Barnabas Zhang (張巴拿巴 Pinyin: Zhāng Bānábā, 11 February 1882 - 1961), was an early preacher for the True Jesus Church in China, an indigenous Chinese church. Born in Wei County, Shandong Province, Zhang's former name was Diàn-Jǚ (殿舉). His mother died when he was four years old and when his father remarried, Diàn-Jǚ often fled to distant locations. At the age of fifteen he began work as a farmer and by the age of twenty, he started learning commerce - eventually becoming a collector and trader of antiques.
Read more about Barnabas Zhang: Conversion To Christianity, Persecution, Evangelism To The South, Later Life
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“...and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.”
—Bible: New Testament, Galatians 2:9.