The Cobbler God Sent to the Nations
In 1792, a young cobbler named William Carey stood before a gathering of Baptist ministers in Northampton, England, and proposed that Christians had an obligation...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Samuel 16:1-13.
In 1792, a young cobbler named William Carey stood before a gathering of Baptist ministers in Northampton, England, and proposed that Christians had an obligation to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth. An older minister reportedly thundered, "Sit down, young man! When God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine."…
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