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By the end of 1870, Rev. Gibson had erected the building of the "Chinese Mission Institute". [3] In October 1871, the first woman, Jin Ho, was rescued from the bay where she had attempted suicide. She then worked in a Christian family and in two years married a Christian Chinese. In 1873 a school was opened with Miss L. S. Templeton as teacher.
The True Jesus Church (TJC) is a non-denominational Christian Church that originated in Beijing, China, during the Pentecostal movement in the early twentieth century. [3] The True Jesus Church is currently one of the largest Christian groups in China and Taiwan, [4] as well as one of the largest independent churches in the world.
The CCCOWE was a movement established at the First International Congress on World Evangelization in 1974. Before the official start of the 1974 conference meeting, a group of 70 pastors was praying for the Chinese churches worldwide and was "inspired by the Holy Spirit to commence the movement."
The Back to Jerusalem movement (Chinese: 传回耶路撒冷运动; pinyin: chuánhuí yēlùsālěng yùndòng) is a Christian evangelistic campaign that began in mainland China by Chinese believers to send missionaries to all of the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim peoples who live "between" China and Jerusalem. [1]
In 1887, the Swedish American Hans J. von Qualen of the Evangelical Free Church of America became the denomination's first missionary to China. After a short period of language study in Canton, von Qualen established the mission's first chapel in 1888 outside the city of Canton in Henan province as a base for evangelism.
Cover of the booklet The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, published by the Episcopal Church of the United States, New York City, 1913.. The Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui was established on 26 April 1912 by the merger of the various mission activities of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church of the United States, Anglican Church of Canada and other Anglican provinces into one autonomous jurisdiction.
[22] [23] Vallejo had been instructed to establish a pueblo at the site of the old Mission and he began laying out Sonoma with its residential lots, central square and broad avenue to the south. [24] At this time Figueroa approved a land grant for the 66,622-acre (269.61 km 2) Rancho Petaluma for Vallejo. [25] This rancho was to the west of new ...
Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census. [5] Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village named Péta Lúuma that was located on the banks of the Petaluma River.