Missionaries

Missionary work is necessary to tell people of Jesus Christ. Sometimes it takes a long time for missionaries to reach a people group. There are many things that people have to prepare for when they go on a missions trip to another country. According to the SIM website at least half of the people that live in Madagascar still claim to be Christians. They also say that Muslims are also trying to convert people to their religion of Islam. There are still a few different unreached people groups, which are the Malagasy Tankarana, the Chinese and the Indian minorities. The missionary group SIM first went to Madagascar in 1978 to plant churches and is still continuing to in their effort to build churches there. In the 17^th century Catholic missionaries came to Madagascar, but most of these missionaries did not accomplish very much. Although they were not very successful someone was able to translate the Bible completely into the Malagasy language in 1836 and it is still used today. This was a huge accomplishment made by missionaries. Although when Queen Ranavalona I ruled she killed many Christians and made all Europeans leave the country. When she died Queen Ranavalona II took over and she became a Christian and welcomed the religion into the country. Although there seems to be a lot of Christian missionaries seeking to reach the people of Madagascar there are also people trying to spread Islam. The Islamic religion is the minority now, but they are trying to end that. Christianity seems to have had a large impact on the nation of Madagascar. The first denominations that came were Catholic and now they seem to be more protestant. Hopefully more and more Christian missionaries will have the opportunity go to Madagascar to plant churches and so more people can hear the gospel that never has before.  

"Related." Country Profile: Madagascar. Accessed April 23, 2015. http://www.sim.org/index.php/country/MG.