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Their small, self-supporting communities spread from to South Africa. Similarly, in Europe these organizations were usually created geographicallysuch as the Basel (1815), Berlin (1824), and Leipzig (1836) societies. Their greatest impact was in the production of vast corps of able and educated women, especially in Asia, who played major roles in the professions and in church leadership. Nondenominational faith missions viewed J. Hudson Taylor's China Inland Mission (1865; after 1965 called the Overseas Missionary Fellowship) as the great prototype. Missions such as these often sought to work in areas unoccupied by other missionaries, guaranteed no salaries, and left financial support in God's hands; but most bodies made their financial needs known to a wide constituency. Their chief aim has been to proclaim the Gospel and eschew the provision of social services. These societies joined together in the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA; 1917). Since the 19! 60s they have cooperated with the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association (EFMA; 1945), the missionary arm of the National Association of Evangelicals (1943), and, at the international level, with the World Evangelical Fellowship (1952). The Vellore Medical College is a monument to the missionary physician Ida Scudder (18701959). The vast majority of Indian nurses also have been Christian. In , Dutch chaplains established churches in the 17th century. In the mid-19th century, the German enabled the of Sumatra to grow in size and commitment and to provide leadership for the nation. Other strong churches developed in various parts of predominantly Muslim Indonesia. Following the Opium War treaties of 184244 and 185860, China was opened to Westerners. The Boxer Rebellion of 18991900 brought death to thousands of Chinese Christians and several hundred missionaries. A handful of American Presbyterians and Methodists entered Korea in 1884, and the faith they planted flourished t! hrough the 20th century, despite Korea's long wartime devastat! ion. In the late 20th century, strong annual compounding growth continueda situation unique among the Asian nations. Most of these churches have remained small. mission church