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Abaminsani 1718–2015

5 abawandiisi

Abasajja n'abakazi abaaleka ewaabwe okutwala enjiri eri abantu abalala — mu bibira by'Amerika ey'omu biro by'amatwale, mu Buyindi, mu China, mu Calabar, mu Rwanda ne mu Ecuador. Obulamu bwa bangi ku bo bunnyonnyoddwa wano mu bujjuvu, era abamu baawandiika ebitabo byabwe bo bennyini.

Abawandiisi

Ekifananyi kya David Brainerd

David Brainerd 1718–1747

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David Brainerd (1718–1747) yali omuvubuka omuweereza (missionary) eri abantu Abazaalirwa ba Amerika (Native Americans) mu New Jersey ne Pennsylvania mu biseera by'obufuzi bw'amatwale. Bwe yagobwa mu Yale olw'obunyiikivu bwe, obulamu bwe obumpi yabuwaayo mu kusaba n'okubuulira ng'atambulatambula mu Badelaware n'abalala, n'alaba okuzuukuka okw'ekyewuunyo nga tannaafa olw'akafuba (tuberculosis) ng'aweza emyaka amakumi abiri mu mwenda. Ekitabo ky'ennaku kye yawandiika — ekyafulumizibwa oluvannyuma lw'okufa kwe Jonathan Edwards — kyafuuka kimu ku bitabo eby'obuweereza ebyasinga okukwata ku mitima ebyawandiikibwa, ne kikuluusanya emirembe egyaddirira, okuva ku William Carey okutuuka ku Henry Martyn.

Ekifananyi kya Samuel Ajayi Crowther

Samuel Ajayi Crowther 1809–1891

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Samuel Ajayi Crowther (nga 1809–1891) yali mulenzi Omuyoruba eyava e Osogun, gwe baawamba mu lulumba lw'abaddu mu 1821, n'awonyezebwa amaato g'abaddu Royal Navy n'assibwa e Freetown, Sierra Leone, gye yabatizibwa mu 1825. Yasomesebwa Church Missionary Society, n'afuuka Omwafrika asooka okwawulibwa mu Kkanisa ya Anglican (omusumba, 1843), ate mu 1864 n'afuuka omulabirizi omukulu Omwafrika asooka. Yavvuunula Baibuli yonna ne Book of Common Prayer mu Luyoruba, era n'agumira n'obwetoowaze okunyoomebwa kw'omulimu gwe okwaleetebwa abaminsani Abazungu abato mu myaka gye egy'enkomerero. Yafiira e Lagos ku 31 Ddesemba 1891.

Ekifananyi kya Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor 1832–1905

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James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) yali muminsani Omungereza eyagenda e China era omutandisi wa China Inland Mission. Yakyuka ng'aweza emyaka kkumi na musanvu, nga maama we amusabira nga bali wala nnyo, n'awaayo obulamu bwe okutuuka ku bitundu bya China eby'omunda ebitannaba kutuukibwako n'enjiri, ng'akubiriza omulimu ogw'obuminsani ogwesigamira ku kukkiriza, ogutaatwala bbanja wadde okusaba abantu ssente naye nga gubuulira Katonda buli kyetaago mu kusaba. Ng'ayita mu bibala ebingi n'okufiirwa okunene — okufa kw'abaana be, ba mukyala be bombi, n'abaminsani be bangi mu Kutabuka kwa Boxer okwa 1900 — yafuuka ekyokulabirako eky'okwesiga Katonda mu bujjuvu, era omulimu gwe gukyeyongera ne leero nga OMF International.

Ekifananyi kya Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael 1867–1951

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Amy Beatrice Carmichael, eyazaalibwa mu 1867 e Millisle, Ireland, yali omumisonaali Omupolotesitanti mu India. Yaweereza emyaka 55 awatali kuwummulako, ng'atandikawo Ekibiina ky'e Dohnavur okununula abaana okuva mu businzi bw'obwenzi obw'omu masabo. Ng'amanyiddwa olw'okwewaayo kwe okw'amaanyi n'ebiwandiiko bye ku ssaala, yawandiika ebitabo 35 era n'asigala mu India okutuusa okufa kwe mu 1951. Omulimu gwe gugenda mu maaso okuyita mu buweereza bwe yatandikawo. Obulamu bwa Carmichael bwalaga obuwulize obw'amaanyi eri okuyitibwa kwa Kristo n'okwetereeza mu buwangwa.

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Elisabeth Elliot 1926–2015

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Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) yafuuka nnamwandu bba we Jim n’abalala bana bwe battibwa Waorani ab’e Ecuador — n’alyoka agenda okubeera wamu n’abo bennyini abaamutta, ng’alaba bangi nga bajja eri Kristo. Okuyita mu myaka mingi egy’okuwandiika n’okuyigiriza ku kubonaabona n’okugondera, yafuuka omu ku ddoboozi erisinga okwesigibwa mu ivangeri ey’ekyasa eky’amakumi abiri: “kola ekintu ekiddako.”

Ebibuuzo n'Eby'okuddamu

Abaminsani Abakristaayo abasinga okumanyibwa be baani?

Mu basinga okumanyibwa mulimu William Carey mu Buyindi, Hudson Taylor mu China, David Livingstone mu Afirika, Mary Slessor mu Calabar, Amy Carmichael mu Buyindi, ne Jim ne Elisabeth Elliot mu Ecuador.

China Inland Mission yali ki?

China Inland Mission yatandikibwawo Hudson Taylor mu 1865 okutwala enjiri mu masaza ag'omunda aga China. Abaminsani baayo baayambalanga engoye ez'Ekicayina era beesiganga Katonda okubawa bye beetaaga awatali kusaba ssente.

Lugero ki olw'omuminsani lwe nsaanidde okusooka okusoma?

Obulamu bwa Mary Slessor, okuva mu kkolero ly'e Dundee okutuuka mu byalo bya Calabar, n'olugendo lwa Gladys Aylward okuyita mu Siberia okutuuka mu China, bye bibiri ku bisinga okukwata omutima.

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