The Portuguese arrived in Ghana in 1471, although there are no records on the web for it, one may safely assume that the Portuguese brought priests with them, who would have been the first missionaries.
Islam was first brought to Ghana through Muslim traders and missionaries.
The first five missionaries in the Philippines were a group of people from the LDS church. The Latter Day Saints were followed by Baptist missionaries after World War II.
The Portugese were the first people to arive at th shores of Ghana they began to trade with the people in Ghana trading guns for gold etc
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Catholic missionaries
To convert the native people, the same reason why missionaries were established in the first place.
The Franciscans were the first to establish missions in New Mexico
The British came to The Gambia first as Explorers then as Missionaries, Traders and finally appeared as Colonialists.
The Catholic Missionaries who came to the new world in the 16th century built the first Churches.
I did not come from Ghana it came from Jamaca
First the Portuguese colonized, then soon after the British, Dutch, and Danes came in for a piece of the action.
missionaries.