History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Twenty-first century Shan mission project 134 one. In this one we are awakened for the Lord. We have learned and know especially Ministry Planning and know how to plan for our ministry in the future. Now we have our targets. We are looking forward to serving the Lord in the Southern Shan State. Thanks to the Church for hosting us and no one will forget the cooks and those working so hard for us.” Rev. Sai Ba Pe I have been in the ministry for 24 years but I realize I am not doing enough for our Shan. Some villages have already converted from their idol worship. My wife was a Buddhist leader in the village. I had to work very hard to convert her. Finally she accepted the Lord. After our marriage, we lived in a Buddhist community for 15 years. I organized a gospel team to go and evangelize that village. I had opportunity to fellowship with the Buddhist monk and could go into the village any time to have discussions with the monks. The Buddhists thought that if I was a Christian then I wasn’t a Shan but an outsider but they began to realize that Christians are good people and accepted me as one of them. Now we have moved to another town, which is producing rubies, jade and precious stones. Many people are trying to do business there. But I’m working there for the Lord. Now we are building a church but the village leaders said to us, “Don’t put a cross on the church.” (Some Christian leaders accused him that he moved there because of the good business and he was trading in jade and rubies. In November he and another pastor are arranging a big Christian rally in the village. And now he has dedicated himself for the 21 st Century Shan project and is working towards that goal.) Sayama Nang Hla Khin I was invited to lead the Church elders in building a Christian center. One time while witnessing, the army asked the group who their leader was. They pointed to me. The army kept them under observation and asked what tribe they were from. I replied, “Shan.” They asked if there were any Christians among the Shan. I told them I had no gift to give them but the Lord Jesus Christ and He is so precious. We were detained overnight and the following morning released. After eating breakfast, the army again picked me up. The major told me not to say anything but to follow him. I took my Bible and followed him. The major asked me, “Are you really Shan?” He showed me a Shan costume and asked me to put it on and sing a Shan song for them. I didn’t know how to sing a Shan song but prayed and God enabled me to sing a Shan song and witness to the people. I sang, “Jesus loves me.” The soldiers gave me a gift and said, “We haven’t heard pure Shan words for a long lime. Don’t be afraid. We will arrange a grand dinner for you tomorrow. You are a frontier person, like us, stationed in a very far area. Sai Aung Than The Holy Spirit has helped me in every way. When I graduated from Seminary I received an invitation to be a pastor. Since I was so young I couldn’t imagine how I could be a pastor but I prayed and the Lord guided me. I was very afraid to become a pastor but what we think we can’t do we find possible with God. I came to TaungGyi and in order to lead morning devotion I had to pray and prepare for two weeks and practice and practice. I felt very inexperienced at preaching and had to preach six times a day when I became a pastor. Sometimes, after preaching, I would think over the sermon I had preached and think it was quite good. Then I remembered that it was only because of the help of the Holy Spirit. When the Buddhists buy a new house they invite all the Christians to come and dedicate the house to the Lord. The daughter of the headman got food poisoning and was ill for a long time. The Buddhists said, “If the Christians come and pray she will be healed”, so invited them to pray for her. They told her, “If you have faith to believe that when we pray the power of Jesus can heal you, you will be healed.” She was healed. Up until now these people are declaring that the Lord Jesus Christ is very powerful and kind. It is very difficult for the Shan to accept Christianity. Our duty is to sow the seed. Even if we don’t see many converts, keep sowing. It is God who waters and gives the increase.
Twenty-first century Shan mission project 135 In 1992 we had leadership training in our village. As we showed a video of their ministry a soldier came and shot at us. Eight people were killed and seven wounded. In the morning, when I returned to that area, the place where I had been sitting last night was surrounded with blood. Two of my brothers in law were killed but God protected me. I re-consecrated my life to the Lord to be God’s minister all my life. Two weeks before coming to GCI a former monk was baptized. This December we are planning an open-air crusade in the village, in three dialects. Yesterday, while fasting and praying, the Lord told me, “The things that are impossible to you I will make possible.” That encouraged me to put all my efforts in to proclaiming God’s Word. Nang Seng Kham In 1980 I felt sick and weak and the doctors said they couldn’t detect any illness. I went to a specialist in Yangon for x-rays. In between my ribs they found some spots. People read the Bible to me and prayed for me. When I returned to TaungGyi I gave my heart to the Lord and began praying. After praying for a long lime and on my return x-ray, the spots had disappeared. I was given some medicine to take. After two years I had a check up and they found cancer in the bones. I trusted the Lord. In 1994 I was confirmed as having bone cancer. In my heart I said, “The Lord is with me, I am not afraid.” I began my treatment. I was discharged from the hospital and in January 1995 I was readmitted by the cancer specialist to the Yangon hospital. After checking me, the specialist said that he could find nothing in me. Psalm 103 greatly encouraged me. The Lord has miraculously healed all my diseases. At my last check up the doctor told me that all my problems were solved but prescribed me some medicine. Even though the doctor said it was bone cancer and bone TB and even though it was a nightmare for me the Lord helped me and by His power He healed me. I have experienced the grace and power of God. Nang Kheo In 1990 I gave birth to a child and I was hospitalized with high blood pressure. I was in a coma for three days. After recovery I was very tired. After examination the doctor said that I had heart disease. While in a coma all my family and Christian friends were praying for me. Otherwise I believe I would have died. I had treatment for a long time as I had several sicknesses in my body. I was readmitted to hospital and became very thin and weak. My mother, even though a Christian, began to waiver in her faith and thought maybe some evil spirit had come in and they needed to do some ceremony. But I told my mother my life is in God’s hands. If my life ended that was God’s will but if I continued to live then He had a purpose for me. My pastor and elders prayed for me. When the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus all her diseases were healed. I felt that if the hand of the Lord just touched me I would be healed. My young brother had some medicine, which had nothing to do with the heart disease. But they prayed over it, I took it and it helped. I began to understand that God has something for me to do in the ministry so I gave my life for service. By the power of God, I said, I am healed even though the doctors said I could not be healed. (During GCI, on the day of prayer and fasting, she didn’t think she could go without food because of her medical history but nothing happened to her after fast and prayer and she even received strength from the Lord.) Lesson learned reported by Sai Htwe Maung The first night when we began our training at TaungGyi Shan Baptist Church, the chairman of TaungGyi Church received a warning letter from military intelligent that it was illegal to hold training without having permission from the government. It meant that we were liable to be arrested at any time. What should we do? If we apply for permission now it will take one month or two to get the answer. Local authority would not make a decision. Instead the application would be sent to religious affair ministry in Yangon. We were already here. Should we go back home? Should we continue? We prayed
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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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Shan people and their culture 1 CHA
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Analysis 191 1. Workers in The Harv
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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 205 attendant at the Shan
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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 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 283 Corresponding Letters
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Appendix 285 Letter from Dr. Sai Ht
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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 325 Expenditure (I) Local
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Appendix 331 The Receipts and Payme
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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 357 E-mail letter to Rev.
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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 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 387 Bible all the time, ev
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Appendix 393 Sao Noi gives his pers
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Appendix 395 Foreign and other nati
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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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