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First Ordinations at Kikuyu. 7th March 1926. [pictured from left to right] Rev Musa, Rev Joshua, Rev Dr Arthur, Rev Benjamin." Group portrait of three newly ordained indigenous ministers. Pictured with them is Reverend Dr Arthur, appointed medical missionary to Kikuyu in 1915.He was greatly involved in the building of the first hospital and the development of the first boarding-school there. In 1911 Dr Arthur succeeded Rev Dr Henry Scott as head of mission until 1938. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. The mission church was built as a memorial to Dr Ruffelle Scott who originally began the building of a mission church as a memorial to the Reverend Thomas Watson, who died in 1900. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.
Arthur, John William, Medical Missionary, Kikuyu, Kenya, 1881-1952 Gitau, Musa (Rev), Minister, Kikuyu, Kenya, fl.1926 Githieya, Benjamin (Rev), Minister, Kikuyu, Kenya, fl.1926 Matenjura, Joshua (Rev), Minister, Kikuyu, Kenya, fl.1926 Indigenous peoples Group portraits Religious ceremonies Religious people
Time Period
1926-03-07
Place
Africa Central Province Kenya Kikuyu
Source
Acc.7548/F/22 [Reference number] NLS DOD ID: 75654400 [File]
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