Religion: Safari for Souls

"Future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon," wrote Africa's famed Christian trail blazer, David Livingstone. "We prepare the way for them." If he had returned to his Dark Continent last week, Missionary Livingstone might have thought that his prophecy was coming true; Evangelist Billy Graham had begun a seven-week "safari for souls" through Africa, and was using methods to attract "decisions for Christ" that would have astonished the dedicated Scot.

"The year 1960 may be the most important period in Africa's history," said Baptist Graham just before he took off last week...

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