Frank Houghton

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Frank Houghton (1894–1972) was an Anglican missionary bishop and author.

Houghton was born in Stafford^[1] and educated at London University and ordained in 1917. He held curacies at St Benedict, Everton and All Saints, Preston before heading to China as a missionary with the China Inland Mission in 1920. In 1923 he married Dorothy Cassels the daughter of William Cassels, who had been a member of the Cambridge Seven and became a Bishop in China. Houghton was General Director of the China Inland Mission at the time when the Mission had to leave China in 1951.^[2] He was Bishop of Eastern Szechwan from 1937 to 1940.^[3] Returning to England he held incumbencies at St Marks, New Milverton, Leamington and St Peter’s, Drayton, Banbury. He retired in 1963 and died on 25 January 1972.^[4]

Works

Houghton's books include “The Two Hundred”, 1932; “China Calling”, 1936; “If We Believe” 1952; “Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur”, 1953; “The Fire Burns on”, 1964; and “Living your Life”, 1966.^[5]

He also wrote the hymns "Face a task unfinished", "My Lord, who in the desert fed", "O thou who dost direct my feet" and "Thou who wast rich beyond all splendour".^[6]

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Hudson's Directory, a list of members of the China Inland Mission held by the successor mission agency OMF International
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ The Times, Friday, January 28, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58387; col F Obituary: Bishop Houghton
↑ British Library website accessed 31 January 2011
↑ Frank Houghton: Texts at Hymnary.org

v t e Anglican Missionary Bishops in China, 1849–1949

Shensi	Tzu Kao Shen Newton Liu

Chekiang	William Russell George Moule Herbert Molony John Curtis

North China	Charles Scott Frank Norris Thomas Scott

Western Szechwan	John Holden Ch’eng-Tsi Song

Eastern Szechwan	William Cassels Howard Mowll John Holden Frank Houghton Kenneth Bevan

Shantung	Geoffrey Iliff Thomas Scott John Wellington

Fukien	Horace Price John Hind Christopher Sargent Michael Chang

Honan	William White Lindel Tsen

Kwangsi and Hunan	William Banister John Holden Percy Stevens

v t e Protestant missions to China

Background	Christianity Protestantism Chinese history Missions timeline Christianity in China Nestorians Jesuits Protestant missions in China 1807–1953

People	Robert Morrison Hunter Corbett Gladys Aylward Pearl S. Buck Thomas Cochrane Jonathan Goforth Karl Gützlaff Eric Liddell Robert Samuel Maclay Lottie Moon Gideon Nye Timothy Richard Cambridge Seven Hudson Taylor (more missionaries)

Missionary agencies	OMF International/China Inland Mission LMS ABCFM CMS M.E.M US Presbyterian Mission (more agencies)

Impact	Chinese Bible Medical missions in China Manchurian revival Chinese colleges Chinese hymnody Chinese Roman Type Minnan Roman Type Foochow Roman Type Anti-footbinding Anti-opium

Pivotal events	Taiping Rebellion First Opium War Second Opium War Unequal treaty Yangzhou riot Tianjin Massacre Kucheng Massacre Boxer Crisis Xinhai Revolution Chinese Civil War WWII People's Republic

Chinese Protestants	Feng Yuxiang Liang Fa Keuh Agong Samuel Lamb Wang Ming-Dao Watchman Nee Xi Shengmo Sun Yat-sen John Sung Allen Yuan

Persondata
Name	Houghton, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Anglican Bishop
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Stafford
Date of death	25 January 1972
Place of death

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