19—20世纪英国伦敦会在华传教活动

On the Missionary Activities of London Missionary Society in China from the 19th to the 20th Century

19世纪,英国基督教布道会是新教在全球传教的主力,伦敦会是其中之一。伦敦会是教徒发起的组织,不分教派,经费自筹,管理严格。伦敦会在鸦片战争后的百年间,以办教育和医疗,从事文化活动为先导,传播基督教义,大量雇佣中国教职人员,影响广泛。伦敦会赞成基督教本土化,支持成立中华基督教全国总会。两次世界大战使英国国力衰退,美国取代英国成为新教传播的主角。

At the turn of 18th and 19th century, many British protestant Missionary Societies were set up, which began to send missionaries to Asia, Africa and Latin American to spread Christianity. London Missionary Society(LMS) was the first one to send protestant missionaries to China and became one of the five major British Missionary Societies. Besides direct preaching, LMS had also sent more than 100 missionaries to get involved in educational, medical and literal activities in China for more than 100 years. This paper tries to introduce the organization features, management pattern and preach methods of London Missionary Society so that the basic features of British Missionary Society concerning the mission policies as well as educational, medical and cultural activities are analyzed. London Missionary Society reflects the rise and decline of modern British Missionary Societies in China.