THE SERAMPORE MISSIONARY
The Baptist missionaries led by William Carey and his associates Joshua Marshman and William Ward credited with the introduction & spread of Christianity in the North India. William Carey arrived in India in 1793 and lived for six years in North Bengal before moving to Serampore, a Danish settlement in 1800 to join fellow Baptist missionaries Joshua Marshman and William Ward, popularly referred to as the ‘Serampore Trio.’ The missionaries realized the importance of education in disseminating the gospel in India. Carey, Marshman, and Ward started several schools for both boys and girls. In addition to starting educations, preaching and translation works, the trio also made a notable contribution to social and cultural development in India. William Carey was engaged in translating the Bible into the native languages. As missionaries realized the importance of native languages. Through printing the gospel was spread to a wider social class living in far r...