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BMS World Mission

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BMS World Mission
AbbreviationBMS
Formation1792
TypeMissionary Society
HeadquartersDidcot,Great Britain
General Director
Kang San-Tan
WebsiteOfficial website

BMS World Mission,officiallyBaptist Missionary Society,is aChristian missionarysociety founded byBaptistsfromEnglandin 1792. The headquarters is inDidcot,England.

History

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The BMS was formed in 1792 as theParticular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathenat a meeting inKettering,England,where twelveParticular Baptistministers signed an agreement.[1][2]They were; Thomas Blundel, Joshua Burton, John Eayres,Andrew Fuller,Abraham Greenwood, William Heighton, Reynold Hogg,Samuel Pearce,John Ryland,Edward Sherman,John Sutcliff,Joseph Timms.[3]William Staughton,present at the meeting, did not sign since he was not a minister.[4]The first missionaries,William Careyand John Thomas, were sent toBengal,India in 1793.[5][6]They were followed by many co-workers, firstly to India, and subsequently to other countries in Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and South America. BMS opened missions in China in 1860. It began operating in China's Shanxi province in 1877, despite local hostility toward “foreign devils.” In theBoxer Rebellionof 1900 all its missionaries there were killed, along with all 120 converts.[7]Timothy Richardis one of the most well-known Baptist missionaries to China.

Francis Augustus Coxwrote a history of the Baptist Missionary Society from its formation until 1842.[6]Brian Stanleywas commissioned to write a history of the society for its bicentenary (1992).[8]

It is also known as BMS World Mission since 2000.[9]

List of missionaries

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Programmes

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BMS works in many ways around the world, includingchurch planting,development, disaster relief, education, health, and media and advocacy. Mission personnel can go long-term, mid-term, short-term or as part of a team.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Robert E. Johnson,A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches,Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 99
  2. ^J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann,Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices,ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 292
  3. ^George Smith (30 June 2011).The Life of William Carey, D.D: Shoemaker and Missionary.Cambridge University Press. p. 52.ISBN978-1-108-02918-6.
  4. ^Alan Betteridge (1 August 2010).Deep Roots, Living Branches: A History of Baptists in the English Western Midlands.Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 108.ISBN978-1-84876-277-0.
  5. ^Jonathan M. Yeager,Early Evangelicalism: A Reader,OUP USA, USA, 2013, p. 357
  6. ^abHistory of the Baptist Missionary Society, from 1792 to 1842,Francis Augustus Cox,1842, accessed April 2009
  7. ^R. G. Tiedemann,Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century(2009) p. 125.
  8. ^Stanley, Brian (1992).The History of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1792-1992.London: T.& T.Clark Ltd.ISBN0567096149.
  9. ^R. G. Tiedemann,Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth,Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames, 2016, p. 125
  10. ^Vernon, Gervase (2019). "Dr E W Price, the discoverer of podoconiosis".Journal of Medical Biography.30(1). Sage Journals: 2–5.doi:10.1177/0967772019888406.PMID31735101.S2CID208142196.
  11. ^Obituary. (2016)."David Hedley Wilson".BMJ.Retrieved18 December2019.
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