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William Carey

"William Carey"

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William Carey was born was born on the 17th of August 1761, his family had lived in poverty, he was brought up in a small village/town of Paulerspury in Northampton. William had an interested in different things one of which was historical events and science, his hobbies avowed in things such as reading books and stories based on adventure which he loved. When william was 16 he had got an apprenticeship for a shoemaker (is the process of making footwear), years bend that he became a shoemaker himself. William was not satisfied by his the poverty that his family had so he became religious and learnt the bible in 6 different languages; Latin, Greek, Hebrew, ...

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William drew out a map of the places in the world where the gospel had not been heard of yet, so he had dreams and visions of missionaries. When William first brought up the idea, the people that he lived near, didn't have the same passions for God and becoming a missionary as he did about it, some of the people we so against it and didn't want anything to do with it they started putting him down and saying it was interfering with Gods work. William still never gave up his dreams. Later on in a meeting of ministers William brought up the idea and they where looking down upon it, but that did not change his mind. On October 2nd, 1792 in a widows house twelve ministers where present, the Baptist missionary society was made and William was to be the first missionary that there ever was He had loved everything that he had started and people where also believing in him by this time.. When word of the organisation got to ministries in London, they all advised against the idea. William ...

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Added: 9/1/2013 07:15:39 AM
Submitted By: andrewfielding
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