Early Missionary Work of the Protestant Episcopal Church (Dfms) in Liberia and Their Differential Effects 1821 - 1871 Tapa blanda - 2010

The Reverend Doctor James T. Yarsiah is an Episcopal Priest who was born and raised in Liberia, West Africa. In May 2010, James graduated with the Doctor of Ministry (D. Min.) degree from the School of Theology, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Dr. Yarsiah obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Theology (B.A. Th.) degree from the Cuttington University College, Suacoco, Liberia. Father Yarsiah has been a priest for fourteen years. He has served in several dioceses, including the Episcopal Church of Liberia, the Diocese of Cape Coast, Ghana, the Diocese of Tennessee, and he currently serves in the Diocese of South Carolina. James is married to Ophelia Nyenowin Gibson Yarsiah and they are blessed with three wonderful children, Wede, Temah and Kenneth. In July 2003, due to the escalation of fighting among rebel groups in Monrovia, James and his family fled Liberia and spent six months in exile in Ghana. Through the kind assistance of special friends at the Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, Tennessee, the Yarsiah family returned to the United States of America in February 2004