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Missionary couple returns from South Africa amid apartheid critique
Brian and Susan Burchfield, one year into a five year term as missionary pastors in Cape Town, left South Africa after being expelled amid apartheid tensions. They recount a system where only whites vote and racial separation dominates life, and describe adjustments they made to live and serve within the law. The couple, with two teenage daughters, reflect on personal transformation and the governmental clampdown in 1986.
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James Bush Lynnwood
Brian
Susan Burchfield
South Africa
Burchfields
United States
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Namibia
Southwest Africa
Cape Town
St. Peter’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Southern Africa
South African Lutheran Church
Lutheran World Federation
Susan
James Bush