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From Houghton to West Africa & Beyond!. Wesleyan school and Missions 1883. Houghton Seminary. Willard J. Houghton . Cole and Freetown 1889. St. John’s Church, Freetown. “300 Miles in a Hammock”. A.W. Hall & Augustus Cole. Ready for the Harvest…. Paramount Chiefs. Beginnings 1893/ 1901.
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Wesleyan school and Missions1883 Houghton Seminary Willard J. Houghton
Cole and Freetown 1889 St. John’s Church, Freetown “300 Miles in a Hammock” A.W. Hall & Augustus Cole
Ready for the Harvest… Paramount Chiefs
Beginnings 1893/ 1901 H.W. & Irwin Johnston Houghton Student Missions The Clarks
Sierra Leone & Beyond Wesleyan mission work centered in the N. Province, with Limba, Loko, and Temne tribes. ( Kunsho located between the “R” and “N” in Northern. See also Kamawkie & P(Gb)endembu.)
Early Heroes – Kunsho cemetery Willard Boardman John Ayers Marie Stephens Cora May Cutshall
Many Methods KWH builder, Bob Fiegl Eila Shea, Kamakwie
Mary Lane Clarke 1893 Ione Driscol 1927 Marilyn Birch 1944 Gus Prinsell 1948 Marion Birch 1944 Warren Woolsey 1943 PIONEERS & PARTNERS
Rev. Jospeh Konteh (wife Adama), National Supt. of Wesleyan Church in Sierra Leone, 2001 - Joseph’s Story
Warren & Ella Woolsey 1950-66 Sierra Leone Bible College
Lasting Legacy • Forerunner Holistic Ministry • Innovative Evangelism & Church Planting • Strategic Leadership Training
Through the fire! Sierra Leone Wesleyan leaders pictured Fall 1998 during the dark days of civil war
Still to Come… Will Houghton impact Sierra Leone as a new Century dawns?