Myanmar Baptist Convention

The Convention has its origins in an American mission of the American Baptist Mission (American Baptist Churches USA) in 1813 from Adoniram Judson and Ann Judson to Yangon. It was officially founded in 1865 as the Burma Baptist Missionary Convention. Peace Studies Center, founded in 2006, is a center of Myanmar Institute of Theology, which is the theological institution of Myanmar Baptist Convention. MBC has 20 Member Conventions or affiliates all around the country. Among them is Kachin Baptist Convention that will implement the DERF project.