Nineteenth Century Missions. Code: Protestant ,
Catholic, Background,
Explanation of the initials used
| Europe | Asia | Africa | Americas | Other |
| 1792 French
republic, then Napoleon 1795 LMS founded 1797 Netherlands Mission Society 1799 CMS founded |
1784 Koreans send
to China for books about Christianity 1792 William Carey leaves for India |
1787 Sierra Leone founded | ||
| 1804 British Bible
society 1808 Britain ends slave trade 1814 Napoleon defeated 1814 Jesuits restored (1773), Roman Catholic missions have new start |
1807 Morrison, a
Protestant from England,
arrives in Macau to learn Chinese, later translates the Bible into Chinese1 1812 Judson to Burma 1814 India gets native Anglican bishop |
1818 Zulu empire 1822 Liberia founded |
1806 Haystack
meeting, leads to: 1810 ABCFM 1816 ABS founded 1824 Finney revivals inspire many to become missionaries |
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| 1829 Greeks
independent 1830 revolts against established governments 1833 Britain ends slavery 1844 YMCA 1848 revolts against established governments |
1839 Opium War
(China) 1847 Lutherans to China |
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| 1854-6 Crimean
War (against Russia) 1855 YWCA 1861 Italy independent 1868 Founding of White Fathers (later, White Sisters) 1870 French-German war 1870 Papal infallibility announced 1871 Germany unites |
1853-62 Tai Ping
rebellion in China 1854 Japan/US treaty 1856-60 2nd Opium War in China 1859 Church of England to Japan (Williams) 1865 Hudson Taylor starts CIM: first "Faith mission" 1868 Meiji emperor of Japan, Christianity legal in Japan
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` | 1856 Rufus Anderson
writes about 3-self 1861 Women’s Union Missionary Society 1865 US ends slavery 1888 SVM, John Mott 1890 TEAM founded 1893 Moody holds meetings that inspire many to missions |
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| 1884 Colonial
Conference 1890 Brussels conf ends slave trade |
1888 C&MA founded;
to China 1895 Japan beats China 1895 LCMS to India |
1893 SIM 1895 AIM |
1894 Zwemer to Arabia | |
| 1910 World Missionary Conference | 1900 Boxers 1912 LCMS to China (Arndt) |
1908 Belgian Congo | 1999 Maryknoll mission organization founded |
Foototes
1 The Protestant Church in Chinese is called Ji Du Jiao, "Christ Teaching."
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