Communist China: A Christian View

Should American Christians advocate U.S. recognition and UN membership for the Peiping regime ? A former Protestant missionary to China tells why not.

On November 21, 1958, the question how American Christians should view the attempts of Communist China to achieve U.S. recognition and UN membership came sharply into focus. On that date, in Cleveland, delegates to a World Order Study Conference sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., voted “unanimous” support of a Resolution favoring U.S. recognition of Red China and its admission to the UN. This Resolution, widely reported here and abroad, was interpreted by the international Communist propaganda apparatus as proof that the American Protestant community favored both recognition and UN admission. These reports caused dismay among our allies, particularly in the Far East.

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Should American Christians advocate U.S. recognition and UN membership for the Peiping regime ? A former Protestant missionary to China tells why not.

On November 21, 1958, the question how American Christians should view the attempts of Communist China to achieve U.S. recognition and UN membership came sharply into focus. On that date, in Cleveland, delegates to a World Order Study Conference sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., voted “unanimous” support of a Resolution favoring U.S. recognition of Red China and its admission to the UN. This Resolution, widely reported here and abroad, was interpreted by the international Communist propaganda apparatus as proof that the American Protestant community favored both recognition and UN admission. These reports caused dismay among our allies, particularly in the Far East.