China Historical Christian Database Receives Generous Challenge Grant
China Historical Christian Database (CHCD)
The Center for Global Christianity and Mission has launched a project that is using the power of computing to record where every Christian church, school, hospital, publishing house, and the like, were located in China between 1550 and 1950. The database also documents who worked inside those buildings, both foreign and Chinese. Using the database, all those interested in the history of Christianity in China can see networks of connections between Christian workers and institutions and observe the spread not only of Christianity, but also of other social trends, such as female education or the use of biomedicine.
This ambitious bi-lingual project (functioning in English and Chinese) has international appeal. In 2020, 266 scholars from 28 countries participated in a workshop on the CHCD. In order to accommodate the demands to input new research and improve the end-user’s experience, though, the CHCD needs financial resources.
Recently, an anonymous donor gave a $50,000 challenge grant: any donation given to the CHCD over the next five years will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000. This is the time to make a gift or a pledge and transform the way we think about modern China and Chinese Christianity!
Read more about this new opportunity for the CHCD here.