<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bowen akaberekerwa muJackson County, Georgia. Somunhu ane makore 22 okukura, akanga ane ruzivo mukudzvinyirira kumukira kwavaNative American muGeorgia uye akapinda muHondo yechipiri yeNyika  <response>: Hondo yeSeminole. Pashure pacho, akazvipira kubatana neTexas mukurwira rusununguko rwavo kuMexico. Yakanga iri mukati mokugara kwake muTexas apo Bowen akawana Kristu, pakudzokera kwake kuGeorgia, akatanga kuparidza uye nokukurumidza akagadzwa kuva mushumiri. Chechi yaBowen yakanga yakabatana neAmerican Baptist Mission asi mushure mekuparadzana muna 1845, kuvimbika kwake kwakachinjira kuSouthern Baptist Convention SBC. Muna 1848, apo Bowen akatanga kuronga maonero ake ezviitiko zvemamishinari mukati meWest Africa, SBC yakanga yatove kuita basa remamishinari kuChina, India neLiberia asi basa raivepo muLiberia rakanga risingavimbisi, basa remamishinari reTriennial Convention pamhenderekedzo yeWest Africa rakatumira mamishinari machena gumi nemashanu asi vapfumbamwe vakafa uye vakasara vakadzokera kuBoston. Bowen akaongorora mishoni mukati meAfrica yeCentral Africa kana Western Sudan iyo inoumba nhasi North West Africa senzvimbo inogamuchira mamishinari ekunze. Aiva nezivo yokutanga asi yakaganhurirwa yeWest Africa zvikurukuru kubva mumashoko aakaverenga pamusoro pemibato yevatsvakurudzi veEurope vakawanikwa kubva mumabhuku anobetsera kubva kuPenny cyclopaedia uye miscellany yaChamber. Bowen akaitawo ushamwari naW. B. Hodgson, mumwewo chizvarwa cheGeorgia uyo akanga anyora mabhuku pamusoro pevaBerber nevaFulani vokuNorth neWest Africa. Igboho akarongwa kuti ave nzvimbo yokutanga yebasa rake roufundisi muAfrica nokuti yaiva pedyo neumambo hweFulani, kutendeutsa vaFulani kwaifungidzirwa kuva kunokosha kuparadzira chiKristu muWest Africa. 