History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Thank you very much for your partnership in the gospel. The Lord bless you.
Yours in Christ, Signed/ Ong Siew Huat, Director of Operations, AOI.
c.c. Dr. Sai Htwe Maung
Miss Jean Harper
From Dr. Sai Htwe Maung to Rev. Ong Siew Huat, Director of Operation, Asian Outreach
International. July 14, 1997.
Re: Mission Work Among The Shan People Of Burma
Dear Rev. Ong,
Praise be to God our Heavenly Father who has founded Asian Outreach International to work
among the un-reached people in Asia. Our Shan people in Burma are one of those groups who have
received a share of blessings through Asian Outreach for many years in many ways.
Back Ground History
Shan people in Burma are very much un-reached in term of mission. Only about two percent of
four million people may have the opportunity of hearing the gospel from local preachers. In fact the
mission among the Shan has been started since 1861 by American Missionary Rev. Moses Bixby.
According to our recent report only about ten thousand have accepted the Lord. This is within more
than one hundred years of hard work. There are several factors that hinder our Church Growth. One of
the several main factors is not enough preachers. I have an opportunity to work with Asian Outreach in
reaching our people in Burma. I am fully given responsibility to oversee our mission work among the
Shan. I praise God for this opportunity.
Our Mission Planning
We have a vision of reaching our people by ourselves with the help of our brothers and sisters
from around the world. I visited Burma in December 1986 to share my vision with Shan Christian
leaders. We all agree to set a goal for our work. Our project is called 21 st Century Shan Mission Project.
(21 st CSMP)
Our goal is;
1. To Train 210 Evangelists (Footsoldiers of Jesus Christ)
2. To Plant 210 Churches and
3. To Get 21,000 Believers by the years 2001.
In order to start our mission we have appointed three key leaders.
1. I have agreed to act as General Director of our 21 st CSMP.
2. Rev. Sai Thein Aung Kham from the Northern Shan State will be acting as Assistant Director fully
responsible for the work in Northern Shan State.
3. Rev. Sai Stephen from Eastern Shan State will be acting as Assistant Director fully responsible for
the work in Eastern Shan State.
We all agreed that I would be responsible in making contact with foreign mission organizations,
presenting our mission work and raise appropriate support from outside the country. Local Assistant
Directors will make direct report to General Director and will not ask any help from any organization
outside the country without the knowledge of General Director. All budget and planning must be
submitted to AOI via General Director. These are some of the agreements we have among us. This is
not a control but to avoid confusion, misunderstanding and abuse of others’ generosity.