Christian Missionary Work In China

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Christian missionary work in china.

Hudson taylor 1832 1905 helped increase the number of missionaries in china. China boasts a rich history of ancient civilizations and today is the world s most populous country. The vellore medical college is a monument to the missionary physician ida scudder 1870 1959. The christian church is growing and spiritual need is surpassed only by spiritual hunger.

Work among the minority peoples in western china such as the lisu also began. In 1830 elijah coleman bridgman became the first american protestant missionary to arrive in china. By 1949 there were about 6 000 missionaries in china and 20 000 protestant churches with more than a million members. A significant number of the cim missionaries were women.

The education of women physicians began at the turn of the century. Missionaries also returned to china and other parts of east asia in the 19th century. American missionaries in china. However xavier was not able to find a way to enter the chinese mainland and died in 1552 on shangchuan island off the coast of guangdong.

In the 1830s and 1840s which marked the early years of american protestant missionary activity in china the american missionaries lived and worked in the thirteen factories at canton under the restrictive canton system. By 1865 when taylor created the china inland mission cim there were 30 different protestant groups at work in china. Hailed as an emerging super power china officially known as the people s republic of china is the fourth largest country in the world. But in the seven provinces in which protestant missionaries were working there were an estimated 204 million people with only 91 workers.

The history of the missions of the jesuits in china is part of the history of relations between china and the western world the missionary efforts and other work of the society of jesus or jesuits between the 16th and 17th century played a significant role in continuing the transmission of knowledge science and culture between china and the west and influenced christian culture in chinese. The 1859 awakening in britain and the work of j. This is a list of notable protestant missionaries in china by agency. During the 200 years since then christianity in china was tested and grew through fiery trials including the taiping rebellion 1850 1664 mao s cultural revolution 1966 1976 see project pearl and.

Francis xavier co founder of the jesuits when he decided to start missionary work in china. Christianity was established though not accepted as an indigenous faith. Rupert clark of the china inland mission thousands of foreign protestant missionaries and their families lived and worked in china to spread christianity establish schools and work as medical missionaries. Christianity in china took root after robert morrison a missionary and sinologist with the london missionary society arrived in 1807 and translated the first chinese bible in 1819.