"To understand how the locals view outsiders, and to see what we can do for the sake of the gospel."
— Magnus Bäcklund
Source: "Missionary Magnus Bäcklund and the East Turkestan Manuscript Case"
Locals, Outsiders, Gospel
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"In any country, once a church is established, evangelism is the collective mission of the entire church; it is not just the responsibility of a few, and certainly not just the work of foreign Christians."
"She asked me to help her sit up... Then, in a sweet voice, she began to sing 'Jesus Is Coming to Take Me,' and rested her head on my right arm. My dearest person in this world has gone to be with Jesus. Why these loved ones are taken away, I do not know. I do not question."
"By the grace of God, I am willing to spend and be spent, and to deny myself, for my Savior and for the salvation of those sitting in terrible darkness..."
— William Christie
Source: A Brief History of the C&MA Gansu-Tibetan Border Mission