Editing Timeline of Christian missions (section)

== 1900 to 1949 ==
{{Main|Christianity in the 20th century}}
{{See also|Timeline of Christianity#20th century}}
{{See also|Modern history of Christianity#Late modern history (1848–present)}}
* 1900 – First Orthodox missionary from [[Russia]] enters [[Korea]]
* 1900 – [[Religious Society of Friends|American Friends]] open work in [[Cuba]]; Ecumenical Missionary Conference in [[Carnegie Hall]], New York (162 mission boards represented);<ref name=barrettp30>Barrett, p. 30</ref> 189 missionaries and their children killed in [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China;<ref name=kanep98>Kane, p. 98</ref> South African [[Andrew Murray (minister)|Andrew Murray]] writes ''The Key to the Missionary Problem'' in which he challenges the [[Christian Church|church]] to hold weeks of [[prayer]] for the world<ref>Glover, p. 369</ref>
* 1901 – Nazarene John Diaz goes to [[Cape Verde]] Islands;<ref>Parker, p. 25</ref> Maude Cary sails for [[Morocco]];  Oriental Missionary Society founded by Charles Cowman (his wife is the compiler of popular devotional book ''Streams in the Desert''); Missionary James Chalmers killed and eaten by cannibals in [[Papua New Guinea]]<ref>Herzog, vol. XI, p. 17</ref>
* 1902-1927 – With world attention focused on the anti-Western [[Boxer Rebellion]], American Protestants made missions to China a high priority. They supported 500 missionaries in 1890, more than 2000 in 1914, and 8300 in 1920. By 1927 they opened 16 American universities in China, six medical schools, and four theology schools, together with 265 middle schools and a large number of elementary schools. The number of converts was not large, but the educational influence was dramatic.<ref>Varg (1980), p. 102.</ref>
* 1902 – Swiss members of the [[Plymouth Brethren]] enter [[Laos]]<ref>Olson, p. 158</ref> 
* 1902 – California Yearly Meeting of Friends opens work in [[Guatemala]]
* 1903 – First Orthodox parish in Korea opens
* 1903 – [[Church of the Nazarene]] enters Mexico<ref>Parker, p. 26</ref>
* 1903 –  First group baptism at Sattelberg Mission Station under [[Christian Keyser]] in [[New Guinea]] paves way for mass conversions during the following years
* 1904 – [[Premillennialism|Premillennialist]] theologian [[William Eugene Blackstone]] begins teaching that the world has already been evangelized, citing Acts 2:5, 8:4, Mark 16:20 and Colossians 1:23
* 1904 – [[European Christian Mission]] was founded in [[Estonia]] by [[J.P. Raud]]. Today it is known as [[European Christian Mission International]].
* 1905 – [[Gunnerius Tollefsen]] is converted at a [[Salvation Army]] meeting under the preaching of [[Samuel logan brengle|Samuel Logan Brengle]]. Later he would become a missionary to the [[Belgian Congo]] and then first mission secretary of the Norwegian Pentecostal movement.<ref>Anderson, p. 674</ref>
* 1905 – [[Sadhu Sundar Singh]], an Indian missionary, former adherent of [[Sikhism]], begins his ministry as [[sadhu]] preaching in Northern India and Tibet. From 1918-1922, he travels to preach throughout the world, but finishes his career in new missions to [[Tibet]].
