Several years ago Paul Hattaway (the founder of Asia Harvest) accepted a request by church leaders in China to research and produce a book about those Christians who have been killed for their faith in China. The English version of this book, to be called, China's Christian Martyrs will be published in late 2006. Since the first recorded Christian martyrdoms in China in 845 AD to house church evangelist Jiang Zongxiu who was recently beaten to death in Guizhou Province, it is estimated that more than than 250,000 Christians have been martyred in China. More Christians have been killed for their faith in the world's most populated country since 1900 than in all the other countries of the world combined.
China's Christian Martyrs is the first ever attempt to document the stirring testimonies of thousands of believers throughout history who have crowned their commitment to Jesus Christ by laying down their lives in China. Hattaway has painstakingly researched and recorded more than 500 inspirational profiles. From the Tibetan Christian who was bound and sewn into a wet yak skin and left in the sun to be squeezed to death as the skin tightened; to the Uygur Christians in northwest China who were told by the Muslim Emir, "It is my duty, according to our law, to put you to death because by your preaching you have destroyed our faith!" China's martyrs have included some famous names, such as John and Betty Stam, Eric Liddell whose life was celebrated in Chariots of Fire, and Watchman Nee. But the great majority of China's martyrs have been simple men and women, boys and girls whom the world had no regard for. They perished in countless places and by the most barbaric methods, but were all raised imperishable because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
China's Christian Martyrs will not fail to encourage and challenge you to a deeper walk with Jesus Christ. A must
for any serious Christian and a book you will return to for inspiration throughout your life.
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1856 - Auguste Chapdelaine
1900 - Blind Chang
1900 - The Boxer Rebellion
1933 - The Church in Xinjiang (Part 1)
1933 - The Church in Xinjiang (Part 2)
1934 - John & Betty Stam
1951 - Bill Wallace