HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA I. The Beginning of Christianity in India – The Tradition of St. Thomas and Bartholomew The Christian church in arose out of the events described in the central portion of the Apostle’s Creed – the birth‚ passion and resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ. These happen in the small country of Palestine in the first century‚ an its spread outwards from Palestine through the work of his apostles‚ their helpers and successors‚ who planted the church in country after country
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William Carey A Missionary Who Transformed a Nation When Englishman William Carey (1761–1834) arrived in India in 1793‚ it marked a major milestone in the history of Christian missions and in the history of India. Carey established the Serampore Mission—the first modern Protestant mission in the non-English-speaking world—near Calcutta on January 10‚ 1800.1 From this base‚ he labored for nearly a quarter century to spread the gospel throughout the land. In the end his triumph was spectacular
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