Nearly 90 years ago, a missionary wrote a song meant to galvanize the Western church and draw hundreds of missionaries to China. This Sunday, more than 4,100 churches around the world will sing \u201cFacing a Task Unfinished\u201d\u009d with a modern twist.<\/p>\n
In 1920, Frank Houghton traveled east with China Inland Mission. Nearly a decade later, the missions agency issued a call for 200 \u201cmen and women who know and love the Lord Jesus Christ\u201d\u009d to minister to the country then torn apart by civil war.<\/p>\n
Aided by Houghton\u2019s song, the ministry got its 200 missionaries. And by 2015, the number of Christians in China grew to somewhere between 67 million and 106 million.<\/p>\n
China Inland Mission became OMF International, which celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. As part of the commemoration, OMF asked Keith and Kristyn Getty to update the hymn.<\/p>\n