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The interchange is noted in Benjamin Franklin's Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784). [169] 1701 – Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts officially organized [154] 1702 – George Keith, returns to America as a missionary of the newly organized Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
Thomas J. Arnold Missionary in China during the Qing dynasty; David Bogue – missionary to India, convert from the Church of Scotland; Samuel Dyer – 19th-century China; William Ellis – missionary to the South Pacific and an author; Cynthia Farrar – missionary to India, 1827–1862; Cyrus Hamlin – American missionary in Turkey
During the Middle Ages, Christian monasteries and missionaries (such as Saint Patrick and Adalbert of Prague) fostered formal education and learning of religion, beyond the boundaries of the old Roman Empire. In the seventh century, Gregory the Great sent missionaries, including Augustine of Canterbury, into England.
The Catholic Church during the Age of Discovery inaugurated a major effort to spread Christianity in the New World and to convert the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other indigenous peoples. The evangelical effort was a major part of, and a justification for, the military conquests of European powers such as Portugal , Spain , and France .
John Nevins Andrews (July 22, 1829 in Poland, Maine – October 21, 1883 in Basel, Switzerland), was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. J. N. Andrews was the first SDA missionary sent to countries outside North America. He was the most prominent author and scholar of his time, in the Adventist church.
Francis Xavier Ford – missionary to China, martyr and Servant of God; Joseph Freinademetz – nineteenth-century canonized missionary to China; René Goupil – French missionary to what is now Canada; Évariste Régis Huc – French missionary in nineteenth century China; Isaac Jogues – French missionary to what is now Canada
Many forget the missionary zeal of Dr. David Livingstone, as he hoped to spread Christianity but also commerce, in Africa. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Robert Parmelee Wilder (August 2, 1863 – March 27, 1938) was a religious missionary born in Kolhapur, India who brought about the missionary awakening in the United States in 1886. [1] He is best known for recruiting thousands of students to become missionaries through the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions he founded. [ 2 ]