Hudson Taylor

A Different Kind of Missionary

Hudson Taylor arrived in China in 1853 during a time of unrest. The Taiping Rebellion was spreading across the country, making travel dangerous.

At first, most missionaries dressed in Western clothing and stayed in foreign settlements. But Hudson believed something bold: if he wanted the Chinese people to listen, he needed to look like them.

So he did something shocking for the time.

He shaved his head in the front and grew a queue (a long braid), wore Chinese robes, and lived simply among the people.

Many Westerners criticized him. But Chinese villagers began to listen.

In 1865, Hudson founded the China Inland Mission (CIM). Its goal was simple but daring: send missionaries deep into China’s interior provinces — places where no missionaries had gone before.

And there was one rule: no public fundraising. Missionaries would trust God to provide.

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