John Augustus Abayomi-Cole Explained

Dr. John Augustus Abayomi-Cole (1848–1943) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor and herbalist. He taught at the Evangelical United Brethren Church 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.^[1]

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

• Wyse . Akintola J. G. . 1985 . The Sierra Leone Branch of the National Congress of British West Africa, 1918–1946 . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 18 . 4 . 675–698 . 10.2307/218802 . 218802 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Discipline of the Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone. wesleyan.org. Annual District Conference of The Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone. 17 April 2017. 1985.