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This page lists workers at the Free Reformed Church of Myanmar (FRCM) and its Bible college, the Grace Bible Seminary (GBS). Some of the information below is a direct quote from details provided Rev. James Mang Khen Thang. Names below are listed alphabetically, NOT hierarchically)

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• Rev. Ceu Ling
  • Church Pastor, Haw Zang village and is in charge of FRCM in Chin State. A Christian by birth*.
• Daw Cin Mui (Women’s Secretary)
• Rev. James Mang Khen Thang
  • Senior Pastor of FRCM. See full details about James’ family, history, and ministry here.
• Rev. Samuel Bawi Ling
  • A Christian by birth*, born in 1970 and has a wife and three children. Has a congregation in the South Dagon area specially working in the field of Children ministry and sharing the Gospel to unbelievers. An interested and active missionary, many have become believers because of his sharing the Gospel. He is very mission minded.
• Rev. Samuel Kei Sum
  • Working in a new mission field in North Dagon. A pastor for 27 years and very mission minded. Because of his working very hard for the Lord to the unbelievers there have been some new converts by his ministry. Presently, due to lack of funding/support, he is working without salary at the rented house.
• Daw Than Than Kyi
  • Our teacher of Church Sunday School at South Dagon, and very missionary minded. A Christian by birth*.

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* A Christian by birth means born within a Christian family. The parents are both believers and have brought up their child in Christian worship, doctrines, and theology ever since childhood.

The significance of mentioning it is firstly to respect the way that FRCM chooses to present their leaders. The pages throughout this site with information about the partner churches have been put together from their own writings. Occasionally they use phrases that are strange to us, like this one about being a Christian from birth, but I chose to leave that in the statements because that’s how they’d like to be presented. Secondly, I believe this concept of Christian heritage seems very important to them, and they’re keen to show that they are well established in their Christianity and not simply a new wave of believers. For them, this Christian genealogy adds credibility to their work and ministry and declares the historically strong nature of Christianity within their native tribes. Finally, this typical statement of “Christian from birth” is only common with those associated with FRCM, which indicates that it is perhaps more of a tradition from the northern tribes of Chin State (FRCM churches), rather than those from southern tribes (ERC churches).