Authors

Minnie Tack

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Early Life: family background; education; call from Foreign Mission Board of the Augustana Lutheran Synod, 1921.

China Experiences: trip to and work with orphanage and girls' school at station at Yuhsien, Honan; the issue of an indigenous church; revivalism and evangelism in Honan in the 1930s; lifestyle in Honan; description of Bible women; some customs Chinese had to give up to join Augustana church; the Japanese war and evacuation; to West China and America, 1944; experiences with Communists after arrival in Linju, Honan, 1947; experiences in Kunming after leaving Linju; leaves China for Hong Kong, 1949; mission work in Hong Kong; lessons to be learned from the mission endeavor; memorable Chinese colleagues.

Publication Date

1977

Publisher

Midwest China Center

City

Saint Paul

Keywords

Mission, Augustana Lutheran Synod, orphanage, girls' school, Yuhsien, Honan, indigenous, church, revivalism, evangelism, Bible women, Chinese, Japanese, evacuation, West China, Communists, Linju, Kunming, Hong Kong

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