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208:(王明道) at Beijing in 1937. The Christian Tabernacle was founded without the help of any foreign missionary so it was essentially Chinese Christians preaching to Chinese people. They also self-administer and are self-sufficient economically. 109:
were the first to arrive in Hong Kong as early as October 1907. The Pentecostal movement in China spread through Protestant organizations that were already established, leading to the creation of the True Jesus Church and many others.
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The independent churches established during the republican era are the most well known and representative of the many independent churches in China. Today, many of them constitute a significant portion of what is generally termed the
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so many Chinese refer to them as the small group and they were known (or the nickname) as the Little Flock, and because at that time, they were still using the
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province in the late 1920s. It is a more distinctive type of independent churches in China. Founded and established by
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Espinosa, Gaston. "William J. Seymour and the Origins of Global Pentecostalism." Duke University Press, 2014, p.89.
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and departure of all foreign missionaries, all Chinese Christian denominations had become independent.
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It originally was just a family service but was later established as a new church by
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in 1926. Presently there are more than three hundred churches and prayer houses in
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Also known as the local churches, the Church Assembly Hall is a church founded by
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This independent church is an offshoot or breakaway from the first wave of the
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The Gospel of Grace Church or Grace Evangelical church was founded at
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and others when they started holding family services in 1922.
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They began arranging small group hymn singing sessions in
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during the early 1900s. Pentecostal missionaries from the
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Ricci Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China
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Index

Gospel of Grace Church
Shandong
Xi Sheng-Mo
Yu Zong-Zhou
True Jesus Church
Beijing
Paul Wei
Zhang Lingsheng
Barnabas Zhang
Nanjing
Shanghai
Pentecostal
United States
Azusa Street Revival
True Jesus Church
Taiwan
Taiwan
Local churches (affiliation)
Watchman Nee
Shang-Jie Song
Shanghai
Plymouth Brethren
Little Flock Hymn Book
Jesus Family
Pentecostal
Shandong
Jing Dianying
Christian Tabernacle
Wang Mingdao
house church movement

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