The Archive · 1927

Danish Church in China

Minister Coming to Shanghai Care for Large Community The Danish community in China thas hitherto been without their own church, and itis, therefore, an event fof considerable interest' to. the members of the community, "num-Dering between 400° and 450 Shanghai. and between 800 and 900 in China, that a Danish association, The Danish Church in Foreign Coun tries, has decided to send a Danish clergyman out to China, The new pastor, the Reverend Eilert Morthensen. is due to arrive in Shanghai in the course of the next few days, The Reverend Eilert Morthensen ted. China on. two previous in 1909 end 1926, capacity as Secretary General to the Danish China and India Mi sion. On the last occasion the association, The Danish Church Foreign Countries, had especially asked him to ascertain whether the Danish community in China wanted establish their own church, in which case the association would Sir Francis Aglen, take upon themselves the greater [part of the expense, as they have already done in several other coun-

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