%0 Journal Article
%T William Newbern and Youth Hymns: The Music Ministry of the C&MA in South China in the Mid
%A Calida Chu
%J International Bulletin of Mission Research
%@ 2396-9407
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2396939319832280
%X American missionary William Newbern (1900¨C1972), one of the first C&MA missionaries to China, is known as the father of the Hong Kong Alliance Bible Seminary. Newbern, a successful evangelist and educator, also made a major contribution to Chinese hymnology in the mid-twentieth century, especially in his editorial role in preparing Youth Hymns, whose hymns are still used in Chinese churches today. As primary sources, I use mainly his autobiography (The Cross and the Crown), his articles in Alliance Magazine, and his music commentaries Narrating Hymns (Shengshi mantan)
%K Chinese theology
%K Christian and Missionary Alliance
%K hymnology
%K missiology
%K theology and music
%K world Christianity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2396939319832280