Johan Alfred Rinell

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Johan Alfred Rinell
circa 1893
BornNovember 27, 1866
Östergötland, Sweden
DiedJuly 3, 1941(1941-07-03) (aged 74)
Qingdao (Tsingtao), China
NationalitySwedish
OccupationBaptist missionary

Johan Alfred Rinell (originally Johansson; November 27, 1866 in the Rinna parish in Östergötland, Sweden – July 3, 1941 in Qingdao (Tsingtao), China) was a Swedish missionary sent by the Baptist Union of Sweden (Svenska Baptistsamfundet) to China.[1]

Biography

Johan Alfred, as he was known, graduated from Stockholm's Bethel Seminary in 1891. During his time at seminary Rinell was encouraged toward mission work by the British missionary John Hudson Taylor who was lecturing at the seminary. After a short period of time as a pastor in Fredrikshald in Norway, where Rinell married Hedvig Jansson, the couple sailed for China in 1893 and arrived in China in 1894.

They settled in the town of Jiaozhou (simplified Chinese: 胶州; traditional Chinese: 膠州; pinyin: Jiāozhōu) in Shandong province where they performed mission work for over 55 years. Johan Alfred died and was buried in Qingdao (Tsingtao) in 1941.[2] A stone memorial was raised by the Chinese Christians of Jiaozhou commemorating his work.

Rinell wrote several books and many articles including a book about the Boxer Rebellion and persecution of the Christians in China from 1900 to 1901.

Written works

  • Boxare-upproret och förföljelserna mot de kristna i Kina 1900–1901 [Boxer Rebellion and the persecution of Christians in China 1900–1901]. Stockholm, 1902. SELIBR 8235304
  • Missionsproblemet: ett maningsord till det Svenska baptistsamfundet [The Missions Problem: a word of advice to the Swedish Baptist community]. Östersund: Missionsbokhandeln, 1910. SELIBR 1616936
  • Missionsuppdraget och vi [The Mission Mandate and Us]. Stockholm: B.-M:s bokförlag, 1932. SELIBR 1366888
  • De svenska baptisternas Kinamission åren 1890–1905 [The Swedish Baptists' China mission 1890–1905]. Stockholm: Westerberg, 1906. SELIBR 1616935
  • Svenska baptistmissionen i Kina – ett 40-årsminne [Swedish baptist mission in China – a 40-year remembrance]. Stockholm B.-M:s Bokförlags A.-B, 1931. SELIBR 8219154

Notes

  1. ^ Johan Alfred Rinell[circular reference]
  2. ^ "Rev Johan Alfred Rinell (1866-1941) - Find a Grave". Find a Grave.

References

  • Hermansson, Alice Rinell (2019). Öster om bergen: Femtiofem år med Bibel och skolväska i Kina. Ekerö, Sverige: Narin förlag, 2019. ISBN 978-91-983699-5-3.

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