George Christopher Willis

George Christopher Willis was born in 1889 in Toronto, Ontario and affiliated with the exclusive brethren. A biographical excerpt at STEM Publishing, written by his daughter, Frances Mary Willis, indicates that he accepted Christ at a young age, and being influenced by China's Millions from CIM, he studied engineering at McGill University, then proposed to Anna Frances with "will you go to China with me?" (vs. "will you marry me?").

They left for China in 1921 and while living in Killing, in Northern China, meeting some liberal Christians he had the idea of starting a bookshop, which he did in Shanghai in 1924, known as the Christian Book Room, which supplied ministry resources to many laborers, including Billy Graham's maternal grandparents.

George and his wife were interned by the Japanese during WWII, then returned to Canada for a short furlough before returning to China where they remained until retiring to Canada in 1967. The bookshop continues in Shanghai, with others of his books reprinted in Hong Kong via Bible Light Publishers. Some of CBR's historical posters can be seen at CCPosters.

In 2010, W.A. Willis, a descendant, self-published Unless a Grain of Wheat, a biography of G.C. Willis' life on Lulu.com. Links for both paperback and Ebook below.

Writings

G.C. Willis

• Hid Treasures: A Few Hid Treasures Found in the New Testament
  • @ STEM & BTP (Hb, Pb)
    • pp: Christian Book Room, Kowloon, H.K.
• Beautiful Grace: Meditations on the Epistle to the Galatians
  • @ STEM & BTP (Hb, Pb, and/or audio)
• Certain Victory booklet
  • @ BTP
• Genesis: The Book of Beginnings
  • w/ Archie C. Groth
  • @ STEM & BTP (Hb, Pb, Mobi, Epub)
• I Was Among the Captives
  • @ BTP (Pb)
    • pp: Bible Light Publishers, H.K.
• Lessons from Jonah the Prophet
  • @ STEM & BTP (Hb, Pb)
• Mr. Chiang's Search booklet
  • @ BTP
• Sacrifices of Joy: Meditations on the Epistle to the Philippians
  • @ STEM & BTP (Pb)
• Seven Feasts of Jehovah
  • @ BTP (Pb)
• Tales of a Grandada, Unpublished, 1956.
• The Feasts of Jehovah
  • @ STEM
    • supplemental chart @ BTP
• The Law of the Leper
  • @ STEM & BTP (Hb, Pb, Spanish)
    • optional English or Spanish illustrations set also available @ BTP
    • pp: Christian Book Room, H.K. Third edition, 1970.
• To the Parents of My Grandchildren; Third Edition: Aug. 1996; Bible Light Publishers, H.K.
  • @ STEM & BTP (Pb, audio)
    • pp: Christian Book Room, Singapore.
• Unleavened Bread in Our Time booklet
  • @ BTP
• Wrecks on the Burma Road booklet
  • @ BTP
    • pp: Christian Book Room, Shanghai.

Anna Frances Willis

• Tales of the Middle Kingdom. Christian Book Room, H.K.
  • with G.C. Willis
• The Days of My Pilgrimage. Christian Book Room, H.K.
• The Days of the Years of My Pilgrimage Being Poems and Occasional Verse, Christian Book Room, Shanghai.

Helen Willis

• Through Encouragement of the Scriptures. Bible Light Publishers, H.K.

John S. Willis

• Esther. Unpublished, 1992.
  • w/ George Christopher Willis

W.A. Willis

• Unless A Grain of Wheat...: The Life of G. Christopher Willis I: A Study in Spiritual Fruitfulness, by W.A. Willis. ISBN: 978-0-557-29096-3. 2010 (Pb) & 2011 (PDF).
  • @ Lulu.com Pb or PDF.

Sources

• STEM Publishing
• Bible Truth Publishing
• Lulu.com