Abstract：Miner Searle Bates， the president of the Nanjing International Security Zone and a professor of Nanking University， discussed the ChurchState relationship in China during the SinoJapanese War. Bates pointed out the fact that a lot of Christians left enemyoccupied areas to free areas，which unbalanced the distribution of Chinese Christians greatly. Church members should try their best to stick to their posts. During the wartime, social services and church development are equally important and mutually reinforcing，both of which should be enhanced. Missionaries in the enemyoccupied areas should avoid conflicts with Japanese and Puppet authorities for the sake of Christian Church safty， but they still need to uphold justice and keep the bottom line. A small number of Japanese Christians came to China with sincerity， but most of them took the same position with Japanese army due to political pressure and nationalism. Although Bates kept condemning the Japanese atrocities， he insisted on friendly exchanges with Japanese Christians and tried to make them awakened. Bates’ wartime writing provides plenty of historical materials to historians， and some of his assertions could be valuable academic growth points in the research of Christianity during the SinoJapanese War.
徐炳三. 贝德士论抗战时局下的中国基督教[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2020, 59(1): 132-140.
Xu Bingsan. Miner Searle Bates’ Viewpoints on Chinese Christianity during the SinoJapanese War. journal1, 2020, 59(1): 132-140.
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