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Indigenous Christian evangelistic work started in China in the late 1800s.

This work involved both the clergy and those that were not in the clergy.

Dr. Man-Kai Wan, 尹文階 ( 1869 – 1927 ) was one of the first Chinese doctors of Western medicine in Hong Kong, the inaugural Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association 香 港 中 華 醫 學 會 ( 1920 – 1922, forerunner of Hong Kong Medical Association ), and a secondary school classmate of Sun Yat-Sen ( 孫中山, 1866 – 1925, the leader of Kuomintang 中國國民黨, Chinese Nationalist Party ) in The Government Central College ( 中央書院, currently known as Queen's College, Hong Kong皇仁書院 ) in Hong Kong.

Wan and Sun graduated from secondary school together in 1886.

Dr. Wan was also the Chairman of the Board of a Christian newspaper called “ Great Light Newspaper ” ( 大光報 ) that was distributed in Hong Kong and China.

Dr. Sun, a Christian ( baptized in Hong Kong by an American missionary of the Congregational Church of the United States ), had written for this newspaper.

The father-in-law of Dr. Wan was Fung-Chi Au ( 區鳳墀, 1847 – 1914 ), who was Sun ’ s teacher of Chinese literature, Secretary of the Hong Kong Department of Chinese Affairs ( 香港華民政務司署總書記 ), the manager of Kwong Wah Hospital ( 廣華醫院 ) for its 1911 opening, and an Elder of To Tsai Church ( 道濟會堂 ), which was founded by the London Missionary Society in 1888 and located at 75 Hollywood Road, Mid-levels ( 半山區 ), Hong Kong.

Sun attended this church while he studied Medicine.

Due to its growth, this church erected a large building in 1926 and was renamed Hop Yat Church ( 合一堂 ).