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BDCC John Shawn Burdon

John Shaw Burdon

1826 — 1907

Bishop John Shaw Burdon was a missionary pioneer in Shanghai, Beijing, Fujian (Fukien), and Pakhoi sent out by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) of Great Britain. He participated in Chinese society during the late Qing Dynasty as a missionary, an English teacher, and a scholar as well as a bishop. He was a lifelong friend of Hudson Taylor.
Wang Mingdao

Wang Mingdao (Revised and Updated)

1900 — 1991

Outspoken fundamentalist, independent evangelist, and a martyr for the faith in the church of China.
BDCC Cecil Turner Polhill

Cecil H. Polhill-Turner

1860 — 1938

One of the "Cambridge Seven." Missionary in China and promoter of Pentecostal missions.
BDCC Miao Zizhong

Miao Zizhong

1916 — 1989

The "Cedar of Lebanon"
BDCC Emma Thirgood

Emma Thirgood

???? — 1900

CIM worker martyred during the Boxer Uprising
BDCC Mrs Liu

Mrs. Liu

1880s — ????

Volunteer Bible woman and evangelist with the China Inland Mission
BDCC George and Etta Ward

George and Etta Ward

???? — 1900

Missionary martyrs of the Boxer Uprising
Samuel Wells Williams

Samuel Wells Williams

1812 — 1884

Printer, editor, writer, scholar, and diplomat. “Founder of American Sinology” (Guan 114)
BDCC Ren Chengyuan

Ren Chengyuan

1852 — 1929

Faithful pastor of the church in Hangzhou. Later called "The apostle of the Zhejiang Church."
BDCC Amy Wilkinson

Amy Wilkinson (1868-1949) and George Wilkinson (1865-1951)

1868 — 1949

Amy was a pioneer educator of the blind in China. George was a medical missionary who founded the Foochow (Fuzhou) Mission Hospital.
BDCC Roland Allen

Roland Allen

1868 — 1947

Anglican missionary to China; writer; critic of Western missions; proponent of a new way to “do” church and missions.
BDCC Victoria Mannett

Victoria Mannett

1882 — 1958

Prominent female missionary educator.
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