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'''Sarah E. Gorham''' (1832 - 1894) was the first woman to be sent out as a missionary from the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]].<ref>Lindley, Susan Hill, Eleanor J. Stebner, eds. ''The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History'', p. 91.</ref> Her life is not documented until 1880, when she visited family members who had moved to Liberia, presumably via the [[American Colonization Society]]. While there, she became interested in the people of the area and the programs of the missionaries. She has been described as a “missionary, church leaders, social worker”. After this visit, she returned to the USA and was actively involved at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). In 1888, at the age of 56, she went to the Magbelle mission in Sierra Leone (about 75 miles from Freetown), as the AME’s first woman foreign missionary. At Magbele she established the Sarah Gorham Mission School, which gave both religious and industrial training. In July 1894 she was bedridden with malaria and died the next month. She was buried in the Kissy Road Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone.<ref>Lindley, Susan Hill, Eleanor J. Stebner, eds. ''The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History'', p. 91.</ref> |
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'''Sarah E. Gorham''' (1832–1894) was the first woman to be sent out as a [[missionary]] from the [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]].<ref name="Westminster">Lindley, Susan Hill, Eleanor J. Stebner, eds. ''The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History'', p. 91.</ref> She has been described as a "missionary, church leaders, social worker". |
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Gorham was born in either Maryland or Virginia,<ref>[https://dacb.org/stories/liberia/gorham-sarah/ Dictionary of African Christian Biography website, ''Gorham, Sarah E.'']</ref> but her life is not documented until 1880, when she visited family members who had moved to [[Liberia]], presumably via the [[American Colonization Society]]. While there, she became interested in the people of the area and the programs of the missionaries. After this visit, she returned to the United States and was involved at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1888, at the age of 56, she joined AME missionary John Frederick in Sierra Leone,<ref>[http://www.churchplant.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/African-Americans-in-Missions-rev.pdf Church Plant website, ''African Americans in Missions: Setting the Historical Record Straight'', by Ken L. Davis (2002)]</ref> travelling to the Magbelle mission in [[Sierra Leone]] (about 75 miles from [[Freetown]]), as the AME's first woman foreign missionary. At Magbele she established the Sarah Gorham Mission School, which gave both religious and industrial training.<ref>[https://ecumenicallife.com/2018/02/14/twenty-eight-saints-february-11-and-12/ Ecumenical Life website, ''Twenty-Eight Saints: February 11 and 12'']</ref> |
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In July 1894 she was bedridden with [[malaria]] and died the next month. She was buried in the Kissy Road Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone.<ref name="Westminster"/> |
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==Further reading== |
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*Anderson, Gerald H. 1998. ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions''. W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. [http://www.dacb.org/stories/liberia/gorham_sarah.html Web access]. |
*Anderson, Gerald H. 1998. ''Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions''. W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. [http://www.dacb.org/stories/liberia/gorham_sarah.html Web access]. |
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*Berry, Lewellyn L. 1942. ''A Century of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1840-1940.'' New York. |
*Berry, Lewellyn L. 1942. ''A Century of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1840-1940.'' New York. |
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*Dandridge, Octavia. 1987. ''A History of the |
*Dandridge, Octavia. 1987. ''A History of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.'' |
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*Campbell, James T. 1995. ''Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa''. Oxford University Press. |
*Campbell, James T. 1995. ''Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa''. Oxford University Press. |
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*Keller, Rosemary Skinner, Louise L. Queen, and Hilah F. Thomas, eds. 1982. ''Women in New Worlds''. Nashville: Abingdon. |
*Keller, Rosemary Skinner, Louise L. Queen, and Hilah F. Thomas, eds. 1982. ''Women in New Worlds''. Nashville: Abingdon. |
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Latest revision as of 10:01, 21 February 2024
Sarah E. Gorham (1832–1894) was the first woman to be sent out as a missionary from the African Methodist Episcopal Church.[1] She has been described as a "missionary, church leaders, social worker".
Gorham was born in either Maryland or Virginia,[2] but her life is not documented until 1880, when she visited family members who had moved to Liberia, presumably via the American Colonization Society. While there, she became interested in the people of the area and the programs of the missionaries. After this visit, she returned to the United States and was involved at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1888, at the age of 56, she joined AME missionary John Frederick in Sierra Leone,[3] travelling to the Magbelle mission in Sierra Leone (about 75 miles from Freetown), as the AME's first woman foreign missionary. At Magbele she established the Sarah Gorham Mission School, which gave both religious and industrial training.[4]
In July 1894 she was bedridden with malaria and died the next month. She was buried in the Kissy Road Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Lindley, Susan Hill, Eleanor J. Stebner, eds. The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious History, p. 91.
- ^ Dictionary of African Christian Biography website, Gorham, Sarah E.
- ^ Church Plant website, African Americans in Missions: Setting the Historical Record Straight, by Ken L. Davis (2002)
- ^ Ecumenical Life website, Twenty-Eight Saints: February 11 and 12
Further reading
[edit]- Anderson, Gerald H. 1998. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Web access.
- Berry, Lewellyn L. 1942. A Century of Missions of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1840-1940. New York.
- Dandridge, Octavia. 1987. A History of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- Campbell, James T. 1995. Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa. Oxford University Press.
- Keller, Rosemary Skinner, Louise L. Queen, and Hilah F. Thomas, eds. 1982. Women in New Worlds. Nashville: Abingdon.
External links
[edit]Documenting the American South website A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church: Being a Volume Supplemental to A History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, by Daniel Alexander Payne, D.D., LL.D., Late One of Its Bishops: Chronicling the Principal Events in the Advance of the African Methodist Episcopal Church from 1856 to 1922, by Smith, C. S. (Charles Spencer)
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