In the 1800's, Catholic missionary expeditions were launched with new vigour to the West, in Senegal and Gabon. Protestant missionaries took up work in Sierra Leone in 1804. The missionaries ...

Englishman William Carey was the first Protestant missionary to the east coast of India. He arrived at Serampore in West Bengal in 1793. Carey, a Baptist, heralded the new missionary era in Bengal.

Early Christian missionaries in sub-Saharan Africa were ... of Buganda played off Catholic, Protestant and Muslim emissaries against each other, basing his strategy on who would best strengthen ...