2012
SP8678 : Carey Mission House plaque
taken 13 years ago, near to Kettering, North Northamptonshire, England
Carey Mission House plaque
Plaque in front of the Carey Mission House Link
In this house on Octr. 2nd 1792, a meeting was held to form a society for propagating the Gospel among the heathen and £13.2s.6d was contributed for that purpose. Andrew Fuller was elected Secretary and Reynold Hogg Treasurer. William Carey to whose sermon at Nottingham in May of the same year, the movement was due, embarked for India on June 13th 1793. This meeting marks the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society and the inauguration of modern foreign missions.
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God
In this house on Octr. 2nd 1792, a meeting was held to form a society for propagating the Gospel among the heathen and £13.2s.6d was contributed for that purpose. Andrew Fuller was elected Secretary and Reynold Hogg Treasurer. William Carey to whose sermon at Nottingham in May of the same year, the movement was due, embarked for India on June 13th 1793. This meeting marks the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society and the inauguration of modern foreign missions.
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God
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- Grid Square
- SP8678, 139 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Richard Croft (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 30 January, 2012 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 30 January, 2012
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SP 8652 7889 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.0716N 0:43.7845W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SP 8652 7889
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
