By Bob Allen Advocates for religious liberty view with alarm a new law recently passed by the parliament in Myanmar making it harder for a person to switch religions. Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organization that monitors human rights,…
Taking it all in – the pain and the joy
Joseph Andrew Haynie’s eyes were blue. Reading his Army discharge papers fifty-eight years after his death, I learned this simple fact. Joe Haynie married Katie Louise Clyde in the tumultuous year of 1941 – and left not long afterwards for…
Richmond grateful for growth of Burmese refugee ministry
By Blake Tommey “When these kinds of things happen in my life, things that are so clearly filled with more beauty or redemption or reconciliation than my cranky personality and stony heart could ever manufacture on their own, I just…
How widely Jesus ranges
By Molly T. Marshall They just kept coming. Clad in colorful traditional dress, the varied ethnic tribes, primarily from the hill country, announced their presence through their distinctive attire. Many had traveled up to six days, partly on foot, to…
Baptists celebrate Judsons in Burma
By Bob Allen Baptists from the United States and around the world traveled this week to Myanmar to celebrate the 200-year anniversary of the arrival of an American Baptist missionary credited with bringing Christianity to the country in Southeast Asia…