The most recent edition of Mormon Historical Studies is out and has a few great articles on the Church in Asia. You can see the Table of Contents here as well as order a copy. http://mormonhistoricsites.org/mormon-historical-studies-springfall-2016-vol-17-no-1-2/ Early Mormon Missionary Work in Hong Kong: The Letters of James Lewis to Apostle and Church Historian George A. […]
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Yesterday, Thursday the 6th of March was the first day of a two day conference on “The Worldwide Church: The Global Reach of Mormonism“. We were privileged to hear from John Hilton III and Felipe Chou on the first few years of the Church in Taiwan. You can see the full schedule here. Adam Mears […]
Here are a few books I would recommend reading if you are interested in LDS Church History in Asia. From the East: The History of the Latter-Day Saints in Asia, 1851-1996 by Lanier Britsch Unto Every Nation – Gospel Light Reaches Every Land by Donald Q. Cannon The Church encounters Asia by Spencer J Palmer Turning […]
Deseret News has a column in todays paper about the Chinese Book of Mormon. There is one small mistake in the caption for the image of the first edition. It is labeled as a “Mandarin Chinese” Book of Mormon, which is incorrect. Actually the first Edition Chinese book of Mormon was translated in Taiwan but […]
聖徒之聲 I was able to scan in from Microfiche the first issue of the ShengTu ZhiSheng ( Voice of the Saints). The scan is poor but very readable. The pdf has been processed through OCR, so it should be fairly searchable although I doubt it was very accurate. You can download it here. Enjoy.
Here is the 10 page section in the Culture for Missionaries entitled “History of the Church in China” Culture for Missionaries – Taiwan Hong Kong – History Here is an excerpt: In fulfillment of this prophecy, with unselfishness and love, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have taken the good news […]
