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Coote<br /> <a href="https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/">Christian History Institute</a><br /> The Fieldstead Foundation<br /> Justo Mwale Theological College, Zambia<br /> The Lundman Family Foundation<br /> The Ochs Family Charitable Fund<br /> Office of Anglican and Global Relations <br /> <a href="https://www.omsc.org/">Overseas Ministry Study Center</a> <br /> The Pew Charitable Trusts<br /> Trinity Grants Program of Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church</p> <h2 id="dacb-supporting-agencies">DACB Supporting Agencies</h2> <p><em>Denominations and Mission Agencies giving $1,000 or more annually and who promote the use of the DACB among their colleagues.</em></p> <p>American Baptist Churches, USA<br /> BILD International<br /> Church Publishing Company<br /> Eastern Mennonite Missions<br /> The Episcopal Church USA<br /> First Fruit, Inc.<br /> Frontiers<br /> Habitat for Humanity International<br /> LCMS World Mission<br /> Parker Foundation<br /> Partners International<br /> Seventh-Day Adventist General Conference<br /> <a href="http://sofalogic.com/">Sofa Logic, Inc.</a><br /> The Foreign Mission Board<br /> World Vision International<br /> Wycliffe International</p> <h2 id="sustaining-supporters">Sustaining Supporters</h2> <p><strong>All other annual financial and in-kind donors to the DACB.</strong></p> <p>Calvin Missions Institute (Calvin Theological Seminary)<br /> Dr. and Mrs. Joel A. Carpenter<br /> Ed and Wendy Peterson<br /> James M. Schaffer, <em>development, consulting</em><br /> <a href="http://www.adireafricantextiles.com/">Adire African Textiles Gallery</a> <em>for the use of the textiles images on the homepage and index pages</em><br /> <a href="http://www.chancelopera.com">The Chancel Opera of Connecticut</a><br /> Ray Dirks, <em>use of paintings</em><br /> Dr. Steve Strauss, <em>use of photos for logo</em><br /> Tibebe Eshete, <em>use of paintings for logo</em><br /> Lucie Brown, <em>translation</em><br /> Rev. Dan Nicholas, <em>consulting</em><br /> Eugenia Dilg, <em>consulting</em><br /> Matthew Kustenbauder, <em>translation</em><br /> Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Anderson<br /> Mr. and Mrs. Erik Burnett<br /> Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sola<br /> Dr. Debela Birri (Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology)<br /> Becka Sisti, <em>Office Assistant, Coder, 2008-2012</em><br /> Sam Sigg, <em>Translator</em></p> <h2 id="web-site-photo-credits">Web Site Photo Credits</h2> <p>Bruce Adams<br /> Lila Balisky<br /> M. L. Daneel and the <a href="http://www.bu.edu/cgcm/">Center for Global Christianity and Mission</a>, <em>for photos of evangelists</em><br /> Stephen Hayes<br /> Richard McLellan, <em>for use of photos of Ethiopian evangelists</em><br /> Sellassie Cyber University site, <em>for use of Lalibela photo</em><br /> <a href="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/cult-martyrum/martiri/index.html">Vatican Web site</a>, <em>for use of photos of Catholic martyrs</em><br /> Maria Vidale, <em>Salvare l’Africa con l’Africa: Fortunata Quasce/ la prima Pia Madre della Nigrizia Africana</em>, Archivio Madri Nigrizia, 6:9 (March 2005), <em>for photo of Bakhita (nun)</em></p> <h2 id="dacb-staff-and-collaborators-boston-university">DACB Staff and Collaborators, Boston University</h2> <p>Jiaye Liu, <em>Data Science Engineer, Winter-Spring 2023</em> <br /> Abhishek John, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2022</em><br /> Jairo Koh, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2022</em> <br /> Gabriel Romualdo, <em>Web Developer (Boston Academy), Summer 2021</em> <br /> Tyler Lenocker, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2020</em> <br /> Diluni Wijeyewickrema, <em>Work Study student, 2020-2021</em> <br /> Riju Jayan, <em>Summer-Fall 2020</em> <br /> Morgan Crago, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2020</em> <br /> Alex Mayfield, <em>Web Developer, 2017-2019</em> <br /> Trevor Persaud, <em>Editorial Assistant, 2016-2017</em> <br /> Samantha (Sam) Roebuck, <em>Editorial Assistant, 2014-2016</em> <br /> Laura Chevalier, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2015 and Summer 2016</em> <br /> Jean-Luc Enyegue, <em>Editorial Assistant, Fall 2015</em><br /> Jeremy Hegi, <em>Editorial Assistant, Summer 2014</em><br /> Daryl Ireland, <em>Grant Writer</em> <br /> Dave Restrick, <em>Portuguese Translator</em></p> <p><em>Many people have contributed to the advancement of the DACB project and are recognized elsewhere on our website.</em></p> </section> </div> </article> </div>  <div class="page__footer">  <div class="awards-wrap"> <div class="awards"> <a style="width: 33.33%; display: block; float: right;" href="/about/awards/"> <img class="awards__icon" src="/assets/images/asa-award.png"/> </a> <a style="width: 33.33%; display: block; float: right;" href="/about/awards/"> <img class="awards__icon" src="/assets/images/neh-award.png"/> </a> <a style="width: 33.33%; display: block; float: right;" href="/about/awards/"> <img class="awards__icon" src="/assets/images/eb-award.png"/> </a> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="foot-box">  <div class="box"> <h3>Donate</h3> <p style="margin-bottom: 1em;"> <a href="/donate/"><img alt="QR Code" src="/assets/images/qr-dacb200.png" ></a></p> <a href="/donate/" class="btn btn--inverse-long">Support DACB</a> </div>  <div class="box__end"> <h3>Journal</h3> <p>Sign up here to receive the quarterly <i>Journal of African Christian Biography</i> and DACB News (FREE).</p> <div style="margin-top: .5em;"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_small"> <form action="//dacb.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=485445b23ed18ff0163e2d7a1&id=68e419fc0f" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"> <div class="mc-field-group"> <input type="text" value="" name="FNAME" class="" id="mce-FNAME" placeholder="First Name"> </div> <div class="mc-field-group2"> <input type="text" value="" name="LNAME" class="" id="mce-LNAME" placeholder="Last Name"> </div> <div class="mc-field-group-wide"> <input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL" style="font-size:.62em;padding: 4px;" placeholder="Email Address"> </div> <div id="mce-responses" class="clear"> <div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display:none; font-size:.5em;"></div> <div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display:none; font-size:.5em;"></div> </div>  <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_485445b23ed18ff0163e2d7a1_68e419fc0f" tabindex="-1" value=""></div> <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="btn btn--inverse-long"></div> </div> </form> </div> <script type='text/javascript' src='//s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.mailchimp.com/js/mc-validate.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[3]='MMERGE3';ftypes[3]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);</script> </div> </div>  <div class="page__footer-copyright"> <div class="box_one"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DictionaryofAfricanChristianBiography"> <img src="/assets/images/fb-full-white.png" class="facebook"/> </a></div> <div class="box_two"> Site redesigned by Alex Mayfield (2017 and 2019). 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