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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dora Yu (Chinese: 余慈度; pinyin: Yú Cídù; 1873–1931) was a prominent Chinese evangelist in China in the first part of 20th century.

Biography

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Yu’s father was an army surgeon who later trained as a pastor of the American Presbyterian Church; her parents died when she was 17 years old.[1]

Yu was trained in western medicine in Suzhou, which she practiced briefly. She also took her medical training for work in evangelism. As a Bible woman, Yu and Josephine Campbell in 1897 became the first two female medical missionaries from the Southern Methodist Church to do work in Korea.[2]

After working in Korea for six years, Yu returned to China and became a well-known revivalist preacher. She was invited to preach in many parts of China and, in 1927, spoke at the Keswick Convention in northern England. Her preaching was said to have had a great impact on many Chinese, who devoted their lives to Christian work.[1] For instance, in a 1920 revival meeting in Church of Heavenly Peace, Fuzhou, Yu influenced a woman by the name of Lin Heping (Peace Lin) to have a conversion experience and, a few months later, also Lin's son, Watchman Nee, both of whom would become well-known revivalists themselves.[3][4] Yu also influenced Nee’s assistant Witness Lee, who went on to established the local churches group.[5][6][7][8]

Family

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Yu was engaged to be married, but decided to break the engagement and remained single; she had one sister.[1]

Writings

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  • Yu, Dora. God's Dealings with Dora Yü, a Chinese messenger of the Cross. London: Morgan and Scott, 1928.

See also

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Margaret E. Barber

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Li, Yading. "Dora Yu (1873—1931)". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ↑ Robert, Dana. "Women in Mission a Protestant Tradition". United Methodist Church: General Board of Global Ministries. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Bays, Daniel H. (2012). A New History of Christianity in China. Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 135–37.
  4. ↑ Wu, Silas H. L. (2002). Dora Yu and Christian Revival in 20th-Century China. Boston, MA: Pishon River Publications. pp. 189–199.
  5. ↑ Reardon, Michael M. C. (2025). "Becoming God in Life and Nature: Watchman Nee and Witness Lee on Sanctification, Union with Christ, and Deification". MDPI. Religions 16, number 7, p. 933. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Local Church". Bitter Winter. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Introvigne, Massimo (15 January 2019). "Local Church-Shouters-Assembly: Who's who in the Watchman Nee Tradition". Bitter Winter. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Reardon, Michael M. C. (2025). "Becoming God in Life and Nature: Watchman Nee and Witness Lee on Sanctification, Union with Christ, and Deification". MDPI. Religions 16, number 7, p. 933. Retrieved 26 August 2026.

Further reading

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  • Wu, Silas H. L. Dora Yu and Christian Revival in 20th-Century China. Boston, MA: Pishon River Publications, 2002. ISBN 0970341229.
  • 吳秀良 (Wu, Xiuliang). 復興先鋒 : 余慈度舆廿世紀的中國教會 (Fu Xing Xian Feng: Yu Cidu Yu Nian Shi Ji De Zhongguo Jiao Hui). Boston, MA.: Bixun He chu ban she, 2004.
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