Timeline of Great Missionaries
Prepared by Doug Nichols, Action International Ministries
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Timeline of Great Missionaries (and a few other well-known historical and church figures and events) |
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Dates |
Name |
Ministry/Place of Ministry |
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70-155/160 |
Polycarp |
Bishop of Smyrna |
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354-430 |
Aurelius Augustine |
Bishop of Hippo (Africa) |
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1235-1315 |
Raymon Lull |
Scholar and missionary to North Africa |
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1320-1384 |
John Wyclif |
Morning Star of Reformation |
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1373-1475 |
John Hus |
Reformer |
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1483-1546 |
Martin Luther |
Reformation leader (Germany) |
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1494-1536 |
William Tyndale |
Bible Translator (England) |
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1509-1564 |
John Calvin |
Theologian/Reformation |
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1513-1573 |
John Knox |
Scottish Reformer |
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1517 |
Martin Luther |
Ninety-Five Theses (nailed) |
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1605-1690 |
John Eliot |
Missionary to North American Indians |
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1615-1691 |
Richard Baxter |
Puritan Pastor (England) |
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1628-1688 |
John Bunyan |
Pilgrim's Progress (England) |
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1662-1714 |
Matthew Henry |
Pastor and Bible Commentator (England) |
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1700-1769 |
Nicholaus Ludwig Zinzendorf |
Moravian Church Founder |
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1703-1758 |
Jonathan Edwards |
Theologian (America) |
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1703-1791 |
John Wesley |
Methodist Founder (England) |
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1714-1770 |
George Whitefield |
Preacher of Great Awakening |
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1718-1747 |
David Brainerd |
To North American Indians |
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1725-1760 |
The Great Awakening |
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1759-1833 |
William Wilberforce |
Abolition (England) |
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1761-1834 |
William Carey |
Pioneer Missionary to India |
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1766-1838 |
Christmas Evans |
Wales |
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1768-1837 |
Joshua Marshman |
Bible Translation, founded boarding schools with Carey |
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1769-1823 |
William Ward |
A missionary leader with the British Baptist mission |
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1773-1828 |
Rev. George Liele (African American) |
Jamaica – One of first American missionaries |
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1780-1845 |
Elizabeth Fry |
England Prison Reformer |
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1780-1828 |
Lott Carey (African American) |
Pioneer missionary to Liberia |
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1781-1812 |
Henry Martyn |
India, Persia |
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1782 |
David George (African American) |
Pastored first black church in America and became |
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1782-1834 |
Robert Morrison |
China missionary |
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1788-1850 |
Adoniram Judson |
Burma missionary |
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1789-1826 |
Ann Hasseltine Judson |
Pioneer missionary to Myanmar |
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1794-1864 |
William (Billy) Bray |
English evangelist |
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1795-1883 |
Robert Moffat |
South Africa |
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1796-1839 |
John Williams |
South Sea Islands |
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1805-1898 |
George Mueller |
UK Missions Enthusiast |
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1806-1878 |
Alexander Duff |
India |
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1807 |
Rev. Lott Carey (African American) |
With Rev. Cohn Teague—first American missionaries |
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1807 |
England abolition bill passed |
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1807-1891 |
Samuel Ajayi Crowther |
Ex-slave missionary to Nigeria |
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1809-1898 |
William Gladstone |
British Prime Minister |
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1813-1843 |
Robert Murray M’Cheyne |
Scottish minister |
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1813-1873 |
David Livingstone |
Africa missionary |
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1815-1868 |
William Burns |
Scottish missionary to China |
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1820-1910 |
Florence Nightingale |
English Nurse |
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1824-1907 |
John G. Paton |
New Hebrides missionary |
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1828-1917 |
Andrew Murray |
Devotional writer and promoter of missionary awakening |
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829-1912 |
General William Booth |
Salvation Army (UK) Founder |
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1832-1905 |
J. Hudson Taylor |
Founder of CIM – China |
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1834 |
Slavery abolished throughout British colonies |
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1834-1892 |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
