Issue 52

Remarkable or little-known facts about Hudson Taylor and missions to China.

From the Editor

Whether he was battling despair or floating on euphoric faith, Hudson Taylor drove himself—and the gospel—ever deeper into China.

Missionaries who dressed like the Chinese suffered a few snags.

The story of seven extraordinary missionaries and their brief encounter with an extraordinary Chinese pastor.

The earliest China missionaries started with the elite.

The Christian History Timeline

Women played a controversial but decisive new role in China missions.

The Boxer Rebellion revealed the courage of missionaries—and the resentment they sparked.

Six missionaries whose tenacity changed China

It took some doing for Chinese Protestants to get free of missionary control.

Western Protestants poured money and people into China for a hundred years. Did it make a significant difference?

The missionaries are forgotten, but the prospects for Chinese Christianity have never looked better.

What do you pack if you’re going to China as a British missionary in 1865?

What do you pack if you’re going to China as a British missionary in 1865?