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