Chow Lien-hwa explained

Chow Lien-hwa (Chinese: t=周聯華|s=周联华|first=t; 7 March 1920 – 6 August 2016) was a Chinese Baptist minister, missionary, and theologian.

He was a recognized Christian leader in Taiwan, serving as chaplain to Taiwan's former presidents Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Lee Teng-hui.^[1]

Life

Chow was born in Shanghai to a Taoist family. He attended the University of Shanghai, but left before graduating in business management due to the Japanese occupation of the city during World War II. Chow settled in Chongqing and enrolled at Chongqing University, where he converted to Baptist Christianity.^[2] He returned to Shanghai to complete his degree before going to the United States in 1949 to study theology, completing his BDiv (1951) and PhD (1954) from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He would later conduct post-doctoral research at Princeton Theological Seminary and be a visiting scholar at Oxford University.^[3]

He was the president of Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary (1993–2005).^[4]

Chow died at on 6 August 2016, aged 96.^{[5] [6]}

Further reading

• Book: Take Root Downward, Bear Fruit Upward: A Festschrift Presented to Lien-Hwa Chow on the Occasion of his Eighty Eighth Birthday. Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary. 2008. Lim. Johnson. Hong Kong.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mission Forum. Towery. Britt. www.laotao.org. 24 April 2017.
2. News: Han Cheung . Taiwan in Time: The president's pastor . 30 July 2023 . Taipei Times . 30 July 2023.
3. Web site: In Memory of Rev. Chow, Lien-hwa. Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK. 9 August 2016 . en. 24 April 2017.
4. Web site: ABGTS Journey. Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary. 24 April 2017.
5. News: Pastor Chow Lien-hwa dies at age 96. 6 August 2016. Central News Agency. Low. Y. F.. Chang. Ming-hsuan. 27 August 2016.
6. News: Lin . Yi-yin . Wolfe . Peter . Rev. Chow Lien-hwa, A Peace Maker For Taiwan Church And Society, Dies At 96 . 29 July 2023 . Taiwan Church News . 8–14 August 2016.