Chin, John Carlton
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Physician, pastor, church planter; born April 6, 1911 in China; attended China Inland Mission church and Sunday school; graduated from Canton University, 1940; after World War II helped start a Lutheran church and became a licensed pastor; after Communist takeover, moved to Hong Kong and then Taiwan, 1950; became physician for a government factory and started a church which became the first Lutheran church in Taiwan; began a training center for Chinese which became the first Lutheran seminary in Taiwan; helped organize the Hong Kong Lutheran Church, 1955; retired in 1975 and moved to the United States; married Wang Ming-hsun (1942) and had one daughter.
From the description of Oral history interview with John C. Chin, 1982. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31200202
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Subjects:
- Education
- Chinese
- Church development, New
- Church growth
- Communism
- Evangelistic work
- Independent churches
- Indigenous church administration
- Intercultural communication
- Jesus People
- Medical care
- Missions, Medical
- Missionaries
- Missions
- Missions
- Persecution
- Presbyterians
- Refugees
- Rural churches
- Theological seminaries
- Sino
- Social change
- Theology
- Tribes
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Places:
- Taiwan (as recorded)
- China (as recorded)
