E. Stanley Jones asked Mahatma Gandhi: "You are perhaps the leading Hindu of India. Could you tell me what you think we as Christians should do to make Christianity more naturalized in India, not a foreign thing, identified with a foreign government, but a part of the national life-something which contributes its power to India's uplift and redemption?" He immediately replied: "I would suggest four things: First, that all you Christians, missionaries and all, must begin to live more like Jesus Christ. Second, that you practice your religion without adulterating it, or toning it down. Third, that you emphasize love and make it your working force, for love is central in Christianity. Fourth, that you study the non-Christian religions more sympathetically to find the good in them, to have a more sympathetic approach to the people."
E. Stanley Jones comments: "But Mahatma Gandhi never became a Christian. He made His decision not to be a Christian while in South Africa. He could not see Jesus as a person for the cloud of racism enveloping the type of Christianity in South Africa. But he was a deeply christianized Hindu, more christianized than most Christians. The greatest things in his life were Christian."