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This is a list of notable Protestant missionaries in China by agency. Beginning with the arrival of Robert Morrison in 1807 and ending in 1953 with the departure of Arthur Matthews and Dr. Rupert Clark of the China Inland Mission, thousands of foreign Protestant missionaries and their families, lived and worked in China to spread Christianity, establish schools, and work as medical missionaries.
The first American missionary to China, Elijah Coleman Bridgman arrived in Guangzhou in 1830. He established a printing press for Christian literature. The first medical missionary to China was American Peter Parker who arrived in Guangzhou in 1835. He established a hospital which gained support from the Chinese, treating thousands of patients.
The China Inland Mission, based in London with a strong appeal to fundamentalist and evangelical Anglicans, was the largest mission agency in China and it is estimated that Taylor was responsible for more people being converted to Christianity than at any other time since The days of the apostles. Out of the 8,500 Protestant missionaries that ...
Betty Stam grew up in Tsingtao (today called Qingdao), a city on the east coast of China, where her father, Charles Scott, was a missionary. [3] In 1926, Betty returned to the United States to attend college. While a student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago she met John Stam, who was also a student at Moody. Betty returned to China in 1931.
Christian missionaries in China (10 C, 9 P) A. American missionaries in China (2 C, 16 P) B. British missionaries in China (45 P) This page was last edited on 17 ...
Christian missionaries in China (10 C, 21 P) Z. Zenana missions (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Christian missions in China" The following 69 pages are in this category ...
Christian missionaries in Hong Kong (1 C, 13 P) ... Pages in category "Christian missionaries in China" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The Hong Kong mission, with 9 missionaries and 14 Chinese converts, closed on February 6, 1951. [5] In 1956, missionary activities returned in Hong Kong and were initiated in Taiwan. [5] Since then, the church has experienced "stable and moderate growth" in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. [2]: 44