3/06/2014

၁၉ ရာစုႏွစ္ခရစ္ယာန္သမိုင္း

The nineteenth century was a period of awaking of Christians to their missionary responsibility. Supported by the churches and mission board, missionaries began work in country after country as may be seen below:

1793 -----William Carey to India

1807------Robert Morrison to China

1811------Henry Martyn to Persia
 

1813------Adoniram Judson to Burma
 

1816------John Williams to Society Islands
 

1817------Robert Moffat to Southern Africa
 

1819 ------Pioneers to Syria
 

1833 ------Siam entered
 

1838 ------James Calvert to Fiji
 

1841 ------David Livingstone to Southern Africa
 

1842 ------First ports opened in China by treaty.
 

1853 -------Japan opened by Commodore Poerry; first Protestant missionaries came six years later.
 

1858 ------John G.Paton to New Hebrides.
 

1874 -------J.N Andrews, first Seventh-day Adventist foreign missionary.
 

1875 -------First Protestant missionaries to Korea.
 

1885 -------First Seventh-day Adventist work in Australia
 

1894 -------First Seventh-day Adventist “heathen mission,” Solusi, Africa.
 

1898 -------First Protestant work in Philippines.

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