A Biography of Apolo Kivebulaya

The widespread Baganda conversions were seen as a great missionary success story, in which Apolo epitomized and exemplified what CMS missionaries had prayed for: a native agent who showed lifelong commitment to the spreading of the Gospel and a willingness to sacrifice personal comfort and advanceme...

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Published inInternational bulletin of mission research Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 145 - 148
Main Author Wild-Wood, Emma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2014
Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Baptism
Biographies
Biography
Cultural change
Cultural relations
Evangelism
Kivebulaya, Apolo
Missionaries
Priests
Religion
Religious conversion
Teachers
Teaching
Uganda
United Kingdom
Buganda
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Summary:The widespread Baganda conversions were seen as a great missionary success story, in which Apolo epitomized and exemplified what CMS missionaries had prayed for: a native agent who showed lifelong commitment to the spreading of the Gospel and a willingness to sacrifice personal comfort and advancement for this goal. Yet Apolo's work of preaching, teaching, praying, church planting, and training of evangelists is remembered in Uganda, where a numb er of churches and scho ols are named after him and he features in textbooks on Christian education from primary to A levels.1 The Province de l'Eglise Anglicane du Congo regards him as its founder and commemorates the anniversary of his death every year in Boga.
ISSN:0272-6122
2396-9393
2396-9407
DOI:10.1177/239693931403800309