VISIONEERS VOLUME II - The JAMERICAN Congregational Mission Experience: Building Jamaica Through Our Heroes (in English)
Synopsis "VISIONEERS VOLUME II - The JAMERICAN Congregational Mission Experience: Building Jamaica Through Our Heroes (in English)"
VISIONEERS - A keepsake for your personal libraries, communities, organizations and schools. A historical journey of early American abolitionists Jamaica Missions, from pre-emancipation Jamaica through to the American Civil war and the closure of the American Anti-Slavery Society.Visioneers Vol 1 - The journey begins with a summary of the first self supporting American Congregational Missionary's efforts to help the freedmen in Jamaica. Soon thereafter, five friends from Oberlin College Ohio sailed to Jamaica to assist the Mission's founding father and his native friends who needed educational and ministry support in the hidden nature's paradise of eastern Jamaica from the picturesque hills of St. Andrew through the neighboring parishes of St. Mary and Portland JamaicaVisioneers Vol 2 - Examine the gift of Leadership, the Lane Rebels, the mission field, and the efforts of American and British missionaries from the Congregational, and Presbyterian churches. Learn untold stories from the 1865 Jamaica insurrection, the works of local hero George William. Gordon, Samuel Ringgold Ward and Henry Garnet, two popular black American abolitionist missionaries who contributed to Jamaica's development.Visioneers Vol III - Examine the work of Julius Beardsley, women leaders, missionaries and the Disciples of Christ/Christian Church in Jamaica. Learn of the impact of missions on Jamaica's tourism.Become a Visioneer Explorer - Explore the Jamaican mission field, communities, institutions and sceneries. Immerse yourself in some rich Jamaican history. Value the contributions of the Visioneers, pursue your purpose, passion, dreams and become motivated to explore the beautiful island of Jamaica..Value your heritage, churches, communities and schools!
