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Builders of the Chinese church : pioneer Protestant missionaries and Chinese church leaders / edited by G. Wright Doyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doyle, G. Wright, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protestant churches--China--History--19th century.
- Protestant churches.
- Protestant churches--China--History--20th century.
- Protestant churches--Missions--China--History--19th century.
- Protestant churches--Missions--China--History--20th century.
- Missionaries--China--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- Christian biography--China.
- Christian biography.
- Christianity--China.
- Christianity.
- China--Church history--19th century.
- China.
- China--Church history--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : The Lutterworth Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- ""From 1807, when the first Protestant missionary arrived in China, to the 1920's, when a new phase of growth began, thousands of missionaries and Chinese Christians labored, 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-school
- Contents:
- Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; 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; Back cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-7188-4413-0
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