The Heritage Centre

From the day of its formation in 1792, BMS World Mission - or the Baptist Missionary Society - has been seeking to make the name of Jesus known in the world. The BMS Heritage Centre tells some of the great stories from over two hundred years of mission work.

Learn about the early days of the mission
Discover forgotten heroes alongside famous names
Explore this resource and be challenged - what will you write on history's pages?

The Heritage Centre will be regularly updated with new stories so return here to discover more about mission around the world, over the centuries.

Latest articles:

Joshua & Hannah Marshman

A look at the lives of Joshua and Hannah Marshman, early BMS missionaries in Serampore, India.

Timothy Richard

With bold ambitions to take the gospel to China and be an ambassador for God, Timothy Richard was a highly influential and yet controversial character.

Mizoram

In the 74 years of the Western missionary era in the forest-covered mountains of Mizoram, the ‘unreached’ tribes of the Lushai Hills became a missionary-sending people. Read the history of how this happened.

Utilities

Baptism of a Hindu convert, 1903

Carey's translation work

Chinese students, 1952