Liang Fa (1789–1855), also known by other names, was the second Chinese Protestant convert and the first Chinese Protestant minister and evangelist. He was ordained by Robert Morrison, the first Protestant missionary in the Qing Empire.

China’s first Protestant pastor repeatedly faced persecution and death since preaching the Gospel was a capital crime in China during most of his 40-year career. Liang Fa was born in 1789 to a poor farming family in a village southwest of Guangzhou. At age 15 he went to Guangzhou to find work, eventually becoming a printer’s apprentice.

Jan 5, 2021 · Liang Fa – The First Chinese Ordained Pastor. In 1804, fifteen-year-old Liang Fa moved to the big city of Guangzhou (then known as “Canton”) to find work, first as a brush-maker, then as an apprentice printer. His parents had provided a good classical Chinese education as long as their means had allowed, but poverty had forced them to stop.

First ordained Chinese Protestant evangelist/pastor. Liang Fa embodies the indigenization of Chinese Christianity—a process that proceeded with bursts and stops, periods of foreign patronage and internal persecution, and struggles over what it meant to be Christian and Chinese.

This biography examines the life and contributions of Liang A-Fa, the first ordained Protestant preacher from China and a pivotal figure in early Chinese Protestantism. It discusses his challenges, influences on the Taiping Rebellion, and the historical context of his faith amid missionary activities.

Mar 13, 2014 · Liang Fa holds a unique place in the history of Christianity in China. Baptized and ordained by the first Protestant missionaries to China, Liang aided the first two generations of...

Through a meticulous study of the life and times of Liang Fa, this article explores the ways in which the Anglo-Chinese College prepared him to become a pioneer Chinese Protestant evangelist.