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David Aaron Morgan: A Man for Whose Gifts God Generously Provided Employment

David Aaron Morgan The fourth son of Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Morgan; David Aaron Morgan was born in Corn Island, on March 13, 1904. At that time, Corn Island was not yet a municipality of Nicaragua; it was a part of Mosquitia. When his beloved pastor Rev. E. B. James died, Morgan experienced a spiritual awakening and he was baptized by Rev. George Stone on March 30, 1923, in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, which had been formed in 1852 under the leadership of Rev. Edward Kelly from British Honduras (now, Belize). Morgan commenced his working life as a fisherman but soon decided that being a minister of the Gospel was part of God’s plan for his life. Morgan took the bold step of making his way to Jamaica and turning up at Calabar College, and, without appointment, presented himself to the College principal and tutor, asking for an audience. Ernest Price and David Davis were stunned to learn from the young visitor, whom they found in the waiting room at Calabar, ...

George Liele : Revisiting the Story of a Baptist Pioneer

Baptists of Jamaica should always remember to offer thanks to God for the pioneering work of visionary, George Liele, and his family. Extant publications have opened a small window on Liele’s family and service. Still, more details about Liele are only now coming into view. In 1983, during the Jamaica Baptist bicentenary, Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) published a book on George Liele by Jamaica Baptist historian, Clement Gayle. Especially since that time, there has been a flood of publications about this internationally significant pioneer African American missioner who started Baptist witness in Jamaica. Liele himself was born into enslavement in Virginia and the year of his birth is estimated to be 1750, 1751 or 1752. He identified his mother’s name as Nancy and his father as Liele. Separated from his parents early in life, George reports that he was told his father was a person of faith. At 14 years of age, while still enslaved, Liele was taken to the Province...

George E. Henderson Faithful and Influential Servant of God

George Edward Henderson In this blogpost, I reproduce the brief story G. E. Henderson told on April 6, 1916, when he joined with many others in the Brown’s Town Baptist Church to thank God for his 40 years of ministry in the community. After this, a few notes on Henderson’s life will be added. “We are gathered together to celebrate the end of my 40 th year amongst you. My mind goes back to many years, when I came along with senior ministers on 1 st April, 1876 to help your then minister, Mr. [John] Clarke, who was with you for forty years. I remember well the turmoil, and I remember having a feeling that God did not want me to remain. When I came, I found the church fallen in membership. Brown’s Town with a congregation of 800, had 523 remaining. Bethany with 700 only had 42 remaining; Sturge Town with 150 had only 23 left. The combined membership [of the churches] amounted to about 588. This was disheartening. I had only come for three months, but three...

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