Andrew Fuller

British minister
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Born:
Feb. 6, 1754, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, Eng.
Died:
May 7, 1815, Kettering, Northamptonshire (aged 61)

Andrew Fuller (born Feb. 6, 1754, Wicken, Cambridgeshire, Eng.—died May 7, 1815, Kettering, Northamptonshire) was an English Baptist minister and theologian. He is remembered as a founder and first secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society. In 1770 Fuller joined the Soham Baptist Church, Cambridgeshire, and five years later became its pastor. After moving in 1782 to Kettering, Fuller became a leader of the Northampton Baptist Association and a close friend of William Carey, John Ryland, and John Sutcliff. This group of young men was responsible, at the instigation of Carey, for the formation in 1792 of the English Baptist Missionary ...(100 of 138 words)