In celebration of Black History Month, this devotional plan gives insight into the contributions made by African Americans Missionaries throughout history leading to present day. These unsung heroes of faith have discipled nations, planted churches, and preached the gospel under the most adverse conditions. Read their stories and the passages of scripture that highlight their faith and commitment in creating gospel movements within neighborhoods and nations. Click here to access the devotionals: https://missionexus.org/black-history-month-devotional-series/
These profiles and devotionals are provided by Ambassadors Fellowship Inc. and the National African American Missions Council.
Another unknown Black Missionary was Roy Whitman. His mother was black and his father white; the brother of poet Walt Whitman. Roy and his brother were educated in boarding schools paid for by Walt Whitman while their parents served as missionaries in the Congo. In his teens Roy was inspired by the Cambridge Seven, especially C.T. Studd. In 1925 Roy went to the Middle East with WEC International learning Arabic and preaching effectively in that language. Over the next decades Roy became the father of the free evangelical churches in Jordan. Arab believers in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi fondly remember Roy Whitman and later his wife Dora. In the 1930s conviction of sin and deep revival followed Roy wherever he spoke, leaving a trail of churches behind him in the countries listed above. Today the Jordanian Whitman Academy is named after them, as well as the denomination they started, the Jordanian Free Evangelical Churches.