Chinese Evangelisation Society Explained
The
Chinese Evangelisation Society (Chinese
中國傳教會) was an early British
Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to China
[1] during the late
Qing Dynasty. It was founded by
Prussian
Lutheran clergyman
Karl Gützlaff.
Hudson Taylor was the first missionary to be sent overseas in 1853. The society disbanded in 1865.
See also
References
- Book: American Presbyterian Mission . 1867 . Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese. American Presbyterian Mission Press . Shanghai.
Notes and References
- American Presbyterian Mission (1867), p. v-vi