Robert Morrison (born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth, Northumberland; died August 1, 1834 in Guangzhou) was a Scottish missionary, the first Christian Protestant missionary in China[1]. After twenty-five years of intense work he translated the whole Bible into the Chinese language and baptized ten Chinese believers.Morrison was buried in the Old Protestant [...]

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Read John Piper’s article celebrating the 200th anniversary of Protestant missions in China.
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Let the Nations Be Glad! 2d ed.: The Supremacy of God in Missions
By John Piper / Baker
Why do we do missions? We are told, by Jesus, to preach the gospel and make disciples of all nations. [...]

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This is an illustration of the Chinese city of Tianjin done about 1887 for the book “The Evangelisation of the World” by Benjamin Broomhall. The bestseller book created such a stir that even Queen Victoria had to buy a copy to see what all of the excitement was about.
 (HT: B. E. York)

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This is an illustration called “Open Air Preaching in China” by Thomas Eyres published in “China’s Millions” January 1892. (Colors added by the writer for emphasis) The preacher is using “The Wordless Book” - a colored evangelistic tool used to communicate Christian truth - possibly invented by Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1866. In his [...]

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From The Christian Post:
China’s intelligence is reportedly compiling a list of potential troublemakers at next year’s Olympics Games in Beijing that includes human rights activists, non-governmental organizations, and evangelical Christians.
Read complete report here.

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White Devil: The Life and Legend of Hudson Taylor
By Tien Dao / Monarch Books
Hudson Taylor’s life and legend depicted in manhua form (manga produced in China) conveys the heart of his ministry to the Chinese people in the last half of the 19th century. Tien Dao and Po-Shing Cheung collaborated on the original Chinese version, [...]

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