* 1906 – [[The Evangelical Alliance Mission]] (TEAM) opens work in [[Venezuela]] with T. J. Bach and John Christiansen
* 1907 – Massive revival meetings in Korea;<ref name=barrettp30/> [[Harmon Schmelzenbach]] sails for Africa;<ref>Parker, p. 27</ref> Presbyterians and [[Methodism|Methodists]] open Union Theological Seminary in [[Manila]], Philippines; Bolivian Indian Mission founded by George Allen<ref>Latourette, 1941, vol. V, p. 104</ref>
* 1908 – [[Avant Ministries|Gospel Missionary Union]] opens work in [[Colombia]] with Charles Chapman and John Funk; [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal movement]] enters Rome and southern Italy as well as [[Egypt]]<ref>Glover, p. 229</ref>
* 1909 – [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal movement]] reaches [[Chile]] through ministry of American Methodist Willis Hoover<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txc/pentecos.htm |title=Pentecostalism |work=Mb-soft.com |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 1910 – [[Edinburgh Missionary Conference]] held in Scotland, presided over by [[John Mott]], beginning modern Protestant [[Christian ecumenism|ecumenical cooperation]] in missions<ref>Neill, pp. 331-334</ref>
* 1911 – [[Christian & Missionary Alliance]] enters [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]]<ref>Neill, p. 293</ref>
* 1912 – Conference of British Missionary Societies formed;<ref>Latourette, 1941, vol IV, p. 104</ref><ref>The archive of CBMS is held by SOAS Special Collections</ref> ''International Review of Missions'' begins publication<ref name=barrettp30/>
* 1913 – [[C.T. Studd]] establishes Heart of Africa Mission, now called [[WEC International]];<ref>Anderson, p. 845</ref> African-American Eliza Davis George sails from New York for [[Liberia]];<ref>Gailey, p. 83</ref> [[William Whiting Borden]] dies in Egypt while preparing to take the gospel to the Muslims in China<ref>Anderson, p. 79</ref>
*  1914-1918 [[World War I]] numerous missionaries in Africa and Asia in British, French, German and Belgian colonies are expelled or detained for the duration of the war, if their nation was at war with the colonial authority.
*  1914-1918 The World War reduced the enthusiasm for missions, and led to growing doubts about the wisdom of cultural imperialism in dealing with foreign peoples.<ref>John C. Barrett, "World War I and the decline of the first wave of the American Protestant missions movement." ''International Bulletin of Mission Research'' 39#3 (2015): 122-126. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912080705/http://www.internationalbulletin.org/issues/2015-03/2015-03-122-barrett.pdf online]}}</ref><ref>Nathan D. Showalter, ''The End of a Crusade: The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions and the Great War'' (1998).</ref>
* 1914 – Large-scale revival movement in [[Uganda]]; C.T. Studd reports a revival movement in the Congo<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openheaven.com/library/history/revivalfire.htm |title=Revival Fire – by Geoff Waugh (a brief overview of revival since the 18th century) |work=Openheaven.com |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515122021/http://www.openheaven.com/library/history/revivalfire.htm |archive-date=2009-05-15 }}</ref>
* 1914 – [[Paul Olaf Bodding]] completes his translation of the Bible into the [[Santali language]].
* 1915 – Founded in 1913 in [[Nanjing]], China as a women's Christian college, [[Ginling College]] officially opens with eight students and six teachers. It was supported by four missions: the Northern Baptists, the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]], the [[Methodism|Methodists]], and the Presbyterians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=87 |title=Ricci Roundtable on the History of Christianity in China |work=Ricci.rt.usfca.edu |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517044623/http://ricci.rt.usfca.edu/institution/view.aspx?institutionID=87 |archive-date=2011-05-17 }}</ref>
* 1916 – Rhenish missionaries are forced to leave [[Ondjiva]] in southern [[Angola]] under pressure from the Portuguese authorities and Chief Mandume of the [[Kwanyama]]. By then, four congregations existed with a confessing membership of 800.
* 1917 – Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) founded<ref>Olson, p. 317</ref>
* 1919 – The Union Version of Bible in Chinese is published;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibs.org/bibles/chinese/ |title=Chinese Bible Download from Biblica |work=Ibs.org |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015010012/http://www.ibs.org/bibles/chinese/ |archive-date=October 15, 2008 }}</ref> [[Avant Ministries|Gospel Missionary Union]] enters [[Sudan]]<ref>Glover, p. 280</ref> and [[Mali]]<ref>Moreau, p. 595</ref>
* 1920 – Baptist Mid-Missions formed by William Haas;<ref>Moreau, p. 381</ref> [[Church of the Nazarene]] enters [[Syria]]; [[Columbans]] enter Australia and New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columban.com/histaz.htm |title=Columban Mission: Australia And New Zealand |work=Columban.com |date=1920-01-06 |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106043056/http://www.columban.com/histaz.htm |archive-date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>
* 1921 – Founding of [[International Missionary Council]] (IMC); Norwegian Mission Council formed; [[Columbans]] enter China
* 1922 – Nazarenes enter [[Mozambique]]
* 1923 – Scottish missionaries begin work in [[British Togoland]]
* 1924 – Bible Churchman's Missionary Society opens work in Upper [[Burma]];<ref>Glover, p. 108</ref> Baptist Mid-Missions begins work in [[Venezuela]]
* 1925 – Daniel Fleming published ''Whither Bound in Missions'' (YMCA Press), challenging the over-emphasis on conversions. Missions should instead focus on fighting evils such as materialism, racial injustice, war and poverty.<ref>Hutchison, ''Errands to the World'' pp. 150-158.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/MN41421ucmf_0|title=''Whither Bound in Missions'' online|year=1925}}</ref>
* 1925 – [[E. Stanley Jones]], Methodist missionary to India, writes ''The Christ of the Indian Road''<ref>Anderson, pp. 339-340</ref>
* 1926 – Charles J. McDonald, a [[Southern Baptist]] layman, started work in the town of [[Wahiawa]], [[Territory of Hawaii]], with a Sunday School which eventually became the First Baptist Church of Wahiawa.
