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Abstract/Sommario: The China Centenary Missionary Conference that took place in 1907 in Shangai and was attended by 1170 missionary delegates and representatives of home boards. It was a landmark event in the history of Protestant mission in China, an event of unity. It fully manifested the consensus of the previous century's missionary action, it highlighted the missionaries' vision of transforming China into a Christian nation or civilization, and it projected a bright picture of Christian advance in ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: In the second half of the 19. century, Protestant missionaries to China repeatedly stressed the importance of Christian literature in their missionary endeavours. Tract production and distribution went hand in hand with oral preaching. The most important function of the tracts was to inculcate Christian faith by introducing the doctrine of sin, atonement, and salvation. Toward the end of the 19. century, the growing Chinese church gradually absorbed the time and strength of most miss ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: Established in 1957 with 16 member schools, the Association for Theological Education in South East Asia, now with 104 member institutions in 16 countries, celebrated its Golden Jubilee in November 2007 at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. While recognizing its significant contribution over the last 25 years toward enhancing the construction of Asian contextual theologies and theological education, the occasion of the Jubilee was an opportunity to develop new guidelines for a ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: Elisabeth Russell (1836-1928) was missionary to Japan from 1879 to 1919. Her most important and enduring work as a missionary was the establishment of Kwassui Gakuin in Nagasaki, an educational institution for girls and women that flourish to this day. Russell founded the Institution upon her arrival in Japan in 1879, a time when mission schools for girls and women were becoming a popular outreach strategy among missionaries, particularly as the number of unmarried missionary women was ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: The Protestant missionary movemente in Korea has recently gone through a period of growing pains and now stands to a crossroad. The article is based on the most recent survey conducted by the Korea Research Institute for Mission in 2007. In 1979 was reported the existence of 93 Korean missionaries; in 2006 they are 14,905, working in 168 Countries. The development of sending structures for overseas missions in Korea is a facet of globalizing church structures; the largest number of Ko ...; [Leggi tutto...]