Shandong: Inside the greatest revival in history (book 1)
ISBN 9781909281707
310 pages.
Published 4/4/2021
£6.99 - 14.99
Paperback, Kindle, Epub
Many have heard of the extraordinary explosion of Christianity throughout China in recent decades. Few, however, know how it occurred. Paul Hattaway draws on thirty years’ experience in China and numerous interviews with church leaders to provide insights into how the living God brought about the largest revival in the history of Christianity. In a narrative full of jaw-dropping stories, The China Chronicles documents the acts of the Holy Spirit throughout China, where phenomenal growth has occurred in the furnace of intense persecution. Hattaway starts his account with Shandong Province, which is home to almost one hundred million people. On multiple occasions, God has revived his Church in Shandong by pouring out his Spirit with great power and grace. As a result, Shandong today could be rightfully called ‘China’s Revival Province’.
Paul Hattaway, a native New Zealander, has served the Church in Asia for most of his life. He is an expert on the Chinese Church, and author of The Heavenly Man, An Asian Harvest, Operation China, Shandong, and many other books. He and his wife Joy are founders of Asia Harvest (www.asiaharvest.org) which supports thousands of indigenous missionaries and has provided millions of Bibles to Christians throughout Asia.
Well-researched … Hattaway’s knowledge of the Chinese Church is encyclopedic … this book is wonderfully challenging. — Patrick Forbes ― Christianity magazine
A welcome contribution … an exciting, whistlestop tour of 150 years of Christian revival and miracles in Shandong Province … there is no shortage of inspiring lives and events. — Lawrence Braschi ― Church Times
Paul Hattaway’s new book introducing the history of revivalist Christianity in one of China’s northern provinces is a welcome contribution. — The Revd Lawrence Braschi ― Church Times
Foreword by Brother Yun Preface by Moses Xie
The China Chronicles overview
Introduction ix xi xiii
1860s 11
1870s 27
1880s and 1890s 36
The Boxer Rebellion 49
1900s 59
Lottie Moon 77
1910s 90
1920s 101
Marie Monsen 111
1930s 119
The evangelistic bands 135
1940s 146
The Jesus family 157
1950s 172
1960s 185
1970s 193
1980s 200
1990s 211
2000s 229
2010s 247
The future of the Church in Shandong 258
Appendix
Graph: Evangelical Christians in Shandong 262
Map of China’s Christians 264
A survey of Christians in China 265
Table of Christians in Shandong 268
Notes 273
Selected bibliography 290
Contact details 294
