When Neutrality Is Not an Option: Why the Church Must Use Its Resources to Defend Christian and Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Danny Bawibikthawng) Photo From Christiannity Today: Smoke and fire in Thantlang in Chin State caused by shelling from Junta military troops Introduction: A Moral Crisis for the Church The 2021 military coup in Myanmar has intensified a longstanding campaign of brutal oppression against the country’s ethnic and religious minorities. Christians, especially from the Chin, Kachin, and Karen ethnic groups, are being targeted through systematic violence, forced displacement, imprisonment, and the destruction of churches and entire villages. According to Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2023 , more than 2.5 million people have been displaced, and hundreds of churches have been deliberately destroyed by the regime. What makes this crisis even more urgent is that many of the Christian immigrant congregations in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Europe, par...
God’s Man, Your Pastor: Love Him and Be Blessed ( Jer. 3:15; 1 Thess 5:12–13; 2 Kings 4) (Danny Bawibikthawng) 1. God’s Gift of Shepherds Jeremiah 3:15 declares, “Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.” Pastors are not chosen by human hands but by God Himself. They are gifts from the Lord to guide, teach, and care for His people. In many immigrant congregations today, pastors serve far beyond the pulpit. They pray, preach, translate documents, take members to hospitals and immigration offices, enroll children in school, and help families find jobs and housing. They read members’ letters, fill out immigration forms, and attend to emergencies at every hour. Yet many receive very limited financial support from the church, often not enough to provide for their own families, and in many cases the church does not allow them to work outside to supplement their income. Still, these pastors labor faithfully, carr...
Hringtu Pa Le Ni Tuanbia Tawi Danny Bawibikthawng 1909 kum, khuasik thla a vun dih i ṭ hal khuapau a hun luh caan ah khin Sonora Dodd cu Zarhpini pumh dingah Biakinn ah a kal i aa pum. Cu ni cu “Hringtu Nu le Ni” a si caah phundang deuh le sunglawi deuh in pumhnak ah caan hman a si. Thawng ṭ ha chimtu Pastor nih Hringtu nu le kong he pehtlai in thawng ṭ ha a chim tik ah hringtu nu le hna cu innchungkhar ah an biapit ning le, fa le cungah nunnak pek tiang ngamh in dawtnak an ngeih ning, cun fale hna nih hawi an lawh khawh ve nak hnga ti in harsatnak tampi lak ah rian hrang ṭ uan in fa le cungah dawtnak an langhternak kong kha fak piin a chim. Cu ti i Pastor pa nih nu le kong ṭ hatnak le nule nih fale cung i an ngeihmi dawtnak kong a chim tik ah Sonora nih cun zeihmanh a thei fiang kho ti lo i lungaw ṭ awm ngaiin Pastor chimmi thawng ṭ ha cu a ngai. Zeicahdah Sonora nih hringtu nu le dawtnak cu a theih khawh lo ti ahcun anih cu a ngakchiat lio tein hringtu nu nih mual...
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