‘He is a Luther’: An appreciation of the life and ministry of Joshua Marshman

I wrote this article 5 years ago in 2018 for Evangelical Times.

Stephen Neill, the well-known historian of missions, has observed that the partnership known to history as the Serampore Trio—that between William Carey (1761–1834), William Ward (1769–1823), and Joshua Marshman (1768–1837)—is one that has ‘few parallels in Christian history’. Reading through the letters and journals of these men, there is nary a hint of jealousy nor an attempt by one of them to lord it over the others. The quality of the friendship between these three men takes on added lustre when it is recognized that it flourished amidst various setbacks and challenges.