Male converts, Congo, ca. 1920-1930

Black and white lantern slide showing a group of nine male Congolese Christians. The men are smartly dressed in shirts, ties and trousers, and some carry pith helmets. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.这幅黑白玻璃幻灯片展现了九名男性刚果基督教徒的群体形象。这些男子着装考究，身着衬衫、领带与长裤，部分人员携带着遮阳盔（pith helmet）。该幻灯片源自刚果巴洛洛传教团（Congo Balolo Mission）传教士所创建的藏品集合。该传教团于1889年成立，由东伦敦国内外传教训练学院（East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions）监管，1900年后发展为跨宗派福音传教机构——域外传教联盟（Regions Beyond Missionary Union）。