The Methodist Church of Southern Africa in the Eastern Cape Province: A case study of Annshaw Methodist church
This article seeks to address the life of the missionaries William Shaw, his wife Ann and Chief William Shaw Kama. These Wesleyan Methodists establish a mission station in challenging times and sought to uplift the poor. Moreover it will give an insight on the livelihood of the AmaGqunukhwebe peo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Africajournals
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Pharos Journal of Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pharosjot.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/article_40_vol_101__2020__ufh.pdf |
| Summary: | This article seeks to address the life of the missionaries William Shaw, his wife Ann and Chief William
Shaw Kama. These Wesleyan Methodists establish a mission station in challenging times and
sought to uplift the poor. Moreover it will give an insight on the livelihood of the AmaGqunukhwebe
people before the missionaries arrived in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Also it will address how
the missionaries changed the lives of people during the eighteenth century. Furthermore it will give
highlights on how Methodist Church of Southern Africa at Annshaw in the Middledrift area faced the
wide range of poverty induced stricken challenges. Religion can and should influence a response
to dire poverty by engendering an attitude of willingness to practise generosity as we serve the poor.
Religion can indeed educate communities so there is human dignity for all. The Methodist church
has been and is part of a group of Christian churches actively encouraging and participating in
alleviating poverty for communities in dire need. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-3324 |