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From 1807, when the first Protestant missionary arrived in China, to the 1920s, when a new phase of growth began, thousands of missionaries and Chinese Christians laboured, often under very adverse conditions, to lay the groundwork for a solid, healthy, and self-sustaining Chinese church. Following an Introduction that sets the scene and surveys the entire period, 'Builders of the Chinese Church' contains the stories of nine leading pioneers: seven Western missionaries and two Chinese. Here we meet Robert Morrison, the heroic translator; Liang Fa, the first Chinese evangelist; missionary-scholar James Legge; J. Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission; converted opium addict Pastor Hsi, Overcomer of Demons; Griffith John and Jonathan Goforth, both indefatigable preachers; and the idealistic advocates of education and reform, W.A.P. Martin and Timothy Richard. Readers will be inspired by their courage, devotion, and sheer perseverance in arduous work, and will gain a better understanding of the origins of the two 'branches' of today's Chinese Protestantism.

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Author:   G. Wright Doyle
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   Lutterworth Press
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780718894054

ISBN 10:   0718894057
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 July 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 - Robert Morrison: Missionary Mediator, Surprising Saint / Christopher D. Hancock 2 - Liang Fa (Liang A-fa): Leader in Chinese Indigenization / Jonathan A. Seitz 3 - James Legge: Linking Chinese Evangelical Spirituality with Cross-Cultural Engagement / Lauren Pfister 4 - Griffith John: Faithful Pioneer Missionary / Noel Gibbard 5 - J. Hudson Taylor: Advocate for China's Inland Millions / G. Wright Doyle 6 - William A. P. Martin: Pioneer of Progress in China / G. Wright Doyle 7 - Pastor Hsi-Xi Shengmo: Overcomer of Evil through Prayer and Preaching / Yading Li with G. Wright Doyle 8 - Timothy Richard: A Missionary Who Impacted the Late Qing Dynasty / Wenzong Wang 9 - Jonathan Goforth: Tireless Evangelist and Revivalist / G. Wright Doyle Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of Names

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G. Wright Doyle is English editor of the online Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (bdcconline.net); co-author of China: Ancient Culture, Modern Society; editor/co-translator of Wise Man from the East: Lit-sen Chang (Zhang Lisheng); and editor of globalchinacenter.org and chinainst.org, which feature articles and book reviews about Chinese culture and religion, especially Christianity. His other works include Carl Henry: Theologian for All Seasons and Christianity in America: Triumph and Tragedy

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