William Carey Research Paper

William Carrey was born to parents Edmund and Elizabeth Carrey on August 17, 1761. Expected by his family to be a cobbler he began his apprenticeship at a young age. As William was working his master encouraged him to read, soon Carrey became one of the smartest men in England. William would attend church since it was the correct thing to do, but was never convinced of his need for a savior. He was invited to a meeting where he was touched by the salvation message and gave his life to the Lord. And later became known as “the father of world missions”

As William began to grow in the Lord he began to feel compassionate for the lost world. He wondered why the christians didn’t try to help reach the world like the Moravians did. He began the missionary society in 1792
His family endured lots of hardship due to lack of finances and sickness taking two of their children. His wife was so affected by her children deaths she later began to be delusional and was ultimately kept in a room and physically restrained. Accompanied by his friend Dr. John Thomas and his family, they moved to Bengali. As soon as they landed they began to preach. William Carey’s plan to evangelize India was divided into three parts: preach the gospel of Christ, translate the Bible into as many dialects as possible, and establish schools for biblical and secular training.

Though hopeful they soon began to see how difficult their plan would be to achieve. As they began their work, Dr. Thomas ran out of funds to settle in India and consequently used all of the missionary society’s money. When