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The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, since its first appearance in 1957, has established itself as the indispensable one-volume reference work on all aspects of the Christian Church. This Revised Edition, published in 2005, builds on the unrivalled reputation of the previous editions. Revised and updated, it reflects changes in academic opinion and Church organization.
when Johann Ludwig Krapf of the *CMS settled at Rabai, near Mombasa, but little progress was made by missionaries in this predominantly Muslim area until the 1870s, when attention was drawn to the E. African slave trade and a settlement for freed slaves was established at Freretown, Mombasa. This eventually prospered and the first Kenyans were ordained in 1885. The Uganda Railway, begun in 1896, gave access to the cool, densely populated central highland and RC and Protestant missionaries quickly
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