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The Chinese Evangelization Society (Chinese 中國傳教會) was an early British

United Kingdom

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Protestant Christian

Christian

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missionary society that was involved in sending workers to China

China

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during the late Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

. It was founded by Karl Gützlaff

Karl Gützlaff

Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff , anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand and for his books about China. He was one of the first Protestant missionaries in China to dress like a Chinese...

. Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor , was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission . Taylor spent 51 years in China...

was the first missionary to be sent overseas in 1853. The society disbanded in 1865.

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