Background
Marie Monsen was born in 1878 in Sandviken, Norway.
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Marie Monsen was born in 1878 in Sandviken, Norway.
Monsen started her working life as a graduate teacher and arrived in China on 1 September 1901. She began a three-term, 30-year mission, becoming an important figure in the history of the charismatic renewal in China. While popular with the Chinese, she was nonetheless marginalized by some traditionalists in Norway due to her heterodox Christian beliefs.
She remained active in the intercession ministry, retiring in 1962.
She wrote a short book detailing many of the events that took place during her missionary work in China, entitled A Present Help. Her remains are held at Solheim cemetery in Bergen, Norway.
Monsen figures prominently in the introduction of The Heavenly Manitoba, a true account of the life of Liu Zhenying, a contemporary Chinese Christian better known as Brother Yun. In 1999 Yun asked the congregation of a church in Bergen to prepare a monument representing Monsen"s missionary work in Henan, his home province.
The monument was completed in 2001.