Seventh-Day Adventism in Africa

Gabriel Masfa is a Lecturer in Church History in the Department of Religious Studies at Babcock University, Nigeria.

Foreword

Introduction: The African Christian Context

1 African Seventh-Day Adventism’s Roots: The Western Background

2 The Uncertain Context: Multiple Challenges and the Rise of African Adventism (1880s–1920s)

3 Mission in the Age of Colonialism, Part One: Seventh-Day Adventism in Africa and the Pre-Independence Era (1887–1960s)

4 Mission in the Age of Colonialism, Part Two: Personalities, Moving Stories, and the Progress of Adventism in Africa (1886–1990)

5 Early African Adventist Evangelists: African Adventism and Indigenous Contributions (1940s–1990s)

6 Adventism in Africa: The Statistical Centre of Global Seventh-Day Adventism (2008–the Present)

7 The Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Africa and Its Relations with Other Christian Denominations

8 Identity Crisis: Traditions, African Religions, and African Adventism

9 General Conclusion