A class of those contemplating joining the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is conducted among primitive peoples in certain parts of Africa. Indoctrination continues for one year, after which the “hearers” join the baptismal class for an additional year of instruction before baptism is administered and church membership is granted. A similar system is employed in some other parts of the world: for example, in the Pacific islands, where a preparatory class precedes the baptismal class. In pidgin English it is sometimes called “class make-ready.”