Why Missionaries wereSuccessful Missionaries were successful in carrying out their activities because they had a number of factors that worked in their favor. 1. They received hospitality, ambiance and cooperation from the local chiefs. E.gMuteesa provided them an opportunity to preach to his people and also gave them shelter at his courts 2. They also received Massive supportboth oral and Financial from their home governments. Their home governments also gave them protection wherever they were working 3. The Unity among the already existing Christian groups also enabled them to succeed 4. Transportation was eased by the already existing caravan routes in the interior. The Early missionaries used the long-distance caravan routes to penetrate the interior 5. In some areas African Traditional religions were not deeply rooted which made it easy for them to convert 6. Africans were fascinated by the missionaries’ medical skills and whenever they asked them, missionaries would attribute it to the healing power of Jesus Christ 7. The new converts were very committed to spreading Christianity and they helped missionaries to carry out their activities 8. Missionaries were also humble and diplomatic which drew many Africans to them
Missionaries came to East Africa for various reasons. These were economic, social, and humanitarian in nature. The missionaries had the ambition to spread Christianity to the people of East Africa. This would be through preaching and teaching the holy gospel so that many would get converted to Christianity They wanted to fight against slave trade in East Africa. Earlier travelers like John Speke and James Grant, H.M. Stanley, Dr. David Livingstone and others had reported about the evils of slave trade in East Africa. Christian missionaries therefore came with an intention of putting an end to end introducing or replacing it with legitimate trade. Missionaries wanted to resettle the freed slaves in East Africa by setting up resettlement centers both in the interior and at the coast for example at Bagamoyo and Free town near Mombasa. They wanted to check on the spread of Islam in East Africa from the coast with intentions of converting many to Christian...
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