Work in London
He offered to join the China Inland Mission founded by James Hudson Taylor in 1865, but took Taylor's advice to continue his work in London.
In March, 1873 Henry and wife Fanny started the famous East London Missionary Training Institute (also called Harley College) at Harley House in Bromley-by-Bow, East End of London with just six students. The renowned Dr. Thomas Barnardo was co-director with Dr. Guinness and greatly influenced by him. The school trained 1330 missionaries for 30 societies of 30 denominations.
Harley College became so successful it needed a larger home. In 1883, Elizabeth Hulme offered Guinness "Cliff House" near Calver, Derbyshire. Harley College was renamed Hulme Cliff College. Now known as Cliff College it continues to this day training and equipping Christians for mission and evangelism.
In 1877 Guinness founded the Livingstone Inland Mission, in 1888, the Congo-Balolo Mission, and in 1898 initiated the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. His son Dr. Henry Grattan Guinness (1861–1915) co-founded the Congo Reform Association in 1904.
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