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William Carey (1761-1834)
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Born August 17th, 1761 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire; died June 9th, 1834 in Frederickspagar (now Shrirampur), India.� Founder of the English Baptist Missionary Society (1792) Link --> [Link] .� Lifelong missionary to India, and educator whose mission at Serampur set the pattern for modern missionary work.� He has been called the "father of Bengali prose" for his grammars, dictionaries, and translations.
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A Baptist from 1783, Carey served for several years as a pastor in Moulton, Northamptonshire, where he also taught school and continued his trade as a shoemaker. In 1789 he transferred to the Friar Lane Baptist chapel at Leicester and supported his family with a shoe repair (cobblers) business.� Three years later published a pamphlet entitled An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, which led to his formation, with a dozen other ministers, of the English Baptist Missionary Society.
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Quotation: "If, after my removal, anyone should think it worth his while to write my life, I will give you a criterion by which you may judge of its correctness.� If he gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly.� Anything beyond this will be too much.� I can plod.... To this I owe everything."�
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Source: The Daily Bread
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Central Baptist Church, Leicester, is a Christian community whose roots go deep in terms of Baptist history, yet they are very much a fellowship who are part of the modern city around them.� Central is the location for a museum dedicated to the work of the pioneer missionary, William Carey, who was instrumental in the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society.� The museum is well worth a visit if you have the opportunity; however, just by clicking on the link above, you can visit the Central Baptist website and view various tableaus from the William Carey Museum.
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