Evangelicalism

==== South Africa ====
[[File:AFM Word And Life Boksburg worship.jpg|thumb|260px|Worship at the Word and Life Church in [[Boksburg]], South Africa]]
The [[Berlin Missionary Society]] (BMS) was one of four German Protestant mission societies active in South Africa before 1914. It emerged from the German tradition of Pietism after 1815 and sent its first missionaries to South Africa in 1834. There were few positive reports in the early years, but it was especially active 1859–1914. It was especially strong in the Boer republics. The World War cut off contact with Germany, but the missions continued at a reduced pace. After 1945 the missionaries had to deal with decolonization across Africa and especially with the apartheid government. At all times the BMS emphasized spiritual inwardness, and values such as morality, hard work and self-discipline. It proved unable to speak and act decisively against injustice and racial discrimination and was disbanded in 1972.<ref>{{Citation |last=Pakendorf |first=Gunther |title=A Brief History of the Berlin Mission Society in South Africa |journal=History Compass |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=106–18 |year=2011 |doi=10.1111/j.1478-0542.2009.00624.x}}.</ref>