Famous Quote

"The best thing of all is God is with us." (John Wesley)

Thil azawnga ṭha ber chu Pathian kan hnêna a awm hi a ni. 

Burma ram pioneer missionary

Adoniram Judson-a 

(1788-1850)

“The motto of every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or school-master ought to be ‘Devoted for Life’” (Adoniram Judson)

By: Joseph Saia (Australia) 

             Burma rama Chanchin Ṭha hriltu ropui leh sulsutu, pioneer missionary hmingthang Adoniram Judson-a hi America rama Congregational kohhran member niin North America aṭanga Burma rama Protestant missionary ni tûra an tirh hmasak ber a ni. Kum 25 mi a nihin a nupui Ann-i nên Burma ramah an lût chho va. Baptist Mission enkawlna hnuaiah kum 38 chhûng zet Pathian tân rinawm takin Burma ramah rawng an bâwl a. A ṭhianpa Luther Rice-a nêna an rawngbâwlna aṭangin America rama Baptist Association chuan missionary tam tak a tirh chhuah phah nghe nghe a ni. 

Kum 1812, February ni 5 khân Judson-a chuan Sunday sikul zirtîrtu, kum 21 mi Ann Hasseltine (Nancy-i) chu nupuiah a nei a. A tûkah Judson-a chu rawngbâwl tûra nemngheh (ordained) nghâl a ni. An inneih aṭanga a ni 13-na, February ni 19, kum 1812-ah Salem lawng chawlh hmun aṭangin India ram Culcutta khawpui panin an chhuak a. Kum 1812 June thla laihawl vêlah Adoniram Judson-a te nupa chu Culcutta an rawn lût chho ta a. Hetih hun lai hian ‘Serampore Trio’ an tih William Carey-a te, John Marshman-a leh William Ward-a ten India ram, Serampore hmunah rawngbâwlna ngelnghet tak an nei tawh a. British East India Company chuan ram dang mi, rawngbâwl tûra lo kalte chu nasa taka a khuahkhirh tlat avângin Adoniram Judson-a te nupa chu India ram aṭang chuan Burma ramah an lût chho ta a ni. 

Hudson Taylor-a chanchin tawi

By: Joseph Saia (Australia) 

James Hudson Taylor-a hi China rama missionary hmingthang leh rawngbâwltu ropui a ni a. Amah hi British Protestant Christian missionary niin ‘China Inland Mission (CIM)’ dintu a ni bawk. China ramah kum 51 chhûng mission hna a thawk a. Chumi chhûng chuan zirna sikul 125 lai a din hman a. Chuta ṭanga piangthar ringawt pawh mi 125,000 chuang an tling a ni. China ram hmun hrang hrangah Mission Station 300 chuang a din a, chûngte chu missionary 849 leh Chinese tualchhûng mi (local helper) 700-ten tûn thleng hian an la enkawl chhunzawm zêl a ni. 

Brighton Beach, England-a China Inland Mission a din tirh chuan Taylor-a’n bank-ah pound 50 chiah a dah a, chu chu a rawngbâwlna bûl ṭanna chu a ni mai. Mihring lam aṭanga ngaihtuah chuan thil tih chi niin a lang lo. Amaherawhchu, awm lo ata awmtîr theitu Pathian chu a ring ngam tlat a, Pathian chuan mualphovin a awmtîr dâwn lo tih thlarau mitin a hmu chiang a. Tihtak meuhva Pathian hnêna a ṭawngṭai hnu chuan kum khat chhûng lekin bank-a a pawisa dah chu Pound 2,000 chuang a tling ta mai a. Kum 1866-ah chuan China Inland Mission hnuaia volunteer missionary 24 ten China ram an thleng a, a hnuah mi 70 chuang an thlen belh a, a hnuah 102, a tâwpah chuan missionary 800 chuang zet an nei thei ta a ni. 

A thih hnuah pawh China Inland Mission chuan rawngbâwlna zau takin a kalpui zêl a, CIM chu ram pâwna Protestant mission lian ber pâwl a la ni chho zêl a ni. Ṭawngṭai leh Pathian rinchhan tak meuhva rawng a bâwlna chuan mi tam tak rilru a hnehin mi dang tâna nun hlâna rawngbâwl duh mi tam tak a hring chhuak a. Olympic Gold Medal pawh lo dawng tawh, Scottish missionary Eric Liddell-a chuan Chanchin Ṭha avângin China ramah a lu a phûm a, America rama missionary Jim Elliiot-a pawhin Ecuador rama hnam mâwlte tân a nunna a hlân bawk. Irish missionary Amy Carmichael-i chuan India ramah kum 55 zet rawngbâwlin Chanchin Ṭha a vahvaihpui a, kum 83 mi a nih thlengin Tamil Nadu (Chennai)-ah rawngbâwlin a hun a hmang a. British evangelist Audrey Wetherell Johnson-a chuan kum 1959-ah khân China ramah Bible Study Fellowship a din a, tûn thleng hian chu rawngbâwlna chu chhunzawm zêl a la ni.