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In December 1934, a young missionary couple, John and Betty Stam, were beheaded by Communist soldiers in Anhui Province along with a Chinese Christian brother named Chang Shushing. Listen to their story here.
Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Music: Sherry White
Sources:
By Life or By Death: The Life and Legacy of John and Betty Stam
By Andrew Montonera
newspapers.com
findagrave.com
Christianfocus.com https://www.christianfocus.com/blog/2014/12/08/triumph-through-tragedy-the-martyrdom
Wheaton College Archives https://fromthevault.wheaton.edu/2019/12/03/stam-baby-safe-remembering-john-and-betty-stam/
https://omf.org/us/the-martyrdom-of-john-and-betty-stam/
Asia Harvest https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/anhui/1934-john-betty-stam
The Voice of the Martyrs
https://gfamissions.org/john-and-betty-stam/
About Hudson Taylor, the Founder of China Inlet Missions
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/missionaries/hudson-taylor.html
https://document.desiringgod.org/a-camaraderie-of-confidence-en.pdf?ts=1462481152
About the Opium Wars and Christianity in China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlZpo580bA8
https://www.asiaharvest.org/100-years-of-communism-in-china-we-reveal-the-hero-of-the-centuryhttps://ir.vanderbilt.edu/bitstream/handle/1803/9478/Guan%2C%20T%20HHT.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/uploads/content/bible_in_transmission/files/2012_winter/BiT_Winter_2012_Sneller.pdfhttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/hong-kong-and-the-opium-wars/#:~:text=Hong%20Kong%20became%20a%20British,wishes%20of%20the%20Chinese%20government.
About Christianity in China Today
https://www.billionbibles.com/china/three-self-patriotic-movement.html
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