Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Christianity in Myanmar has a history dating to the early 18th century. According to the 2016 census , Christianity is the country's second largest religion, practiced by 6.3% of the population, [ 1 ] primarily among the Kachin , Chin and Kayin , and Eurasians because of missionary work in their respective areas. [ 2 ]
A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty ...
Protestant Christianity in Myanmar began in the early 19th century, largely through the missionary efforts of the Americans Adoniram and Ann Judson, Baptist missionaries who first arrived in 1813. Later missionaries such as Arthur and Laura Carson, also Baptist missionaries from America, established work in the Chin Hills in 1899. [ 3 ]
In addition to Myanmar Baptist Convention, the convention is affiliated to Asia Pacific Baptist Federation and Baptist World Alliance and has a fellowship and works with the ecumenical organizations like Myanmar Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication.
2008 All the bishops and the Archbishop of Myanmar attended the Lambeth Conference. 2009 James Min Din former Distributor of Myanmar Bible Society and Secretary of Anglican Young People's Association became the Diocesan Bishop of Sittwe. 2010 The second Church of the Province of Myanmar gathering, Myitkyina (1–8 December 2010), from six dioceses.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Lairawn Baptist Association (LBA) is a Baptist Christian denomination throughout Kalay Valley, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. The LBA mainly serves the Chin people who speak Falam dialect. It is one of the twenty eight associations of Chin Baptist Convention which is under the umbrella of Myanmar Baptist Convention (MBC). As of 2015, the ...
Myanmar (Burma) is a Buddhist majority country with a significant minority of Christians and other groups residing in the country.. Buddhism is a part of Myanmar culture. Section 361 of the Constitution states that "The Union recognizes the special position of Buddhism as the faith professed by the great majority of the citizens of the U