抗战时期的辽县基督教友爱会及其医院

The Church of the Brethren of Liaoxian and Its Hospital in the Period of Anti-Japanese War

文章主要采用历史文献法,运用友爱会的档案资料、书籍、杂志,考察辽县友爱会及其医院在抗战时期的所作所为。结论为辽县友爱会在抗日战争时期积极配合共产党的工作,为八路军伤员提供医疗救治,为百姓提供各种救济,其中一些教徒加入了共产党的统一战线,为共产党、八路军服务,为抗战做出了一定的贡献,事实证明教徒并未因其信仰转变而改变国家认同,他们在关键时刻是与民族、国家共存亡的。

The purpose of this paper is to study the roles of the Church of the Brethren in Liaoxian and its hospital in the period of Anti-Japanese war,and to illustrate the contributions and sacrifice that the Christian Church made under the guidance of the United Front of the Communist Party of China.In the meantime,it corrects some inaccurate views.It adopts the methods of historical documents,using the archives,books and magazines published by the headquarters of the Church of the Brethren.The conclusion is that the Church of the Brethren in Liaoxian and its hospital actively cooperated with the Communist Party of China,provided medical treatment for the Eighth Route Army and all kinds of relief for ordinary people.Some Christians joined the United Front of Communist Party,serving the Communist Party and the Eight Route Army.They made contributions and sacrifice for the Anti-Japanese War.These facts show that the Christians did not change their national identity just because of their changing religion.At the critical moment,they coexisted with all people and fought for the nation.