Dr. John Augustus Abayomi-Cole (1848–1943) was a

Sierra Leonean Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

medical doctor and

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. He taught at the

Evangelical United Brethren Church The Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB) was a North American Protestant church from 1946 to 1968. It was formed by the merger of the Evangelical Church (formerly the Evangelical Association, founded by Jacob Albright) and the Church of t ...

School, and in his mid-twenties he moved to the United States, where he was ordained a Minister in the American Wesleyan Methodist church. He attended their General Conference in 1887, where he pleaded for missionaries to be sent to Sierra Leone. This led to a small mission led by Rev. Henry Johnston being dispatched there in 1889.

Works

* ''The Hope of Sherbro's Future Greatness: A Lecture Delivered at Shaingay'' (1885) Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House * ''Revelation of the Secret Orders of Western Africa: Including an Explanation of the Beliefs and Customs of African Heathenism'' (1886) Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abayomi-Cole, John Augustus Sierra Leone Creole people 1943 deaths 1848 births