Myanmar Baptists Celebrate 200th Anniversary

Baptist World Alliance (BWA) General Secretary Neville Callam offered praise to God and encouragement to Baptists in Myanmar during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Baptist witness in the southeast Asian country.  Callam, who delivered greetings at the...

Myanmar Baptists Prepare for Bicentennial

The Baptists in Myanmar are in high gear preparing to host thousands to celebrate the 200-year impact of the arrival of the Judsons in 1813.  Baptists here claim Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) as one of their own, which speaks highly of his cultural assimilation. ...

First U.S. Missionaries’ Legacy Continues in Myanmar

Two hundred years ago this month, the first foreign missionaries from the United States arrived in India. The famous “haystack prayer meeting” in 1806 led to the forming of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) four years later....