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William Carey's India
posted 10/01/1992 12:00AM
Christianity Before Carey
• Malabar Christians: claim their church was founded by the apostle Thomas. Christianity certainly present in India by 300s.
• Catholics: Francis Xavier does Jesuit mission work in 1540s; later, in Madura, missionaries win 150,000 converts by 1700.
• Pietist Lutherans: establish mission in 1706; by Carey’s time the Lutheran community numbers perhaps 20–40,000.
• Dutch Reformed: 342,000 believers on Ceylon by 1800.
Key Sites in Carey’s Mission Work
• Calcutta: Lands in this bustling city in November 1793; soon runs low on funds and moves 30 miles north to Bandel; within weeks moves back to a malaria-ridden marsh northeast of Calcutta for a few more weeks; in 1801, begins teaching in Fort William College here.
• Sundarbans: In 1794, lives for three months in this huge area of jungle, swamps, and rivers, to cultivate some rent-free land; begins building bamboo hut.
• Mudnabatti: Also in 1794, moves to this town 250 miles north, near Malda, to ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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