John Bryan Small
John Bryan Small | |
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Born | Saint Joseph, Barbados | March 14, 1845
Died | January 15, 1905 York, Pennsylvania, United States | (aged 59)
Education | Codrington College |
Occupation | Clergyman |
Spouse |
Mary J. Blair (m. 1873) |
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John Bryan Small (March 14, 1845 – January 15, 1905) was a
AME Zion Church
.
Biography
John Bryan Small was born in
Asante
.
In 1871 he travelled to the United States, becoming a preacher with the AME Zion Church.[1] He married Mary J. Blair on October 23, 1873.[1]
In 1896 he was elected AME Zion bishop to Africa, where he concentrated his work in the Gold Coast, training indigenous African church leaders including
James E. K. Aggrey by sending them to Livingstone College
.
Small returned to the US in 1904. He died at the Episcopal residence in York, Pennsylvania on January 15, 1905.[2] His deathbed words were "Don't let my African work fail."[3]
Publications
- Practical and Exegetical Pulpiteer
- The Human Heart Illustrated
- Code on Discipline of the A.M.E. Zion Church
- Predestination, Its Scriptural Import[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. IX. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Death of Bishop J. B. Small". Harrisburg Telegraph. January 16, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved May 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jacobs, Sylvia M. "African Missions and the African-American Christian Churches". African-American Experience in World Mission. p. 35.