Mission to Myanmar was born after Pastor Mark Robinette, visited Myanmar for the first time in 2013 and discovered an amazing, fruitful Christian network in an almost entirely Buddhist country. Myanmar—formerly known as Burma, located in Southeast Asia, between Thailand and India—had been virtually closed to the outside world for decades, much like North Korea. The door to Myanmar closed again in February of 2021 after a military coup, but not before deep connections were made between the church in Myanmar and the church in the United States. A group of very persecuted Christians of sixteen churches spread around Myanmar, had a Bible school, two orphanages, and an active evangelistic and humanitarian outreach. The Mission to Myanmar team that was formed saw how much this beleaguered and battered group of believers was able to do with next to no resources and thought that if they were able to raise resources for them, they could do so much more. Since 2013 Mission to Myanmar, has helped the Myanmar people build several churches, a three-story ministry center in Yangon, two permanent orphanage buildings while also equipping them with numerous motorcycles and one four-wheel-drive truck. Mission to Myanmar has been privileged to take part in medical and humanitarian aid missions after two natural disasters as well as bring medical teams for mobile clinics across Myanmar. In January of 2021, we helped them publish a first-ever New Testament in the Kaang Chin language and have committed to support them as they complete and publish the Old Testament as well. Our aim is to help those already engaged in fruitful ministry to do more of what they’re already doing. Now that the country is closed again and travel is restricted, our mission continues from afar, and we have made connections with refugees who have come to the United States for asylum. Our relationships with the Myanmar people here in the USA were made possible by our work in Myanmar but now have taken on a life of their own. We are publishing out-of-print books to help them reclaim their Christian history which began with American missionaries and build a museum in Iowa focusing on this subject.
