How Hudson Taylor Served In China

The Taiping Uprising between 1850-1864. Its leaders rejected Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism alike, finding their ideology in a unique form of Christianity instead. (Original: p. 565; With Sources: p. 883)

Five missionaries, one plane, the Bible, and the Ecuadorian jungle;Elisabeth Elliot’s biography Through Gates of Splendor shows Jim Elliot’s experience in the Ecuadorian jungle. Jim and his four friends venture into the jungles of Ecuador to preach the bible to the fierce tribe of the Aucas. they manage to win the hearts of the Aucas and they preach the bible and manage to win some souls and baptize some Aucas. Unfortunately, not all Aucas believed what they were doing was right and they killed the missionaries. Elisabeth’s book Through Gates of Splendor teaches that in order to be a missionary, oneself needs or should have dedication and patience.

The Chinese left their home in China to make their way to America. Most of them came from poor provinces in China such as Canton or now known as Guangzhou. Along with the Chinese came their different culture and different religions; like Buddhism, believed that life is filled with suffering only to be caused by desire and the only way to end this is through enlightenment. On the other hand, Taoism was another religion the Chinese believed in and this was based upon the writings of philosopher, Lao-Tzu. Beside from Buddhism and Taoism, According to the article,” Chinese Immigration in the United States,” the author states,” The majority of Chinese Americans could be characterized as practicing some forms of Buddhism or Taoism”(Chinese 1).

The Christian missionaries knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Going to China at the time was a one way trip to an unknown land. The task of converting China to Christianity was rife with challenges due to continued resistance to any sort of outside influence that was a tradition of China for many years. Never-the-less the missionaries still went to China and by leveraging what advantages they could find, they were able to find some measure of success over the years.

Nathan Price, a bigoted proselytizing baptist whose inability to perceive value in non-Western cultures and adapt to foreign ways of living and preaching his narrow-minded religion in the jungles of the Congo, is a harbinger for the ultimate failure of his entire mission. In comparison to Nathan, Tata Ndu the chief of Kilanga argues against Nathan’s superior approach towards the Congolese, “You believe we are mwana, your children, who knew nothing until you came here. Tata Price, I am an old man who learned from other old men." Tata Ndu shows that Western Christianity is ill fitted for the needs of the Congolese through criticizing Nathan’s pigheaded stubbornness and profound Western arrogance, “but you would have to know how to sit down and listen.” Tata Ndu values older people’s opinions and accepts knowledge that’s been passed down to him, whereas Nathan

The well-known facts about this story are that five men, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Nate Saint, Pete Fleming, and Ed McCully ventured to Ecuador in the mid 1950’s as missionaries, along with their wives, to share the Gospel with those who were out of reach of it. In the process, these five men lost their lives and the event became worldwide news. But in this

Hudson Taylor reached the peak of his ministry after many years in China. But soon after, he had a very sad time in his family life. Many of the children born to him and Maria, his wife, died due to disease or lack of nourishing food. Many factors made the lives of young children living in China in constant danger. This led Maria and Hudson to make the difficult decision to send their three surviving children to England to live. Not long after, Maria and a two week old son died due to malnutrition and Maria’s inability to nurse the child. Four of the eight children born to Maria and Hudson Taylor did not live beyond age ten.

Although by the end of the nineteenth century China’s population has reached millions, most Chinese peasants had never encountered foreigners or Western missionaries. Nevertheless, the Boxers held a strong belief that foreigners and Christian missionaries were responsible for the breakdown in the fabric of simple Chinese peasant society and they dishonored their traditional spiritual and community. Because the missionaries are protected by the flag and Treaty of Tientsin, they have the right to rent and buy land to build churches and allowing them to move freely in China. (Hsu, 388). The missionaries also infuriated the Boxers because they just weren’t spreading Christianity but reject Confucian. “The converts’ failure to kowtow to the idols, to worship Confucius and ancestor, and to participate in local festivals honoring the spirits greatly irritated the gentry.” (Hsu, 388). The Boxers believed that the central government had failed to tackle the issue of village politics and moral issues. For example, there were two natural calamities occurring at that time along with famine after the Taiping era such as a flood and a drought. Furthermore, the Boxers attributed China’s natural disasters such as flood, drought and famine to the corruption of Christianity. Drought followed the great flood of the Yellow River, leaving millions of starving and desperate peasants. The Boxer is small gathering force of peasants who had enough of not having any work or food to

