Source: Asia Harvest, April 2023
From across the densely populated plains of Myanmar—inhabited by Buddhist peoples like the Burmese, Chaungtha, Mon, and Rakhine—reports have emerged of families and sometimes whole communities being transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ.
The current revival has almost exclusively occurred through house church discipleship networks. Gone is the division between paid clergy and laymen. The current move of God is also unlikely to produce a single visible church building. Myanmar does not need one more cathedral or church building. Now, tens of thousands of newly redeemed brothers and sisters with a simple yet powerful faith gather in homes, basements, shops, halls, thatch huts, teahouses, or wherever else they may choose to meet.
Although no one except God currently knows the extent of the revival in Myanmar, what we can tell you is that when our co-workers there began to field requests for Burmese Bibles, requests flooded in from more than 100 different Myanmar church and ministry leaders, begging for the Word of God so that new believers could be established in the faith and the gains from the revival would not fall by the wayside.
Read the full story. See also a related article with a snapshot from the country’s history: Adoniram Judson, a Life Poured Out for God.
You might also be interested in a new series from Christianity Today, Engaging Buddhism. It explores different facets of Buddhism and how Christians can engage with and minister to Buddhists. Read the first article.