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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 Boxer Rebellion in 1900 was the worst disaster in missionary history. One hundred and eighty-nine Protestant missionaries, including 53 children, (and many Roman Catholic priests and nuns) were killed by Boxers and Chinese soldiers in northern China. An estimated 2,000 Protestant Chinese Christians also were killed.
The establishment of The West China Missionary News was one of the results of a Protestant conference held at Chongqing (Chungking) in January 1899. [5] The periodical was started as a platform of communication among various missionary workers. [6]
The number of missionaries increased from 513 in 1890 to more than 2,000 in 1914, and by 1920 there were 8,325 Protestant missionaries in China. In 1927 there were sixteen American universities and colleges, ten professional schools of collegiate rank, four schools of theology, and six schools of medicine.
Although most Protestant missionary societies working in China were represented in the NCC, [25] it had liberal theological leanings that did not suit everybody. Conservative mission societies, [12] such as, notably, the Southern Baptists, [8] never joined the NCC. Some that had joined chose to resign later on. [12]
Protestant missionaries played a significant role in introducing knowledge of China to the United States and the United States to China. Protestant Christians in China established the first clinics and hospitals, [13] provided the first training for nurses, opened the first modern schools, worked to abolish practices such as foot binding, [14 ...
Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century (2009). Directory of Protestant Missionaries in China, Japan and Corea for the year 1903 (published in London, 1903 by the Daily Press Office
In Chengdu, all the MCC mission property was entirely destroyed; and all missionaries of all missions, Protestant and Roman Catholic alike, were thankful to escape with their lives. [20] The West China Missionary News, printed by Canadian Methodist Mission Press