TY - BOOK AU - Huntley,David Anthony AU - Trinity Theological Seminary AU - University of Liverpool, Dept. of Theology TI - The withdrawal of the China Inland Mission from China, and the redeployment to new fields in East Asia AV - BV3415.U58.W584 2002 PY - 2002/// KW - Missions KW - China KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Section I. Outline; Section II. The Background Situation in China; Section III. China to East Asia; Section IV. The CIM's Thinking in a New Light; Section V. Understanding hte Move Into Asia: OMF-New Fields; Section Virgin Islands Summing Up; Section Virgin IslandsI. Appendices; Thesis (Ph.D) - Trinity Theological Seminary and University of Liverpool, 2002; Includes bibliography (leaves 215-220) and index; Table of Contents --; Introduction-Scope, Questions and Rationale of this Study --; Background: The Redeployment of the China Inland Mission --; Problem and Purpose of the Study: Lack in Existing Literature --; Research Problem --; Questions to be Answered --; Main Questions --; Subsidiary Questions --; Review of Literature: External Sources --; The CIM's Own Sources --; The Millions, CIM-OMF Magazine --; The CIM-OMF's own Archives: London Council Minutes --; China Council Minutes --; CIM-OMF Archives-Singapore --; Minutes of the Overseas Council (former China Council) --; Weekly HQ Staff Meetings in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore --; Correspondence with Missionaries and Directors etc in the Last Years in China --; Country Surveys, Recommendations for-or against-work in each --; CIM News-Fornightly Duplicated Letter --; Overseas Bulletin in the OMF's In-house Quarterly Magazine --; Writer's Conversations with Individuals --; Abbreviations, Terminologn5050y, Nomenclature and Personalia; China-Understanding the Background Setting --; The Background Before the CIM's Withdrawal --; Where did the CIM fit among other societies? --; China Inland Mission-Understanding the Background Setting --; The CIM: in what respects was it sui generis? --; Founding in 1865 --; Inland China; the Spiritual and Humanitarian Missionary Mandates --; Understanding the CIM's Faith Principles --; Home Centres --; What was meant by director rule? --; What is meant by interdenominational but not undenominational? --; Eccumenical Relationships-Apparent Contradiction? --; Two Streams --; Earlier Harmony --; An Example --; An Affirmation --; The CIM-OMF Philosophy of Church Structures in Asia-Was this a CIM denomination? --; Identification with Chinese-Unique or Not? --; What were the CIM's recruitment qualifications for missionary service? --; Development after WWII --; East Asia --; What was the CIM's theological position? --; The CIM and Missiology --; Summing Up --; Understanding the In-House Ethos --; What was unique about the CIM-OMF's in-house ethos? --; Outsourcing --; Marriage --; Ambivalence on In-house ethnic/racial principles --; The In-house Ethos: A Family with Loyalty to the Leader --; The Ethos of Trust --; The In-house Ethos and all-CIM Management --; Edcuation of Missionaries' Children: Chefoo School in China --; Summing Up --; CIM-How did thinking develop as Communism emerged? --; Deja-Vu? --; Nationalists and Comunists, Attitudes of the Nationalist politicians --; Understanding the Initial Attractiveness of Communism --; China and the Exodus from China --; Attitudes of Communists to Individual Missionaries --; Diminishing Hopes of "Sitting It Out" under Communism --; The Initial Attitude of the CIm --; Summing Up; CIM-The Unexpected Expulsion --; Why were the CIM, alone among missions, so confident that they would be able to stay in China? --; Bishiop Houghton's confidence in the Nationalist government --; The Communists start to make their stance clear --; Further Optimism --; Communication between CIM leaders becomes constricted --; No more new missionaries to sail for China; first definite thinking about service in South East Asia --; The Withdrawal becomes inevitable --; Headquarters managing without the General Director --; China operations close down --; Turning from China to East Asia-Positive and Negative Feelings --; Explaining the withdrawal to Western supporters --; Did the Chinese feel that the CIM had failed or betrayed them? --; Summing Up --; Understanding hte Kalorama and Hong Kong Conferences --; Taking-in the radical change --; The Kalorama Conference, Melbourne, February 1951 --; Attitudes of the Communists --; Redeployment gains acceptance --; Education of missionaries' children-future possibilities --; Associate Missions --; Headquarters relocated --; Survey teams for East Asia --; A short-term retrospect-and the trauma --; A new name? --; Hon gKog-the China Council May 1951 --; Back in London --; Asian Missionary Societies --; Summing Up --; Bournemouth Conference --; Novemeber-December 1951 --; Surveys for redeployment --; Joint endeavours with other organisations? --; Medical Ministry --; Bishipo Frank Houghton's resignation-becomes Consulting Director --; Director Rule again --; In retrospect: management ideas --; Summing Up --; The Withdrawal-a Once-Only change? --; Would the CIM's withdrawal ever reverse itself? Would the CIM ever re-enter the mainland? --; Redeployment in Asia-would this be unevangelised China all over again? --; Modernising the In-house Ethos --; Summing Up --; Postscript --; OMF-Realising Post-China Changes --; Changes: Same mission, new patterns --; The CIM-OMF as learners: learning about South East Asia --; Starting in rural areas without a town base --; CIM-OMF workers