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Robert Ekvall explored Tibet and brought the gospel to the Tibetan people.

Robert Ekvall: Living on the Edge

Robert and Betty went to the untamed Tibet and built relationships, preparing for themselves and others to move and live in these new areas. Robert was a visionary with deep understanding of the cultures, but also brave, as the title says, facing local robbers, politics, and later, war-haunted China.

Strengthening a Neglected Area

A respected Chinese Christian scholar spoke online in October 2021 about the value of reading biographies of foreign missionaries and the need for Chinese research on early missionaries and church history.

Encountering China

Cook reviews this recent volume about the first half of Timothy Richard’s career and evaluates the book’s content and approach.