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Thomas Torrance

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This article is about the Protestant missionary to China. For his eldest son, the theologian, see Thomas F. Torrance.
The Reverend

Thomas Torrance
Thomas Torrance with a native in Sichuan, 1920s.
Born1871 (1871)
Shotts, Scotland
Died1959 (aged 87–88)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Missionary, Presbyterian minister
SpouseAnnie Elizabeth Sharp
Children
FamilyTorrance family

Thomas Torrance (1871–1959) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister[1] and Protestant missionary to Sichuan, western China. He was first sent there by the China Inland Mission (CIM), and later by The American Bible Society. He married Annie Elizabeth Sharp (1883–1980) of the CIM in 1911. He was the father of the 20th century theologian, Thomas F. Torrance.[2]

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Biography

Torrance was born in Shotts, Scotland in 1871. He came from a strong evangelical Church of Scotland background.[3] He attended Hulme Cliff College in Derbyshire from 1892 to 1894, and then studied at Livingstone College, London from 1894 to 1895.[4] After finishing his training at Cliff and Livingstone Colleges for missionary service, he was first sent to Chengdu, Sichuan in 1895, by the China Inland Mission (CIM).[5] Torrance was stationed in Western Sichuan, from 1896 to 1910 as a missionary. While he was there, the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 occurred.

Torrance had a number of disagreements with the CIM and eventually left and returned to Scotland in 1910. While at the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference, he met Dr. John R. Hykes, who was head of the American Bible Society (ABS) in Shanghai. Hykes persuaded him to return to China to take over the West China agency of the ABS in Sichuan, based in Chengdu.[4][6]

In 1911, Torrance married Annie Elizabeth Sharp who was also a member of the CIM, and was stationed in Guanxian.[5] The couple had six children who were all born in China: Mary, Thomas F., Grace, Margaret, James, and David.

Due to unrest caused by Communist troops in the beginning of the Chinese Civil War, the Torrance family left China in 1927 and settled in Scotland.[4] Thomas Torrance would return to China to continue his missionary work, without his family, for seven years, but leave China for the final time in 1934 due to the Chinese Civil War.[7][8]

The first Protestant Christian church built in the Qiang country. Torrance is seen at the door of his room which is on the roof of the church.

Torrance is known for being the first Westerner to make contact with the Qiang people,[7] who he believed belonged to the Lost Tribes of Israel.[9] He was also instrumental in establishing the Archaeological Museum of West China Union University.[5][6]

He died in Edinburgh in 1959.

See also

References

  1. ^ "China Tribute to Scottish Missionary"
  2. ^ "What Scientists Get, and Theologians Don't, About Thomas F. Torrance". First Things. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  3. ^ "Biography of Thomas Forsyth Torrance, by Elmer Colyer, used by permission of InterVarsity Press". www.tftorrance.org. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  4. ^ a b c Smalley, Martha Lund; Duffy, Joan R. "Guide to the Thomas T. Torrance Papers". hdl:10079/fa/divinity.016. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  5. ^ a b c Torrance, Thomas F. "Thomas Torrance (1871—1959)". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b Crouch, Archie R. (1989-01-01). Christianity in China: A Scholars's Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives of the United States. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 9780873324199.
  7. ^ a b Torrance, Thomas F. (1998). "Torrance, Thomas". In Anderson, Gerald H. (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. p. 675. ISBN 978-0-802-84680-8.
  8. ^ "Guide to the Thomas T. Torrance Papers". Yale University Divinity School Library. Yale University. 2014. hdl:10079/fa/divinity.016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  9. ^ Torrance, Thomas (1937). China's First Missionaries: Ancient Israelites. London: Thynne & Co.
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