History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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program, late Rev. Sai Stephen had contributed fifty sermons for my radio program when he was
attending conference in Hong Kong in 1997. He was the only one who contributed with some sermons.
Khamti Shan Program
Khamti Shan are another Tai group who speak different dialect. A Khamti Shan pastor, Sao Noi
Man Han, came to meet me in Yangon in the year 2000 when I was in Burma. He is one of the twenty
believers among Khamti Shan. He is a son of Khamti chief. He is very concern about his own people
group. He wants to preach gospel in radio in his own dialect. Starting from 2001 there is a 15 minutes
Khamti Shan program every week on Sunday replacing DaiMao program on Sunday. There are about
five hundred thousand Khamti Shan in Burma. Many Khamti Shan are in Assam, India.
Meeting a man who believes in Christ through Shan
radio broadcast
Effectiveness
How can we assess the effectiveness of our
Shan gospel radio broadcast? Some of the methods
are assessing letters received from listeners,
hearing testimonies from listeners and meeting
people who are listening to the program. Many
Shan people from different part of Burma,
Northern Thailand and Southwest China are
listening. 90% of letters received from listeners
are from Buddhist Monks asking many interesting
questions such as “How can a dead wood give a
green leave, how can all get clean if only one take
bath, how can one hundred people get full if only
one eat, how can we say God is loving and kind by
allowing people to be poor, suffering and die,” etc.
Some express their belief in Jesus Christ. Some
accept Jesus Christ and baptized, some are saved
from committing murder, some released from
addiction because of the message preached in the
radio. Some people have their life changed and
some people rededicated their life to the Lord.
Some gospel tracts and books are produced to give
it to the listeners as a follow up tool.
Testimonies from listeners
When we were conducting training in MayMyo in 1997 I met a man who wrote to me a year
ago. He was from MuSe, Northern Shan State. He said, “Thanks for changing my life. I was drifted
away from Church many years doing sinful things. I was not only selling liquor but also drinking when
I heard your message in radio. After hearing the message my life has been changed. I now have
dedicated my life to God and serving as full-time evangelist in a village. I am now pastoring a Church.”
A man from NamKham, Northern Shan State said, “Thanks for saving me. One day in the early
morning I took a knife from my kitchen to go and kill a man who had cheated me one million Kyat. But
before I left home I tuned in to your program. I heard your message, ‘Forgive your enemy and pray for
them. God will take care of you.’ Then I dropped my knife. I abandoned my plan. Otherwise I would
have been in jail by now. Thanks for saving me.”
When I was in Northern Thailand in 2001 a man came to me and said, “After listening to gospel
message you preached in radio for three years I believed that Jesus Christ is the only Savior. I wanted to
be baptized and become a Christian. But there was no Christian and no Church in this area. I started to