Dictionary of African Christian Biography

The Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) is a biographical dictionary which focuses on the lives of African Christians and foreign Christian missionaries to Africa.^[1] Its biographical stories are published in English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili.^[2]

Dictionary of African Christian Biography

Type of site	Online encyclopedia
Editor	Center for Global Christianity and Mission
URL	dacb.org
Launched	1998

History

The DACB was initially conceived in 1995 at the Overseas Ministries Study Center, then based in New Haven, Connecticut, and eventually launching in 1998.^[3][4]

Since 2012, it has been associated with the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. The project has also helped to inspire the creation of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity^[5]

See also

• Christianity in Africa