{"id":102835,"date":"2026-08-29T08:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=102835"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:05:20","slug":"baptist-pastor-martyred-in-myanmar-by-military-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/baptist-pastor-martyred-in-myanmar-by-military-dictatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor bautista martirizado en Myanmar por la dictadura militar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Burma Research Institute (BRI) has confirmed that Rev. William and another Chin Christian, Nam Ceu, were extrajudicially murdered on June 4\u00a0by the Burmese military dictatorship.\u00a0 Rev. William had pastored the Chungcung Baptist Church in Chin state for more than 25 years. He was\u00a0arrested with Ceu in May and had been detained by the military since then. Sources told the BRI that Rev. William and\u00a0Ceu were killed for allegedly supporting the Hakha Chinland Defense Force (CDF), which is fighting against\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burma Research Institute (BRI) has confirmed that Rev. William and another Chin Christian, Nam Ceu, were extrajudicially murdered on June 4\u00a0by the Burmese military dictatorship.\u00a0 Rev. William had pastored the Chungcung Baptist Church in Chin state for more than 25 years. He was\u00a0arrested with Ceu in May and had been detained by the military since then. Sources told the BRI that Rev. William and\u00a0Ceu were killed for allegedly supporting the Hakha Chinland Defense Force (CDF), which is fighting against\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":102834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-102835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78477,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/world-council-of-churches-condemns-ongoing-strikes-on-burmese-civilians\/","url_meta":{"origin":102835,"position":0},"title":"World Council of Churches Condemns Ongoing Strikes on Burmese Civilians","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"marzo 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the bombing of a predominantly Mennonite village in western Myanmar earlier this month, the World Council of Churches (WCC) this week issued a public condemnation of the ongoing violence. 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