Protestantism in Sichuan
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The Protestant mission began in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan in 1877, when premises were rented by the China Inland Mission in Chungking. However, compared with Catholicism, which had
Canadian Methodist Mission Press at Chengtu, April 1905.
Frederick Rowntree's architectural drawing for West China Union University
Joseph Beech (third from left) with (l to r) E. D. Burton (American Baptist biblical scholar), T. C. Chamberlin (American geologist), Y. T. Wang (interpreter) and R. T. Chamberlin (T. C. Chamberlin's son) at Tungchwan, during an exploratory trip through China in 1909 as part of the Oriental Educational Investigation Commission.
Robert Roy and Grace Service on shipboard, starting their trip to West China, 1905.
The history of Methodism in Sichuan began in 1882 when missionaries began to arrive from the United States. Methodists founded or helped found several colleges, schools, and hospitals to aid in modern
Protestantism in Sichuan
…not until the late 1980s that Protestantism experienced rapid growth. The two largest denominations in the province before 1950 were Anglicanism and Methodism. Previous to the year 1868, the Protestant Churches of Europe and North America knew little or nothing about the province of Sichuan located in western…
West China Mission of the United Church of Canada
The Canadian School of the West China Union University, Chengdu, c. 1918