American Presbyterians (North) (PN) 長老會(美北) Alternative Names: Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Board of Foreign Missions Changlao hui (Mei-bei) 長老會(美北); Ch'ang-lao-hui (Mei-pei) Type: Sending agency Location:

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Compiler: R.G. Tiedemann
Source: 1936 Handbook of the Christian Movement in China (Shanghai, 1936), pp.
Religious Affiliation: Protestant (Presbyterian)
Date established: 1837.
Commenced work in China in: 1844.
The work ended in Mainland China in: ?
Nationality: American
Gender: Mixed

Fields in China:
1. CENTRAL CHINA MISSION: Zhejiang: Hangzhou (1859), Ningbo (Yuyao) (1844); Jiangsu: Shanghai (1850), Suzhou (1872).
2. HAINAN MISSION: Hainan: Jiaji [Kachek] (1900), Qiongzhou [Kiungchow (Hoichow)] (1885), Ledong [Nodoa] (1886).
3. HUNAN MISSION: Hunan: Changsha (1912), Changde [Changteh] (1898), Chenzhou (1903), Hengzhou (1902); Hubei: Xiangtan [Siangtan] (1900).
4. KIANGNAN MISSION: Anhui: Huaiyuan (1901), Shouzhou (1921), Xuzhou 宿州 [Suchow or Nansuchow] (1913); Jiangsu: Nanjing (1874).
5. NORTH CHINA MISSION: Hebei: Baoding (1893), Beijing (Beiping) (1863), Shunde (1903).
6. SHANTUNG MISSION: Shandong: Yantai (Chefoo) (1862), Yizhou (1890), Dengzhou (1861), Tengxian (1913), Ji'nan (1874), Qingdao (1898), Jining (1892?), Weixian (1883), Yixian (1905).
7. SOUTH CHINA MISSION: Guangdong: Guangzhou (1845), Lianzhou [Linchow] (1890), Yangjiang [Yeungkong] (1892).
8. YUNNAN MISSION: Yunnan: Jiulongjiang [Kiulungkiang] (1917-1933 transferred to the Siam Mission), Yuanjiang (1924-1933)

Background Note:
The Western Foreign Missionary Society of the United States was organized in November 1831 by the Synod at Pittsburgh. In May 1837 the name was changed to the Presbyterian Missionary Society; in October 1837 it merged into the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Before this date, some Presbyterian missionaries had served abroad under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the United Foreign Missionary Society (est. 1817).

The first missionary arrived in Singapore in 1838. The first mission station on Chinese soil was opened by Dr. D.B. McCartee at Ningbo, Zhejiang, on 21 June 1844.

The southern element withdrew in 1863. In 1959 the PN merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North America to form the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, The Commission of Ecumenical Mission and Relations. Since 1973 it is known as the General Assembly Mission Council.

In 1925 the churches connected with 26 of the American Presbyterians, North, stations became affiliated with the Church of Christ in China; the churches connected with five stations in Shandong were members of the Presbyterian Church in China. All missions were represented on a China Council, the coordinating body in China. They had a common treasurer in Shanghai.

In 1921 the former six Woman's Boards merged into one national Board, known as The Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., which in turn consolidated with the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1923.

Home address:
Official Periodicals:
1. Annual Report, Western Foreign Missionary Society, 1833-1836; continued as Annual Report, PN, 1837- ;
2. Missionary Chronicle (begun by the Western Foreign Missionary Society), 1833-1849; merged into the Home and Foreign Record of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Philadelphia) 1850-1867
3. Foreign Missionary (New York) 1842-1886;
4. Women and Missions;
5. Five Continents;
6. Missionary Mail.

Literature:
G(eorge) Thompson Brown, Earthen Vessels and Transcendent Power: American Presbyterians in China, 1837-1952. (American Society of Missiology Series, No. 25). (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1997).

Archives:
Presbyterian Historical Society, Archives and Library, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147, U.S.A. (The Philadelphia Office)

Persons Index:
Happer, Andrew Patton / McCartee, Divie Bethune

Subject Index:
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America/Presbyterians /American Presbyterians, North /Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the United States of America /Changlaohui (Mei-bei) /Ch'ang-lao-hui (Mei-pei) /Western Foreign Missionary Society /Presbyterian Missionary Society /American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions /United Presbyterian Church of North America /United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America /Commission of Ecumenical Mission and Relations, United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America /General Assembly Mission Council /Central China Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Hangzhou, Zhejiang /Zhejiang /Ningbo, Zhejiang /Yuyao, Zhejiang /Shanghai, Jiangsu /Suzhou, Jiangsu /Hainan Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Jiaji, Hainan /Kachek, Hainan /Qiongzhou, Hainan /Kiungchow, Hainan /Hoichow, Hainan /Ledong, Hainan /Nodoa, Hainan /Hunan Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Changsha, Hunan /Changteh, Hunan /Chenchow, Hunan /Hengzhou, Hunan /Siangtan, Hubei /Kiangnan Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Huaiyuan, Anhui /Shouzhou, Anhui /Showchow, Anhui/Suzhou, Anhui /Nansuchow, Anhui /Anhui /Nanjing, Jiangsu /Jiangsu /Hainan /Hunan /Hubei /North China Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Baoding, Hebei /Beijing (Beiping) /Shunde, Hebei /Hebei /Zhili /Shantung Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Yantai, Shandong /Shandong /Chefoo /Yizhou /Dengzhou, Shandong /Tengxian, Shandong /Ji'nan, Shandong /Qingdao, Shandong /Jining, Shandong /Weixian, Shandong /Yixian, Shandong /South China Mission, American Presbyterians, North /Guangzhou, Guangdong /Guangdong /Lianzhou, Guangdong /Linchow, Guangdong /Yangjiang, Guangdong /Yeungkong, Guangdo