History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Twenty-first century Shan mission project 130 us the one-hour journey to our venue. TaungGyi is several thousand feet up in the mountains so was much cooler than on the plains. This made it very conducive for study. Sai Htwe Maung discovered numerous relatives when we reached TaungGyi. The team stayed in a small family hotel of about eight rooms, a short distance from the Church in which the training was held. The first time, the Southern Shan, Northern Shan and Eastern Shan Baptist Associations had got together for training. They usually hold separate training. This could mainly be due to distance and the cost of transport. (An evangelist receives on average US$ 15 a month, whereas the bus fare and many days of travel for many of our participants was about US$ 70) In the history of Shan Baptist Mission it is the first time foreigners have done any training among them in forty years. We felt very privileged and responsible to give of our best. This is the first time we have had more than 40 participants, 42 to be exact. It is the first time that ALL Ministry Plans were handed in one week before graduation! The participants were given the first Saturday afternoon on which to begin working on their plans. Imagine our surprise when they were all handed in that evening. It is the first time our GCI day has commenced at 6:30 AM for devotions and testimonies - yawn! It is the first time we’ve had a farewell party of more than 20 Church members and all the ladies have cried when we left! It’s also the first time we’ve had a “party” in an airport terminal while waiting for departure! Thein Aung Kham, a graduate from the 1987 international GCI in Singapore, brought some 12 leaders from the North. There were about the same from the South and Stephen brought a little more than that from the East. Most of them had to travel 400 miles, a journey which took most of them two or three days. One lady took seven days to get there! And one man walked 30 miles to the bus stop. There were eight ordained pastors who were Seminary graduates. Most of the remainders were farmers or working for a living as the Churches are too poor to support a pastor. It is a real step of faith for them to go full-time. We noticed that these participants were very keen note takers. From what we heard, it seems there is even cross cultural communication problems within the Shan as the North, South and East use different words for some things and have different accents. Sometimes the Northerners could not understand Eastern accent. The TaungGyi Baptist Church (pronounced towngee), although only 40 in membership, did an excellent job of hosting the GCI training. Many Church members gave of themselves tirelessly to prepare the most wonderful meals. A Chinese man was the cook and we were treated to many culinary delights! The Church was on a Baptist compound, a lot of which has been sold off but it does have a hostel, which housed most of the participants. This also was very ideal. Sai Htwe Maung and Sai Stephen chose the topics to be taught. They were mainly from our Level 2 curriculum, with a few from Level 1 and maybe one from Level 3. But it seemed to be a good choice of topics and the order in which they were taught had a good progression. Time had been allowed in the daily timetable for sporting activities and Sai Htwe Maung went armed with football, basketball, badminton etc. Unfortunately, there was no suitable place in which to play. It would have balanced out the program a little better. To the team, the program seemed very hectic for the participants as they also had night sessions. However, as Stephen said, they seemed to have fun-night every night, so maybe they didn’t mind. The Saturday night fun-night was one of the best we’ve ever had in a GCI and one of the longest! The participants really entered into this, with dramas, dances, songs etc. Some of the Church members also joined in. And the Bible School students came and gave three items. Franklin, Katie and I even managed to do a couple of dramas! The hall was packed out! On Sunday Sai Htwe Maung arranged for a bus to take all the participants and faculty to the famous InLe Lake. We sat on the floor of longboats and traveled to a floating village for lunch. It is quite unique. This whole village is built on a floating island. There are several floating islands and sometimes they are joined together for a time before parting company again. It was a good break from the teaching environment and good opportunity for relating. All the arrangements and the expenses were looked after by Khin Hnin Ngwe, a niece of Sai Htwe Maung.
Twenty-first century Shan mission project 131 Lau Tak Siong was with us for the first week and his teaching was well received especially that on PASTORAL MINISTRY, which is very important for the Shan. In fact it seemed to be the no. 1 topic. The team was free in the evenings so, before having an early night speaking for Franklin, Katie and I, we met together for prayer and discussion. We enjoyed these times of team relating. The second week we were joined by Dr. Vincent Leoh, senior pastor of the Glad Tidings AOG in KL and one of his Church members. They also joined in our evening team meetings. We found Vincent to be a very gifted and exciting teacher. As Franklin said he has the gift of mixing motivational preaching with solid teaching. I was impressed by the fact that, although a doctor of theology, he went as a learner and submitted to GCI. He had asked me to send him some background information on the Shan, GCI etc. He obviously did his homework as his teaching on CHURCH PLANTING and DISCIPLESHIP was very relevant to the local situation. Dr. Leoh’s traveling companion, Sreedhar, although he has a good heart, was not so gifted in the area of teaching. This was unfortunate, as Sai Htwe Maung had specifically asked for good teaching on YOUTH MINISTRY. In the final evaluation this was the only topic that was evaluated poorly. This is a topic that many Asian countries ask for teaching on so we need to look around for someone gifted in teaching this topic. There was good response to Katie’s teaching on MINISTRY PLANNING. Sai Htwe Maung says the ministry plans are good and we await translation from him. Franklin and Katie’s teaching on CHRISTIAN FAMILY was also very much appreciated as it always is. Teaching one or two of the topics to Baptists, not exposed to outside teaching, was a challenge. This was particularly so in the case of PRAISE AND WORSHIP. In my first session one man asked the question: “These Scriptures we’ve been reading say we should bless the Lord. How can we bless the Lord? We ask Him to bless us.” I love challenges like that! Although they participated in all the different ways to praise the Lord, it would seem, from feedback, they were not comfortable with some of it. As a team we learned some lessons. We are so used to ministering to charismatic or those with charismatic leanings that we didn’t make enough adjustments to some of our teaching. In Tak Siong’s teaching on LEADERSHIP they didn’t take too kindly to the comment that laymen can give communion, baptism etc. In Baptist circles only ordained pastors can. Well, 100 years of tradition don’t give way easily to new concepts. Another concept they had was that children couldn’t be led to the Lord. They can only be taught about Christ and when they are older be led to the Lord. I believe they had a paradigm shift on this one after being shown Scriptures and given examples. At the end of the first week I began to realize there was something wrong with the following week’s teaching schedule. There was one hour each day not accounted for. Franklin was delighted, as he had prayed there would be opportunity to teach on the HOLY SPIRIT. He taught on it very sensitively and on the night before graduation he and Vincent prayed for all the students to receive the Holy Spirit. Many of the ladies were weeping as they sensed the presence of the Holy Spirit. We didn’t hear anyone speak in tongues or see any outward manifestations but we believe God did a work in each person’s heart and each one experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit in a new way. Stephen told me the next day, “now they have a new friend in the Holy Spirit.” We were really blessed to have both Sai Htwe Maung and Thein Aung Kham. Sai Htwe Maung is a delight to minister with. He follows your every action, however dramatic, which makes it fun for the participants and stopped us every now and then to elaborate on an important point to ensure the participants understand. That kind of interpreter brings out the best in you! Kham was also very easy to minister with. Sai Htwe Maung wanted Stephen to try translating but he had no confidence. However, he was forced in to it one afternoon when Sai Htwe Maung was delayed in a meeting. As the topic was Child Evangelism I told lots of stories and the participants enjoyed seeing Stephen follow my actions. It also renewed some of his confidence.