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

Ana Stahl for one devoted a great deal of her time to the Indigenous women and children, as well as nursing in the homes of the best people in Peru and Bolivia. Ana Stahl went from the hovels of the Natives to the palaces of the rich and thereafter gaining many powerful friends, who admired them for their work for the Native people(Stahl, F. A. (1920). Moving on from that, their daughter, Frenita who was just a teenager, did much to break down the prejudice of the Native Americans of South America(Stahl, F. A. (1920). I truly admired how she visited their homes and took special interest in their younger children and many of the time would bring them home with her and clean them up. It didn’t stop their, the Stahls’ youngest child Wallace, learned the Native language and acted as the interpreter for the family(Stahl, F. A. (1920). In the Land of the Incas truly left me in awe when I was finished because I could not believe that there were actually people like this. The story of the Stahl’s immensely encouraged me that I should do missionary work one day. Not because I want others to favor me, instead because it is God’s will that we help those who are less fortunate. The Stahl family showed the love of God so much, they even took their time out to vaccinate many of the Native people when typhoid ran rapid through the country. The Stahl’s were such an impact on these people’s lives that many of them called the Bible, the letter that God had left for them and learning that truly touched my heart(Stahl, F. A. (1920). It wasn’t just the Andean people they helped but The Quichuas and The Aymaras as well. Many of them heard about the Stahl family and their missionary work so they came to find the Stahl’s to hear the Word of God. With that said, In the Land of the Incas left me with the message that, to be a messenger to bring heaven to the people is something to be glad

Evangelist set their aim to reach the souls of many different southern people. The majority was churchgoers with the belief in the divinity of Jesus, the Bible, and the promise of life after death. The “worldings” did not worship regularly and often indulged

Missionary expansion throughout the centuries has taken a hard, often violent road. The expansion of Christianity begins with the adherents of Jesus Christ and ended with the premature demise of many of the disciples. In the centuries following the disciples, many missionaries were faced with percussion and death as the gospel was proclaimed. As missionary expansion occurs throughout the centuries, often times facing trial and difficulty, the question comes up; is the capital cost of missionary expansion worth the monetary value? This paper will highlight many trials that have been faced by three missionaries in particular and explain often by the words of these missionaries why the enormous cost of missionary expansion is worth the cost. The thesis of this paper is: everyone is called to preach the gospel; the calling of the missionary is called to live by faith even when facing difficulty.

As Christian living in a diverse human society with many diverse cultures that have many different viewpoints in politics, government, science, and religion. So how does Christian conceive their godly duty sharing good news in this diverse and culture different world? This topic is no small issue. When comes to Christian evangelistic effort as one seeks to communicate the godly message in a culturally different world. This is question that every Christian must ask themselves because every culture is different it is everything which people do and think. Culture is a pattern of learned beliefs and behaviors that are part of human activity in life. Christian must learn human experience because certain things that we

Evangelism is an Incarnational ministry that meets people and communities where there are at in life, in their own context that is so powerful and life-giving that it radically changes those who find themselves in the wake of the aforementioned ministry. This Christ-Like ministry takes form, not only in preaching or proclaiming the Good News (present salvation from oppression as well as eschatological salvation,) but allows people to experience the Good News through acts of love and deeds of faith that leads to the inclusion and maturation of new disciples of Jesus Christ. As such, a primary role of the evangelist is to see those who are often overlooked and to hear those who are often muffled. Attentive seeing and listening requires not being consumed by the endless traffic that occupies our daily lives but becoming hyper attentive to persons and communities hidden in plain view. Evangelists must have “ears that hear and eyes that see, the Lord has made them both” (Proverbs 20:12) But does the evangelist see the people who maintain the grounds of a campus, empty trash at office buildings, and operate the cash register? Do they see the wealthy business woman who commands respect in the office but is little more than a pinion in the eyes of her family? I recognize that having one’s body, voice, and psyche go unnoticed in public space and discourse is a problem that extends beyond race, class, or culture. However, through currents events, such as in Ferguson, MO, it has

In the beginning of the story (A Change Of Heart) the main character, Dr. Bashar, tries to bid on a plot of land but is denied once the owner finds out that he is Muslim. It’s worth mentioning that the road that this plot of land was on was called “church road” because of all of the Christian churches that were on that road. One particular church was Heartsong Church, with Pastor Steve as their leader. Pastor Steve was worried about the change that Muslims may bring. He went to Heartsong, and sat in his office, and prayed. While praying, he remembered a story that Jesus had told about a traveler that was robbed and beaten. Everybody walked past him, except a