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During World War II, China was devastated by the Second Sino-Japanese War which countered a Japanese invasion, and by the Chinese Civil War which resulted in the separation of Taiwan from mainland China. In this period the Chinese Christian churches and organizations had their first experience with autonomy from the Western structures of the ...
In Chinese eyes, Christianity was associated with opium, the Taiping Rebellion with its millions of dead, imperialism, and the special privileges granted foreigners and Christian converts under the Unequal Treaties. A Chinese nobleman said of the European and American presence in China: "Take away your missionaries and your opium and you will ...
This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. 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.
Soviet Storm: World War II in the East: Anna Grazhdan 2012 United States Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States: Oliver Stone: 2013 United States The Ghost Army: Rick Beyer 2014 United States Second War Diary: The War Day by Day: José Delgado 2015 Germany Hostages of the SS Christian Frey 2016 Australia A Long Way Back: Samm Blake ...
During the anti-foreign and anti-Christian Boxer Uprising of 1900, thousands of Chinese Christians and foreign missionaries were killed, but in the aftermath of the retaliatory invasion, numbers of reform-minded Chinese turned to Christianity. [81] Between 1898 and 1904 the imperial government issued a measure to "build schools with temple ...
During the anti-foreign and anti-Christian Boxer Rebellion, thousands of Chinese Christians and foreign missionaries were killed, but in the aftermath of the retaliatory invasion, numbers of reform-minded Chinese turned to Christianity. [55] Between 1898 and 1904, the government issued a measure to "build schools with temple property".
1939-1945 – World War II numerous missionaries in Africa and Asia in British, French and Belgian colonies are expelled or detained for the duration of the war, if their nation was at war with the colonial authority; 1939 – A sick missionary, Joy Ridderhof, makes a recording of gospel songs and a message and sends it into the mountains of ...
The growth of the Chinese house church movement during this period was a result of all Chinese Christian worship being driven underground for fear of persecution. [19] In 1979 the government officially restored the TSPM after thirteen years of non-existence, [17] and in 1980 the China Christian Council (CCC) was formed. However, many Christians ...