The history of the Anglican Diocese of Guinea
It is in 1806 that Rev. Leopold Butcher starts working attorneys in the Rio Pongo, under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society in Britain then the very first contact staff meeting in that year.
The region of Rio Pongo, located about 16 km north of Sierra Leone was named because of the river, mud, who sprinkles.
Throughout his Rives were and are located in the villages: Dominghia, Farrenghia, Fallanghia, Tintima and a city: Boffa, to name a few of the more important. This area was then a very important commercial area and well populated.
Between the Church Missionary Society, Moravian missionaries, the Scots and Methodists also work in this area. However, because of the very high mortality rate at the end of the first years of its operations in the Rio Pongo, 16 of the 26 missionaries of the Church Missionary Society who were there died, the remaining 10 were withdrawn Sierra Leone. Because of the very high rate of mortality and the hostility of the traditional leaders, the Church Missionary Society was obliged to abandon his work and to withdraw completely from the scene.
The circumstances surrounding the resumption of missionary work in this part of Africa are probably unique in the annals of missionary activity abroad. It results, this recovery, the strong desire on the part of Caribbean populations to establish a Christian mission in a few areas in parts of Africa. The Church of Barbados has played a major role in this effort between 1850 (15 November) and 1855 (in July). Thus meetings in meetings, consultations for consultation, proposals for proposals, the Reverend James Hanbre Leacock, a native of Barbados, over the age of 60 years and Mr. John Duport, a young catechist, left Barbados for the UK in July 1855. they left the UK on October 24 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where they arrived November 14, 1855. Later, they continued the journey with Tintima at Rio Pongo goal. They arrived at their destination, that is to say Tintima on 1 December 1855. From the foregoing, it is clear that in terms of propagation, diffusion, proclamation of the Gospel, the Good News Jesus Christ, Anglican Missionaries were the earliest pioneers to set foot in our country, Guinea
It is in 1806 that Rev. Leopold Butcher starts working attorneys in the Rio Pongo, under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society in Britain then the very first contact staff meeting in that year.
The region of Rio Pongo, located about 16 km north of Sierra Leone was named because of the river, mud, who sprinkles.
Throughout his Rives were and are located in the villages: Dominghia, Farrenghia, Fallanghia, Tintima and a city: Boffa, to name a few of the more important. This area was then a very important commercial area and well populated.
Between the Church Missionary Society, Moravian missionaries, the Scots and Methodists also work in this area. However, because of the very high mortality rate at the end of the first years of its operations in the Rio Pongo, 16 of the 26 missionaries of the Church Missionary Society who were there died, the remaining 10 were withdrawn Sierra Leone. Because of the very high rate of mortality and the hostility of the traditional leaders, the Church Missionary Society was obliged to abandon his work and to withdraw completely from the scene.
The circumstances surrounding the resumption of missionary work in this part of Africa are probably unique in the annals of missionary activity abroad. It results, this recovery, the strong desire on the part of Caribbean populations to establish a Christian mission in a few areas in parts of Africa. The Church of Barbados has played a major role in this effort between 1850 (15 November) and 1855 (in July). Thus meetings in meetings, consultations for consultation, proposals for proposals, the Reverend James Hanbre Leacock, a native of Barbados, over the age of 60 years and Mr. John Duport, a young catechist, left Barbados for the UK in July 1855. they left the UK on October 24 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where they arrived November 14, 1855. Later, they continued the journey with Tintima at Rio Pongo goal. They arrived at their destination, that is to say Tintima on 1 December 1855. From the foregoing, it is clear that in terms of propagation, diffusion, proclamation of the Gospel, the Good News Jesus Christ, Anglican Missionaries were the earliest pioneers to set foot in our country, Guinea