Myanmar_Baptist_Convention References

Myanmar Baptist Convention
Myanmar Baptist Convention
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှစ်ခြင်း ခရစ်ယာန်အသင်းချုပ်
Abbreviation	MBC
Classification	Evangelicalism
Theology	Baptist
Associations	Baptist World Alliance
Headquarters	Yangon, Myanmar
Origin	1865
Congregations	5,337
Members	1,013,499
Seminaries	49
Official website	mbc-1813.org

The Myanmar Baptist Convention ( Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှစ်ခြင်း ခရစ်ယာန်အသင်းချုပ်, romanized: myanmarninengan nhaithkyinn hkaraityaran aasainnhkyaote) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Myanmar. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the World Council of Churches. The headquarters is in Yangon.

History

The Convention has its origins in an American mission of the American Baptist Mission ( American Baptist Churches USA) in 1813 from Adoniram Judson and Ann Judson to Yangon. ^[1] It was officially founded in 1865 as the Burma Baptist Missionary Convention.^[2] In 2006, it had 4,522 churches and 1,142,655 members.^[3] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 5,337 churches and 1,013,499 members. ^[4]

Member Associations

Departments of Myanmar Baptist Convention

Finance & Property
Evangelism & Mission
Christian Education
Christian Communication
Theological Education
Christian Social and Service & Development
Literature & Publication
Leadership Development
Ministers
Men
Women
Youth

Schools

It has 49 affiliated institutes of theology. ^[5] The main is the Myanmar Institute of Theology, founded in 1927 and located in Insein.

References

^ Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 206
^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 110-111
^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 110-111
^ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
^ MBC, Our mission, mbc-1813.org, Myanmar, retrieved May 5, 2023

External links

Official Website

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[1] Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 206

[2] William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 110-111

[3] William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 110-111

[4] Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023

[5] MBC, Our mission, mbc-1813.org, Myanmar, retrieved May 5, 2023

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