Most Viewed: Stories: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity

Gladys May Aylward (5308 views)

1902 ~ 1970

British missionary in China.

Affiliation: Independent Missionary | Locale:

James Hudson Taylor (3932 views)

1832 ~ 1905

Founder and director of the China Inland Mission.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale:

Eric Henry Liddell (3316 views)

1902 ~ 1945

Olympic gold-medalist and Scottish missionary in China.

Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locale:

Watchman Nee (2620 views)

1903 ~ 1972

Founder of the Local Church (Little Flock) movement in China.

Affiliation: Christian Assembly (Little Flock) | Locales:

Robert Jermain Thomas (2052 views)

1839 ~ 1866

Missionary to China and Bible distributer in hostile Korea, becoming the first Protestant martyr in Korea.

Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locales:

Jiang Jieshi (1887 views)

1887 ~ 1975

Military leader of China; chairman of the Nationalist Party; President of the Republic of China.

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Song Shangjie (1719 views)

1901 ~ 1944

Chinese revivalist, evangelist, and author. Sung's fearless and tireless ministry in China and Southeast Asia has resulted in thousands of conversions as well as revival in the life of churches he visited.

Affiliations: Chinese Methodist Church‚ Bethel Worldwide Evangelistic Band | Locale:

James Hudson Taylor lll (1661 views)

1929 ~ 2009

Great-grandson of J. Hudson Taylor; founder of China Evangelical Seminary, Taiwan; General Director of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship; founder of Medical Services International.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales:

Robert Morrison (1426 views)

1782 ~ 1834

Pioneer Protestant missionary to China.

Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locales:

David Howard Adeney (1267 views)

1911 ~ 1994

Missionary and university evangelist in China and East Asia.

Affiliations: China Inland Mission‚ InterVarsity Christian Fellowship | Locales:

Elisabeth (Betty) Alden Scott Stam (1175 views)

1906 ~ 1934

Missionary with the China Inland Mission (CIM), who served in Yingzhou City, Yingshang, and Jingde, Anhui Province until her death at Miaoshou at the age of 28.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale:

Wang Mingdao (1170 views)

1900 ~ 1991

Outspoken Chinese fundamentalist, independent evangelist, and martyr.

Affiliation: Beijing Christian Tabernacle | Locale:

Wang Zhiming (1056 views)

1908 ~ 1973

Christian pastor to the Miao (Hmong) minority group and martyr.

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Charlotte "Lottie" Diggs Moon (1047 views)

1840 ~ 1912

Revered Southern Baptist missions mobilizer and missionary in China.

Affiliation: American Southern Baptist Mission | Locale:

Matteo Ricci (1038 views)

1552 ~ 1610

Founder of modern Roman Catholic missions in China and Western sinologist.

Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale:

Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth (1010 views)

1859 ~ 1936

First Canadian Presbyterian missionaries to mainland China.

Affiliation: Canadian Presbyterian Mission | Locales:

Rong Hong (996 views)

1828 ~ 1912

Rong was the first "returned student" from America and founder of the Chinese Educational Mission. He paved the way for the first hundred Chinese to receive a state-sponsored modern education, and as a diplomat helped to stop the international coolie trade.

Affiliation: Chinese Educational Mission | Locales:

Marie Monsen (838 views)

1878 ~ 1962

Norwegian missionary in China.

Affiliation: Norwegian Lutheran Mission | Locales:

Frédéric-Vincent Lebbe (824 views)

1877 ~ 1940

Catholic missionary in China.

Affiliation: Congregation of the Mission | Locale:

Pauline G. Hamilton (815 views)

1915 ~ 1988

Known to many as “Dr. P” in English and “Grandma Han” in Chinese, she won the hearts of thousands during her faith-filled ministry to delinquent boys, students, and many others in Mainland China and Taiwan.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales: