{"id":33144,"date":"2022-12-29T14:18:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www4.hkbts.edu.hk\/?p=33144"},"modified":"2024-01-31T12:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:38:04","slug":"1792%ef%bc%8dwilliam-carey-and-the-rediscovery-of-the-great-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/en","title":{"rendered":"1792\uff0dWilliam Carey and the Rediscovery of the Great Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>1792 - William Carey and the Rediscovery of the Great Commission<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#235ba8\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Brian STANLEY<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The English Baptist missionary in Bengal, William Carey (1761-1834), should be remembered, not so much as &#039;the father of modern missions&#039;, but more as a voice who called Christians of his day to remember that the task of bringing the gospel to all sections of humanity was one that was well founded in scripture and well supported by precedents throughout the history of the church. 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