There is a wealth of additional information and visuals including maps, charts, timelines, lists, illustrations, and photographs (see the list pages 25-31) that combine to give a comprehensive presentation of Presbyterian missions in the vast continent of Africa. The header shows the Basel Mission Church and appears to have been published around 1915. The Basel Mission Church was in what is currently a part of Ghana. In 1918, it was adopted by Scottish Presbyterians because the congregation had struggled with self government since inception in 1828.

The numerous contributors representing Presbyterianism from several traditions show how rule by elders has grown across the second largest continent. The list includes: Mark Bube, Ernest C. Brown, Keith Coleman, Blair D. Bertrand, Jason Zuidema, John T. Mann, Uel Marrs, David McKay, Marcone Bezerra Carvalho, David Galletta, Bruce A. Sinclair, Andy Warren, Sang Hoon Lee, Larry Saunders, D. Douglas Gebbie, John P. Wilson, Steve Curtis, Samuel Sesay, Ronald Scates, Joster Machilinga Jumbe, John Hugh Stambolie, Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje, Lukas Ndubi Nyang’au, James Yiga, Okuch Andrew Ojullo, Victor Chilenje, Rex Madalitso Chitekwe, Stanley Muba Shifu, Peterson Kiguli, Joseph Kakule, Steve Magisha Mushenga, Antonio James Coppola, Graham A. Duncan, Roy S. Bartle, Robert Cox (Ric) Cannada Jr., Dave L. Eby, L. Charles Jackson, Ronald M. Munyithya, Doug McNutt, Wafik Wahba, and Rowland S. Ward. Brief biographies of the authors are provided at the beginning of the book.

The Presbyterian traditions represented by the catalog of authors include but are not limited to the: Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC); Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Ireland); Presbyterian Church of Canada (PCC); Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland; Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB); Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC); Mission to the World of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA); Korean Presbyterians in Africa; Free Presbyterian Churches of Ulster and North America; Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland; Cush4Christ in South Sudan (RPCNA); Presbyterian Church of Australia; Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC); A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO); Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi; Bulawayo Presbytery; Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi and Mozambique (EPCM); Église Presbytérienne Camerounaise Orthodoxe (Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Cameroon); The Global Evangelical Church (Ghana); and Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC).

In addition to the entries concerned with the Africa missions of individual denominations are articles for other organizations, topics of interest, and biographies.

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