Editing George Müller (section)

==Early work==
In 1829, Müller offered to work with the [[Judaism|Jews]] in England through the [[Church's Ministry Among Jewish People|London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews]]. He arrived in London on 19 March of that year, but by mid-May, he fell ill and did not think that he would survive. He was sent to [[Teignmouth]] to recuperate and, while there he met [[Henry Craik (evangelist)|Henry Craik]], who became his lifelong friend.<ref>Steer, p. 24</ref> Müller returned to London in September, but after ten days started to feel unwell again. He blamed his failing health on his having been confined to his house because of his studies. He asked the Society to send him out to preach but received no reply. By the end of November, he became doubtful whether the Society was the right place for him and on 12 December made the decision to leave but to wait for a month before writing. Müller returned to [[Exmouth]] in [[East Devon]], England on 31 December for a short holiday and preached at various meetings while there. He wrote to the Society in early January, requesting that they might consider allowing him to remain with them if they would allow him "to labor in regard to time and place as the Lord might direct me". This they refused to do at a meeting on 27 January 1830, communicating this to Müller in writing, and thus bringing to an end his association with the London Society. He moved from Exmouth to Teignmouth and preached several times for Craik, which led to a number of the congregation asking him to stay and be the minister of Ebenezer Chapel in [[Shaldon]], [[Devon]], on a salary of £55 per annum. On 7 October 1830, he married Mary Groves, the sister of [[Anthony Norris Groves]]. At the end of October, he renounced his regular salary, believing that the practice could lead to church members giving out of duty, not desire. He also eliminated the renting of church pews, arguing that it gave unfair prestige to the wealthy (based primarily on James 2:1–9).<ref>Müller (2003), p. 54.</ref>

Müller moved to Bristol, England on 25 May 1832, to begin working at Bethesda Chapel. Along with Henry Craik, he continued preaching there until his death, even while devoted to his other ministries. In 1834, he founded the Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad, with the goal of aiding Christian schools and missionaries; distributing the Bible and Christian tracts; and providing Day-schools, Sunday-schools and Adult-schools, all upon a Scriptural foundation.<ref>Harding, p. 79.</ref> By the end of February 1835, there were five Day-schools – two for boys and three for girls.<ref>Harding, p. 82.</ref> Not receiving government support and only accepting unsolicited gifts, this organisation received and disbursed £1,381,171<ref name="auto693"/> – around £113 million in today's terms<ref>{{cite web|access-date=19 July 2018|title=Currency converter|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/|work=The National Archives}}</ref> – by the time of Müller's death, primarily using the money for supporting the orphanages and distributing about 285,407 Bibles,<ref name="auto693" /> 1,459,506 New Testaments,<ref name="auto693" /> and 244,351 other religious texts,<ref name="auto693" /> which were translated into twenty other languages.<ref>Harding, p. 269</ref> The money was also used to support other "[[faith mission]]aries" around the world, such as [[Hudson Taylor]].<ref>"A Brief Narrative of Facts Relating to The Ashley Down Orphanage (The Annual Report) 1931-32 p. 5</ref> The work continues to this day.