Chain of hope.(Methodist Church offers preschool education in South Africa)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: October 18, 2000| Author: JONES, L. GREGORY | Copyright information

DURING THE YEARS of apartheid in South Africa, most of the Methodist Church's involvement in education was halted by the government. Schools were closed, land was confiscated and obstacles to new efforts were set in place.

The apartheid government seemed to know just what a threat church-sponsored educational institutions could be. After all, Nelson Mandela was educated at Methodist institutions. Robert Sobukwe, the founder of the Pan-Africanist Congress and the architec...

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