Anna Cunningham Safford
1837 ~ 1890
Missionary educator of women in China.
Affiliation: American Southern Presbyterian Mission | Locale: Suzhou
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Randolph C. Sailer
1898 ~ 1981
Missionary in China, commended by Zhou En Lai as a "friend of the Chinese people".
Affiliation: Yenching University | Locale: Beijing
Douglas Noel Sargent
1907 ~ 1979
Church Missionary Society missionary in China and trainer of missionaries.
Affiliation: Church Missionary Society | Locale: Sichuan
Johann Adam Schall von Bell
1592 ~ 1666
Jesuit missionary and astronomer in China.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Beijing
Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky
1831 ~ 1906
Episcopal missionary and bishop who helped establish St. John's College in Shanghai.
Affiliation: American Protestant Episcopal Mission | Locale: Shanghai
Otto F. Schoerner
1906 ~ 2008
American medical missionary, who served in Xinjiang and Gansu for 20 years; President of the Borden Memorial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales: Xinjiang, Gansu
P. Johannes Schutte
1913 ~ 1971
Catholic missiologist and administrator.
Affiliation: Society of the Divine Word | Locale: Henan
D. Z. Sheffield
d. 1913
American missionary educator to China, head of the famous Lu He Boys' School.
Affiliation: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | Locale: Hebei
Shen Tilan
1899 ~ 1976
Chinese Christian educator, supporter of democracy movements and signer of the "Three-Self Manifesto".
Affiliation: Young Men's Christian Association | Locale: Jiangsu
Shen Zigao
1895 ~ 1982
Nationalist and Chinese Anglican bishop.
Affiliation: Chinese Anglican Church | Locale: Shanghai
Shi Meiyu
1873 ~ 1954
Shi was among the first Chinese women graduates from a U.S. medical school. On return to China, she founded a hospital and developed the nursing profession.
Affiliations: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Shanghai Bethel Mission | Locales: Jiujiang, Shanghai
Jehu Lewis and Henrietta Hall Shuck
1814 ~ 1863
First U.S. Baptist missionaries in China.
Affiliation: American Southern Baptist Mission | Locales: Macau, Hong KongShanghai
William Wallace Simpson
1869 ~ 1961
Missionary in China and Tibet with a focus on training Chinese clergy.
Affiliation: World Assemblies of God Fellowship | Locale: Tibet
Casper and Mathilda Skinsnes
1886/7 ~
Medical missionaries who served faithfully during chaotic times.
Affiliation: Norwegian Lutheran Mission | Locales: Henan, Guangzhou
Arthur Henderson Smith
1845 ~ 1932
American author and missionary to China.
Affiliation: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | Locales: Tianjin, Beijing
George Smith
1815 ~ 1871
Church Missionary Society missionary in China and first English bishop of Hong Kong.
Affiliation: Church Missionary Society | Locale: Hong Kong
Stanley P. Smith
1861 ~ 1931
English missionary and evangelist in China, one of the famed Cambridge Seven.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locale: Shanxi
John Abner Snell
1880 ~ 1936
Missionary doctor of Soochow Hospital.
Affiliation: Methodist Episcopal Church - South | Locale: Suzhou
Song Hoot Kiam
1830 ~ 1900
Founder of the oldest family of Straits Chinese Christians in Singapore.
Affiliation: Straits Chinese Church | Locale: Singapore
Song Ong Siang
1871 ~ 1941
Singaporean lawyer, church elder, community leader, and writer. Knighted by King George V.
Affiliation: Straits Chinese Church | Locale: Singapore
Song Shangjie
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: Fujian
Polycarpe de Souza
1697 ~ 1757
First bishop in Beijing following the banning of Christianity by the Qing emperor Yongzheng.
Affiliation: Society of Jesus | Locale: Beijing
Elisabeth (Betty) Alden Scott Stam
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: Anhui
Edwin Stevens
1802 ~ 1837
Pioneer missionary among the international seafaring community of Canton and Whampoa.
Affiliation: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | Locale: Guangzhou
F. Olin and Esther Stockwell
1900 ~ 1992
American Missionaries to China and Singapore devoted to training Christian leaders for Southeast Asian churches.
Affiliation: Methodist Church | Locales: Fujian, SichuanSingapore
Arnold Strange
1897 ~ 1941
China Inland Mission missionary engaged in evangelism and relief work in Western China.
Affiliation: China Inland Mission | Locales: Shaanxi, Gansu
Alexander Stronach
1800 ~ 1879
LMS missionary involved in printing, education, and evangelism.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locales: Singapore, Fujian
John Stronach
1810 ~ 1888
Missionary in China and Bible translator of the London Missionary Society.
Affiliation: London Missionary Society | Locales: Singapore, Fujian
John Leighton Stuart
1876 ~ 1962
Missionary educator, first president of Yenching University and American ambassador to the Republic of China.
Affiliation: Yenching University | Locales: Nanjing, Beijing
Sun Yat-sen
1866 ~ 1925
Chinese Christian revolutionary and leader of the Kuomintang.
Affiliation: Kuomintang | Locale: Guangdong
Sun Yuan Hua
1581 ~ 1632
Well-known Chinese Christian during the late Ming period converted through the influence of Xu Guangqi.
Affiliation: Catholic Church in China | Locale: Zhejiang