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''Synopsis:'' {{Infobox_Contents |topic_name = William Carey is known as the "Father of Modern Missionaries".| ----__TOC__{{topics}}* subtopics = [[Mission]]| opinion_pieces = {{opinionsshort_opinions}}| ==Main article==}}
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William Carey is known as the "Father of Modern Missionaries".
===Brief Timeline===
1761 - Born; from a young age had a passion for overseasmission
1783 - Baptized
1792
* Wrote his '''Missionary Manifesto'''- Great Commission applies to all Christians
* Preached on the importance of mission from [[Isaiah 54]]
* Formation of a society that would become the [[Baptist Missionary Society]]
1799
* Moves to the Danish colony of [[Serampore]] because of the hostility of the British East India Companywhich feared that missionary activity might cause tensions and riots that would hinder trade
1800
1808
* Sanskrit New Testament published (plus a few others in other Indian languages)
1810
* William Carey suggested that an International Missionary Conference meet (but this suggestion fell on deaf ears, however it can be seen as the forerunner of the ecumenical movement)
1824
==Links==
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Famous Christians]][[Category:Famous Christians]]
