艾迪綏 Mary Ann Aldersey – Missionary in China (1839-1860)
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2025-01-29
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Historians have been revising the history of Christian missionaries in China over the last few decades. In particular, they have been taking a closer look at the role and activities of women missionaries, as well as the missiology of the leading mission agencies. Mary Aldersey deserves more attention, not only because she was a more effective missionary than we knew but also because she was part of a major struggle in the mission agencies over the role and fitness of women for this work. One of the most effective mission stations was in Ningbo (formerly Ningpo) and it appears that this was due in no small part to her work. Several missionaries testified to how they were influenced by her, not the least of which was Hudson Taylor, the founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM).