The winner of our mind bending missions history quiz is Susan Hart (embarrassing picture of Susan to come to this space soon)! Susan, our intrepid missions history detective, discovered the following . . .
In 732, Charles "The Hammer" Martel defeated Muslim armies that had invaded Europe. The victory came in France near the city of Tours, and was decisive for the turn back of the advance of Islam.
In 1450, Gutenberg invented the printing press. His invention hastened the spread of God's Word, which fueled the Reformation, which eventually ignited the protestant missions movement.
Speaking of the protestant missions movement . . . in 1793 William Carey sailed for India. Carey has been called the Father of Modern Missions, but actually Father of English-Speaking Modern Missions is a better title.
Congrats to Susan, Ayatolla of Christian missions history! (so to speak)
Posted by Lee at June 10, 2004 12:25 PM