Glen L. Thompson introduces readers to the fascinating history of Jingjiao, the first Christian church in China, planted by Persian missionaries traveling the Silk Road. Thompson covers the church’s flourishing during the Tang dynasty, its twelfth- to fourteenth-century revival, and its controversial modern rediscovery. As the most up-to-date and balanced survey on the topic available in English, Jingjiao will be an indispensable resource to students of global Christianity and missiology.