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. [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. [4]