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The Prayers of That Great Cloud of Witnesses

Samuel Ajayi Crowther: A Compendium Entry

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Randy Lovejoy
Sep 08, 2025
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It isn’t only the prayers of that Great Cloud of Witnesses that instruct our prayers but their very lives. In this post I share a letter written by a West African1 named Samuel Crowther (c. 1809 – 31 December 1891). His journey through slavery to become the first African bishop in the Anglican Church and the first African Bible trans…

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