Baptist have for generations suffered persecution in Burma, now called Myanmar. Even our own State Department has recognized the horrible treatment they have received, and continues to give Baptists fleeing Myanmar top clearance to come to the USA. Makes me proud to be an American.
There has been much pressure lately from the international community for Burma to grant more freedom to its citizens. The worldwide attention given to Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi during her years of house arrest helped highlight the people's plight.
Burma claims to be making progress. Recently I met and visited with a Baptist preacher from Myanmar who is touring the USA. I privately asked him how things are. He said everything was very much better. Freedom was the order of the day. He was very humble, grateful for the liberty to preach there, and for the freedom to travel abroad. Amen. Good news for religious liberty. Adoniram Judson, our first USA Foreign Missionary, poured out his life as a missionary to Burma. He would be proud.
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