Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
Pioneering in - Far Eastern Bible College
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– the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Foreign Missionary Union – was born. Mr. LelandWang was president, Dr. Jaffray vice-president and treasurer. Hesaid, “This is the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church’s new enterprise. Therefore lether bear the responsibility. But, s<strong>in</strong>ce God has moved me to startthis work, I will give my help, won’t I?” Humorously, heobserved, “My name is Fu M<strong>in</strong> (Dr. Jaffray’s Ch<strong>in</strong>ese name)which means: “I should stand on the side to help send Ch<strong>in</strong>esenational missionaries.”Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Foreign Mission – this was God’s new enterprise forthe Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church. Logically, it should have been started byCh<strong>in</strong>ese nationals. But now it was a Western missionary who didit – a satire to the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church. And now that Dr. Jaffray couldhumble himself, should not the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church leaders rise up tothe occasion by accept<strong>in</strong>g the Great Commission?Many years ago I had written an article “Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Christiansand Foreign Missions” <strong>in</strong> the Lutheran News of Hupeh Prov<strong>in</strong>ce.Similarly, <strong>in</strong> many church magaz<strong>in</strong>es I had followed up with sucharticles to arouse <strong>in</strong>terest amongst Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Christians <strong>in</strong> thiswork, that by their participation, this new enterprise mightbecome the jo<strong>in</strong>t effort of the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church. Alas! Opportunitylay daily at the door, but ow<strong>in</strong>g to various problems, opportunityslipped away! There were many unreportable events <strong>in</strong> thismishap.In any enterprise, one should not always expect a smoothsail<strong>in</strong>g progress. For found<strong>in</strong>g the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Foreign MissionaryUnion Dr. Jaffray was greatly misunderstood. Were it not for hisstrong-headedness and resoluteness surmount<strong>in</strong>g a hundredknocks and countless struggles and setbacks, this enterprise couldnot have succeeded. A door was now opened for the Ch<strong>in</strong>eseChurch <strong>in</strong> Foreign Missions, a foundation was laid!That the Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Church should have founded a foreignmissionary society, an evangelistic enterprise, was due entirely to65