Welcome to the Amoy Mission!

The Amoy Mission Pages

Welcome to the Amoy Mission Blog!   On the Amoy Mission pages of our Amoy Magic website (about Xiamen, formerly called Amoy, which has been the Brown Family home since 1988), I have probably 100 pages or more of material, and numerous photos, about the Amoy Mission.

'Read The Amoy Mission pages to learn why Xiamen was the Birthplace of Chinese Protestantism, with China's first Protestant church, and why the Amoy Mission was the most successful of Chinese Protestant missions.

We Need Your Help!   I am working on two new books, one entitled "Old Amoy in Foreigners' Eyes" (due out in October, 2009) and the other about the history of China's 1st Church, the Amoy Mission.  "Old Amoy" will have over 400 old images (photos, drawings, paintings, engravings) and excerpts from letters, journals, articles and books, from the 1500s to 1952.    If you have text or images you could share, please send them to me at amoybill@gmail.com  

The more I learn about the Amoy Mission, the more moved I am by the sacrifices that foreigners made over a 110 year period to lay the groundwork for the great changes we are seeing today.  But most of those who served in Amoy have gone Home, and have taught their stories with them!  Please share what you have, or can dig up--especially old photos.  And if you know people who lived here, interview them, write down their stories, and post them on the blog.

I am happy that I've received letters from descendants of many of the early pioneers (Doty, Abeel, Talmage, DeVelders, Veenschotens, etc.).  The more material I can add, the greater help the site and blog will be to others seeking to know more about the Amoy Mission, and the more we can appreciate those who went before us.

Thanks so much for your help!

Dr. Bill

Xiamen University