools are expensive and disappointing • Schools should only be for training pastors and teachers • They should serve the church • They should be in vernacular • Translation efforts are important • Missionaries should not get involved in politics
These views diminished during the 1890's due to "high colonialism" • Compassionate Ministries became a focus • Sometimes to the neglect of evangelism • Often seen as working hand-in-hand
Describe some of the ways in which Christianity grew in various Asian countries • William Carey (1761-1834) to India • Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) - China • China and most of Asia affected by Communist growth in 1950's • Most missionaries were forced out • Church forced "underground" • Extreme persecution • Nationals had to take full responsibility • Today some estimates say that over 30,000 Chinese people come to Christ every day! • Back to Jerusalem Movement - Chinese missionaries want to evangelize from their country to Jerusalem and "complete the circle"
Describe the development of missions in the South Pacific • Captain Cook sailed the South Pacific and wrote letters that people in England read. • Stirred clergy and laity • Catholics had not come to the South Sea • Formed an interdenominational group called London Missionary Society (LMS) • Send missionaries to Tahiti or other islands • Mostly British at first • Most did not want American or British control of islands until French Catholics arrived around 1850 • Early missionaries were very opposed to Catholics
Early missionaries faced several problems: • Animist religion (worshipping rocks / animals / appease spirits) often made visitors unwelcome. A curse would come if new people arrived. • Ocean transportation • European traders that would stir up the nationals against the missionaries • Temptations
1797 39 Missionaries from LMS arrived in Tahiti • Many were curious about these new missionaries • Well received and taken care of • But no signs of success for 16 years! • Many went home, 3 went "native" • Henry Nott stayed with the mission through many trials. Finally the king of Tahiti gave up his idols, was baptized 7 years later, and the people were able to openly accept Christ. • Infanticide and cannibalism stopped • Tahitian Christians became a major missionary force to Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and Cook Islands
10 went on to Tonga with Captain Wilson • Not well received • Sailors that had run away were on Tonga • They made fun of the missionaries • They tempted the missionaries to join them in sexual immorality and drinking - 1 did! • Civil War and 3 missionaries died, the others had to be rescued • LMS Mission to Tonga failed
In 1820 Wesleyan Methodists came and were more successful in Tonga • New Zealand Maori • Tonga • LMS Missionary John Williams took Fauea and his family back to Samoa and started the church work there. • Fauea said that their biggest opposition would be the high priest of the animist religion. • The priest died 3 weeks before the arrival of Fauea and Williams, and no new priest was named! http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-TALA-Banknote-SAMOA-1985-COASTAL-Harbor-View-UNC-/380212934975 http://amazingchronoscope.blogspot.com/2012/08/samoan-child-on-london-missionary.html
Further Expansion of Missions work • Fiji • New Guinea • New Britain • Northern Solomons
Solomon Island Missions development • Spanish Catholic explorer baptized some people of Makira Island (1568). They did not know why. • 1845 French Catholic Jean-Baptise Epalle, who was killed his first day on land. Catholics did not return until 1898. • 1852 Anglican missionaries to Norfolk Island took young boys to New Zealand for schooling and brought them back to do evangelism. Today Anglicanism is the largest denomination in Solomon Islands. • SSEC (Queensland Kanaka Mission) in 1894 with Peter Abu'ofa. It became SSEC in 1907. • Methodist Mission arrived in 1902 in New Georgia. They relied heavily on islanders from other countries. • 1914 Seventh Day Adventists arrive in Western Solomons • 1971 Assembly of God • 1977 Jehovah's Witness • 1992 Nukukaisi Church of the Nazarene with Dickson Manongi and Wallace White. :-) • See _00_Religion in Day 09 for chart and table of membership SSEC
Missions is at home and missions is overseas. • Missionary is a Christian ministering cross-culturally • Much Solomon islands missions is cross-cultural! • 7 billion people live on Earth, 1/3 have never heard of Jesus - what will you do?
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