Immanuel Baptist Church (Yangon, Burma) Explained

Immanuel Baptist Church
Location:411, Mahar Bandoola Garden Street and Mahar Bandoola Road, Yangon
Country:Myanmar
Denomination:Baptist
Founded Date:1885
Completed Date:1885

Immanuel Baptist Church is Baptist church in central Yangon at the corner of Mahar Bandoola Garden Street and Mahar Bandoola Road opposite Yangon City Hall.

History

Built in 1885 by an American missionary, the church was destroyed during World War II but rebuilt in 1952.[1] Until 1965, the pastor of the church was sent by the American Baptist International Ministries, which at that time was called the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.[2] One of the founders of that missionary organisation was Adoniram Judson, who lived in Burma from 1813 to his death in 1850.[3] The church is on the Yangon City Heritage List, a list of man-made landmarks designated by the governmental Yangon City Development Committee.[4]

In the early 1960s over 90 percent of the congregation were Burmese, including ethnically Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Burmese.[5]

Pastors

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Immaneul Baptist Church.
  2. News: Allen, Marcia M.. Now Rangoon is Home for us. 21 January 2016. Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. 28 April 1963. 3. English.
  3. [Adoniram Judson]
  4. News: Special Reports: Heritage List . The Myanmar Times . 2001-10-29.
  5. News: Allen, Marcia M.. Now Rangoon is Home for us. 21 January 2016. Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. 28 April 1963. 4. English.