George Stott

Who was George Stott?

George Stott was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China with the newly formed China Inland Mission. Although he was an amputee, missing his left leg, he labored for the Gospel in China for 23 years, arriving in October, 1865. His efforts brought Christianity to the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, where the teaching had been unknown, previously. The oldest church in the city, Chengxi Christian Church, still stands as a testimony to his work among the people that he loved. As a result of the ongoing influence of the message of Christ first brought there by Stott, Wenzhou is known today as the “Jerusalem of China” because in the entire Wenzhou Municipality, which has 6 million inhabitants, there are more than 600,000 evangelical Protestants – 10% of the population.

His wife Grace Ciggie wrote of his early life:

"Mr. Stott had been brought up to farm work, but when he was about nineteen years of age he slipped on the road and knocked his knee against a stone. This simple accident resulted in white swelling, which, two years later, necessitated the amputation of the left leg.