Myanmar Baptist Convention

The Myanmar Baptist Convention (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှစ်

Myanmar Baptist
ခြင်း ခရစ်ယာန်အသင်းချုပ်, romanized: myanmarninengan
nhaithkyinn hkaraityaran aasainnhkyaote) is a Baptist Christian Convention
denomination in Myanmar. It is affiliated with the Baptist World မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှစ်ခြင်း ခရစ်ယာန်အသင်း
Alliance and the World Council of Churches. The headquarters is ချုပ်
in Yangon.
Abbreviation MBC
Classification Evangelicalism
History
Theology Baptist
The Convention has its origins in an American mission of the Associations Baptist World
American Baptist Mission (American Baptist Churches USA) in Alliance
1813 from Adoniram Judson and Ann Judson to Yangon. [1] It was Headquarters Yangon,
officially founded in 1865 as the Burma Baptist Missionary Myanmar
Convention.[2] In 2006, it had 4,522 churches and 1,142,655
Origin 1865
members.[3] According to a census published by the association in
2023, it claimed 5,337 churches and 1,013,499 members. [4] Congregations 5,337
Members 1,013,499
Member Associations Seminaries 49
Official website mbc-1813.org (ht
Myanmar Baptist Churches Union
tp://mbc-1813.or
Karen Baptist Convention
g)
Kachin Baptist Convention
Lisu Baptist Convention
Chin Baptist Convention
Southern Shan State Baptist Home Mission
Society
Shweli Shan Baptist Convention
Northern Shan State Baptist Convention
Eastern Shan State Baptist Convention
Akhar Baptist Convention
Naga Baptist Convention
Tedim Baptist Convention
Asho Chin Baptist Convention
Wa Baptist Convention
Po Kayin Baptist Convention
Rakhine Baptist Convention
Mon Baptist Convention
Lahu Baptist Convention
Judson Church

Judson Church in Yangon.

 Immanuel Baptist Church

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.

See also
Bible
Born again
Baptist beliefs
Worship service (evangelicalism)
Jesus Christ Myanmar Institute of Theology in Yangon.
Believers' Church

References
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 (https://www.baptistworld.org/member-unions/),
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
 5. MBC, Our mission (http://mbc-1813.org/our-mission/?lang=en), mbc-1813.org, Myanmar,
retrieved May 5, 2023

External links
Official Website (http://mbc-1813.org/?lang=en)
Evangelical
Christianity portal

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