Jonathan Goforth

Jonathan Goforth
Born(1859-02-10)February 10, 1859
Canada
DiedOctober 8, 1936(1936-10-08) (aged 77)
Canada
ReligionPresbyterian

Jonathan Goforth (Chinese: 顧約拿單, February 10, 1859 – October 8, 1936) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary to China with the Canadian Presbyterian Mission, along with his wife, Florence Rosalind (Bell-Smith) Goforth.[1] Jonathan Goforth became the foremost missionary revivalist in early 20th-century China and helped to establish revivalism as a major element in Protestant China missions.[2]

  1. ^ Goforth, Rosalind (1937). Goforth of China (3rd ed.). McClelland & Stewart Limited. p. 64.
  2. ^ Bays, Daniel H. (1998). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan. p. 247. ISBN 9780028646046.