Short Biography of Adoniram Judson
Arik Akerberg
Church History
November 18, 2013
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson was born on August 9th, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. Adoniram graduated from Brown University in 1807. While in college, Judson abandoned the Christian faith for Deism. After graduation from Brown, Judson moved to Massachusetts and started a school, he also published several books. Judson liked to travel and did so often. While on one of his trips, Judson stayed at an inn, in the room next to him he could hear someone dying. The next morning he found that the dying man was a former classmate from Brown. This man was actually the one who encouraged Judson to turn from the Christian faith. Judson was scared and went back to his parents and turned back to the Lord. After he returned home, Judson decided to attend Andover theological seminary, in Andover Massachusetts. After just a few months, Judson decided to completely dedicate his life to the Lord. Judson felt compelled to serve the Lord by traveling to and becoming a missionary in Burma. The biggest problem was there was no other missionaries to foreign lands from the United States, and there was also no missionary societies to support him. Judson decided the only way to do this was to start his only missionary organization. On February 19th 1812, Adoniram and his wife, Ann, set sail from Salem, Massachusetts to India. During the voyage, Judson began translating the New Testament into English from Greek. During his work translating the Bible, Judson found that the Baptist view of Baptism was scriptural. Judson decided to leave the Congregationalist denomination and he became a Baptist. Judson decided that the best way to reach the people would be to dress like a Buddhist priest, and take some traditional things of the culture and adapt them to be used to teach Christianity. Judson spent up to twelve hours a day studying the Burmese language, because he realized he could not reach the people until he understood the
Church History
November 18, 2013
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson was born on August 9th, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. Adoniram graduated from Brown University in 1807. While in college, Judson abandoned the Christian faith for Deism. After graduation from Brown, Judson moved to Massachusetts and started a school, he also published several books. Judson liked to travel and did so often. While on one of his trips, Judson stayed at an inn, in the room next to him he could hear someone dying. The next morning he found that the dying man was a former classmate from Brown. This man was actually the one who encouraged Judson to turn from the Christian faith. Judson was scared and went back to his parents and turned back to the Lord. After he returned home, Judson decided to attend Andover theological seminary, in Andover Massachusetts. After just a few months, Judson decided to completely dedicate his life to the Lord. Judson felt compelled to serve the Lord by traveling to and becoming a missionary in Burma. The biggest problem was there was no other missionaries to foreign lands from the United States, and there was also no missionary societies to support him. Judson decided the only way to do this was to start his only missionary organization. On February 19th 1812, Adoniram and his wife, Ann, set sail from Salem, Massachusetts to India. During the voyage, Judson began translating the New Testament into English from Greek. During his work translating the Bible, Judson found that the Baptist view of Baptism was scriptural. Judson decided to leave the Congregationalist denomination and he became a Baptist. Judson decided that the best way to reach the people would be to dress like a Buddhist priest, and take some traditional things of the culture and adapt them to be used to teach Christianity. Judson spent up to twelve hours a day studying the Burmese language, because he realized he could not reach the people until he understood the