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Anna Cunningham Safford

1837 ~ 1890

Missionary educator of women in China.

Affiliation: American Southern Presbyterian Mission  |  Locale: Suzhou City

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 Province

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 Province‚  Gansu Province

P. Johannes Schutte

1913 ~ 1971

Catholic missiologist and administrator.

Affiliation: Society of the Divine Word  |  Locale: Henan Province

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 Province

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 Province

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 City‚  Shanghai

Jehu Lewis and Henrietta Hall Shuck

1814 ~ 1863

First U.S. Baptist missionaries in China.

Affiliation: American Southern Baptist Mission  |  Locales: Macau ‚  Hong Kong‚  Shanghai

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 Province

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 Province

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 Province

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

John C. and Elizabeth Alden Scott Stam

1907 ~ 1934

American missionary martyrs in China.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission  |  Locale: Anhui Province

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 City

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 Province‚  Sichuan Province‚  Singapore

Arnold Strange

1897 ~ 1941

China Inland Mission missionary engaged in evangelism and relief work in Western China.

Affiliation: China Inland Mission  |  Locales: Shaanxi Province‚  Gansu Province

Alexander Stronach

1800 ~ 1879

London Missionary Society missionary to the Chinese chiefly involved in education, evangelism, and printing.

Affiliation: London Missionary Society  |  Locales: Singapore ‚  Fujian Province

John Stronach

1810 ~ 1888

Missionary in China and Bible translator of the London Missionary Society.

Affiliation: London Missionary Society  |  Locales: Singapore ‚  Fujian Province

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 City‚  Beijing

Sun Yat-sen

1866 ~ 1925

Chinese Christian revolutionary and leader of the Kuomintang.

Affiliation: Kuomintang  |  Locale: Guangdong Province

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 Province

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