Missionary and evangelist of Presbyterian Church. Torrey worked as a church planter and evangelist after he was married they went to China under the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. In Dec 1941 they were interred by the Japanese but released one year later. Returning to the United States Torrey worked for the Furlough Fellowship of Service in the Chicago Board of Foreign Missions. In late 1944 he served as liaison officer for Chiang Kai-Skek to the American Forces and in 1945 lost his right arm in a truck accident. After recovering in the United States he returned to China for the Presbyterian Church but was forced to leave when the communists took over. In 1952 the Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations of the United Presbyterian Church started a project to help rehabilitate amputee victims in South Korea-the Korean Amputee Rehabilitation Project was founded with Torrey as Director. He retired in 1959.
Missionary and evangelist of Presbyterian Church. Torrey worked as a church planter and evangelist after he was married they went to China under the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. In Dec 1941 they were interred by the Japanese but released one year later. Returning to the United States Torrey worked for the Furlough Fellowship of Service in the Chicago Board of Foreign Missions. In late 1944 he served as liaison officer for Chiang Kai-Skek to the American Forces and in 1945 lost his right arm in a truck accident. After recovering in the United States he returned to China for the Presbyterian Church but was forced to leave when the communists took over. In 1952 the Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations of the United Presbyterian Church started a project to help rehabilitate amputee victims in South Korea-the Korean Amputee Rehabilitation Project was founded with Torrey as Director. He retired in 1959.
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