This week in Christian history: John Wesley preaches first open air sermon, early church schism ends

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Rosalind Rinker born – April 2, 1906

Rosalind Rinker (1906-2002), a teacher, writer and evangelist who served as a missionary in China.
Rosalind Rinker (1906-2002), a teacher, writer and evangelist who served as a missionary in China. | Asbury University Library Archives

This week marks the anniversary of when Rosalind Rinker, a notable Christian missionary to China and writer, was born in New Rockford, North Dakota.

At the age of 20, Rinker sailed to China to be a missionary and teacher for the Oriental Mission Society, which she did for 14 years, until political upheavals forced her out of the country.

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Shen then returned to the U.S. where she enrolled at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and graduated in 1945. Afterward, she worked as a counselor for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. 

Rinker later wrote the book, Prayer: Conversing with God.

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