Be challenged to follow Jesus in radical ways! Patrick Fung, the first Asian General Director of OMF International, shares ways that we can live a fulfilling life by honoring God in all we do and say.   These presentations were recorded at San Francisco Chinese Alliance Church on Saturday, April

Almost getting shipwrecked on his way to China as a 21-year old, Hudson Taylor pressed on – resulting in a worldwide movement!

Hudson Taylor faced an uphill battle as he tried to obey God. Learn the result of his faithfulness.

A wrap-up of what happened for Half Crown Media in 2023

December 1866 saw the new CIM missionaries (known as the Lammermuir Party) settling into their first premise in No. 1 New Lane in Hangzhou. Having arrived unobtrusively a month earlier, their goal was to lay low so as not to cause any disturbances. Hudson Taylor shared their hope that, “remaining

Why is it that we never ask for money even though our project is totally financed by donations?

The Hudson Taylor movie project does not end with the production of a movie. Instead, we are prayerfully planning for a good movie that sparks a global movement.

In 1865, Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission (CIM), praying for 24 ‘willing and skilful’ labourers to bring the gospel to inland China. By the next year, God had answered that prayer. (See ‘Did You Know?’) In 1875, Taylor prayed for another 18 and God again delivered. Then 70 between 1882-1884 and in 1886, a 100 more workers. Taylor’s CIM successor D.E. Hoste followed suit in moving the organization forward on prayer.

In the last few years, we encountered stories of people impacted by Hudson Taylor’s example, whose lives — and those of their families— were thus transformed. Here at Half Crown Media, we hope the cinematic retelling of Hudson Taylor’s life in our project would similarly inspire today’s youths and their next generations to lives of faith. One such story comes from Elizabeth Jones: “In 1894, my grandmother, Mercy Anna Wood (‘Anna’) was 24 when she moved from Iowa to Toronto to attend Bible college after hearing Hudson Taylor speak of China’s mission needs.

How have you been personally impacted by Hudson Taylor? Some Half Crown Media staff and Board members respond to this question. Director of Partnerships and Development Ken Haron remembers being impacted by a chart Taylor presented in his book China’s Spiritual Needs and Claims: Ken was deeply moved when he