The German Fellowship Deaconry Movement (Deutscher Gemeinschafts-Diakonieverband) began in Vandsburg, West Prussia (now Poland) with four Sisters in 1899. Sisters or Deaconesses are women who are born again, have the call to this celibate life, and serve Jesus in various missional capacities within this organization without remuneration. It took only 10 short years until the burning desire and call to foreign shores led Sister Elisabeth Gramenz from Germany to China in 1909 under the umbrella of China Inland Mission, founded by J. Hudson Taylor. Soon she was followed by three more Sisters and later by Brothers of the German Fellowship Deaconry, with their wives and families. The opportunities to preach the Gospel grew. The call to help the blind, the sick and the socially ostracized could not be left unheeded. More Sisters and Brothers followed. The ministries of the German Fellowship Deaconry in China flourished. People came to Christ.

After the first Sisters from Germany reached New Jersey in the fall of 1929 to begin their ministry among German immigrants, it took even less time for the call to far distant shores to reach their hearts. In 1935, just six years into their new endeavors in the USA, one pastor organized a mission trip to China to see how our German Sisters and Brothers there were faring. Not only were the missionaries strengthened through the visit, their faithful preaching of the Gospel to the Chinese was publicized among the Christians here at home. Interest in the Lord's mission in China grew. Soon people declared themselves willing to donate monthly for the support of blind children for whom our Sisters cared in Yunnan, China. As awareness increased, donors did also. God used one of the early Sisters, Sister Lina Reuter, as His instrument to collect and forward these funds for the support of the children and missionaries. On May 13, 1935, under the name The US Branch of the International Yunnan Mission, the present LIBERTY CORNER MISSION USA was born.

During and after WWII, it was increasingly difficult to raise and transfer funds from Germany to China. LIBERTY CORNER MISSION took this as God's directive and began to fund the mission enterprise of our German Fellowship Deaconry Brothers and Sisters to a greater degree, to keep our missionaries on the field. This continued until 1951, when the Communist takeover in China reached the southwest province of Yunnan and all the missionaries were forced to flee. Some went to Japan, others to Taiwan, and still others to Thailand. 

From the year 1951 until 2014, LIBERTY CORNER MISSION has worked in partnership with Marburger Mission of Marburg, Germany in Japan and Taiwan. Only God knows how many souls were saved and nurtured in China, Taiwan and Japan through these years, and He alone will receive the glory! 

In 2016 LIBERTY CORNER MISSION CANADA was formed to ensure compliance with the laws of the land. It operates with the work of dedicated volunteers representing the Board of Directors. Since we have no employees, donors can be assured that nearly 100% of their donation dollars go to the ministries as they intended.

The first German Sisters in China