The resource person from Church headquarters of Southern Asia Pacific Region  were distinguished attendees in the seminar.

The Adventist church in Myanmar has decided to implement this program in respective mission and up to the local churches. The 3 Union level evangelism teams were formed to lead out the extension program in respective mission.

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The Adventist church in Myanmar holds its LEAD training Seminar on March 11-13,2013 at Ayeyarwaddy Adventist Seminary campus, Myaungmya. The resource persons including Pastor Alberto Gulfan Jr. and party took the various lectures series to enhance the technical know-how of the church leadership in Myanmar.

This has been conducting in Myanmar Adventist church since many years and it really helped the leaders to utilize their knowledge in respective fields.

This is the first experience of the Myanmar Adventist church’s awareness and interest in religious liberty and sermons preached in different parts of the country.

Myanmar reformed government is now freeing country media and public voice as it is appropriate time for to church to explore the possibility of religious liberty movement in Myanmar.

Speaking to the church administration, Pr. Min Lwin, the chairperson of PARL committee of Myanmar Adventist church expressed his personal thought about religious liberty activities should be implemented in Myanmar in order to create the favorable image of the church to the public. He involved in taking religious liberty sermon, preached in Yangon Central church on the January 26, 2013 Sabbath with more than 400 church attendees.

Many preachers had delivered their Religious Liberty Sermons on the Sabbath, which marked as Religious Liberty Sabbath obviously 2 officials have also visited to Taungoo and Mandalay churches to preach that sermon.

The only higher learning institute in Myanmar Adventist church namely Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary (MUAS) has conducted the lecture series on Human rights and religious liberty. On January 24, 2013, the resource persons U Chan Nyein Aung, President of COM and Human Right Specialist Daw Nway Nway Tun of a leadership development-training center took part in lecture series related to Religious Liberty and Human Rights.

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She has received the first price for 3 times in 2004, 2005 and 2007 the past and this is the 4^th time receiving the first price in writing contest 2012.

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More than 100 representatives from the respective local missions and union headquarters attended the meeting interestingly. This was the first time holding union-wide meeting in local mission headquarters.

The meeting began with the spiritual encouragement for revival of the church. All the delegates have been involved in the church reformed activities as regard to the growth of the Christian experience.

“This is the end time of the world. We, the Adventist church members are to revive and rededicate our lives to God.” said by Pr. Memory Tun, the president of the church in Myanmar.

The layman delegate from South East Myanmar mission Saw Samuel Hlaing stated that “The church has been growing in Myanmar in spite of all difficulties and hazard.” My interest to His works become more and more as the church members are actively participating in various church activities.

“I am so glad to see my old school mates who are working different parts of the country”. concluded Pr. Han Sein, the alumni of Missionary Training course in Myaungmya.

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“Seventh-day Adventist world church President Ted N. C. Wilson is calling for an International Day of Prayer and Fasting on December 1 to rally support for the release of two Adventists currently imprisoned in the West African country of Togo.”

The respective youth delegates totaling 307 from various parts of the country gathered together and participated the program with enthusiasm during the event. The regional youth department director of Adventist church headquarters, Philippines Pr. Jobbie Yabut was one of the leading resource persons for the youth congress.

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It was attended by the Union Minister of Environmental Conservation and Forestry HE U Win Tun, officials, UN representatives, NGO representatives and invited guests.

Maung Maung Myo Chan, Board of director and Kyaw Aung Oliver, Program director of ADRA Myanmar have been invited to participate in technical workshop of environmental conservation.

The Adventist church-based organizations ADRA Myanmar and ACS have been included in the leading role of this REDD+ activities from the beginning of the Myanmar initiative. The government has set clear working strategy on Public and Private Partnership in Myanmar to implement the development programs of the country in the process of change.

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It was witnessed and honored by the Executive Secretary of the Adventist church in Southern Asia Pacific Region Pr. Saw Samuel, his counterparts of Myanmar Adventist church, the ministerial secretary of Adventist church in Myanmar Pr. Shine Tha, more than 500 church members from various places of local mission. The team conducted series of meeting in different places Hpa-an and Adventist Seminary in Yay Bu village.

The region of South East Myanmar Adventist mission has been the most difficult area to evangelize due to the security and religious influence of Non-believer. The arm group of anti Christian is also existed for more than 20 years. The public evangelistic meetings were not conducted for many years. Due to the conflicts, Adventist church could not developed much in order to extend the work of God.

In the history of Adventist work in Myanmar it proved that the area had well set up of Adventist missionary work by pioneer missionary to Myanmar Eric B Hare in 40s and 50s. It has come to the conflicted time during 90s and the missionary school was destroyed and closed down. It moved to the new place where the Adventist church rebuilt South East Mission Adventist Seminary in Yay Bu village, Hlaing Bwe Township.

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