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Wang Mingdao (traditional Chinese: 王明道; simplified Chinese: 王明道; pinyin: Wàng Míngdào; Wade-Giles: Wang4 Ming2-Tao4) (1900-1991) was a Chinese Christian Protestant leader. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation.

Wang was born in Beijing in 1900, the year of the Boxer Rebellion. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Boxer Rebellion, or Boxer Movement, was an uprising by members of the Chinese Society of Right and Harmonious Fists against foreign influence

As an evangelist, he founded the Christian Tabernacle in Bejing in 1925, which was one of the largest evangelical churches in China at that time. Evangelicalism is a theological movement tradition and system of beliefs most closely associated with Protestant Christianity, which identifies with the Gospel

Wang advocated that the affairs between Church and Government be separate. He did not join the anti-Japanese movement during World War II. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including As a result, Wang received some threats from the Japanese authorities during that period, enough that he kept a coffin in his house - but they never acted on the threats. [1]

He served as the leader of the Christian Tabernacle until his arrest in 1955 for refusing to join the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of state-controlled churches. The Three-Self Patriotic Movement (officially zh-cn 中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会 National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China In August of that year, Wang, along with his wife and eighteen church members, were imprisoned. Shortly thereafter, under coercion, Wang signed a confession statement and was released from prison. [1] However, not long after being set free, Wang claimed that he had a guilty and grieved conscience and likened himself to the Apostle Peter who had denied Christ three times. [1] Wang soon after recanted and spent 22 years in a prison labor camp until his release in 1980.

Upon his release, he became involved in the house church movement in Beijing until his death, and has been popularly referred to as the "Dean of the House Churches" in China. Chinese house churches are a religious movement of unregistered assemblies of Christians in the People's Republic of China, which operate independently of the government-run

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Wang Mingdao was considered an outspoken fundamentalist in Chinese Christian theology. Fundamentalist Christianity, also known as Christian Fundamentalism or Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, is a movement that arose mainly within British and Christianity in China is a growing minority religion that comprises Protestants (called 基督教 Jī dū jiào or Christ Religion) Catholics He often took the opportunity to point out or criticize any shortcomings of the Chinese churches as well as society. He strongly opposed any evils or injustices in Chinese society and he emphasized that Chinese Christians should live a holy life. He also believed that, other than reading the Bible, Christians should also “Study texts, study events and study characters”. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin He emphasized that the characteristics of prominent governing leaders be examined carefully to see if they are good role models worthy of the people’s respect and following.

Initially Wang held family services but later on he traveled to many different regions to give sermons. He likened himself to the prophet Jeremiah since Jeremiah attacked the corruptions of society and all the false prophets during his time. Jeremiah ( jirmɛ'jahu; Septuagint Greek: Ἰερεμίας was one of the 'greater prophets ' of the Hebrew Bible. Wang mainly opposed the Liberal Theologians who believed neither in Jesus’ resurrection nor in any supernatural miraculous events. This article concerns itself with Jesus Christ Christian, Islamic and other religious interpretations of resurrection in general

Wang founded the Christian Church in Christ (CCiC) which was based on “self preaching, self sufficiency and self dependency” in which he strongly emphasized that church should be able to stand on its own feet and administer its own affairs. He also said that “Since the Church is a special group, the lives of its members must change before they can receive baptism”. He also emphasized that the church should be as simplified as possible. Therefore, his church did not permit choirs, the leaders of the church were not called “Pastors”, and that “tithe sermons” should not be preached in the pulpit. For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers A pastor is an official person within a Protestant group of people and related to the positions of Priest or Bishop within the Anglican, Roman Catholic A tithe (from Old English teogoþa "tenth" is a one-tenth part of something paid as a (usually voluntary contribution or as a Tax or levy Wang also said that Christmas was not to be celebrated because it ‘had no meaning’. His church did not contribute to any charities and he refused to join in any ecumenical church movements. Ecumenism (also oecumenism, œcumenism) refers to initiatives aimed at greater Religious unity or cooperation Wang kept a distance from international organizations so that the government could not accuse him of not obeying their decree that religious organizations not have contact with groups outside of China. Wang justified his obedience to the authority based on Romans chapter 13 which speaks about Christians exercising obedience to their governing authorities as God has placed them in power. Furthermore Wang did not see that this prohibition by the government infringed upon the churches duty to obey God first. In contrast to this Wang would not join the Three Self Patriotic Movement because he felt the limitations that the government established church placed on member congregations violated the command of God, namely, the command to preach the gospel. The Three-Self Church prevented their associated churches from preaching on the second coming of Christ, they were not to preach from Revelation, nor were they to preach absolute obedience to Christ when it conflicted with Governmental Policy.

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  1. ^ a b c Li, Yading (Spring 2008). John Sung Shang Chieh ( aka John Sung ( 29 September 1901 – 18 August 1944) was a renowned Chinese Christian "No Compromise". Christian History & Biography (98): 21.  

See also

See also Protestantism in China China and the West were virtually unaware of each other’s civilizations until the nineteenth century Allen Yuan Xiangchen (1914 &ndash August 16, 2005) was a Chinese Protestant Christian pastor John Sung Shang Chieh ( aka John Sung ( 29 September 1901 – 18 August 1944) was a renowned Chinese Christian John Sung Shang Chieh ( aka John Sung ( 29 September 1901 – 18 August 1944) was a renowned Chinese Christian Samuel Lamb or Lin Xiangao ( b October 4, 1924) is a Christian Pastor in Guangzhou, China.
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