While visiting the villages of our unreached people group, we noticed a significant difference between the christian and non-christian villages. To our western eyes, they looked almost like doll houses. They sat on a pedestal and usually had incense and fruit in front of them.
Animists believe spirits are everywhere and in everything.
When they build a home, they disturb the benign spirits of that particular parcel of land. Much of the animist's religious time is spent appeasing various spirits. The animist lives in fear of the spirit world. The christian witness is particularly good news to these fearful ears. The reality that Christ is God of gods and Lord of lords is quickly understood and often embraced.