KCSE CRE QUESTION AND ANSWERS

Give five reasons why some missionaries in Kenya condemned the practice of female circumcision.

2/11/2022

It was not keeping wife European uncivilized norms/ European civilization
They condemned it was an absence act/ immoral act
It was injurious to the health of the girls/ could lead to death though bleeding/ could cause infection/ had medical consequences especially in maternity cases
It was unchristian/ not agreeable with the biblical teachings

2/11/2022

They established freed slaves colonies/ centers in their mission stations e.g. Freetown, Rabai, Ribe, Jomvu, Mazeras where they provided the homeless freed slaves with home/ shelter and other basic needs
They taught the freed slaves industrial/ vocational skills to help them become self- supporting e.g. carpenters, masons, Bricklayers
Some of them were professionally trained as catechists, evangelists, teachers to enable them secure employment
Provided them with formal education to help them improve their living standards and fir self – realization
Taught Christianity/ converted to Christianity to create awareness of their human dignity and worth
Some freed slaves were given jobs in the mission stations as teachers, catechists, evangelists

They provided them with land on which to grow their food as well as provided them with agricultural tools/ material support for business
They taught the freed slaves better agricultural methods to improve their yield
They were taught health science, hygiene and home science to help improve their health
They were provided with medical care and medicine
Those who wanted to live outside the colony were allowed and helped to do so.
They were helped to find marriage partners
They were to observe very strict discipline/ helped in character building

19/10/2022

Lack of trained personnel such as ministries, catechists, evangelistic and teachers to do missionary work
Lack of resources ( money), to expand the work and put up facilities For missionary work
Poor infrastructure e.g. roads and others means of communication. Missionaries could only stay in one station and traveling from one place to Another was difficult .
Failure by missionaries to use appropriate methods and approaches to win the Africans to Christianity.
Negative attitudes and lack of interest by Africans to Christianity
Language problems, missionaries would not communicate effectively with the local people and vice versa. Missionaries spent valuable time learning local languages which they could otherwise put into missionary work.
Cultural resistance from the local people. Some people felt that becoming Christians would alienate them from their communities

Environmental and geographical factors hostile climate, difficult terrains, droughts.
Attacks by tropical diseases, e.g. Malaria, blackwater diseases
Fear of wild animals
Fear of hostile tribes, e.g. Maasai, Gallo
Competition from other religious e.g. Islam and African traditional religious
Rivalry among Mission societies/ denominations/ religion groups
Attitudes of some missionaries towards Africans- considered Africans primitive/ savage / untutored/ unable to comprehend Christian abstract doctrines
German missionaries were not accepted in British colonies
Contradiction in the Christian message / some condemned use of alcohol while others tolerated it some condemned polygamy while others tolerated it, circumcision of women.

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