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A good read on how eschatology (Postmillennialism) promoted the modern missions movement.
https://www.contra-mundum.org/schirrmacher/careypostmil.html
"William Carey is considered the "Father of Protestant missions"1, his book, "An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens"2, written in 1792, the beginning of the so-called 'Great Century'3 (1792-1914) between the French and the Russian Revolutions. For the centennial anniversary, none lesser than the mentor of German missiology, Gustav Warneck, wrote, "Thus, the year 1792 may be considered the true birthdate of modern missions."4 Less that twenty days after the publication of the "Enquiry", Carey held his sermon on Isaiah 54:2-3 and began to disseminate it with a clear appeal for missions to his fellow pastors,5 which soon led to the foundation of the mission society, "The Particular Baptist Mission". The first mission society to do without state supervision, it was founded on different lines than the Anglo-Saxon honor societies.6"
https://www.contra-mundum.org/schirrmacher/careypostmil.html
"William Carey is considered the "Father of Protestant missions"1, his book, "An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens"2, written in 1792, the beginning of the so-called 'Great Century'3 (1792-1914) between the French and the Russian Revolutions. For the centennial anniversary, none lesser than the mentor of German missiology, Gustav Warneck, wrote, "Thus, the year 1792 may be considered the true birthdate of modern missions."4 Less that twenty days after the publication of the "Enquiry", Carey held his sermon on Isaiah 54:2-3 and began to disseminate it with a clear appeal for missions to his fellow pastors,5 which soon led to the foundation of the mission society, "The Particular Baptist Mission". The first mission society to do without state supervision, it was founded on different lines than the Anglo-Saxon honor societies.6"