By Hugh P. Kemp
Monarch Books. 543 pages. £9.99
ISBN 1 85424 484 1
Exciting things are happening in Mongolia. Since the political changes of 1990 many churches have been planted. I was able to visit one five months ago; in the intervening period the attendance has doubled in size. Some Christians who live and work there are speaking of this being God's time for Mongolia. But it is far from being the first time that Christianity has impacted the Mongolian people.
This book, published in conjunction with OMF International and Interserve, traces the history of 'Christian mission to both the country we know today as Mongolia and to Inner Mongolia which is part of modern China. The story begins as far back as the 7th century. 'Christian' is used in this book in a rather broad sense and embraces, for example, the endeavours of Jesuits, Lazarists and other RC missions as well as those of evangelicals like James Gilmour, Reginald Sturt, Mildred Cable and the French sisters.
