Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936
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Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936
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Goforth, Jonathan, 1859-1936
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Missionary and evangelist, born in Canada in 1859; ordained and married to Rosalind Bell-Smith in 1887; began missionary work in China in 1888; fled China from the Boxer Rebellion in 1900; began itinerant village preaching in China in 1901 primarily in Honan Province; observed spiritual revival in Korea in 1907 and led a revival in Manchuria in 1908 and subsequently throughout China; concluded ministry in China in 1934, but continued evangelistic work in North America until his death in 1936.
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Subjects
Children of missionaries
Church and social problems
Presbyterian Church
Church work with military personnel
Evangelistic work
Families
Fundamentalism
Keswick movement
Liberalism (Religion)
Missionaries
Missionaries
Missionaries, Resignation of
Missions
Missions
Modernist-fundamentalist controversy
Presbyterians
Revivals
Rural missions
Sermons, English
Women
Women in missionary work
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Canadians
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China
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China--Manchuria
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Henan Sheng (China)
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Korea
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Canada
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