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Tahina Rahandrifenosoa (Madagascar) Online Exegetical Teaching Responses Among Malagasy People and Churches Introduction It can be argued that Christianity began to maintain a presence in Madagascar after the arrival on August 18, 1818 of two young English men named David Jones and Thomas Bevan, who were missionaries of the London Missionary Society. 1 The way these men taught theology was so compelling that despite years of persecution of Christians by Queen Ranavalona I, Christianity began to flourish. William Ellis describes this progress and triumph: We have reached the fiftieth year since Christianity first entered the capital of Madagascar, and the results of its progress during the intervening years demand our unfeigned thankfulness to God. Multitudes of the people have renounced their household idols. The national idols have been removed from the palace, the priests no longer form part of the court, and the astrologers and the diviners are no longer recognised: some of these have since found a place in the missionaries’ Bible class, at the Christians’ prayer meeting, or among the numbers who have, by baptism, publicly renounced heathenism and avowed their faith in Christ. 2 Today, more than 200 years after the Gospel came to Madagascar, Christianity occupies an important place in the life of the Malagasy society. 3 People receive the teaching of Scripture mostly in church, on the streets, or on radios and televisions. However, in the last five years, theological teachings transmitted on social media have begun to gain popularity alongside the usual means of communications. Facebook is the first among them, and I am one of those who use this tool to teach theology, through the Facebook page called ‘‘Marka 16:15 --- Pst Tahina’’. 1 William Ellis, History of Madagascar (London: John Snow and CO, 1870), 207. 2 William Ellis, The Martyr Church: A Narrative of the Introduction, Progress, and Triumph of Christianity in Madagascar (London: John Snow and CO., 1870), 399. 3 <strong>Daniel</strong> Ralibera, Madagascar et le Christianisme (Paris: Éditions Karthala, 1993), 7.
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