Hudson Taylor

Faith missionary to China

The year Hudson Taylor, Charles Spurgeon, and Sören Kierkegaard launched ministries that would shake their churches to the core.

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.