Peasants who suffered from natural disasters such as famine, and had nobody to turn to, found themselves being rescued by the charity work of missionaries and embraced Christianity, bringing with them a whole family or even a village.
飢饉などの天災により寄る辺をなくした民衆などは宣教師の慈善活動に救いを見出し、家族ぐるみ・村ぐるみで帰依することもあった。