Life of William Carey: Shoemaker and Missionary

by George Smith BSC Msc Phdfrcophth

Overview

William Carey was one of the most remarkable Christians in history -- a self-taught linguist, pastor, missionary, and visionary who paved the way for the modern missionary movement.

Born in England in near poverty and seemingly without any hopes of advancement, Carey was called by God to minister to his sheep. In Carey's case, the call came for ministering to the sheep in other parts of the world! Struggling against the hyper-Calvinist mindset of his fellow pastors, Carey led the way to form the Baptist Missionary Society and volunteered himself and his family to pioneer the way to foreign missions.

In India, Carey laid the groundwork for almost all aspects of the missionary enterprise: evangelization, education, translation of the Scriptures, publishing, social and cultural influences. Along with his missionary team, Carey literally fulfilled his dream from his days as a shoemaker in England.

Expect great things from God --

Attempt great things for God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536976120
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/09/2016
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

William Carey (17 August 1761 - 9 June 1834) was an English Baptist missionary and a Particular Baptist minister, known as the "father of modern missions." Carey was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society. As a missionary in the Danish colony, Serampore, India, he translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and several other languages and dialects.
William Carey, the oldest of five children, was born to Edmund and Elizabeth Carey, who were weavers by trade in the village of Paulerspury in Northamptonshire. William was raised in the Church of England; when he was six, his father was appointed the parish clerk and village schoolmaster. As a child he was naturally inquisitive and keenly interested in the natural sciences, particularly botany. He possessed a natural gift for language, teaching himself Latin.
At the age of 14, Carey's father apprenticed him to a cobbler in the nearby village of Piddington, Northamptonshire. His master, Clarke Nichols, was a churchman like himself, but another apprentice, John Warr, was a Dissenter. Through his influence Carey would eventually leave the Church of England and join with other Dissenters to form a small Congregational church in nearby Hackleton. While apprenticed to Nichols, he also taught himself Greek with the help of a local villager who had a college education.