From right to left: rev. Essia, from the Eglise évangélique du Gabon (Evangelical church of Gabon), rev. André Bruneton, old missionary of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Gabon, rev. P. Gagnier, de Paris, délegate of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) committee for the proclamation of the autonomy of the Evangelical church of Gabon, rev. Ndong-Amvane, president of the Eglise évangélique du Gabon (Evangelical church of Gabon), rev. Pierre Stoecklin, missionary in Gabon who was president of the missionary conference of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Gabon. They all became officers of the "Etoile Equatoriale", national order of the Republic of Gabon, when the Eglise évangélique du Gabon (Evangelical church of Gabon) became independant. Photograph published in the Journal des missions, July-August 1961.
Missionary Indigenous clergy Awards Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, SMEP (Paris evangelical missionary society) Eglise évangélique du Gabon, EEG (Evangelical church of Gabon)
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