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Try YouTube Kids Learn more Watch The Torchlighters Episode 20 The Mary Slessor Story on Vision VideoThe bold Scottish missionary Mary Slessor has gone deeper into the Nigerian jungle.
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Mary Slessor, 1848-1915, was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Africa. She made a huge impact on Nigeria and beyond. One source claims "much of West Africa was evangelised due to the open door that Mary Slessor created for the next generation of missionaries to follow after her.
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Mary Slessor was a hard working Scottish mill girl and an unorthodox Sunday School teacher, who, inspired by David Livingstone, became a missionary in Calabar, Nigeria, an area where no European had set foot before.
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Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 - 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching.
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The bold Scottish missionary Mary Slessor has gone deeper into the Nigerian jungle than any other, bringing with her medicine, education, and the life-changing message of the Gospel. When a young mother arrives on her doorstep in the dead of night with newborn twins, Mary receives a fresh call from God: go bring peace and Good News to the.
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Born in Aberdeen in 1848, Mary Slessor was a forerunner for hard-working female missionaries in pioneer work on the continent of Africa. "Exploration and pioneer work was not even an option for a single female missionary - until Mary Slessor arrived on the scene."
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1848-1915 A.D. When Scottish missionary Mary Slessor traveled to West Africa in the late 1800s, she was to become a renowned figure of her time, as she lived and worked in Nigeria.
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Mary's Legacy. Extract from "Everyone's Mother" written by Jeanette Hardage. "Mary Slessor was an extraordinary woman. In her work as a missionary in the Calabar region of Nigeria, she demonstrated a rare ability to combine steely resolve and uncompromising strength with deep compassion and remarkable selflessness.
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Early Life Mary Slessor was born in Scotland in 1848. Her mother was a Christian. She knew God worked through prayer, so she spent hours praying. Mary's mother was praying her son, Robert would become a missionary. On the other hand, her father was a shoemaker and drunkard. Move to Dundee In 1859, the Slessor family moved to Dundee.
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In 1876, aged 27, Slessor sailed to Africa where she started her work in the Calabar region of what is now southern Nigeria. With her red hair and bright blue eyes, she stood out from the crowd and was an immediate object of fascination to the African people.
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This article contends that the shaping of Mary Slessor into an iconic female missionary exemplifies the 'deliberate acts of invention' involved in the creation of imperial heroes and heroines. It contends that there was little that was unique in her practice as a missionary. Rather, the coincidence of her location within an expanding British Empire, the tide of missionary enthusiasm.
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Scots missionary worker Mary Slessor, who died 100 years ago on 13 January, worked tirelessly to improve the lives of ordinary citizens of Calabar, Nigeria. To begin with, Mary Slessor was.
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Training In 1876, Mary left home in Dundee for missionary training in Edinburgh. The United Presbyterian Church appointed Mary as a missionary teacher and she was assigned to a mission station in Calabar (in present day Nigeria). Evangelising Animists
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The mission at Calabar had been established in 1846, so by the time Mary Slessor arrived there in 1876 it was a thriving place with many missionaries and other staff. Some of those who were there to greet her on her arrival had been in Duke Town for many years. Mary set to work quickly teaching the children and working in the dispensary.
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Nov 28, 2022 Church History General Church History Missionary Biography Who Was Mary Slessor? Simonetta Carr 5 Min Read There is something about Mary Slessor that has turned her into a legend. By the time she died, she was as well-known as one of her role models, David Livingstone.
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