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Roland Allen, born on December 29, 1868, was a prominent missionary from the United Kingdom. He spent 40 years in China, dedicated to the spread and development of Christianity. Allen was known for his unique approach to missionary work, advocating for localization and simplification in the propagation of Christianity, which had a profound impact on the development of Chinese Christian churches.

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Famous Roland Allen Quotes

“In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth.”

Might Action Spirit Found Decision Behinds Doubt Consequence Decision Making Speculation Apostles Arriving

Book:The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

Source: The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

“What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but that the gift of the Holy Spirit is a reality.”

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Book:Missionary Principles and Practice

Source: Missionary Principles and Practice

“We must be willing to begin with positive teaching, not with negative prohibitions, and be content to wait and to watch whilst the native Christians slowly recreate their own customs as the Spirit of Christ gradually teaches them.”

Christian Spirit Waiting Christ Watches Teach Teaching Willing Negative Native Customs Prohibition

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“The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness.”

Men Spirit Holy Redemption Holy Spirit Holiness Redeeming Redeeming Love

Book:The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

Source: The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen

“Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.”

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“Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ simply proclaim that their theory is in flat contradiction to the spiritual fact.”

Men Facts Spiritual Spirit Christ Church Theory Contradiction Flats Communion

Book:The Reform of the Ministry: A Study in the Work of Roland Allen

Source: The Reform of the Ministry: A Study in the Work of Roland Allen

About the Author

Born: December 29, 1868
Died: June 9, 1947
Known for: Missionary
Quotes: 17

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