Editors Picks'

John Sung

1901 — 1944

Chinese revivalist, evangelist, and author

Timothy Richard

1845 — 1915

Baptist Missionary who impacted the late Qing Dynasty.

Martin Ekvall

1866 — 1939

42 years as a pioneer missionary of the Christian & Missionary Alliance.

Emma Ekvall

1870 — 1952

Founded schools for women and children with disabilities during 48 years of service.

Rosewell Graves

1853 — 1912

Medical doctor, church planter, itinerant evangelist, seminary professor, translator, writer and publisher, and supporter of numerous mercy ministries. Said to have been the longest-serving Southern Baptist missionary in China.

Samuel Schereschewsky

1831 — 1906

First translator of the Old Testament into Mandarin and Easy Wenli, elected Bishop of China for the Anglican church.

John Sanders

1902 — 1992

International Bible teacher, conference speaker, revival preacher. Bible college president. Prolific author. General Director of Overseas Missionary Fellowship (formerly known as China Inland Mission) in the 1950s and 1960s. He became an elder statesman and worldwide conference speaker from his retirement until his death.