近代基督教新教江西美以美会研究

A Study of the Kiangsi Methodist Episcopal Church in Modern Time

作为内陆省份江西的近代基督教新教活动往往被各种基督教研究的专著所忽略。基督教新教的江西美以美会晚清传入江西后,发展迅速,1913年成立了江西美以美会布道年议会,1917年,布道年议会升级为年议会,辖区也不断扩大。江西美以美会采取了教、学、医三管齐下的传教策略,即教会为学校、医院提供经费,学校为教会、医院培养人才,医院为教会、学校扩大影响,三者相依相促,形成独具一格的宗教文化。这些举措在客观上促进了江西教育、医疗事业的发展。

As an inland province the modern Christianity＇ s activities in Jiangxi were neglected monograph of Christianity study. The Kiangsi Methodist Episcopal Church developed well since it by all kinds of entered Jiangxi Province in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1913 ,the Kiangsi Methodist Episcopal Church established the Kiangsi Mission Conference. In 1917 ,the Kiangsi Mission Conference had been promoted to the Kiangsi Annual Conference and its district also expanded. The Kiangsi Methodist Episcopal Church adopted the following policies to do missionary work ： the mission provided money for the schools and hospitals,the schools trained staff for the mission and hospitals, and the hospitals improved the effect of the mission and schools. These means helped form the special religionary culture and promoted the education and medicine in Jiangxi Province.