The First Missionary You’ve Never Heard Of

The First Missionary You’ve Never Heard Of (George Liele)

Before William Carey. Before Adoniram Judson. Before the mission boards and the maps, there was George Liele. A formerly enslaved Black man who preached with power, crossed an ocean, and planted churches before the modern missions movement even began.

He had no passport, no denomination, and no platform. Just a Bible, a burning conviction, and the courage to go where no one had gone. So why isn’t he in the textbooks?

This is the story of the first American missionary, forgotten by history, remembered by heaven.

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