205:. He refused to be the president of the CFMU and believed that Chinese leaders should take up the role instead, so that they could adopt their own ideas in the future. He had Chinese evangelists, Dr Rev. Leland Wang Zai (王载) and his younger brother, Rev. Wilson Wang Zhi (王峙) as key leaders to steer this agency. They would travelled for the next several decades, Dr Rev Leland until his death 1975, and Rev Wilson until 1995, to wherever Chinese could be found in the South China Sea, Japan, Australia, Europe, England and the Americas, to preach, evangelize and set up churches. As leader of this missionary agency, Dr Wang Zai (also called Leland Wang), became known as "Moody of China.
175:, in 1897. He served as leader of all C&MA work in south China. While he was there, his responsibilities included mission administration, preaching, evangelistic itineration, assistance in founding the Wuzhou Bible School (later called the "Alliance Seminary in Hong Kong"), editor of the Chinese "Bible Magazine", and writer for his publications. The Chinese-language Bible Magazine, which he edited and for which he wrote many of the articles, was read in Chinese communities all over the world. Jaffray was known for his leadership qualities and was called a "missionary strategist and statesman." He wrote for and edited,
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