Taxonomy of Chinese Christian Chronology The chronology of Christianity in China is often characterized into waves. The "wave" metaphor is an interesting one, because throughout Chinese history one finds repeatedly the Christian church would rise to prominent for a period of time, and then declined into minority, went underground, or sometimes even appeared to have been eradicated from society, due to hostile political or cultural factors. Yet through out the history of China, Christianity would resurface again and again in Chinese society, after each period of dormancy.
- (2250 BC to 1911 AD) Pre-Adventist era in China
- (Approximately 2250 BC - 1911) Pre-Western Christianity: Border Sacrifice
- (1st century AD) Apostle Thomas
- (7th century AD) Nestorianism in Tang Dynasty
- (13th & 15th century AD) Roman Catholicism
- (13th century AD) Franciscan Friars during Yuan Dynasty
- (15th century AD) Jesuit Priests during Ming Dynasty, the best known among them was Matteo Ricci.
- (1807) First Protestant Missionary in Qing Dynasty-Robert Morrison
- (1830) Evangelicalism-First American missionaries-Elijah & Eliza Bridgman
- (1865) Nondenominationalism-China Inland Mission founded by Hudson Taylor
- (1822-1919) Early Adventist Mission in China
- (1822-1903) Adventism Entered China - Abraham LaRue
- (1903-1909) First Organized Mission in China under General Conference
- (1909-1919) China Union Mission under Asiatic Division
- (1919) China Union Mission under Eastern Asia Division
- (1920-1929) Six Chinese Union Missions under Far Eastern Division
- (1930-1949) Institutionalization of Adventist Mission - China Division formed
- (1930-1939) Rapid Expansion under Nationalist China
- (1939-1945) Hardship during Sino-Japan War
- (1946-1949) Post -World War Consolidation
- (1949-2010) Metamorphosis of Chinese Adventism
- (1949-1976) Church in Hibernation
- (1960-....) Rapid Expansion of Overseas Chinese Adventism
- (1954, 1977-1989) Church under Three-Self & Indigenization
- (1980) Formation of China Christian Council
- (1990-2010) China Open Door
- (2011- ...) Adventists in China Today
- House Churches in China
- (1999- ..) Foshan Church story
- Shanghai Muen Church
- Xi'an Church
- Beijing Church
- Shenyang Church
- Chengdu Church
- Guangzhou Church
- Wenzhou Church
- Xiamen Chruch
| China Timeline For comparison, below is a timeline of the history of China. This timeline draws heavily on the work of Leon Poon at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Date | Sub-Date | Dynasty | 朝代 | World events | 2200-1600 BC | | Xia | 夏 | Stonehenge | 1600-1027 BC | | Shang | 商 | King Tut | 1027-771 BC | | West Zhou | 西周 | King David | 770-221 BC | | Eat Zhou | 東
周 | | | 770-476 | Spring & Autumn | 春秋 | Confucius | | 475-221 | Warring States | 戰國 | Alexander The Great | 221-207 BC | | Qin | 秦 | Rome | 206 BC-24 AD | | West Han | 西漢 | Christ on earth | 25-220 AD | | East Han |
東漢 | | 220-280 AD | | Three Kingdom | 三國 | | | 220-265 | Wei | 魏 | | | 221-263 | Shu | 蜀 | | | 229-280 | Wu | 吴 | | 265-316 AD | | West Jin |
西晉 | | 317-420 AD | | East Jin |
東晉 | | 420-588 AD | | South & North Dynasties | 南北朝 | | ururch | 420-588 | South- Song, Qi, Liang, Chen |
南宋, 齊梁陳 | | | 386-588 | North- Wei, Qi, Zhou | 魏,北齊 周 | | 581-617 AD | | Sui | 隋 | Mohamad | 618-907 AD | | Tang | 唐 | Nestorian | 907-960 AD | | Five Dynasties- Late Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou | 五代- 後梁
唐
晉
漢 周 | | 907-979 | | Ten Kingdom | 十國 | | 960-1279 AD | | Song | 宋 | | 916-1125 AD | | Liao | 遼 | | 1038-1227 AD | | West Xia |
西夏 | | 1115-1234 AD | | Jin | 金 | | 1279-1368 AD | | Yuan | 元 | Fraciscans | 1368-1644 AD | | Ming | 明 | Jesuits | 1644-1911 AD | | Qing | 清 | Presbyterian, Hudson Taylor, Adventists | 1911-1949 AD | | Republic of China | 中华民国 | WWI, WWII | AD 1949 - ... | | ROC-Taiwan | | | AD 1949 - ... | | People Republic of China | 中华人民共和国 | |
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