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Lairawn Baptist Association (LBA) is a Baptist Christian denomination throughout Kalay Valley, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. The LBA mainly serves the Chin people who speak Falam dialect. It is one of the twenty eight associations of Chin Baptist Convention which is under the umbrella of Myanmar Baptist Convention (MBC).
In addition to Myanmar Baptist Convention, the convention is affiliated to Asia Pacific Baptist Federation and Baptist World Alliance and has a fellowship and works with the ecumenical organizations like Myanmar Council of Churches, Christian Conference of Asia, World Council of Churches and World Association for Christian Communication.
[1] It was officially founded in 1865 as the Burma Baptist Missionary Convention. [2] In 2006, it had 4,522 churches and 1,142,655 members. [ 3 ] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 5,337 churches and 1,013,499 members.
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The Zomi Baptist Convention was established in Burma in 1952. Its first Chairman was Rev'd ST. Gou Hau. During the triennial meeting of the Zomi Baptist Convention in Khuasak in April 1995, four associations broke away from the convention to form the new Zomi Baptist Convention of Myanmar: Tonzang Township Baptist Association (TTBA), Tedim Baptist Association (TBA), Kale Zomi Baptist ...
Karen Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in Myanmar.The headquarters is in Yangon.It is affiliated with the Myanmar Baptist Convention.Leaderships in the organization are for a three-year term and can only be re-elected for two more terms if they do not reach the age of 60 years at the end of next three-year term.
A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty ...
National Primitive Baptist Convention (formerly Colored Primitive Baptist Church) [36] 600,000 1,565 1907 [52] New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches 104 1965 [36] Evangelical North American Baptist Conference (formerly General Conference of German Baptist Churches in North America) [36] 47,150 272 1843 [53] Old-Line ...