Immanuel Baptist Church (Yangon, Burma)

Immanuel Baptist Church
Location 411, Mahar Bandoola Garden Street and Mahar Bandoola Road, Yangon
Country Myanmar
Denomination Baptist
History
Founded 1885
Architecture
Completed 1885
Designations

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

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

  1. Yangon City Heritage List
  2. Places of Worship in Myanmar
  3. VirtualTourist

References

  1. ↑ "Immaneul Baptist Church".
  2. ↑ Allen, Marcia M. (28 April 1963). "Now Rangoon is Home for us". Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Adoniram Judson
  4. ↑ "Special Reports: Heritage List". The Myanmar Times. 2001-10-29.
  5. ↑ Allen, Marcia M. (28 April 1963). "Now Rangoon is Home for us". Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

photo probably taken by Marcia Leilani McIntire Allen
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