Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) : American Baptist missionary to Burma, called Father of Baptist Missionaries. In 1834 completed a translation of the whole Bible into Burmese. As a young man, he had cried out, “I will not leave Burma, until the cross is planted here forever.! He died in 1850 and was buried at Bay of Bengal, Burma coast. 33 years after his death, Burma had 63 Christian Churches, 163 missionaries, and over 7000 baptized converts.   read more »