<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBowen wazalelwa eJackson County, eGeorgia. Lapho eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala, wayenokuhlangenwe nakho ekucindezeleni ukuvukela kwamaNdiya aseMelika eGeorgia futhi wabamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili YamaSeminole  <response>: . futhi. Ngemva kwalokho, wavolontiya ukujoyina iTexas ekulweni kwayo nenkululeko yaseMexico. Kwakuphakathi nokuhlala kwakhe eTexas lapho uBowen athola khona uKristu, lapho ebuyela eGeorgia, waqala ukushumayela futhi ngokushesha wamiswa njengomfundisi. Isonto likaBowen lalihlangene ne-American Baptist Mission kodwa ngemuva kokuhlukana ngo-1845, ukuthembeka kwakhe kwashintshela eSouthern Baptist Convention SBC. Ngo-1848, lapho uBowen eqala ukubeka umbono wakhe wemisebenzi yezithunywa zevangeli ngaphakathi eNtshonalanga Afrika, i-SBC yayisivele ibandakanyeka emsebenzini wezithunywa zevangeli eChina, eNdiya naseLiberia kodwa umsebenzi owawukhona eLiberia wawungathembisi, umzamo wezithunywa zevangeli we-Triennial Convention ogwini lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika wathumela izithunywa zevangeli ezimhlophe eziyishumi nanhlanu kodwa eziyisishiyagalolunye zafa futhi okusele kwabuyela eBoston. UBowen wabuza ngomsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli e-Afrika yangaphakathi ye-Central Africa noma eNtshonalanga Sudan okwenza namuhla iNyakatho Ntshonalanga Afrika njengesifunda esamukela kakhulu izithunywa zevangeli zakwamanye amazwe. Wayenolwazi oluyisisekelo kodwa olulinganiselwe lweNtshonalanga Afrika ikakhulukazi kusuka kulwazi aluthole ngemisebenzi yabahloli bamazwe baseYurophu ayithola ezincwadini zokubhekisela ezivela kuPenny cyclopaedia naseChambers miscellany. UBowen waphinde waba umngane kaW. B. Hodgson, naye owazalelwa eGeorgia futhi owayebhale izincwadi ngamaBerber namaFulani aseNyakatho naseNtshonalanga Afrika. U-Igboho wayehlelelwe ukuba abe yindawo yokuqala yomsebenzi wakhe wezithunywa zevangeli e-Afrika ngoba yayiseduze nombuso wamaFulani, ukuguqula amaFulani kwakucatshangwa ukuthi kubalulekile ekusakazeni ubuKristu eNtshonalanga Afrika. 