Karen Evangelism – What Does It Look Like?
Two Pwo Karen moms with their children in Huay Sai Yong Village in 1992 Adoniram Judson is often credited with kicking off Protestant international missions in the US. He arrived in Burma (now often called Myanmar) in July of 1813. Probably in 1827, Judson took on responsibility for an ethnic Karen debt slave and all-around street-tough named Ko Tha Byu. By May of 1828, through the efforts of Judson and other early missionaries, Ko Tha Byu was formally freed and baptized. After becoming a Christian, Ko Tha Byu went on to become an extraordinarily tireless and effective evangelist, leading countless Karen to Christ and starting many Karen churches. Many of these new Karen Christians were in due course, instrumental (serving as guides, interpreters, teachers, pastors and evangelists) in assisting a number of early Baptist missionaries reaching out to the ethnic Burmese and various minority groups. In many ways, I think it could be said the response of the early Karen Christian converts...
