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John Gibson Paton (24 May 1824 – 28 January 1907), born in Scotland, was a Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific. [1] He brought to the natives of the New Hebrides education and Christianity.
Between 1840 and 1845, the missionaries established further mission stations on the west coast of the North Island, including at Aotea, New Plymouth and Waimate (South Taranaki). [2] In 1846 there were 14 mission stations with 17 missionaries, 345 native helpers, 2,960 church members, and 4,834 children at school.
Peter Parker – missionary and doctor in 19th-century China; Ellen M. Stone - missionary, teacher, author remembered for the Miss Stone Affair; Arthur Henderson Smith – missionary and author, more than 50 years in China; Betsey Stockton – missionary to Hawaii; a freed slave who was one of the first American single women to go on a foreign ...
During the 19th century, it sent missionaries to China, Hawaii, and other nations in southeast Asia, establishing hospitals and schools at its mission stations. Many of its missionaries undertook translation of the Bible into native languages. Thousands of missionaries were sent to Asia, and they taught numerous indigenous peoples.
The Encyclopaedia of missions. Descriptive, historical, biographical, statistical. With a full assortment of maps, a complete bibliography, and lists of Bible version, missionary societies, mission stations, and a general index online vol 1 1891, 724pp; online vol 2 1891, 726pp; Conroy-Krutz, Emily.
Most missionaries worked within either a medical or educational context, establishing schools, universities and hospitals. [14] Scottish missionary efforts were fuelled by the rivalry between different denominations in Scotland, and may have helped distract from problems at home.
In 1881 the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (then named the Henry Martyn Hall) was formed to help members of the university learn about overseas missionary service. [3] When the British missionary Hudson Taylor came to Cambridge in 1885, seven students of the university volunteered to serve with the China Inland Mission. Before ...
"At the dawn of the 19th century the American Missionaries came to Jaffna to preach Christian Gospel, but in actual fact they propagated the ideals of a new nation, pulsating with life" With the amalgamation of North Ceylon Missions into the Church of South India (CSI), most properties and existing educational institutions are managed by the ...