. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. THE IMPACT OF METHODISM The character of the work of our churchunder the Board of Foreign Missions in theexclusively pagan centers — Angola, BelgianCongo, Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa —is similar. Strong centers are surrounded byoutstations, the latter manned in most instancesby native pastor-teachers. Church servicesare held in all of these, while the missionaries,and in many instances the young men andwomen students, push out into distinctiveheathen kraals to preach and sing. One mis-sionary living near a larg
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. THE IMPACT OF METHODISM The character of the work of our churchunder the Board of Foreign Missions in theexclusively pagan centers — Angola, BelgianCongo, Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa —is similar. Strong centers are surrounded byoutstations, the latter manned in most instancesby native pastor-teachers. Church servicesare held in all of these, while the missionaries,and in many instances the young men andwomen students, push out into distinctiveheathen kraals to preach and sing. One mis-sionary living near a large kraal visits it everySunday afternoon, holding from ten to a dozenservices in different parts of it every AND AMONG THE KRAALS 49 Heathen customs are hard to break awayfrom and before the rite of baptism is admin-istered the candidates are carefully examinedin the villages where they live, the occasionbeing made much of by the people, bothChristian and heathen. The questions askedcover the situation regarding their break withheathen customs, practice and beliefs, thehome life and married relation, and the useof tobacco and beer. The candidate must also give satisfactoryevidence of his conversion; his knowledge ofGods laws and those of the church; his willing-ness to follow the teachings of the church andmake contributions toward the work of Chris-tianizing his own people. All this, as maybe imagined, takes time. A leaf from thejournal of a ditsrict superintendent describingone such examination reads: A great day. We continued the examinationof candidates until about noon and then spentsome time examining the characters of evan-gelists, as well as obtaining reports of theirwork. It was
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