Prevented from working in India, the Judsons sailed to Burma (Myanmar). The Judsons waited with William Carey while American Baptists organized themselves for missions until, in 1814, they were adopted by the American Baptists as their first foreign missionaries. As a teacher committed to the evangelization of her pupils, Ann Judson observed with interest the mission schools of Hannah Marshman. On their way to India, the Judsons were convinced of the biblical basis for believer’s baptism, and accordingly they were baptized after their arrival in India. Her decision to marry Judson made her the wife of one of America’s first foreign missionaries, appointed in 1812 by the ABCFM. Judson, Ann Hasseltine (1789-1826) Pioneer Baptist missionary to Burma (Myanmar)Ī school teacher from Bradford, Massachusetts, Ann Haseltine met Adoniram Judson when he stayed at her father’s house during the organizational meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM).
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