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Adoniram Judson (9 August 1788 - 12 April 1850) was an American Baptist missionary who laboured for most xl years within Burma (now called Myanmar).

He was natural 9 August 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts, son of the Congregational minister. He graduated from either Rhode Island College (today Brown University) and late participated in the formation of the U.s. Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Judson was licenced as a foreign missionary per Congregational Church, and married Ann Hasseltine in 5 February 1812. Around 6 September 1812, he converted to Baptism and was baptized in Calcutta, India. A below season, inside 1813, he moved to Burma. Adoniram Judson was imprisoned for Twenty-one months when you took a war between England and Burma. Around 24 October 1826, his wife Ann died at Amherst (okay, Kyaikkami), Burma. Within 1834, he completed the Burmese translation of the Bible. Around April of that same month, he married Sarah Hall Boardman, widow woman of fellow missionary George Boardman. Judson’s married woman Sarah died at St. Helena, Burma on 1 September 1845. For the third period, Judsin married writer Emily Chubbuck on 2 June 1846. In 12 April 1850, Adoniram Judson died and was buried mazed off a coast of the Bay of Bengal.

Fallowing his conversiin to Baptist views on baptism, Judson's offer to Baptists in the United States to serve as their missionary resulted in the formation of the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States for Foreign Missions (unremarkably known as a Triennial Convention) in 1814. Attitudes toward this convention & more aide would divide a Baptists within Usa.

In a campus of Yangon University is Judson Church, named within his honour.

If you would prefer additional within depth facts on this Christian missionary, you may assume reading To A Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson, by Courtney Anderson.

Christian Biography Resources: Adoniram Judson
Offers several short biographies of this American Baptist missionary to Burma, along with related links.

Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives: Adoniram Judson
Short biographical profile.

The Baptist Page: Adonirum Judson
Tells how the son of a Congregationalist minister became America's first Baptist foreign missionary.

The Life And Work of Adoniram Judson, Missionary To Burma
Brief, yet well-documented, account of Judson's life and legacy.

Adoniram and Ann Judson: America's First Foreign Missionary
Short biography geared toward older children and early teens.

Missionary Sketches: Adoniram Judson
Traces Judson's journey of faith from his childhood in a preacher's home through his agnostic early adult years and to his ultimate conversion and subsequent ministry.

Adoniram Judson
A teen-oriented look at Judson's life and decision to serve God no matter the cost.

Adoniram Judson: Apostle of the Love of Christ in Burma
A detailed look at how the love of Christ shaped Judson's entire life.






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