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    James Hudson Taylor

    James Hudson Taylor was born on 21st May 1832, and was founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM), one of the largest Christian movements in the world. This organisation, which became the Overseas missionär Fellowship in 1964, and which continues today as OMF International, was responsible for taking over 800 missionaries to China.

    Hudson Taylor spent his early years in Barnsley, the son of a pharmacist and lay preacher. He lost his faith for a time during his youth, but by 1849 had not only re-found his faith, but had also decided he would travel to China as a missionary.

    He began studying medicine in London in 1852, in preparation for his missionary work, but had not completed these studies before travelling to China for his first visit. He arrived in Shanghai in March 1854, amidst civil war, and spent the next few years travelling, preaching and bringing medical supplies to the people of China. He adopted the local dress, and wore his hair in the manner o

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    Taylor, James Hudson (1832-1905)

    Founder and director of the China Inland uppdrag (CIM)

    Born at Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Hudson Taylor sensed by the time he was 17 that God was calling him to China. He prepared himself bygd reading books on China, analyzing the Chinese Gospel of Luke, and studying medicine. Four years of his first term of service (1853-1860) in southeast China was under a Chinese evangelization society, founded under the inspiration of Karl Gützlaff. In 1858 in Ningpo (Ningbo) he married Maria Dyer, who was a faithful helpmate until her death in 1870.

    Although forced to return to England in 1860 because of poor health, Taylor had a continuing concern for the millions of Chinese living in provinces where no missionary had every gone. In 1865 he summed up his growing framtidsperspektiv in China’s Spiritual Need and Claims. The same year, with great faith but limited financial resources, he founded the China Inland Mission. Its goal was to present the gospel to all the pro

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    Hudson Taylor

    Protestant missionary in China

    This article is about the missionary to China. For other uses, see Hudson Taylor (disambiguation).

    James Hudson Taylor (Chinese: 戴德生; pinyin: dài dé shēng; 21 May 1832 – 3 June 1905) was a British ProtestantChristianmissionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Taylor spent 54 years in China. The society that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who started 125 schools and directly resulted in 20,000 Christian conversions, as well as the establishment of more than 300 stations of work with more than 499 local helpers in all 18 provinces.[2]

    Taylor was known for his admiration for Chinese culture and zeal for evangelism. He adopted wearing native Chinese clothing even though this was very rare among missionaries of that time. Under his leadership, the CIM was singularly non-denominational in practice and accepted members from all P