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I HISTORY OF SHAN CHURCHES IN BURMA
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III Preface Praise be to God our He
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V Contents Page Preface Introductio
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Mission Fields In Shan States 44 Th
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IX School 99 Church 99 Seven Servic
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XI Identification 161 Building Chur
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Analysis 191 1. Workers in The Harv
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Analysis 193 not enter into ministr
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Analysis 195 members to become Chri
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Analysis 197 work. Some even do not
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Analysis 199 custom, but purer in m
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Analysis 201 Dr. Henderson reported
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Analysis 203 thanks offering of ric
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Analysis 207 2 Timothy 2:15-16 Do y
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Analysis 209 As reported in August
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Analysis 211 Acts 8:36-38 As they t
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Analysis 215 10. Special Music (Cho
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Analysis 217 zayat. My house, being
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Analysis 221 evangelistic rally at
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Analysis 223 made of brick. We spen
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Analysis 225 Christians” 93 Makin
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Analysis 227 20. Religion of Poor a
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Analysis 229 Present When we talk a
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Analysis 231 22. Language and Liter
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Analysis 233 5. Government policy.
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Analysis 237 25. Mission is Mandato
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Analysis 239 Present In village set
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Analysis 245 Psalms 89:7 In the cou
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Analysis 249 seen some leaders only
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Analysis 251 36. Understanding Past
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Analysis 253 of the monastery. They
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Analysis 255 Shan Churches. All of
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Analysis 257 In some Churches pasto
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Analysis 259 and sea to win a singl
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Analysis 261 Some Churches don’t
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Analysis 263 Pentecostal, Charismat
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Analysis 265 13. Victory over death
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Analysis 267 formal application on
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Analysis 269 Thank God for His wond
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Conclusion 271 Northern Shan State
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Conclusion 273 Luke 9:1-2 When Jesu
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Appendix 275 APPENDIX BIOGRAPHY Mos
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Appendix 279 Kham Maung Born of U N
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Appendix 281 Sai Stephen On July 12
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Appendix 285 Letter from Dr. Sai Ht
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Appendix 287 2. Establish a new “
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Appendix 291 Letter from U Kyaw Hla
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Appendix 305 Letter from Dr. Sai Ht
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Appendix 317 (5) In June, preached
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Appendix 325 Expenditure (I) Local
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Appendix 327 Gospel tracts: Dr. Sai
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Appendix 331 The Receipts and Payme
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Appendix 343 year. Support will be
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Appendix 347 We have no training du
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Appendix 349 the footsoldiers and C
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Appendix 351 Meals K 400 each x14x6
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Appendix 353 times therefore missed
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Appendix 355 Fax from Rev. Sai Step
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Appendix 361 Doctor gave him treatm
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Appendix 363 Myanmar beyond the Sha
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Appendix 367 Only Myanmar nationals
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Appendix 369 In retrospect, Dr. Sai
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Appendix 371 Century Shan Mission P
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Appendix 373 November 1989, by givi
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Appendix 375 Kyat (about US 10 cent
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Appendix 377 Kham have received tra
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Appendix 383 Asian Report May/June
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Appendix 385 Asian Report January/F
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Appendix 387 Bible all the time, ev
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Appendix 389 Report from Malaysia T
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Appendix 393 Sao Noi gives his pers
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Appendix 397 Rev. Moses Homan Bixby
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References and sources 399 Referenc
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Index 401 INDEX 21st Century…69,
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Index 403 Gibbens………52, 54, 7
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Index 405 NamKham……46, 47, 48,
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Index 407 TaChiLeik……68, 69, 74
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