American Baptist missionaries

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American Baptist missionaries were 19th- and early 20th-century Protestant evangelists from the United States who played a major role in spreading Christianity, education, and literacy—often through Bible translation and schooling—in various regions worldwide, including among the Karen people of Southeast Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionaries ⓘ
Protestant missionaries ⓘ
religious workers ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
activity Bible translation ⓘ
church planting ⓘ
education ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ
literacy promotion ⓘ
medical work ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
affiliation American Baptist Churches USA ⓘ
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society ⓘ
American Baptist Missionary Union ⓘ
contributedTo development of written forms of local languages ⓘ
establishment of hospitals ⓘ
establishment of mission schools ⓘ
spread of Protestant Christianity in Burma ⓘ
spread of literacy among the Karen people ⓘ
translation of the Bible into local languages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bible translation ⓘ
cross-cultural ministry ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
financedBy missionary societies in the United States ⓘ
goal conversion to Christianity ⓘ
education of local populations ⓘ
moral reform ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century Western missionary movement ⓘ
age of imperialism ⓘ
ideology evangelicalism ⓘ
influenced educational systems in mission fields ⓘ
formation of Karen Baptist Convention ⓘ
growth of Baptist churches in Burma ⓘ
influencedBy Second Great Awakening in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWork Burmese ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Karen languages ⓘ
various African languages ⓘ
notableWork mission to the Karen people ⓘ
operatedIn Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Caribbean ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
China ⓘ
Congo Free State ⓘ
India ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Siam ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousBranch Protestantism ⓘ
religiousDenomination Baptist ⓘ
supportedBy American Baptist churches ⓘ
usedMethod Bible translation ⓘ
medical missions ⓘ
preaching ⓘ
printing and distribution of tracts ⓘ
school founding ⓘ
workedAmong African ethnic groups ⓘ
Assamese people ⓘ
Chin people ⓘ
Chinese communities ⓘ
Kachin people ⓘ
Karen people ⓘ
Telugu people ⓘ

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Sgaw Karen language → historicalMissionaryInfluence → American Baptist missionaries ⓘ
Pastors' College, London → associatedMovement → Baptist missionary movement ⓘ
linked to: American Baptist missionaries
Kachin people → missionaryHistory → American Baptist missionaries ⓘ
Hakha Chin people → missionaryInfluenceFrom → American Baptist missionaries ⓘ
Adoniram Judson → hasInfluenced → Baptist missions in Asia ⓘ
linked to: American Baptist missionaries