There have been many amazing missionaries and evangelists over the years. brothers and sisters in Christ that have given their all for God, on this page we can see them, a little introduction and a quote or two to encourage or give a little spark to help fuel the cause of Christ.

MEET THE MISSIONARIES

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892), the renowned "Prince of Preachers," was not a traditional overseas missionary but passionately supported global missions from his London pulpit. Converted at 15, he pastored the Metropolitan Tabernacle for 38 years, training hundreds of pastors through his Pastors' College, many sent as missionaries worldwide. He promoted tools like the Wordless Book for cross-cultural evangelism, prayed for and commissioned workers to fields like Africa and China, and influenced figures such as David Livingstone. His massive ministry fueled evangelism at home and abroad.

CHARLES SPURGEON

CHARLES SPURGEON QUOTE : I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need."

"My entire theology can be condensed into four words, 'JESUS DIED FOR ME'." 

Jackie Pullinger, born in 1944 in London, felt called to missionary work as a child. After studying at the Royal College of Music, she obeyed a divine prompting and arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 with little money. She taught music in the infamous Kowloon Walled City, reaching drug addicts, gang members, and the marginalized. Through prayer and the power of Jesus, many experienced miraculous deliverance from addiction. In 1981, she founded the St Stephen's Society, a rehab ministry that has transformed thousands of lives for Christ over decades.

JACKIE PULLINGER

JACKIE PILLINGER QUOTE : "The desperately poor are not going to come to us to hear the Good News. We have to go to them."

"God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet."


Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) was a pioneering British Protestant missionary to China. Founder of the China Inland Mission (1865), he pioneered inland evangelism, adopting Chinese dress and culture to reach remote areas. Despite hardships like the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, he established 800+ outposts, baptizing thousands and inspiring global missions.

HUDSON TAYLOR

HUDSON TAYLOR QUOTES : "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supplies".

"The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) was a Dutch Christian who, with her family, hid hundreds of Jews from the Nazis during WWII

. Arrested and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, she survived to share a message of forgiveness, reconciliation, and God's love worldwide. Her memoir,The Hiding Place, documents her faith-based braver

CORRIE TEN BOOM

CORRIE TEN BOOM QUOTES : Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God".

"Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open

William Carey (1761–1834), known as the Father of Modern Missions, was an English Baptist shoemaker-turned-pastor and missionary pioneer. In 1792, he co-founded the Baptist Missionary Society after publishing his influential Enquiry and preaching “Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.” He served in India from 1793 for 41 years without furlough, translating the Bible into Bengali and other languages, co-founding Serampore College, and advancing education and printing.

WILLIAM CAREY

WILLIAM CAREY QUOTES : Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God."

"I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.

AMY CARMICHAEL

Amy Carmichael (1867–1951), an Irish Protestant missionary known as "Amma" (Mother), was born in Northern Ireland. Called to missions after Keswick Conventions, she briefly served in Japan (1893–94), then arrived in South India in 1895. She founded the Dohnavur Fellowship (1901/1925–27), rescuing and caring for hundreds of children—especially girls from temple dedication—through an orphanage and mission community. She served 55+ years without furlough, wrote influential books like If, and remained in Dohnavur until her death.

AMY CARMICHAEL QUOTES : When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?

"If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment."

JONATHAN EDWARDS

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American Congregationalist theologian and revivalist, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. A Yale graduate, he pastored in Northampton, Massachusetts (1727–1750), leading revivals during the Great Awakening with his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” After dismissal, he served as missionary to Native Americans in Stockbridge (1751–1758), while writing major works like *Freedom of the Will*. He died shortly after becoming president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton)

JONATHAN EDWARDS QUOTES : "Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will."

"He who has Christ has all he needs and needs no more."

ELIZABETH ELLIOT

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015), American Christian missionary, author, and speaker, was born to missionary parents in Belgium. She met and married Jim Elliot at Wheaton College; he was killed in 1956 by Waorani tribesmen in Ecuador during outreach efforts. With her young daughter, she courageously lived among the same tribe for two years to continue the mission. She later served other groups in Ecuador before returning to the U.S., authoring over 20 influential books like Through Gates of Splendor and Passion and Purity, and speaking widely on faith and obedience.

ELIZABETH ELLIOT QUOTES : "The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires."

"God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don't have now, we don't need now."

C T STUDD

C.T. Studd (Charles Thomas Studd, 1860–1931), renowned English cricketer and **Christian missionary**, was born into wealth. Converted young, he renounced fame and fortune after his brother's illness. As part of the famous **Cambridge Seven**, he joined Hudson Taylor's China Inland Mission in 1885. He gave away his inheritance to missions, served in China (1885–1894), briefly in India, then pioneered in the Belgian Congo from 1913, founding the Heart of Africa Mission (later Worldwide Evangelization Crusade, now WEC International). Known for bold faith and sacrifice, he died in Africa after 18 years there.

C T STUDD QUOTES : "Nail the colours to the mast! That is the right thing to do, and, therefore, that is what we must do, and do it now. What colours? The colours of Christ, the work He has given us to do- the evangelization of all the unevangelized."

"Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last."

GEORGE WHITFIELD

George Whitefield (1714–1770), English Anglican clergyman and renowned evangelist, was a key founder of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he experienced conversion at Oxford, joined the Wesleys, and preached dynamically. He served as missionary to Georgia in 1738, then made multiple transatlantic trips (crossing 13 times), igniting the Great Awakening through open-air sermons to massive crowds across Britain and American colonies. Preaching ~18,000 sermons on the "new birth," he died in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

GEORGE WHITFIELD QUOTES : "We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts"

"Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him."

CHARLES WESLEY

Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English Anglican cleric, poet, and hymn writer, was a principal leader of the Methodist movement alongside his brother John. Born in Epworth, he co-founded the Holy Club at Oxford. Ordained in 1735, he served briefly as missionary and chaplain in colonial Georgia (1735–1736), returning disillusioned. After his 1738 conversion experience, he became an eloquent evangelist and prolific hymnist, authoring thousands of hymns like “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” that spread Methodist revival across Britain.

CHARLES WESLEY QUOTES : "O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!"

"To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray."