History of Shan Churches in Burma 1861-2001 - Khamkoo

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Baptist mission among the Shan 74 For instance 218 people baptized when Churches in Eastern Shan State celebrating 65 th Eastern Shan State Baptist Mission Celebration in KanNaLone from April 4 to 7, 1968. 165 baptized on April 7, 1978 during Annual General Meeting of E.S.S Shan Baptist Association. 68 people baptized during Shan Bible Centenary Celebration held in MuongYang in 1985 from 11 to 14 April. 58 people baptized in 1987 when silver jubilee of TaChiLeik Church was held in TaChiLeik from April 2 to 5. 168 baptized in KengTung on March 31, 2001 168 believers baptized in the muddy river when Eastern Shan Churches celebrating Eastern Shan State Baptist Mission Centenary. Why do people want to be baptized on such special occasion? Who are those baptized on these special occasions? Very few people baptized in normal circumstances. Almost all the people baptized on such special occasions are second generation Christians. One of the purposes of baptizing on such special occasion is; a happy moment to be baptized together with friends and easy to remember the date of their baptism. Should we have special occasions more often so that more people will be baptized? Should we change the attitude of baptizing only at special occasion? Many Shan Churches do not organize water baptism on regular basis. A senior pastor said, “We conduct baptism only twice a year at Easter and Christmas.” Evangelist training As we have set up a 21 st Century Shan Mission Project to produce 201 evangelists in the year 2001, a three-months-evangelist-training course was introduced in 1990 in KengTung to produce more evangelists in Eastern Shan State under leadership of Rev. Sai Stephen. This is the first training course of its kind ever conducted aiming to produce more Shan evangelists. 15 people attended the first program. Before attending the training all trainees have to give a promise of serving in mission for at least 2 years after graduation. Nevertheless most of them are serving until today. Most of them are being ordained. The first GCI for Eastern Shan Churches was conducted in KengTung from December 1 to 13, 1997. Trainers came from different countries. 40 attended, including 31 Shan and 9 Wa. The expense was Kyat 520,000 paid by GCI team. Lessons such as Power Theology, Ministry Planning, How to study the Bible, Leadership, Church Planting, Pastoral Ministry, Prayer, Christian Family, Evangelism, Praise and Worship, and Child Evangelism were taught. Second GCI was conducted in KengTung in February 2001. 42 students from Wa tribe, Lahu tribe, Shan tribe and a couple more from different tribes attended. Bible School graduates There is no “Shan Bible School” in Shan States. All Shan students have to go to study at Burmese or Karen or Lisu or English Bible School in Insein, MayMyo or TaungGyi. The first Shan Christians graduated from Bible School since mission field opened in KengTung in 1901 were Sai Philip, Sai Hsam and Sai Seng in 1961 from TaungGyi Bible School. Between 1961-1980, 6 attended TaungGyi Bible School, 6 attended Insein Myanmar Seminary and 2 attended Myanmar Institute of Theology in Insein. Only 14 young people went to Bible school in 19 years. Under 21 st Century Shan Mission Project 19 students were sent to Bible schools in 1984 including 5 from Eastern Shan State. It
Baptist mission among the Shan 75 was a surprise to Bible Schools in Insein to see such big number of Shan students attending Bible Schools in one year. Normally the Bible Schools seldom have one Shan student in a year. Sai Myint Lay was the first student from Eastern Shan State to graduate from Myanmar Institute of Theology in 1969 with B.Th degree. He served as General Secretary of Eastern Shan State Shan Baptist Conference for one year and moved to LaShio in 1971. There he got marriage to a Shan woman and had two sons. He later got addicted to heroin and completely left the ministry. He was rehabilitated and returned to serve in Burma Baptist Convention drug rehabilitation department in 1980. He was then sent to Hong Kong in 1982 by BBC to study drug rehabilitation program at Wu Oi Drug Rehabilitation Center for two months. He spent one month staying at my home. We had an opportunity of discussing about Shan missions. Sai Myint Lay went back to Burma in January 1983 and got involved with Shan mission work again. He left BBC and went back to serve Eastern Shan State Baptist Convention as fulltime secretary in 1986. He later married to a Kachin woman on May 19, 1989. He had severe motorcycle accident in 1992 and damaged his right shoulder. He was sent to New Haven. CT, USA, by BBC, in 1996 for a few months study tour. After returning from U.S.A. he had a severe sickness and was admitted to hospital. He passed away on September 3, 1997 in Yangon. Sai Stephen was a second Shan student from Eastern Shan State to graduate from Myanmar Institute of Theology in 1977 with B.Th degree. He served the Lord as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, NaungPha, KengTung, since graduated from Bible School until he served full-time as Assistant Director of 21 st Century Shan Mission Project in 1992 responsible for Eastern Shan State. He also served as General Secretary of Eastern Shan State Shan Baptist Convention since its inception from 1997 to 1999. He was the pioneer of formation of Eastern Shan State Shan Baptist Convention. He was sent to New Haven, CT, USA, by Myanmar Baptist Convention for study tour from September 1999 to May 2000. He returned to Myanmar in June 2000. He unexpectedly got stroke and passed away on July 12, 2000 in KengTung. I had an opportunity of talking to him by phone from Yangon two days before he passed away while I was conducting Shan GCI in Yangon. It was a shock to Shan Churches. I was able to go to KengTung and joined his funeral service on July 17. Bible School gradates in one century (1901-2001) 76 Name Diploma School Remark 1. Naw Mi L.Th MICT (deceased) 2. Philip L.Th TaungGyi Bible School 3. Sai Hsam L.Th TaungGyi BS 4. Sai Seng L.Th TaungGyi BS (deceased) 5. Shwe Pui L.Th MICT 6. Seng Tip L.Th MICT 7. Myint Lay B.Th MIT (deceased) 8. Stephen B.Th MIT (deceased) 9. Kham Yung L.Th MICT 10. Seng Arm L.Th MICT 11. Stephen Ping L.Th MICT 12. Kya Yung L.Th MICT 13. Khin Htun Hein L.Th MICT 14. May San Oo B.Th MIT 15. Zan Leng B.Th MIT 16. Myint Myint Pyu B.Th MIT 17. Tha Han M.Div MIT 18. Saw Tip Lao B.R.E MIT 76 As reported in 2001 at E.S.S. Centenary by Eastern Shan State Shan Baptist Convention
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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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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 225 Christians” 93 Makin
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Analysis 239 Present In village set
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Appendix 369 In retrospect, Dr. Sai
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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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