Chapter 18: The church, of course, is winning more and more converts everyday from titleless, worthless men. The church gained a bunch of more outcasts.  Afterward, there is an uproar but Mr. Kiaga firmly refuses to deny the outcasts membership to the church.  The osu soon become the most zealous members of the church. Okonkwo urges Mbanta to drive the Christians out with violence, but the rulers and elders decide to ostracize them instead. The villagers’ trust in their gods is thereby reaffirmed, and they cease to ostracize the converts.