William Carey, Baptist Missionary Society, Andrew Fuller, and Reynold Hogg stone plaque

This stone commemorative plaque records: In this house on Octr. 2nd 1792, a meeting was held to form a society for propagating the Gospel among the heathen and £13.2s.6d was contributed for that purpose. Andrew Fuller was elected Secretary and Reynold Hogg Treasurer. William Carey to whose sermon at Nottingham in May of the same year, the movement was due, embarked for India on June 13th 1793. This meeting marks the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society and the inauguration of modern foreign missions. "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God"

William Carey, Andrew Fuller, and Reynold Hogg were key figures in the establishment of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792, marking the beginning of organized Protestant missionary work abroad; their efforts significantly influenced modern foreign missions.