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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).

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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