{"product_id":"builders-of-the-chinese-church-9780718894054","title":"Builders of the Chinese Church","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of biographical studies of nine key figures, European and Chinese, in the growth and development of the Protestant Church in China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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 laboured, often under very adverse conditions, to lay the groundwork for a solid, healthy, and self-sustaining Chinese church. Following an Introduction that sets the scene and surveys the entire period, 'Builders of the Chinese Church' contains the stories of nine leading pioneers: seven Western missionaries and two Chinese.\u003cbr\u003eHere we meet Robert Morrison, the heroic translator; Liang Fa, the first Chinese evangelist; missionary-scholar James Legge; J. Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission; converted opium addict Pastor Hsi, Overcomer of Demons; Griffith John and Jonathan Goforth, both indefatigable preachers; and the idealistic advocates of education and reform, W.A.P. Martin and Timothy Richard. Readers will be inspired by their courage, devotion, and sheer perseverance in arduous work, and will gain a better understanding of the origins of the two 'branches' of today's Chinese Protestantism.","brand":"G. Wright Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49056445530363,"sku":"9780718894054","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e789929b-fe20-48a8-ada0-38fe0165e422.jpg?v=1783499469","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/builders-of-the-chinese-church-9780718894054","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}