| 词条 | Robert A. Jaffray |
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| name = Robert A. Jaffray | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Alexander Jaffray | birth_date = 1873 | birth_place = | death_date = 29 July 1945 | death_place = | education = | occupation = missionary statesman, pastor, preacher, writer, editor | spouse = Minnie Jaffray | parents = Robert Jaffray, Sarah Bugg | children = | nationality = }} Robert Alexander Jaffray (1873 - 29 July 1945) was a missionary to China, Indonesia and several other countries, with The Christian & Missionary Alliance, who served as the founding principal of the Alliance Bible Seminary, in Hong Kong, and principal contributor and editor of the Chinese language Bible Magazine. Jaffrey founded the first Chinese missionary society called the "Chinese Foreign Missionary Union" (CFMU) in 1929.[1] His life is chronicled in the biography, Let my people go!: The life of Robert A. Jaffray (1947), by A.W. Tozer. Family BackgroundRobert Jaffray, was born in 1873, the son of Robert Jaffray and Sarah Bugg.[2] The family was wealthy; his father owned Canada's Toronto Globe (today’s the Globe and Mail). Robert's father had great ambitions for his child, wanting him to one day become the CEO and owner of Toronto Globe. Calling to Missionary ServiceAs a young man, Jaffray sensed that he had a calling to become a missionary. After having an encounter with the founder of The Christian & Missionary Alliance, A.B. Simpson, Jaffray decided that his calling was to serve as a missionary to China. His father was deeply opposed to this and threatened not to pay for his expenses to travel to China, although he would be willing to pay for the return trip if young Robert ever wanted to return from his long term missions. Missionary WorkThe Christian & Missionary Alliance sent Jaffray to Wuzhou, Guangxi, China, in 1897. He served as leader of all C&MA work in south China. While he was there, his responsibilities included mission administration, preaching, evangelistic itineration, assistance in founding the Wuzhou Bible School (later called the "Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong"), editor of the Chinese "Bible Magazine", and writer for his publications. The Chinese-language Bible Magazine, which he edited and for which he wrote many of the articles, was read in Chinese communities all over the world. Jaffray was known for his leadership qualities and was called a "missionary strategist and statesman." He wrote for and edited, Bible Messenger, published by South China Alliance Press. He used this publication to send training materials to Cantonese missionaries and then later to others, reprinted in their "colloquial language versions." One year after arriving in Wuzhou, Jaffray began making trips to what is now Vietnam (at the time it was French Indochina). In 1916, although he was still based in China, he was elected Superintendent of the Vietnam Field.[3] To meet the urgent need of serving overseas Chinese in South East Asia, Jaffray founded the CFMU to send out missionaries to Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.[4] He refused to be the president of the CFMU and believed that Chinese leaders should take up the role instead, so that they could adopt their own ideas in the future.[5] Dr Wang Zai (also called Leland Wang), who is known as "Moody of China," then became the leader of this missionary agency.[6] Jaffray served in Wuzhou for 35 years, in spite of a heart condition and diabetes. In 1942, Japan invaded an island in Indonesia where he was stationed with his wife, Minnie,[7] and his daughter. Soon after the invasion, Jaffray and other missionaries were arrested by the Japanese, and sent to internment camps. Jaffray remained captive until his death in 1945 from illness and malnutrition.[8] Quotes
References{{portal|Biography|Christianity}}1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/chinese.mission.head.reveals.vision.for.china.to.be.greatest.evangelical.nation/3952.htm |title=Chinese Mission Head Reveals Vision for China to be Greatest Evangelical Nation |publisher=christiantoday |accessdate=2009-05-27}} 2. ^Dean Beeby, “JAFFRAY, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 22, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jaffray_robert_14E.html. 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cmalliance.org/about/history/in-the-line-of-fire/jaffray |title=Robert A. Jaffray China/Vietnam/Indonesia, 1896-1945|accessdate=2017-01-18}} 4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Newbern|first=William C.|date=17 September 1952|title=The Chinese of Southeast Asia|url=|journal=The Alliance Weekly|volume=|pages=|via=}} 5. ^{{Cite book|title=The Cross and the Crown|last=Newbern|first=William C.|publisher=The Alliance Press|year=1973|isbn=|location=|pages=}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://bdcconline.net/en/stories/wang-zai|title=Wang Zai {{!}} BDCC|website=bdcconline.net|language=en-us|access-date=2018-05-14}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.alliancelife.org/article.php?id=325 |title=MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED—HOW IT HAPPENED: Adapted from The Alliance Weekly, June 27, 1962 |publisher=Alliance Life |accessdate=2009-05-27}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jaffraychurch.org/english/about/ |title=About Us: Who is Robert Jaffray? |publisher=Toronto Jaffray Chinese Alliance Church (TJCAC) |accessdate=2009-05-27}} Sources
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