serving alone --; The General Director-functions, responsibilities and deputies --; Missionary children's schooling in the New Fields --; Summing Up; OMF-Retrospect on Communism --; Negative views --; Neutral views --; Cautiously positive assessments --; Missionaries of two schools: (i) God is at work and (ii) the Lord will over-rule --; What kind of "liberation?" --; Homeside public statements about China --; Summing Up --; OMF-New Fields-Indigenous Principles --; What is meant by the missiological term "indigenous?" --; Roland Allen; "foreign-ness" --; Possible church types to be planted and their potential "indigeneity" --; What is an indigenous church? --; How does a church become indigenous? --; The CIM in the New Fields: church structures --; What were the three patterns of indigenisation under OMF? --; As part of a denomination --; Linked with a denomination --; Independently existing of any denomination --; Summing Up and Latourette's cautious warning --; The Redeployment of the CIM's Anglican Mission --; Understanding the Remarkable precedent: Anglican bishops in an interdenominational mission --; Bishops Cassels --; Bishop Houghton --; How did the CIM gain acceptance as an Anglican mission? --; "Moving" the Anglican Field from China to Malaya-unforseen differences --; The OMF and Bishop Baines-Bishop of Singapore --; The American post-China view --; Was Perak like China or quite different? --; Why did not he OMF Anglican field dialogue with the Docese to resolve their dilemma? --; An interesting restrospect on the OMF's entry to Malaya --; The loss among ordained leadership --; Was OMF service an unsatisfying ministry for a well-trained minister? --; What might have been in retrospect --; Summing Up; China --; By 1951 clearly China was closed --; Broadcasting --; OMF's China Programme, now China Ministries --; A return to China? --; Summing Up --; Hong Kong --; The emergency transit centre --; A strong Chinese church --; Chinese literature: Christian Witness Press --; OMF Hong Kong: back to church life --; Summing Up --; Hong Kong oas a sending Church --; Singapore --; New Fields: Singapore --; The move --; Why was the post-China HQ moved to Singapore? --; The Headquarters --; OMF ministry in Singapore-seminary teaching --; Limited Ministry of OMF in Churches-why did policy change toward local church ministry? --; The Malays of Singapore-was this a window of opportunity for Malays elsewhere? --; Understanding Singaporean langauges; the emergence of English as a Singaporean language --; Doubts about English language medium schooling --; What is the response of Singapore churches tot he worldwide Great Commission? --; Summing Up --; Postscript re understanding Singapore-Malay languages --; Malaya --; The OMF discovers Malaya --; Understanding why the New Villages were an open door for missionaries --; The positive welcome from the Government --; The Malays --; Life in Malaya-both like and unlike China --; Initial Survey by CIM missionaries --; Initial church contacts in Malaya --; OMF South Malayan Field; Johore up to and excluding Slim River, Perak --; The "Missions Stations" become Churches --; An assessment of the South Malaya strategy-later integration with existing churches --; OMF North Malayan Field-North: Perak State and Northwards --; North Malaya: the Special Case for paid Nationals --; An assessment of the early strategy-North: integration with the Diocese --; Summing Up --; Taiwan: Minimal publicity; part of China; welcome from existing churches --; Taiwan: a real part of China-- Mainland Perceptions of OMF service in Taiwan --; Positive results from the survey --; Taiwan: two Chinese tongues --; Summing Up --; Indonesia --; What did the initial surveys find? --; The visa problem --; A welcome by the Chinese --; Chinese in Kalimantan --; A Welcome from the Council of Churches; Literature, visa problem solved --; Ministry among Muslims --; Summing Up --; Japan --; To the North, Hokkaido island --; Language --; Summing Up --; Thailand --; General --; Coping with a totally new culture --; Initial visits and contacts --; Other inter-mission factors --; Proposed Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand --; Lookinng at the northern Hills --; Central Thailand (i) medical --; Central Thailand (ii) churchplanting --; South Thailand --; Summing Up --; Philippines --; Initial Contacts with Filipino Chinese --; Broadcasting --; Manila-the capital --; Problems of legal status --; The Surveys are completed --; OMF plans to enter Tribal ministry --; Possible medical ministries --; To the Filipino lowlands --; Summing Up --; XMHD and FEBC; How did CIM & OMF relate to Christian broadcasting? --; Radio XMHD Shanghai: early beginnings in Shanghai --; FEBC Radio International, transmissions into China etc. --; Norman Blake and other OMFers --; "Portable Missionaries" --; Summing Up --; Overflow Fields-to which the OMF did not immediately go --; Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) --; India --; Indo-China --; Burma --; Korea --; North Borneo: Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo (Sabah) --; More distant regions --; Summing Up; Summing Up --; Established precedent, stability, and radical change --; Adapting to change and uncertainty --; Two major patterns of ministry emerged --; Work under existing churches and organisations --; Work in totally unchurched areas independently-as in China --; The Homesides --; Completing the story; Timeline --; Bibliography --; Graph of CIM-OMF membership numbers --; Index --; Vita; 2 ER -