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RANGOON — Tens of thousands of Burmese Baptists are celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the arrival of an American missionary who is credited with translating the first Burmese-language Bible and bringing Baptist Christianity to the country. [1]

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has detained 92 Lahu Christian leaders and 42 Wa students in Shan State, and the students have been forced to serve as soldiers, the Christian group said. [2]

200 Junta Troops Grab Control over Sama Baptist Office and Station their soldiers there A Junta 200-strong column, riding in 5 vehicles took control over The Kachin Baptist’s Sama Zonal Office in Kachin State, [3]

A regime court in Kachin State has sentenced the prominent Kachin Christian leader Reverend Hkalam Samson to six years in prison for unlawful association, incitement, and counterterrorism charges, his lawyer said. (confirmed by 3 sources) [4]

Mon State — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has released more than 60 ethnic Kachin members of a local Christian group but continues to hold ethnic Lahu religious leaders, according to the group’s chairman. [5]

Mon State — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday released 92 Lahu religious leaders the armed group detained last month during a crackdown on Christian churches in northern Shan State, according to the Lahu Baptist Convention (LBC). [6]

Mon State — The Myanmar military on Sunday released the last 12 of 15 members of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) it detained last month in Kachin State, according to a local non-governmental organization. [7]

YANGON -- In a dusty ochre-and-green compound in a corner of Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State in eastern Myanmar, a century-old Gothic-style church is celebrating the end of the first stage of a major restoration program, and the beginning of the... [8]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-12-05 · 75% match

Tens of Thousands of Burmese Baptists Join Celebration

RANGOON — Tens of thousands of Burmese Baptists are celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the arrival of an American missionary who is credited with translating the first Burmese-language Bible and bringing Baptist Christianity to the country.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-09-28 · 75% match

UWSA Detains Lahu Christian Leaders, Forces Students into Military Service, Baptist Group Says

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has detained 92 Lahu Christian leaders and 42 Wa students in Shan State, and the students have been forced to serve as soldiers, the Christian group said.

[3] MM kachinnews.com · 2024-02-23 · 75% match

200 Junta Troops Grab Control over Sama Baptist Office and Station their soldiers there

200 Junta Troops Grab Control over Sama Baptist Office and Station their soldiers there A Junta 200-strong column, riding in 5 vehicles took control over The Kachin Baptist’s Sama Zonal Office in Kachin State,

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-04-07 · 75% match

Myanmar Regime Court Jails Kachin Baptist Leader for Six Years

A regime court in Kachin State has sentenced the prominent Kachin Christian leader Reverend Hkalam Samson to six years in prison for unlawful association, incitement, and counterterrorism charges, his lawyer said.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-10-09 · 75% match

Baptist Group Says UWSA Has Released Members But Still Holds Others

Mon State — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has released more than 60 ethnic Kachin members of a local Christian group but continues to hold ethnic Lahu religious leaders, according to the group’s chairman.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-10-12 · 75% match

Lahu Baptist Group Says Leaders Detained by Wa Rebels in Shan State Released

Mon State — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday released 92 Lahu religious leaders the armed group detained last month during a crackdown on Christian churches in northern Shan State, according to the Lahu Baptist Convention (LBC).

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-11-05 · 75% match

Military Frees Last of Baptist Group Members in Kachin, NGO Says

Mon State — The Myanmar military on Sunday released the last 12 of 15 members of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) it detained last month in Kachin State, according to a local non-governmental organization.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-24 · 75% match

Baptist church restoration a mixed blessing for Myanmar

YANGON -- In a dusty ochre-and-green compound in a corner of Mawlamyine, the capital of Mon State in eastern Myanmar, a century-old Gothic-style church is celebrating the end of the first stage of a major restoration program, and the beginning of the

[9] MM asianews.it · 75% match

Pope: John the Baptist points us to conversion, to change direction and way of thinking

Pope: John the Baptist points us to conversion, to change direction and way of thinking At the Angelus, Pope Francis speaks of the desire to free oneself from sin: rejecting "the worldly mentality, excessive esteem for comforts, for pleasure, for wel

[10] MM morungexpress.com · 75% match

Dimapur Area Baptist Churches pen open letter to State govt on NLTP Act

Dimapur, March 22 (MExN): The Dimapur Area Baptist Churches have urged the Nagaland Government to strictly enforce the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989, while opposing any move to lift or dilute the law. In an open let

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