The Serampore Form of Agreement

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Along with William Carey's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Enquiry</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Serampore Form of Agreement</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> (SFA) laid the foundation of the modern missionary movement. The </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Enquiry</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> recovered the Great Commission as a duty of the church and outlined a practical agenda for its fulfillment. The SFA provided a philosophy and a guide for missionary practice on the field. Both works move boldly from theological first principles to urgent implementation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This commentary on the SFA provides another volume in the William Ward Project begun in 2023 to commemorate the bicentenary of the author's death. Each Statement of the SFA is analyzed by international scholars whose global dispersion and varied denominational commitments give testimony to the continued relevance of this seminal document.</span></p><p></p><p></p>