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Mark 13:10
[Bible Verses]Mark 13:10 is the verse in which Jesus says that, before the end, the gospel must first be preached to all nations. It is frequently cited and discussed as a basis for missions and in connection with the timing of the Second Coming.
Hudson Taylor
[People]Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) was a British Protestant missionary who founded the China Inland Mission (CIM) in 1865 and led missionary work in inland China. He is often called the "Father of China Missions."
Lottie Moon
[People]Lottie Moon (1840–1912) was a Southern Baptist missionary to China. She evangelized in Shandong Province for about forty years, and her appeals led to the start of the Southern Baptist Christmas offering for missions.
Nicolaus von Zinzendorf
[People]Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760) was a German count and Pietist leader. He founded the Herrnhut community, revived the Moravian Brethren, and is regarded as a leading pioneer of Protestant foreign missions.
William Junkin
[People]William Junkin (1865–1908; Korean name Jeon Wi-ryeom) was an American Southern Presbyterian missionary who, beginning in the 1890s, founded churches and schools in Gunsan and Jeonju and laid the foundation for Protestant missions in the Honam region of Korea.
Arthur Pierson
[People]Arthur Pierson (1837–1911) was an American Presbyterian minister, Bible teacher, and missions advocate. During a 1910 visit to Korea, he promised to establish a Bible school. After his death, the Pierson Memorial Bible School, the forerunner of Pyeongtaek University, was founded in fulfillment of that promise.
History of Christianity in China
[History]The history of Christianity in China extends from the arrival of the Church of the East under the Tang dynasty in the seventh century, through the Catholic and Protestant missions, to the present day. After the Communist government came to power, Chinese Protestantism divided into the government-registered Three-Self churches and the unregistered house churches.
Society of Jesus
[History]The Society of Jesus is a Catholic religious order of men that began in 1534, when Ignatius of Loyola and his companions took vows in Paris. It received approval from Pope Paul III in 1540 and has placed particular emphasis on foreign missions and higher education.
Chosen Christian College
[History]Chosen Christian College (Yonhi College; 延禧專門學校) was a private Christian college founded in Seoul in 1915 jointly by Presbyterian and Methodist missions from the United States and Canada. Together with Severance Medical College, it is a predecessor of present-day Yonsei University.
Church Bazaar
[Christian Life]A church bazaar is a church event at which members sell donated or handmade goods and food, using the proceeds for relief, missions, or church projects.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
[People]Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700–1760) was an eighteenth-century German Pietist count. By receiving Moravian refugees on his estate at Herrnhut, he revived the Moravian Church, and he was a leading pioneer of Protestant foreign missions.
Moravian Church
[Denominations]The Moravian Church, or Moravian Brethren, is a Protestant denomination that originated among the followers of Jan Hus, the fifteenth-century Bohemian reformer. It was renewed in 1722 at Herrnhut, Germany, and is known for pioneering Protestant foreign missions.
Acts 1:8
[Bible Verses]Acts 1:8 records Jesus' words to the disciples just before his ascension: when the Holy Spirit comes upon them, they will receive power and be his witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The verse previews the narrative of the entire Book of Acts and serves as a leading watchword for missions. The nature of the experience of the Spirit implied by "receiving power" is debated.
Matthew 28:19–20
[Bible Verses]In this passage the risen Jesus commands his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that he has commanded. Known as the "Great Commission," it serves as a foundational text for missions, baptism, and discipleship.
Romans 10:13-14
[Bible Verses]Romans 10:13-14 is a passage in which the apostle Paul quotes the Book of Joel to declare that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Through a series of questions moving from calling to believing, hearing, and preaching, he then shows the necessity of proclaiming the gospel. The passage is frequently cited as an invitation to salvation and as a basis for evangelism and missions.
Paik Nak-chun
[People]Paik Nak-chun (白樂濬, 1895–1985), also known as George Paik, was a Korean church historian, educator, and politician. His English-language doctoral dissertation on the history of Protestant missions in Korea was later published in Korean as *Hanguk Gaesingyosa* (History of Korean Protestantism). He served as president of Yonhi University, as South Korea's second Minister of Education, and as Speaker of the House of Councillors.
University Bible Fellowship
[Institutions]University Bible Fellowship (UBF) is an interdenominational campus mission organization founded in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1961 by Lee Chang-woo and Sarah Barry, a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (the Southern Presbyterian Church). It is known for one-to-one Bible study and overseas university missions.
Luke 19:10
[Bible Verses]Luke 19:10 records the words Jesus spoke after staying at the house of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, in Jericho, declaring that he had come "to seek and to save that which was lost." The verse is regarded as a one-line summary of the theme of the Gospel of Luke and is frequently cited as a basis for evangelism and missions.
Cambridge Seven
[History]The Cambridge Seven were seven young British men who went to China in 1885 as missionaries with the China Inland Mission, founded by Hudson Taylor. Six came from the University of Cambridge and one from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
History of Korean Hymnals
[History]Korean Protestant hymnody began with the Methodist hymnal Chanmiga in 1892. Through successive unions and divisions among the denominations, it developed into the Unified Hymnal of 1983 and the 21st Century Hymnal (also called the New Hymnal) of 2006. This article traces that development.