The Serampore Form of Agreement: A Commentary

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The Serampore Form of Agreement: A Commentary

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edited by Samuel E. Masters and Peter de Vries

Along with William Carey’s Enquiry, The Serampore Form of Agreement (SFA) laid the foundation of the modern missionary movement. The Enquiry 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. 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.

CONTRIBUTORS G. Landon Adams, Joshua Bowman, Michael Chatterjee, Bennie R. Crockett, Jr., Pratap Chandra Gine, Michael A.G. Haykin, Johan Kommers, Samuel E. Masters, Peter J. Morden, Myron Noonkester, Matthew M. Reynolds, Johnson Thomaskutty, Peter de Vries

The 1805 Form of Agreement issued by the Serampore Mission is a document whose importance has not been widely recognized by either historians or missiologists. It provides crucial evidence for the influence of the Moravians on the Serampore Mission, while its clear implication that the formation of covenanted communities of Christian believers from different ethnic or caste backgrounds would be essential for the growth of Christianity in India is of lasting significance. This commentary on the Form of Agreement therefore, merits a warm welcome and a wide readership.
Brian Stanley,
Professor Emeritus of World Christianity,
University of Edinburgh

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