Robert Baird McClure

Robert Baird McClure M.B. M.D. D.D. LL.D. D.Litt. FRCS (Edin.) FICS CC
23rd Moderator of the United Church of Canada
Church	United Church of Canada
In office	1968-1971
Predecessor	Wilfred C. Lockhart
Successor	Arthur B. B. Moore
Personal details
Born	November 23, 1900 Portland, Oregan
Died	November 10, 1991(1991-11-10) (aged 90) Toronto, Ontario
Spouse	Amy Hislop
Profession	Physician
Alma mater	University of Toronto McGill University

Robert Baird McClure FRCS (Edin.) FICS CC (November 23, 1900 – November 10, 1991) was a Canadian physician, medical missionary, and was elected Moderator of the United Church of Canada by the 23rd General Council in Kingston, Ontario in 1968. He was the first lay person to be elected to this position.

Early life

Born in Portland, Oregon, the son of a medical missionary, he spent the first fifteen years of his life in China.

He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Medicine in 1922. In 1923, he was appointed a medical missionary to Henan, China and served until 1948. He was the only medical missionary in India and China who was able to provide radium treatment for cancer. He was also on the staff of the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Gaza, Palestine.

Church Involvement

He was Moderator of the United Church of Canada 1968–1971 and in 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

References

Munroe Scott, McClure: The China Years; McClure: Years of Challenge (biography of Dr. Robert McClure, vols. 1 and 2), Penguin Books Canada, Toronto 1979 and 1985.
McClure, Robert G., Vintage McClure; (with Diane Forrest), ISBN 1-55011-055-1, Welch Publishing, Burlington, Ontario 1988.

Religious titles
Preceded by Wilfred C. Lockhart	Moderator of the United Church of Canada 1968–1971	Succeeded by Arthur B. B. Moore

United Church of Canada

Moderators	Pidgeon Endicott Gunn Oliver Moore Roberts Bryce Woodside Tuttle Sclater Arnup Jones Brewing Nicholson Scott Dorey Thomson MacQueen H. A. McLeod Mutchmor Howse Lockhart McClure Moore B. McLeod Howard Tuttle Wilson MacDonald Smith Squire Lee Farquharson McKay Best Phipps Pardy Short Guiliano Tindal Paterson Cantwell

Structure	Moderator Conferences and Presbyteries Clergy

Issues and doctrine	Homosexuality Canadian Indian residential school system

Theological Schools and Education Centres	Atlantic School of Theology Centre for Christian Studies Emmanuel College Five Oaks Centre Queen's School of Religion St. Andrew's College Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre Tatamagouche Centre United Theological College/Le Séminaire Uni Vancouver School of Theology

Other	Voices United More Voices

Protestant missions to China

Background	Christianity Protestantism Chinese history Missions timeline Christianity in China Nestorians Jesuits Protestant missions in China 1807–1953

People	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 (1902-1871) 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: 36508926

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