Tag: <span>Three Self Patriotic Movement</span>

Xie Songsan (ZS Zia) (1900 ~ 1989)
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Xie Songsan (ZS Zia) (1900 ~ 1989)

Methodist pastor in turbulent times Born in Yin County (near Ningbo, Zhejiang Province) in 1900, Xie grew up in a Presbyterian family. He graduated in law from Soochow University in 1924 and then studied in the United States, being ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in New York in 1927. After his return...

Sun Yanli (Henry Sun) (1914 ~ 1995)
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Sun Yanli (Henry Sun) (1914 ~ 1995)

Methodist pastor and Three Self Patriotic Movement bishop Sun Yanli (Henry Sun) was a minister in the Methodist tradition. He worked at Moore Memorial Church (MMC) in Shanghai from 1947 to 1995 and was pastor-in-charge between 1958 and 1989. In June 1988, he was made one of two new Bishops in the Chinese church, the...