21 February 1869 A.D. London Missionary Society & Madagascar’s Queen Converted to Christ
21 February 1869 A.D. London Missionary Society & Madagascar’s Queen Converted to Christ Graves Dan. “Madagascar’s Queen Converted to Christ.” Christianity.com. May 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1801-1900/madagascars-queen-converted-to-christ-11630550.html . Accessed 20 Feb 2015. The efforts of the London Missionary Society to introduce Christianity into Madagascar began in 1818 and were met with a decade of modest success followed by a violent reaction. Queen Ranavalona I took the throne in 1828. She loathed and feared foreigners. As the mission society gained converts, she lashed back with edicts that forbade baptism, communion, Christian marriage rites and public worship. From her throne she poured persecution upon the heads of Christian converts. In 1835, the missionaries threw in the towel. Thwarted at every turn, they buried their Bibles, books, and tracts and left Madagascar. Two years later, Ranavalona I expelled all r...