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St Sepulchre's Cemetery

George Uglow Pope popularly known as Rev. G.U. Pope or just G.U. Pope, a Christian missionary who spent many years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English.


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ABIM

American Baptist International Ministries, an international Protestant Christian missionary society

Arthur Hummel

Arthur W. Hummel, Sr. (1884–1975), Christian missionary to China and Sinologist

Bitterman

Chet Bitterman (c. 1953 – 1981), American linguist and Christian missionary

Bow Kum

When he was unable to produce a marriage license for Bow Kum, she was placed with Christian missionaries under Donaldina Cameron, a Scotswoman who spent much of her life helping young Chinese slave girls escape from tongs.

Broomhall

Marshall Broomhall (1866-1937), British Protestant Christian missionary to China

Charles Gmelin

Gmelin was born in Bengal, India, where his father was a Christian missionary, but returned to England at an early age for schooling.

Christianity in Mongolia

Foreign Christian missionary groups have returned to Mongolia, including Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Russian Orthodox, Presbyterians, Seventh-day Adventists, various evangelical Protestant groups, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and Jehovah's Witnesses.

CIA activities in Peru

In 2001, while the CIA was assisting the Peruvian Air Force in the War on Drugs, the CIA incorrectly assessed that a small plane was involved in the drug trade, leading to the death of a U.S. Christian missionary, Roni Bowers, and her daughter.

Darland High School

In 1966, the school was visited by the Christian missionary Gladys Aylward, whose life was the subject of the 1958 film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.

Douglas M. Thornton

Douglas M. Thornton (1873–1907) was an English Christian missionary to Cairo, Egypt with the Church Missionary Society from 1898-1907.

Frederick Foster Gough

Frederick Foster Gough (bapt. 7 February 1825; died 1 June 1889) was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the Church Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty in China.

Heese

Daniel Heese (1867–1901), German Christian missionary in South Africa

Herbert Taylor

Herbert Hudson Taylor (1861–1950), British Protestant Christian missionary to China

Hilda Mary Lazarus

Hilda Mary Lazarus B.A., MBBS, FRCS (b: 1890 - d: 1978) was Christian missionary and popular Gynecologist and Obstetrician in India.

International broadcasting

Clarence W. Jones started transmitting on Christmas Day, 1931 from Christian missionary radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador.

Janjgir–Champa district

Janjgir has been the residence of Annie Funk, a Christian Missionary who lost her life in Titanic.

Jews for Judaism

Jews for Judaism, established by Rabbi Bentzion Kravitz in 1985, is an international organization designed to counter Christian missionaries whose evangelistic efforts are directed toward Jews.

John W. Nordstrom

One of his sister's great-granddaughters, Britta, and her husband Christopher Alam live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from where they lead a Christian missionary work working extensively in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Koelle

Sigismund Koelle (1820–1902), German Christian missionary and linguist

Krupabai Satthianadhan

However, the Madras Medical College agreed to admit her in 1878, and she became a boarder at the house of the Reverend W.T. Satthianadhan, an extremely well known Christian missionary.

Lillian Trasher

Lillian Hunt Trasher (27 September 1887–17 December 1961) was a Christian missionary to Asyut, Egypt, as well as the founder of the first orphanage in Egypt.

Mata'pang

Mata'pang is best known for murdering the Spanish priest Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores, the first Christian missionary on Guam, and his Filipino companion, Saint Pedro Calungsod.

Max Letteris

In 1852, during a period in which he faced financial difficulties, he agreed to edit an edition of the masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible for a Christian missionary organization, the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Philip Eliot

Jim Elliot (Philip James Elliot, 1927–1956), evangelical Christian missionary

Robert Maclay

Robert Samuel Maclay (1824–1907), American Christian missionary to the Far East

Samuel Bill

Samuel Alexander Bill (1864 in Belfast – 1942 in Nigeria) was an Irish Christian missionary and the founder of the Qua Iboe Mission (later renamed Mission Africa).

The Evangelical Alliance Mission

The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM) is an inter-denominational evangelical Christian missionary organization founded by Fredrik Franson.

Thoburn

Isabella Thoburn (1840–1901), American Christian missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church in North India

Vavoua Department

Vavoua International School, a Christian missionary boarding school run by WEC International, was situated two kilometres outside the town, adjacent to the small village of Bouitafla, until the recent civil war.

Wörth am Main

In Frankish times, beginning in the 6th century, Wörth was a centre of royal power and with Saint Martin’s Chapel, in today’s graveyard, it was a jumping-off point for Christian missionary work in the depths of the Odenwald.

Zhang Bin

Zhang Lingsheng (1863–1935), born as Zhang Bin, Chinese Christian missionary