Watchman Nee was born on 4th November 1903 in Shantou, Qing dynasty. He was a Chinese pastor who was considered a key pioneer in a Chinese church-planting movement from 1922. He was baptized by his parents as a Methodist; from age 13 he was educated at a CMS (i.e., Church of England) school; and he was profoundly impacted by the writings of the Plymouth Brethren. He was a great lover of the works of T. Austin-Sparks and helped to keep them in print.
