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John Bryan Small (March 14, 1845 – January 15, 1905) was a Barbadian-American bishop in the
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Biography

John Bryan Small was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados on March 14, 1845. He was educated at St. John Lodge, and graduated from
Codrington College Codrington College is an Anglican theological college in St. John, Barbados now affiliated with the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. It is one of the oldest Anglican theological colleges in the Americas. It was affiliated to the Un ...
with
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, S.T.B., and A.M. degrees. He joined the
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as a clerk and was stationed in the
Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...
for three years, resigning due to British aggression towards the Asante. In 1871 he travelled to the
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, becoming a preacher with the AME Zion Church. He married Mary J. Blair on October 23, 1873. 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 Livingstone College is a private, historically black Christian college in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Livingstone College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the S ...
. Small returned to the US in 1904. He died at the Episcopal residence in
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on January 15, 1905. His deathbed words were "Don't let my African work fail."


Publications

* ''Practical and Exegetical Pulpiteer'' * ''The Human Heart Illustrated'' * ''Code on Discipline of the A.M.E. Zion Church'' * ''Predestination, Its Scriptural Import''


References

1845 births 1905 deaths African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishops 19th-century Methodist bishops 20th-century Methodist bishops Alumni of Codrington College {{methodism-bishop-stub