Alfred Brown (mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje)

Alfred Nesbit Brown (23 ga Oktoban shekarar 1803 - 7 ga Satumban shekarar 1884) ya kasance memba na Church Missionary Society (CMS) kuma ɗaya daga cikin masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje da suka yi tafiya zuwa New Zealand a farkon karni na 19 don kawo Kiristanci ga Mutanen Māori.

 Rayuwa ta farko da tafiye-tafiye zuwa New Zealand 
An haifi Brown a Colchester, Ingila kuma ya shiga CMS yana da shekaru 20. An naɗa shi a matsayin firist a ranar 1 ga Yunin shekarar 1828 ta Bishop na London a cikin Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Ya auri matarsa ta farko Charlotte Arnett a shekara ta 1829.Missionary Register 1829 Sun tashi zuwa Sydney, New South Wales a ranar 25 ga Afrilun shekarar 1829 a kan Elizabeth. Ma'auratan sun isa Paihia a cikin jirgin Birnin Edinburgh a ranar 29 ga Nuwamban shekarar 1829. 

Kodayake firist ne, an tura Brown zuwa New Zealand don ya umarci 'ya'yan iyalan mishan a Bay of Islands. Charlotte, wacce ta kasance malama a Islington, London, ta koyar da 'yan mata daga tashar mishan ta Paihia. Sun kasance a Kerikeri a cikin 1830.  An haifi ɗa, Alfred Marsh, a Paihia a ranar 22 ga Yuni 1831. 

 Ayyuka 
Daga 6 ga Fabrairu zuwa 17 ga Mayun shekarar 1834, Brown da James Hamlin sun yi tafiya a cikin yankunan Auckland da Waikato. An nada shi da John Alexander Wilson don buɗe tashar mishan a Matamata a farkon shekara ta 1834.  A cikin wannan shekarar, ya buɗe Tashar mishan ta Te Papa a Tauranga.

A cikin shekarar 1835, Te Waharoa, shugaban Ngāti Hauā iwi (ƙabilar Māori) na yankin Matamata, ya jagoranci mayaƙansa a kan kabilun makwabta don rama mutuwar dangi, tare da fada, wanda ya ci gaba zuwa shekarar 1836, ya kai daga Rotorua, Matamata zuwa Tauranga.  

Bayan an sace wani gida a aikin Rotorua, ba a dauki aikin Rotorua da aikin Matamata a matsayin masu aminci ba kuma an raka matan masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje zuwa Puriri da Tauranga. Wilson da sauran mishaneri na CMS sun yi ƙoƙari su kawo zaman lafiya ga masu fafatawa.A ƙarshen Maris 1836, wata ƙungiya ta yaƙi karkashin jagorancin Te Waharoa ta isa Tauranga kuma iyalan mishaneri sun shiga Columbine a matsayin kariya ta tsaro a ranar 31 ga Maris. Sun shafe shekara ta 1837 a cikin Bay of Islands . An haifi 'yar Alfred da Charlotte, Marianne Celia, a Bay of Islands a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 1837. A watan Janairun 1838 Brown ya sake buɗe tashar mishan ta Te Papa. A cikin 1937 masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje a Te Papa Mission sune Brown, James Stack da Wilson. A shekara ta 1846 Rev. C.P. Davies ya taimaka masa.

 Aiki a matsayin archdeacon, mutuwar ɗa 
Bishop Selwyn ya nada Brown Archdeacon na Tauranga a ranar 31 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1843. An tura Marsh Brown zuwa St John's Collegiate School a Waimate North, Bay of Islands, a watan Maris na shekara ta 1844. A watan Afrilu ya sami hatsari wanda ya haifar da rashin lafiya, mai yiwuwa erysipelas. Bai taɓa warkewa ba, kuma ya mutu a Te Papa a ranar 14 ga Satumban shekarar 1845. An binne shi a cikin makabartar mishan.

Ayyukan Brown a matsayin mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje ya bunƙasa a cikin shekarun 1840. Ya yi tafiya a ko'ina cikin archdeaconry sau da yawa yana ciyar da makonni da yawa daga gida yayin da ya ziyarci ƙauyukan Maori a ko'in yankunan Bay of Plenty da Taupo.

 Rashin aikin, mutuwar matar, sake aure 
Koyaya, yayin da yanayin ya canza a cikin shekarun 1850 tare da karuwar shige da fice, tasirin masu wa'azi a ƙasashen waje ya fara raguwa. Charlotte ta mutu a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba 1855 a Auckland tana da shekaru 59. An binne ta a cocin St Stephen's, Parnell .

'Yar Brown, Celia, ta auri Rev. John Kinder a ranar 15 ga Disamban shekarar 1859. Brown da kansa ya sake yin aure a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu 1860, ga Christina Johnston, 'yar'uwar Alkalin Kotun Koli na Wellington Alexander Johnston . 

 Rayuwa da mutuwa daga baya 
Kodayake yawancin masu tuba na Brown sun ɓace bayan yaƙe-yaƙe na Gate Pa da Te Ranga a 1864, har yanzu yana ɗaukar kansa a matsayin mai wa'azi a ƙasashen waje. Shi da Christina sun sayi kadada 17 na ƙasa a kusa da tashar mishan na Te Papa daga CMS a 1873, sun sake sunan dukiyar "The Elms", wanda sunan ya san shi a yau.

Alfred Nesbit Brown ya mutu a ranar 7 ga Satumba 1884. An binne shi a makabartar mishan, Tauranga, tare da matarsa ta biyu Christina, wacce ta mutu a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1887.

Gidan Brown ya kasance a cikin iyalin matarsa ta biyu, gami da Duff Maxwell, na tsararraki da yawa. An adana Elms (Te Papa Tauranga) kuma yana buɗewa ga jama'a.

 Dubi kuma 

 Ƙungiyar Wa'azi ta Ikilisiyar New Zealand
 Wiremu Tamihana

 Gidan wasan kwaikwayo 

 Bayani 

 Manazarta 






 Haɗin waje 

 Elms (Te Papa Tauranga)
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