---
title: 'Methods of Mission Work — Letter VI'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Livingston Nevius'
date: 1886-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 14'
- 'Titus 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/nevius-1886-methods-of-mission-work-letter-vi
---

# Methods of Mission Work — Letter VI

Nevius urges flexible, New Testament-guided organization for mission churches in China: emphasize voluntary native witness, postpone ordaining elders until suitably qualified, and adapt Western forms to local needs.

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