Blog Entries on Church History
The Vital Role of Chinese Women in Evangelism
[T]he story of Christianity in China cannot be told without acknowledging the female evangelists and pastors who built the Chinese church.
Chinese Christian History 101
Darkest Before the Dawn: A Book Review
Anyone looking for a brief overview of Chinese Christian history should check out Richard Cook’s Darkest Before the Dawn. In addition to orienting readers to the major events of Christian missions in China, there is an extensive bibliography for further reading.
A Conversation with the Authors of Children of the Massacre
Robert and Linda Banks, authors of Children of the Massacre, discuss what led them to write the book and the fascinating discoveries they made along the way.
Book Review: Children of the Massacre
The Extra-ordinary Story of the Stewart Family in Hong Kong and West China
It is indeed “extra-ordinary,” as the subtitle to the book states, that, rather than having an antipathy towards China and Chinese people, all six felt called to return and serve in China in various capacities over the years.
Cross-Cultural Encounters: China and the Reformed Church in America
A Book Review
An in-depth look at Reformed missionaries working in China in the late 1800s, emphasizing both often-overlooked individuals and the ways that they worked through cross-cultural encounters with Chinese partners.
Christian Women and Modern China
A Book Review
Often the chronicling of China’s mission history features Protestant missionaries with brief mentions of Chinese co-workers. Readers familiar with this history can list numerous foreigners who contributed to the growth of China’s church. But they are probably not familiar with most of the women highlighted in this book.
China and the True Jesus
A Book Review
A fascinating look at the history of a little-known, indigenous church group in China.
The Chinese Church in Transition
In my view, from the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976 to the present, the development of the Chinese church (primarily the house church) has gone through roughly three phases.
John Song: Modern Chinese Christianity and the Making of a New Man
A Book Review
"A colorfully descriptive and meticulously documented" biography of John Song.
The Life and Ministry of Eric Martin Ekvall
Though he suffered the deaths of three of his children while serving in China, Eric Martin Ekvall (1866-1939) never wavered in 42 years as a pioneer missionary of the Christian & Missionary Alliance.