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EVANGELISM AMONG STUDENTS 237"Beforecarrying on futher meetingsI am convinced that morework should be done to make the Church ready to take advantageof the new classes we are now able to reach. The Church has beenvery conservative and has become largely stereotyped in its work.[n many cases it does not even have a vision of going out andreaching classes other than those already in the Church. For thisthe ministers are largely resposible. Again, the pastors often do notfind themselves capable of mingling with such classes or counsellingwith those who in many respects are better educated than they themselves are, There is need of adding to the Church more pastors whoshall have at least a high school education and whereever possiblecollege and some theological training in addition."The difficulty of getting suitable and qualified men ina short time is a real one, for the need is urgent and thepresent phase of missionary opportunity may be a passingone.^ ie inovernerit has revealed weaknesses andAroasintheLaitY unpreparedness among the iii^rjibjirship ofthe churches. There has been a failure onthe part of many church-members in tjir.ealj.ze, any adequatemeasure the inu>Qrtjmce^_jol._the.._L lLiirc]i, its place in thecommunity, and its relation to the problem of city-wideevangelism. Coupled with this narrow and limited view ofthe Church s place and work there has been among the oldermembers as well as among the older pastors a naturalconservatism that resists change. This isprobably moreevident in the Church in China than in other organizations.China commercially and politically has been transformed ina night from the ancient to the modern. The Qjurch hasremained the most conservative. In the great and moderncity of Shanghai there are only one or two church buildingswhich have been erected during the past decade.The fault in the Church has not been alaneS!md Cittogether with the Chinese Christian. TheChurches foreign evangelist has still a well definedplace and responsibility, and particularly tothe city church. Unfortunately in the past it has beengenerally assumed that the sooner the foreigner can severhimself from the growing church and leave it to the Chinesethe better for the church. The practice of the foreign missionary has been to give less and less time to the citychurches, on the assumption generally that as soon as a