Issue 36 William Carey and the Great Missions Century

Little-known or remarkable facts about William Carey.

William Carey was an unlikely candidate for the title many now bestow on him: Father of Modern Missions.

No matter how great the obstacles, William Carey expected great things and attempted great things.

How a lukewarm Anglican became a fiery Baptist.

Carey saw little success until he was joined by this team.

An excerpt from “the Magna Carta" of the Protestant mission movement.

What caused the surprising burst of Protestant world missions in the eighteenth-century?

They boldly went where no Christian had gone before.

Chronology of key events in William Carey's life and mission.

Christianity in India before Carey.

The model missionary did not have a model home.

A psychologist examines the mental illness that afflicted William Carey’s first wife.

Key people in Carey's life

Carey and his team set forth principles that still guide us today

Infanticide, widow burning, assisted suicide—Carey and other missionaries battled these accepted religious practices

Hindus believed that when a man died, his widow should be burned with him.

Was Carey right when he said, “I have done little for God”?

Additional resources about William Carey, his life, and mission.

The experts said a church-history magazine would never work. On our 10th anniversary, we look back with founder Ken Curtis.