Indian Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
Following Ziegenbalg came Johann Phillip Fabricius (1711 – 1791) a German Christian missionary who
also took up studying Tamil and became a Tamil scholar He arrived in South India in 1740 to take
charge of a small Tamil Lutheran congregation in Madras and expanded it during his stay. During his
time in Madras he wrote several Christian hymns in Tamil and published the first Tamil to English
Dictionary. He improved the Tamil Bible is considerably by reading his work to a lot of people in order to
get their feedback and response.
William Carey (1761 – 1834)
The King (Federick VI) and Queen of Denmark
Carey was a British shoe maker who left the Anglican Church and became a Particular Baptist minister,
pastor in the Baptist Mission. He got interested in the mission among the "Heathens" amd started the
Baptist Missionary Society along with others. He is today known as the "father of modern missions".
Even though the British East India company was still in India as commercial institution, they were hostile
to the missionaries who came down to India. Carey well knew about this hostility
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