[4] The first missionaries, William Carey and John Thomas, were sent to Bengal, India in 1793.

[5][6] They were followed by many co-workers, firstly to India, and subsequently to other countries in Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and South America.

It began operating in China's Shanxi province in 1877, despite local hostility toward “foreign devils.” In the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 all its missionaries there were killed, along with all 120 converts .

[7] Francis Augustus Cox wrote a history of the Baptist Missionary Society from its formation until 1842.

[6] Brian Stanley was commissioned to write a history of the society for its bicentenary (1992).