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In West Africa, the Basel Mission had a small budget and depended on child labour for many routine operations such as daily household chores. The children were pupils in the mission schools who split their time between general education, religious studies, and unpaid labour. The Basel Mission made it
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In 1842, they published a Kannada pamphlet by Moegling and made 1500 copies. The next item was Christian Greiner's Tulu translation of St. Matthew's Gospel. In July 1843, the press began the first Kannada newspaper called "Mangalur-samachar" edited by Hermann Moegling. Two issues a month were
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The Basel Mission initially tried to print evangelical material in Bombay but this was laborious. In 1841, Gottfried Weigle obtained a printing press from Bombay and brought it back to Mangalore in 1842 with two Marathi printing assistants. The printing press was named as
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was to create employment opportunities for the people of the area where each mission is located. To this end the society taught printing, tile manufacturing, and weaving, and employed people in these fields. The
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were trained at the seminary. The first inspector (director) of the institute was Stuttgart native Christian Gottlieb Blumhardt (1779–1838). The curriculum covered four core areas:
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made a holy vow to establish the seminary if the city was spared. The Basel mission was the result. The first president of the society was the Reverend Nikolaus von Brunn.
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Shetty, Parinitha. "Missionary pedagogy and Christianisation of the heathens: The educational institutions introduced by the Basel Mission in Mangalore."
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Koonar, Catherine. "Using child labor to save souls: the Basel Mission in colonial Ghana, 1855–1900." ‘'Atlantic Studies'’ 11.4 (2014): 536–554.
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Pitfalls of Trained Incapacity: The Unintended Effects of Integral Missionary Training in the Basel Mission on its Early Work in Ghana (1828-1840)
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Catherine Koonar, "Using child labor to save souls: the Basel Mission in colonial Ghana, 1855–1900." ‘'Atlantic Studies'’ 11.4 (2014): 536-554.
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Antwi, Daniel J. "The African Factor in Christian Mission to Africa: A Study of Moravian and Basel Mission Activities in Ghana."
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Missionary Zeal and Institutional Control: Organizational Contradictions in the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast 1828-1917
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a priority to alleviate the harsh conditions of child labour imposed by slavery, and the debt bondage of their parents.
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Enchanted Calvinism: Labor Migration, Afflicting Spirits, and Christian Therapy in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
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society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to
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Encounters in quest of Christian womanhood: The Basel mission in pre-and early colonial Ghana
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Encounters in quest of Christian womanhood: The Basel mission in pre-and early colonial Ghana
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The following ordained ministers served as the Inspector or Director of the Basel Mission:
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from 1972 and 1973. On 18 December 1828, the Basel Mission Society, coordinating with the
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Development cooperation in poverty reduction, peacebuilding, health, women and gender
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The Basel Mission Training Institution (BMTI) partnered for some time with the
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produced until February 1844, after which it was printed in Bellary.
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Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century
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Mundus: Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom
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Notable individuals affiliated to the Basel Mission
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Christian
missionary
Basel, Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Africa
Asia
Latin America
English
German
Mission 21
Christian
missionary
Mission 21

Protestant
non-denominational
Napoleon
Basel
Calvinists
Lutherans
Württemberg
Russia
Gold Coast
Ghana
India
China
Cameroon
Borneo
Nigeria

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