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.
| Immanuel Baptist Church | |
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| Location | 411, Mahar Bandoola Garden Street and Mahar Bandoola Road, Yangon |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| History | |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 1885 |
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History
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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
edit- 1951-1959 Brown, Rev. Russell E.
- 1960-1965 Allen, Bradley Moore
- 1965-1967 Unknown
- 1967-1990 Poba, George C.
- 1990-2013 F. John, Paul
- 2013-Current Rev.D Yaw Lar
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Immaneul Baptist Church".
- ^ Allen, Marcia M. (28 April 1963). "Now Rangoon is Home for us". Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Adoniram Judson
- ^ "Special Reports: Heritage List". The Myanmar Times. 2001-10-29.
- ^ Allen, Marcia M. (28 April 1963). "Now Rangoon is Home for us". Worcester Sunday Telegram, Feature Parade Section. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2016.