Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China

by Glen L. Thompson

Christianity Today Award of Merit in History/Biography (2025)

A balanced, accessible, and thorough history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China

Many people assume that the first introduction of Christianity to the Chinese was part of nineteenth-century Western imperialism. In fact, Syriac-speaking Christians brought the gospel along the Silk Road into China in the seventh century. Glen L. Thompson introduces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802883524
• ISBN13: 9780802883520
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"