DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2019.v07i11.002

Pages: 762-772

The American Baptist denomination established their South China mission during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. The founding of the South China mission is an instructive story. It provides valuable information about western colonialism in Asia, the genesis of American Baptist foreign missions, the life stories and mission strategies of individual Baptist missionaries, and cross-cultural collaborations between westerners and early Chinese converts to Christianity. Relying on historical narratives and missionary memoirs, this brief essay provides a concise overview of an important chapter in the growth of global Christianity.