Christian Missionary Work In China

In 1830 elijah coleman bridgman became the first american protestant missionary to arrive in china.

Christian missionary work in china. By 1865 when taylor created the china inland mission cim there were 30 different protestant groups at work in china. But in the seven provinces in which protestant missionaries were working there were an estimated 204 million people with only 91 workers. Christianity was established though not accepted as an indigenous faith. Beginning with the arrival of robert morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of arthur matthews and dr.

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. American missionaries in china. 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 christian church is growing and spiritual need is surpassed only by spiritual hunger.

Antonio one of these two christian chinese accompanied st. A significant number of the cim missionaries were women. Join us in our mission to receive and share the good news of jesus christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice reconciliation and peace. The 1859 awakening in britain and the work of j.

By 1949 there were about 6 000 missionaries in china and 20 000 protestant churches with more than a million members. Francis xavier co founder of the jesuits when he decided to start missionary work in china. Work among the minority peoples in western china such as the lisu also began. 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.

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. This is a list of notable protestant missionaries in china by agency. 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. The education of women physicians began at the turn of the century.

Hudson taylor 1832 1905 helped increase the number of missionaries in china. Following the opium wars of 1842 44 and 1858 60 china was opened to westerners. Missionaries also returned to china and other parts of east asia in the 19th century. 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.