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Ma Li's Chapel
Hi Brian0324, I noticed an edit to Macau Protestant Chapel where you removed a sentence about the Chinese name of the Morrison Chapel.
In Chinese, the chapel is called Mother Li's Chapel, and I think this is an interesting fact worth preserving in the article. In English, named after an English Missionary; in Chinese, named after a female priest. I thought I would reinstate this information but if there is a reason not to do so please let me know. THanks! --Gangle (talk) 18:08, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, mea culpa re. the translation... please see Talk:Macau Protestant Chapel. --Gangle (talk) 13:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your invite!
Hi! Nice to meet you again. I've only created the templates of Buddhism and Christianity in China to return the bias of Editingman for his religion Islam. You could find out here. I am not biased for any religions because I am only a secular adherent, not very religious but I like to learn more about Buddhism and other religions, especially East Asian religions. Best of luck to you! Angelo De La Paz (talk) 13:57, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your edit in Caleb Cook Baldwin. But I still think that he was a ABCFM member because I found his infomation in the Missionary Herald published by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Can you check again please? Thanks again! --GnuDoyng (talk) 03:29, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
Christianity in China
I am interested to work on aricles about Christianity in China so if you interested in cooperation send a message :)--Vojvodaeist 11:07, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- I add my name in task group. I hope tat I will be usefull member of the project. There are a lot thinks to improve. I think that we can write some F-class article (or GA of course)--Vojvodaeist 17:57, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
- My idea is to improve one aricle per month (alone or in cooperation) and to write few short, new articles (persons, churches, books about Christianity in China). My first idea for improvment is Matteo Ricci so if you are interested send a message. There are literature (few books and many articles) about him and good articles on some other wikipedias.--Vojvodaeist 18:06, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
Are you interested for cooperation in this article? It is very long and I believe that it can be (with many improvments) be improved to Ga of Fa article?--Vojvodaeist 16:39, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Missionaries in Taiwan
Hi Brian0324 - appreciate your sterling work in Missions to China. However, while for later missionaries in Taiwan it makes some sense to describe them as missionaries to China, this certainly isn't the case for the early Dutch missionaries, who were entering a non-Chinese (pre-Chinese) society that couldn't in any way be described as "China" at that time. I've therefore removed the "Protestant Missions to China" infobox from those three missionaries, namely Robert Junius, George Candidius and Antonius Hambroek. Thanks! Taffy (talk) 01:28, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- You're right. The "movement" in ethnic Chinese missions really didn't begin in Taiwan. There is a lot of overlap, but what the Dutch began was not tied into the 19th century movement. Great work, btw.Brian0324 (talk) 14:56, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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RE: Charles Spurgeon
First of all, I am not an administrator here, but on other projects. ;) Secondly, thanks for fixing that! I had originally written that for the Simple English Wikipedia' Charles Spurgeon, and had later worked on it on a subpage here (I forget which one). It wasn't a joke, I just didn't know what you said. Thanks for correcting me. :) TheAE talk/sign 16:10, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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Hello again! I've left a comment on the Template talk:Protestant missions to China page, suggesting that the format of the template be changed to allow a greater compatibility with short articles. I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter, if you have one. On an unrelated point I've been working on articles connected with 19th century missions in Taiwan (my interest is largely in the linguistic side rather than the religious, but that's by the by) and you might find Taiwan Church News and Template:Christian missionaries in Taiwan of interest. Thanks! Taffy (talk) 19:36, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hi! I visited the Protestant Cemetery in Penang in March this year, where I photographed as many of the graves as I could, as part of my on-going project to document foreign and colonial cemeteries in Asia. In the process, I come across the graves of numerous missionaries. So yes, I have numerous photos of the cemetery and its environs. You can take a look at FindAGrave.com: [1] Bubbha (talk) 09:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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Sheppard
Hi Brian. I'm working on a major expansion of William Henry Sheppard at User:Recognizance/Sandbox and was wondering if you have access to any additional images related to him. Thanks! Recognizance (talk) 20:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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Collaboration of the month
Is there interested members to chose some subject about Christianity in Chine and to work on it together (sevveral of us) and to make it article to FA or GA status?--Vojvodae please be free to write :) 21:03, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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List of Roman Catholic missions in Africa
List of Roman Catholic missions in Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Catholic_missions_in_Africa)
Paris Evangelical Missionary Society is a Protestant mission please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Evangelical_Missionary_Society
Perhaps it is a mixed up case with Paris Foreign Missions Society (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Foreign_Missions_Society) which is Catholic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Defesad (talk • contribs) 13:12, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Articles for deletion nomination of Robert Warren Stewart
Hello Brian, I need your help. Please vote for keeping this entry. --GnuDoyng (talk) 04:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Brian 0324, I'm a new editor and just recently uploaded my first article on Ian McCormack and have already been cited for deletion. I have 1 person supporting deletion and none supporting the article. If you have time, can you take a look at the article and suggest changes to me or support the article for staying. I'd really appreciate it - I don't know anyone who works in Wikipedia, so I'm just reaching out to people who have written articles I like, thanks
ChildrenOfLight (talk) 04:31, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
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Your Stinson L5 picture.
Brian, I would like to use your Stinson L-5 picture that you posted for non-profit work. Wondering if you could kindly contact me. I can be reached at tomshangar <at> gmail <dot> com.
Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.115.118 (talk) 04:51, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Template:Protestant missions to Pacific Islands
See Template talk:Protestant missions to Pacific Islands. Any problem if I make the change? Aymatth2 (talk) 02:14, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
William Cooper Missionary killed in Boxer Rebellion
Dear Brian I was very excited to find your posts as I believe the missionary, William Cooper, of the CIM, is my great grandfather. I know virtually nothing about him and would love to find out more. Can you point me at possible reference sources/organsations? With best wishes, Lindsay Cooper Lindsaycoop (talk) 07:29, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
- Hello Lindsay. That's very interesting. Cooper was an assistant Director to Hudson Taylor and probably the highest-level missionary in the China Inland Mission to be killed in 1900. He is mentioned in many books. "The Jubilee Story of the China Inland Mission" "Hudson Taylor and the Growth of a Soul" "Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission" and AJ Broomhalls series "Hudson Taylor and China's Open Century" (this is a 7 vol set and Cooper is probably mentioned several times in the last 3 volumes). There are probably others. If you did a Google books search using "China's Millions" (The CIM periodical) and his name you would possibly find some of his letters from the mission field. All the best to you!Brian0324 (talk) 14:51, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
Very many thanks Brian. Would you know if there is a cemetary that might have his grave or an old headquarters type building for the CIM in China? I visit the country quite regularly and could make an expedition to find him. Best wishes, Lindsay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.193.19.29 (talk) 02:36, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
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African Pilgrim's Progress
I'm a missionary to Togo, West Africa and noticed that the Pilgrim's Progress picture you added was from an African Version of Pilgrim's Progress. Can you give me more information about this adaptation? I cannot find it online anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.68.162.53 (talk) 19:00, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello - I found this illustration in: Horne, C. Sylvester (1904). The Story of the L.M.S.. London: London Missionary Society. I think that you could find it online but I do not know if it references the African version and who published it. Hope that this helps.Brian0324 (talk) 17:36, 20 August 2012 (UTC)