The History of Mission Work in Nigeria

The Beginnings of the Mission Work of the Reformed Congregations from the Netherlands

With a contribution of Mr. Johan Commelin regarding

“Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.” (Psalm 68:31)

I. AFRICA – The First Centuries
II. NIGERIA – Some Data
III. NIGERIA – Commerce and Christianity from the 15th through the 19th Century
IV. SIERRA LEONE – Springboard for Nigeria in the First Half of the 19th Century
V. SOUTHERN NIGERIA – From 1841 until 1914
VI. THE IGBO-AREA IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA
VII. NORTHERN NIGERIA – From 1890 till 1925
VIII. SUDAN UNITED MISSION – In Northern Nigeria
IX. THE IZI-AREA – Beginnings of the Mission Work of the Reformed Congregations from the Netherlands
X. REVIEW AND PROSPECT