Otto F. Schoerner
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Otto Frederick Schoerner (20 August 1906, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
-18 May 2008 Carol Stream, IL) was a missionary with the China Inland Mission
to Chinese Turkestan and Gansu
.
He graduated from Moody Bible Institute
. And in 1931 answered a call from China Inland Mission, then seeking 200 new volunteers to work in China. He was one of the last five of that 200.
After language school Schoerner was assigned to Xinjiang. He and Raymond H. Joyce
were assigned to Qitai, China
where they served for almost six years. During this time he proposed by mail to Katharine Dodd—a classmate from Moody Bible Institute
.
In 1938 Schoerner, Will Drew, and Raymond H. Joyce
traveled by horseback through the Himalaya mountains until they reached India , where they sailed to Shanghai.
He married Katharine on November 1938, and they were as a couple dispatched to teach in a school in Honan Province. Later they settled in Gansu Province, where Schoerner served as business manager for the Borden Memorial Hospital
, a China Inland Mission
hospital founded in memory of William Borden
.
Communism forced him and his family to leave the country.
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Population in 1900, 7,344; in 1910, 13,344; in 1920, 15,692; and in 1940, 21,819. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census...
-18 May 2008 Carol Stream, IL) was a missionary with the China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
to Chinese Turkestan and Gansu
Gansu
' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...
.
He graduated from Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a Christian institution of higher education and related ministries that was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. Since its founding, MBI's main campus has been located in the Near North Side of Chicago. MBI's primary ministries are education,...
. And in 1931 answered a call from China Inland Mission, then seeking 200 new volunteers to work in China. He was one of the last five of that 200.
After language school Schoerner was assigned to Xinjiang. He and Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond Hewlett Joyce was a missionary to China with the China Inland Mission. He continued to work with Muslim people around the world after he was expelled from China by the Communists....
were assigned to Qitai, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
where they served for almost six years. During this time he proposed by mail to Katharine Dodd—a classmate from Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute
Moody Bible Institute is a Christian institution of higher education and related ministries that was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. Since its founding, MBI's main campus has been located in the Near North Side of Chicago. MBI's primary ministries are education,...
.
In 1938 Schoerner, Will Drew, and Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond Hewlett Joyce was a missionary to China with the China Inland Mission. He continued to work with Muslim people around the world after he was expelled from China by the Communists....
traveled by horseback through the Himalaya mountains until they reached India , where they sailed to Shanghai.
He married Katharine on November 1938, and they were as a couple dispatched to teach in a school in Honan Province. Later they settled in Gansu Province, where Schoerner served as business manager for the Borden Memorial Hospital
Borden Memorial Hospital
Borden Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu, China.It was founded by the China Inland Mission, from money donated by the Borden family after the death of William Whiting Borden...
, a China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
hospital founded in memory of William Borden
William Borden
William Borden is the name of:*William Whiting Borden , American philanthropist and missionary*William Cline Borden , American surgeon and planner of Walter Reed Army Medical Center...
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Communism forced him and his family to leave the country.
See also
- Percy C. MatherPercy C. MatherPercy Cunningham Mather was a pioneer British Protestant Christian missionary to China, the second China Inland Mission missionary to Xinjiang....
- Emil FischbacherEmil FischbacherEmil Fischbacher 巴醫生 was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary to Xinjiang. He served with the China Inland Mission.Fischbacher was born in Glasgow, Scotland, 9 August 1903....
- George W. HunterGeorge W. Hunter (missionary)George W. Hunter was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Turkestan. He served with the China Inland Mission.-Early life:...