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"By the middle of the nineteenth century, however, there had been nearly a century of protestant [sic] missionary work in Asia. Many missionaries here had shown themselves quite sympathetic towards the validity of polygamous marriage, and some at least open to the baptism of polygamist [sic] as such. Thus early in that century a series of missionary conferences in North India, at which a number of different denominations including Anglican had taken part resolved that "If a convert, before becoming a Christian, has married more wives than one, then in accordance with the practice of the Jewish and primitive churches, he shall be permitted to keep them all. But such a person is not eligible to any office in the church."307
The above conclusion seems to have spread rapidly and was accepted and adopted in other countries. This was adopted by the Anglican Missionaries in 1850 in Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Although many churches in Africa and in Igboland in particular seem to agree that a polygamist can accept Christ, there seems to be no agreement as to what he should be and what he can do. 307 Hastings, Adrian (1973) p. 11 |
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The above conclusion seems to have spread rapidly and was accepted and adopted in other countries. This was adopted by the Anglican Missionaries in 1850 in Nigeria and Sierra Leone. [page 78] Although many churches in Africa and Kenya in particular seem to agree that a polygamist can accept Christ, there seems to be no agreement as to what he should be and what he can do. [25] Hastings p. 11. |
The true source is not given. In Adrian Hastings, Christian Marriage in Africa, London, S.P.C.K., 1973, the quotation on page 11 is somewhat longer:
and clearly attributed to a summary Reverend G.J. Pennings prepared of a 1905 Leiden, Netherlands doctoral thesis by Dr. B. J. Esser: [1] . Kenya is replaced with Igboland, more than 3000 kilometers to the west. |
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