Robert A. Jaffray
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Dr. Robert A. Jaffrey, Robert Jaffray, was a Christian missionary to China, who was trained by A.B. Simpson the great missionary evangelist.
Background
Robert Jaffery, was born in 1873 into a wealthy family of which his father owned Canada's the Toronto Globe (today’s the Globe and Mail). Robert's father had great ambitions for his child, wanting him to one day become the CEO and owner of Toronto Globe.
Calling to Missionary
As a young man, Robert had a calling to become a missionary. After having an encounter with the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, A.B Simpson, he decided it was that his calling was to take him serve as a missionary to China. His father was deeply opposed to this and threatened not to pay for his expenses to travel to China, although he would be willing to pay for the return trip if young Robert ever wanted to return from his long term missions.
Missionary Work
The Christian & Missionary Alliance sent Jaffray to Wuzhou, Guangxi, China in 1897. While he was there, his responsibilities included mission administration, preaching, evangelistic iteneration, assistance in founding the Wuzhou Bible School (later called the "Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong"), editor of the Chinese "Bible Magazine", and writer for his publications. Jaffray was known for his good leadership qualities, and was called a "missionary strategist and statesman." He wrote for and edited Bible Messenger, published by South China Alliance Press He used this publication to send training materials to Cantonese Missionaries and then later to others, reprinted in their "colloquial language versions."
Jaffray served in Wuzhou for 35 years, in spite of a heart condition and diabetes. One of his accomplishments was founding the Chinese Foreign Missionary Union. Arrested in 1942 by the Japanese, he was kept in internment camps, until he died in 1945 from illness and malnutrition.
Quotes:
- "The supreme and crying need of this lost world is the gospel. Shall we not rise at Christ's command to carry the blessed saving news to every perishing one?"
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