* 1927 – [[Ngulhao Thomsong]] translates the Bible into Thadou-Kuki Language<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kukiforum.com/2009/03/the-arrival-of-christianity-among-the-kukis-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523230953/http://kukiforum.com/2009/03/the-arrival-of-christianity-among-the-kukis-2/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 23, 2013|title=The Arrival of Christianity Among the Kukis|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> East African revival movement (Balokole) emerges in Rwanda and moves across several other countries<ref name=barrettp30/>
* 1928 – Cuba Bible Institute (West Indies Mission) opens; Jerusalem Conference of International Missionary Council;<ref name=barrettp30/> foundation of [[Borneo Evangelical Mission]] by Hudson Southwell, Frank Davidson and Carey Tolley.
* 1929 – Christian & Missionary Alliance enters East Borneo (Indonesia) and Thailand<ref>Glover, p. 119</ref>
* 1930 – [[Christian & Missionary Alliance]] starts work among Baouli tribe in the [[Ivory Coast]]
* 1931 – Franciscan missionary the Venerable [[Gabriele Allegra]] arrives in [[Hunan]] China from Italy to start translating the Bible<ref name="sbofmhk.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbofmhk.org |title=Studium Biblicum OFM |work=Sbofmhk.org |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 1931 – [[HCJB]] radio station started in [[Quito]], Ecuador by Clarence Jones;<ref>Olson, p. 177</ref> Baptist Mid-Missions enters [[Liberia]]<ref>Glover, p. 267</ref>
* 1932 - [[William Ernest Hocking]], et al. ''Re-Thinking Missions: A Laymen's Inquiry After One Hundred Years'' marks the turning away from traditional missions by the mainstream Protestant denominations, leaving the field to the evangelicals and fundamentalists.<ref>Hutchison, ''Errands to the World'' pp. 150-174.</ref><ref>William Ernest Hocking et al. ''Re Thinking Missions A Laymen S Inquiry After One Hundred Years'' (1932) [https://archive.org/stream/rethinkingmissio011901mbp#page/n7/mode/2up online]</ref>
* 1932 – [[Assemblies of God]] opens mission work in [[Colombia]]; ''Laymen's Missionary Inquiry'' report published
* 1933 – [[Gladys Aylward]] (subject of movie ''[[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]'') arrives in China; [[Columbans]] enter Korea<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columban.com/histkor.htm |title=Columban Mission History In Korea |work=Columban.com |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106035050/http://www.columban.com/histkor.htm |archive-date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>
* 1934 – [[William Cameron Townsend]] begins the [[Summer Institute of Linguistics]]; [[Columbans]] enter Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columban.com/histjap.htm |title=Columban Mission History in Japan |work=Columban.com |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105203020/http://www.columban.com/histjap.htm |archive-date=2009-01-05 }}</ref>
* 1935 – [[Frank Laubach|Frank C. Laubach]], American missionary to the [[Philippines]], perfects the "Each one teach one" [[literacy]] program, which has been used worldwide to teach 60 million people to read<ref>Anderson, p. 385</ref>
* 1936 – With the outbreak of civil war in Spain, missionaries are forced to leave that country.
