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Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: From the Editor - Surprised by China
From the Editor
Mark Galli | posted 10/01/1996 12:00AM
Pulling together an issue of Christian History is a combination of planning and, I trust, Providence. That each issue in the end resembles a unity is always a pleasant surprise.
We had set our sights on an issue that would examine both Hudson Taylor and modern missions to China. I thought we could cover Taylor in a couple of articles and have plenty of room for other topics. Like other well-known missionaries, such as Timothy Richard. Like the harrowing 1950s, when the communist government persecuted the church.
Not quite. The issue quickly got out of control as we discovered more and more fascinating aspects of Taylor's life and mission. For example, read about the extraordinary enthusiasm of his missionaries (see "The Extraordinary Cambridge Seven") and the results of Taylor's policy on female missionaries (see 'Unbecoming' Ladies of the China Inland Mission,").
We couldn't talk about Taylor, of course, without talking some about the missionaries who came before him. See both "Medieval ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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