Baptist Missionary Society
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The Baptist Missionary Society (from 2000 BMS World Mission) is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England around 1792. The original name of the society was the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen.
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[edit] Mission Statement
As a Christian mission organisation, BMS World Mission aims to share life in all its fullness with the world's peoples by:
- enabling them to know Christ
- alleviating suffering and injustice
- improving the quality of life
with people as the primary agent of change - motivating, training, sending and resourcing them.
[edit] History
In 1792, William Carey was sent to Serampore near Calcutta, India as a missionary. He was followed by many co-workers, firstly to India, and subsequently to other countries in Asia, Europe, South America and Africa. The society's original name was The Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen.
[edit] Today
Today BMS World Mission has over a 320 workers in 40 countries including: Congo, France, Nepal, and Angola.
Few missionaries are sent today who do not have practical skills to enable to positive social and economic changes on a local scale. Obvious examples of such skills are medical workers and teachers.
BMS's main base of operations is in Baptist House, the centre of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, in Didcot, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom.
[edit] External links
- BMS World Mission
- Center for the study of the life and work of William Carey, USAincludes Works by and about William Carey
- Works by William Carey at Project Gutenberg
- Website about the Missionary pioneer William Ward
- Friends of Serampore UK support group for College founded by early Baptist missionaries
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