* 1937 – After expulsion of missionaries from [[Ethiopia]] by Italian invaders, widespread revival erupts among Protestant (SIM) churches in south;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sim.org/country.asp?CID=10&fun=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225153804/http://www.sim.org/country.asp?CID=10&fun=1 |archive-date=2004-02-25 |title=Where You Can Serve |work=Sim.org |access-date=2010-07-10 }}</ref> [[Child Evangelism Fellowship]] founded by Jesse Irvin Overholzer
* 1938 – Madras World Missionary Conference held;<ref>Moreau, p. 1029</ref> Dutch missiologist [[Hendrik Kraemer]] publishes his seminal work ''The Christian Message in a non-Christian World''; West Indies Mission enters [[Dominican Republic]]; [[Church Missionary Society]] forced out of [[Egypt]]; Dr. Orpha Speicher completes construction of Reynolds Memorial Hospital in central India<ref>Parker, p. 232</ref>
* 1939-1945 – [[World War II]]  numerous missionaries in Africa and Asia in British, French and Belgian colonies are expelled or detained for the duration of the war, if their nation was at war with the colonial authority
* 1939 – A sick missionary, Joy Ridderhof, makes a recording of gospel songs and a message and sends it into the mountains of Honduras. It is the beginning of Gospel Recordings<ref name="Olson, p. 178">Olson, p. 178</ref>
* 1940 – Marianna Slocum begins translation work in Mexico;<ref>[http://www.missionfrontiers.org/1999/08/slocum.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927044435/http://www.missionfrontiers.org/1999/08/slocum.html|date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> Military police in Japan arrests the executive officers of the [[Salvation Army]]
* 1942 – [[William Cameron Townsend]] founds [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]]; New Tribes mission founded with a vision to reach the tribal peoples of [[Bolivia]]
* 1943 – CBFMS Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society [now WorldVenture]  was formed sending Missionaries to the CONGO, South America and Philippines, now in over 60 countries.
* 1943 – Five missionaries with [[New Tribes Mission]] go missing in Bolivia;<ref>{{harvnb|Anderson|1998|p=215}}: "The work suffered an inordinate number of tragedies in its early years: five men of the first party of recruits disappeared into the Bolivian jungle in 1943; in 1946 fire destroyed two dormitories at the mission's training camp in California, claiming the life of an infant..."</ref> 11 American [[Baptist]] missionaries beheaded in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers
* 1944 – Missionaries return to Suki, [[Papua New Guinea]] after withdrawal of the Japanese military
* 1945 – [[Mission Aviation Fellowship]] formed;<ref name="Olson, p. 178"/> [[Far East Broadcasting Company]] (FEBC) founded;<ref name=kanep107>Kane, p. 107</ref> Evangelical Foreign Missions Association formed by denominational mission boards<ref>Moreau, p. 336</ref> [[Kenneth Scott Latourette|K.S. Latourette]] completes his seven volume set ''A history of the expansion of Christianity'' 
* 1945 – The Venerable [[Gabriele Allegra]] establishes the [[Studium Biblicum Franciscanum]] in Beijing<ref name="sbofmhk.org"/>
* 1946 – [[Thomas Tien Ken-sin]], SVD is named the first Chinese Cardinal by Pope Pius XII. He is exiled from China in 1951 by the Communist regime.
* 1946 – First [[InterVarsity Christian Fellowship|Inter-Varsity]] missionary convention (now called "[[Urbana (convention)|Urbana]]");<ref>Moreau, p. 991</ref> [[United Bible Societies]] formed
* 1947 – [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]] World Missionary Conference in [[Canada]];<ref>Moreau, p. 1014</ref> Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society begins work among the [[Senufo people]] in the Ivory Coast<ref>Glover, p. 270</ref>
* 1948 – Alfredo del Rosso merges his Italian Holiness Mission with the [[Church of the Nazarene]], thus opening Nazarene work on the European continent; [[Southern Baptist Convention]] adopts program calling for the tripling of the number of missionaries.
* 1949 – Southern Baptist Mission board opens work in [[Venezuela]], Mary Tripp sent out by CEF Child Evangelism Fellowship to the Netherlands.
* 1949 – Russian Orthodox Church stops in all activities in Korea.