Daniel Poor was one of the pioneer missionaries of the American Board who started the American Ceylon Mission in Jaffna in 1816.

Its pioneer missionaries came to Sarawak in late 1928 to evangelize the untouched pagan tribes of Central Borneo.

Majority of them belong to Mara Evangelical Church in Myanmar, founded by the pioneer missionaries.

It was by the sheer efforts and initiatives of the pioneer missionaries that the Mizo language was abridged into writing by adopting the Roman Script.

Sisters of the Holy Infant Jesus were among the pioneer missionaries in Malaya and Japan.

He served alongside other pioneer missionaries such as Samuel Dyer and his wife, Maria (Tarn) Dyer.

Pastor Stephen Haskell, one of the pioneer missionaries to Australia, was also keen to spread the message throughout New Zealand, which he had visited briefly on his initial voyage to Australia.

The American Mission, founded in Jaffna by the pioneer missionaries in 1816, began establishing numerous Christian schools in the Jaffna peninsula.

He was one of the pioneer missionaries that were recruited in the early years of the agency by Hudson Taylor.

They were pioneer missionaries and worked in more than a dozen places in China.