The Church at Eala (Bongandanga district), Congo, ca. 1900-1915

Black and white lantern slide showing a large group of Congolese men, women and children with a native evangelist at Eala, in the Bongandanga district. On account of a shortage of Western missionaries and in order to make Christianity more accessible to local cultures, the Congo Balolo Mission relied on native evangelists to spread their message and provide an entry point into communities. The male evangelist in the centre of the image wears a light shirt, a wrap around his waist and a broad rimmed hat. Most men are bare chested with wraps around their waists, and some wear hats of various styles. Women wear wrap dresses and cloth head-wraps. 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.本藏品为一张黑白幻灯片，记录了刚果邦甘丹加地区伊阿拉镇的一群男女老少与一位本土布道者的合影。鉴于西方传教士人手短缺，同时为推动基督教更好地适配本土文化，刚果巴洛洛传教团（Congo Balolo Mission）依托本土布道者传播教义，并为进入当地社群提供渠道。画面中央的男性布道者身着浅色衬衫，腰系围布，头戴宽檐帽；多数男性赤裸上身、腰缠围布，部分人佩戴各式帽子；女性则身着围裹式长裙，头戴布艺头巾。该幻灯片源自刚果巴洛洛传教团（Congo Balolo Mission）传教士的藏品集。该传教团于1889年创立，由东伦敦国内外传教士培训学院（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）。