Hudson Taylors Spiritual Secret

Description

James Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a Christian missionary to China,and founder of the China Inland Mission (renamed Overseas MissionaryFellowship). He served there for 51 years, bringing over 800 missionaries tothe country and personally baptizing an estimated 50,000 converts. He was famous for his commitment to cultural sensitivity, wearing Chinese dresseven though this was rare among missionaries of that time. China InlandMission accepted working class volunteers, women, multinational recruits,and members of all Protestant denominations.

Hudson Taylor has been referred to as one of the most significant figures inthe history of China in the 19th century, and the China Inland Mission wasresponsible for the widest Christian evangelistic campaign since the firstcentury when Paul the Apostle brought Christian teaching to Europe. AtTaylor’s death in 1905, there were 205 stations with 849 missionaries and125,000 Chinese Christians in the China Inland Mission.

This is the classic biography of James Hudson Taylor by his son Howardand daughter-in-law Geraldine, who also served as missionaries to China. Itis the inspiring story of Taylor’s uncovering of the spiritual secret thatpaved the way for the China Inland Mission to become a reality.

This classic title has sold hundreds of thousands of copies since its originalpublication in 1932. Hendrickson introduces a lovely edition, re-typesetand redesigned, a perfect gift for anyone who wants to replace the oldpaperback or who is encountering Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret for thefirst time.