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Aug 21, 2020 · David Caldwell Babcock was an evangelist, conference administrator and pioneer missionary to Guyana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Curaçao.
Babcock established his first mission station at Erunmu in southwestern Nigeria. Providing education was one of the principal means he used to reach the people.
Jan 29, 2020 · The first Seventh-day Adventist missionary in Nigeria, David C. Babcock, was born in New Hampshire, Ohio, United States, on September 12, 1854. 8 He began his ministerial work as a local church pastor and later became the president of the Virginia Conference of SDA (1897-1900).
Babcock and his family left Freetown on the 14th of February 1914 and arrived at the port of Lagos on 7th March the same year. He went north interior into Yorubaland where the Chief of Ibadan invited him to start missionary work at Erunmu.
Jul 31, 2014 · Nigerians gather in Britain to remember David Babcock and thank former missionaries for their service.
This phase brought David C. Babcock together with three other West African workers: R.P. Dauphin, Samuel D. Morgue, and James J. Hamilton. Babcock seemed the most qualified to lead the mission. He had served as director of the British Guiana Mission until 1905 and came to Nigeria after serving in Sierra Leone and Ghana (approximately 1905–1913).
Jun 11, 2022 · We are excited to have David Babcock, former missionary to Eastern Europe, share with us this Sunday morning at 10 am at the Estes Valley Community Center.
