Serampore Trio

The Serampore Trio was the name given to three pioneering English missionaries, namely Marshman, Ward and Carey. They came to Bengal from England, Caret at 1792 and other two at 1800 to develop Baptist missionary in the 18th century. They selected a village Serampore at a distance of 13 kilometers from north of Culcutta as their center. So, for this reason they are called Serampore Trio.[1]

New college in Serampore

On 5 July 1818, William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward (another member of their missionary team) issued a prospectus (written by Marshman) for a proposed new "College for the instruction of Asiatic, Christian, and other youth in Eastern literature and European science". Thus was born Serampore College - which still continues to this day.

At times funds were tight, and after a brief and false rumour alleging misapplication of funds caused the flow of funds being raised by Ward in America dried up, Carey wrote, "Dr. Marshman is as poor as I am, and I can scarcely lay by a sum monthly to relieve three or four indigent relatives in Europe. I might have had large possessions, but I have given my all, except what I ate, drank, and wore, to the cause of missions, and Dr. Marshman has done the same, and so did Mr. Ward."

The trio's aim was to give an education in arts and sciences to students of every "caste, colour or country" and to train people for ministry in the growing church in India (See: Christianity in India).

From its beginning the College has been ecumenical but this means that it has no automatic basis of support from any one branch of the Christian church. Prior to 1818, the Serampore Trio had worked together in providing education for their own children and the children, including females, of the native Indians.

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References
  1. Christian mission to Muslims: the record : Anglican and Reformed approaches ... By Lyle L. Vander Werff
  2. J.C.Marshman - Carey, Marshman & Ward (1864)
  3. Beck, James R. Dorothy Carey: The Tragic and Untold Story of Mrs. William Carey. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1992.
  4. Stennett's "Memoirs of the Life of William Ward", 1825
  • Arts of transitional India twentieth century, Volume 1 By Vinayak Purohit
  • National Council of Churches review, Volume 126
  • Muslims and missionaries in pre-mutiny India By Avril Ann Powell
  • Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Volume 3
  • Encyclopedia of evangelicalism By Randall Herbert Balmer
  • Christianity Today



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