World Missions and the Social Gospel
| 1807 |
Slave trade abolished in England. William Wilberforce, evangelical Anglican layman,
is largely responsible. He is a member of the evangelical Clapham Sect of Anglicans,
who are also successful in helping chimney sweeps and factory workers. |
| 1823 |
Reginald Heber, hymn-writer, becomes the highly effective second bishop "and
chief missionary" of Calcutta. |
| 1832 |
First Reform Act enfranchises large numbers of the English poor. The act is generally
opposed by the bishops; the Archbishop of Canterbury is almost struck by a dead cat
during anti-clerical riots. |
| 1838 |
Frederick Denison Maurice, priest with Unitarian background and socialist activist,
publishes "The Kingdom of Christ", about the causes of divisions among
Christians. |
| 1835 |
Jackson Kemper ordained Bishop and is first missionary bishop to American frontier. |
| 1841 |
George Augustus Selwyn, linguist and swimmer, becomes first bishop of New Zealand |
| 1846 |
William Augustus Muhlenberg founds Church of the Holy Communion in New York City.
Innovations include free pews, weekly communion, and an unemployment fund. |
| 1864 |
Samuel Crowther, former Black slave, made bishop "on the Niger". |
| 1865 |
William Booth begins the ministry that will become the Salvation Army. Anglicans
and Methodists generally fail to support his work for many years. |
| 1866 |
Channing Moore Williams made bishop of China and Japan |
| 1871 |
John Coleridge Patteson, swimming bishop of Melanesia, and his friends are mistaken
for slave traders and martyred. |
| 1877 |
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, translator of the Bible into various oriental
languages, becomes bishop of Shanghai. |
| 1885 |
James Hannington, bishop of East Equatorial Africa, and his companions are martyred
by xenophobic King Mwanga of Uganda. ("Go, tell Mwanga I have purchased the
road to Uganda with my blood.") |
| 1887 |
Nippon Sei Ko Kai, Anglican community in Japan, founded. |
| 1890 |
Christian Student Movement starts in England. |
| 1896 |
Bernard Mizeki, catechist, martyred in South Africa. |
| 1942 |
Martyrs of New Guinea |
