William Judson And The Father Of The Foreign Mission Movement

(When it was started) The Foreign Mission Board (IMB) was the start of an organized mission movement to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This organization has grown and changed over the last few centuries with influences from many God-fearing men and women. These people have shaped the mission board that we have today and have helped carry out the Great Commission that each Christian is called to

They were 3 of the most influential men during the start of the missions movement in its early formations from early to mid 1800s. The Father of the Great mission movement is usually known as William Carey. In 1792, Carey called his “reluctant Baptist brethren to action.” (pg6 Whole Gospel). He reminded Christians that “the call to missions
Through his lifelong physical ailments, Judson carried out God’s work in his life and his call to missions. He died doing what God had called him to do. His story shows a lifelong commitment to missionary service, which is what many long to be said about themselves (124 Int. Bulletin). Through illness, death of his wives, death of his children, and imprisonment, Judson never gave up on missions. He helped form the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Through his works and his commitment to God’s call, Judson furthered the mission movement and helped propel the movement toward the later known Foreign Mission
With their call to mission, more and more women were stepping up to become missionaries as well. All of these efforts were carried out by the Foreign Mission Board with whom she kept regular contact with. Theses woman’s involvement in missions helped people realize that women in the mission field could help reach other women for Christ in a way that men cannot; William Carey even realized this but the board would not allow women to be sent at that time. Lottie Moon and her sisters were God-fearing woman that sought to reach the world for