Lloyd R. Craighill

Lloyd Rutherford Craighill (September 3, 1886 – March 13, 1971) (Honorary D.D., Virginia Theological Seminary) was an American missionary to China, born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Craighill was consecrated on November 29, 1940, as the second Bishop of Anking. He succeeded Daniel Trumbull Huntington, who had served as first missionary Bishop of Anking. Craighill left China in 1949.

References

Marian G. Craighill, The Craighills of China (Ambler, Pennsylvania: The Trinity Press, 1972).

Protestant missions to China
Background	Christianity Protestantism Chinese history Missions timeline Christianity in China Nestorians Jesuits Protestant missions in China 1807–1953
People	Thomas J. Arnold Gladys Aylward Pearl S. Buck Thomas Cochrane Hunter Corbett Jonathan Goforth Karl Gützlaff Carl C. Jeremiassen Eric Liddell Robert Samuel Maclay Lottie Moon Robert Morrison (1782-1834) Gideon Nye Timothy Richard Issachar Jacox Roberts (1802-1871) Cambridge Seven Hudson Taylor (more missionaries)
Missionary agencies	OMF International/China Inland Mission LMS ABCFM CMS M.E.M US Presbyterian Mission (more agencies)
Impact	Bible translations into Chinese Medical missions in China Manchurian revival Chinese Christian colleges Chinese hymnody Chinese Roman Type Minnan Roman Type Foochow Roman Type Anti-footbinding Anti-opium
Pivotal events	Taiping Rebellion First Opium War Second Opium War Unequal treaty Yangzhou riot Tianjin Massacre Kucheng Massacre Boxer Crisis Xinhai Revolution Chinese Civil War WWII People's Republic
Chinese Protestants	Feng Yuxiang Liang Fa Wat Ngong (Qu Yaang) Samuel Lamb Wang Ming-Dao Watchman Nee Xi Shengmo Sun Yat-sen John Sung Allen Yuan

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 127091586 IATH: w6b305m3

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