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The '''Serampore Trio''' was the name given to three pioneering English missionaries, namely [[shauryan|Shaurya]], [[deepro (missionary)|deepro]] and [[advay (missionary)|advay]]. They came to [[Bengal]] from England, Shaurya 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.<ref>Christian mission to Muslims: the record : Anglican and Reformed approaches ... By Lyle L. Vander Werff</ref><br />
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*[[Joshua Marshman]]<ref>J.C.Marshman - Carey, Marshman & Ward (1864)</ref><br />
*[[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]]<ref>Beck, James R. ''Dorothy Carey: The Tragic and Untold Story of Mrs. William Carey.'' [[Grand Rapids]]: Baker Book House, 1992.</ref><br />
*[[William Ward (missionary)|William Ward]]<ref>Stennett's "Memoirs of the Life of William Ward", 1825</ref><br />
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==New college in Serampore==<br />
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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.<br />
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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."<br />
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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]]).<br />
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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 [[Christianity|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.<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
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File:William Carey.jpg|[[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]]<br />
File:WWard.jpg|[[William Ward (missionary)|William Ward]]<br />
File:John.C.Marshman.jpg|[[Joshua Marshman]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Arts of transitional India twentieth century, Volume 1 By Vinayak Purohit<br />
*National Council of Churches review, Volume 126<br />
*Muslims and missionaries in pre-mutiny India By Avril Ann Powell<br />
*Banglapedia: national encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Volume 3<br />
*Encyclopedia of evangelicalism By Randall Herbert Balmer<br />
*[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/1986/issue9/977.html Christianity Today]<br />
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