ABSTRACT
The Church must relate its message to the morale of the new community. It must assist the Native to grasp a reasonable moral order, to become adjusted to a suitable scheme of things and an understandable set of values. The copper belts of Central Africa illustrate the moral and social confusion which attends the sudden meeting of widely contrasted cultures. However urgent may be the demand for Christian Social Service and education on the copper belt, the spiritual task of missions is and must continue to be the central task. The African Native must be equipped with stronger religious convictions and moral controls if he is to meet successfully the social and economic influences of the copper belt. The mission is often the chief source of ready money in a large district and is a market for food supplies and other commodities.
