Century-Old Missionary Monument Found in Church in Mongolia

Monument for Swedish missionary Anna Karlsson
1/2Monument for Swedish missionary Anna Karlsson(Photo: Sister Feng )
Monument with Chinese names
2/2Monument with Chinese names (Photo: Sister Feng )
By Chengji Wang June 22nd, 2016

Contrary belief, there are monuments that remains undiscovered.

Recently, a two century-old monument was found accidentally when Tongshunjie Church - located in Hohhot - was renovating the ground of a house in Inner Mongolia.

Marked in English, one of the monuments was made in commemoration of a Swedish missionary named Anna Karlsson according to the historical marker. The other one had a marker with a series of Chinese names which may be the names of early of Chinese Christians in the region.

Sister Feng from the local church tells CCD that these monuments were excavated from a corner of an old house with a history of over one hundred years.

Deacon Liu Guilan once introduced that house built by Sweden missionaries as their living accommodations and it stands out among the surrounding buildings. It was already listed as one of the relics protected by the cultural relics protection units of the government. Nobody is permitted to tear it down.

Every year, Swedish visitors come to visit the house and see the footprints left by their countrymen.

Situated behind a Buddhist temple in the Hui nationality area, the Tongshunjie Church has 2000 parishioners attending their Sunday service and 18 teams serving for specific areas; including security, business fellowship, visit, reception, Sunday school and prayer. The church also has a history of about 94 years. 

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