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Builders of the Chinese Church

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 labored, often under very adverse conditions, to lay the groundwork for a solid, healthy, and self-sustaining Chinese church.  

Adapted from the book Builders of the Chinese Churchthis collection contains the stories of nine leading pioneers—seven missionaries and two Chinese. Readers will be inspired by their courage, devotion, and sheer perseverance in arduous work, and will gain an understanding of the roots of the two “branches” of today’s Chinese Protestantism.