Zemin Chen was born in 1917 and began his active service to the Chinese Protestant churches a decade before the revolutionary events that resulted in the establishment of the People's Republic. He ...view moreZemin Chen was born in 1917 and began his active service to the Chinese Protestant churches a decade before the revolutionary events that resulted in the establishment of the People's Republic. He taught from 1979 to 2009 on the faculty of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, where he also served as academic dean and vice president. Chen is a gifted poet who has written many Chinese hymns.view less