Prince of Preachers (England) |
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1836-1895 |
Adoniram Judson |
Baptist Missions Promoter |
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1837-1870 |
Maria Taylor |
China |
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1837-1899 |
D.L. Moody |
Evangelist |
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1840-1912 |
Charlotte (Lottie) Moon |
First single woman to China |
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1843-1891 |
James Gilmour |
Scottish missionary to Mongolia |
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1845-1905 |
Thomas Barnardo |
Orphan Homes (England) |
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1848-1915 |
Mary Slessor |
Calabar (Nigeria) |
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1855-1922 |
(Sarasvati) Pandita Ramabai |
Indian pioneer in educational and medical missions |
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1859-1936 |
Jonathan Goforth |
Canadian missionary to China |
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1860-1931 |
C.T. Studd |
Missionary to China, India, Africa |
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1860-1947 |
Rodney (Gipsy) Smith |
Evangelist to UK and USA |
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1861-1946 |
Dixon Edwards Hoste |
English missionary to China |
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1863-1945 |
G. Campbell Morgan |
Westminster Chapel, London |
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1863-1953 |
Malla Moe |
Norwegian missionary to Swaziland (South Africa) |
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1864-1942 |
Rosalind Goforth |
Canadian missionary to China |
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1865 |
Slaves freed in USA! |
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1865-1927 |
William Henry Shepherd |
Missionary to Africa |
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1865-1955 |
John R. Mott |
Missions enthusiast |
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1865-1912 |
John Hyde |
Man of prayer, missionary to India |
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1866 (May) |
The Lammermuir Party (22) |
CIM missionaries to China |
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1867-1947 |
Robert E. Speer |
Presbyterian Foreign Missions |
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1867-1951 |
Amy Carmichael |
Dohnavur, India |
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1867-1951 |
Samuel Zwemer |
Abrabian Peninsula missionary |
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1867-1896 |
Peter Cameron Scott |
Founder of AIM – Africa |
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1869 (Nov. 17) |
Suez Canal opens |
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1872-1942 |
Rowland Bingham |
Founder of SIM – Nigeria, Africa |
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1873-1945 |
Robert A. Jaffray |
Canadian missionary to China and Indonesia |
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1873-1928 |
Temple Gairdner |
Scottish missionary to Egypt |
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1884-1973 |
E. Stanley Jones |
India |
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1884-1970 |
Frank Charles Laubach |
Literacy pioneer and missionary (Philippines) |
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1886-1938 |
James O. Fraser |
China |
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1889-1929/33 |
Sadhu Sundar Singh |
India and Tibet |
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1892-1983 |
Corrie ten Boom |
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1894-1973 |
Eli Stanley Jones |
India |
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1895-1993 |
Norman Grubb |
Africa – WEC |
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1896-1982 |
William Cameron Townsend |
Founder of SIL/Wycliffe and missionary to Guatemala |
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1897-1990 |
Donald McGavran |
India |
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1899-1981 |
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
Westminster Chapel – London |
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1900-1901 |
Boxer Rebellion |
China |
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1901-1957 |
Isobel Kuhn |
China |
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1901-1944 |
John Sung |
Evangelist in China |
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1901-1991 |
Wang Mingdao |
China Persecuted Church leader |
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1902-1970 |
Gladys Aylward |
The Little Woman – China |
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1902-1995 |
J. Oswald Sanders |
CIM-OMF General Director |
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1903-2000 |
Brother Bakht Singh |
Missionary from India to Tibet |
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1903-1972 |
Watchman Nee |
Chinese Pastor and Preacher |
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1905-1984 |
Joy Ridderhof |
Gospel Recordings |
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1906-1934 |
Elizabeth “Betty” Stam |
China |
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1907-1934 |
John Stam |
China |
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1910-1965 |
Kenneth Strachan |
Costa Rica |
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1912-2000 |
Richard Wurmbrand |
Romanian Persecuted Pastor |
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1914-1978 |
Bob Pierce |
Founder of World Vision |
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1923-1956 |
Nate Saint |
Ecuador |
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1927-1956 |
Jim Elliot |
Ecuador |
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1925- |
Helen Roseveare |
Congo |
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1929-1968 |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Civil rights Leader - USA |
