Complex sentence: His father was a third-generation Presbyterian minister from a distinguished family in Virginia and Kentucky and arrived in China in 1868, one of the first three Presbyterian ministers sent to China from the U.S. and the first Christian minister to preach in Hangzhou.
Split into simpler sentences: His father was a third-generation Presbyterian minister from a distinguished family in Virginia and Kentucky. He arrived in China in 1868, one of the first three Presbyterian ministers sent to China from the U.S. and the first Christian minister to preach in Hangzhou.