{"id":1254,"date":"2023-04-19T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:18:29","slug":"church-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/04\/19\/church-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Church History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Carey (1761-1824)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a newly ordained minister, William Carey stood up among his Baptist counterparts and made a case for the necessity of overseas missions. An older man immediately shut him down, saying that if God wanted to save the heathen, He could do it alone. Fortunately, William Carey did not listen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carey believed that the Great Commission of Matthew 28:18\u201320 was a <strong>binding command on every generation<\/strong> of Christians. Eventually, he took his family from England to India. There he began to evangelize the nation. Over time Carey translated the Bible into dozens of languages for the people of India. He and his colleagues founded a college whose primary goal was to train indigenous ministers. William Carey is widely hailed to be the father of modern missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is it essential to know church history? Because God has often used obscure people to do great things in His kingdom. These people often lacked connections, finances, and education, but God was able to use them to change lives. How will you let God use you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Carey (1761-1824) As a newly ordained minister, William Carey stood up among his Baptist counterparts and made a case for the necessity of overseas missions. An older man immediately shut him down, saying that if God wanted to save the heathen, He could do it alone. Fortunately, William Carey did not listen. Carey believed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/04\/19\/church-history\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Church History&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"God wants to use you today to change 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