Protestants in Myanmar

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Protestants in Myanmar make up 3% of that nations population, most of them Baptists.[1]

There have been reports that the military junta that rules Myanmar sent hundreds of Buddhist monks into a heavily Christian section of the country to reconvert the local people, and offered economic incentives to those who did such as being freed from forced labor. Since 1994 all requests to build new churches have been turned down.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Burma. CIA World Factbook (July 20th, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-21.
  2. ^ Systematic religious persecution in Myanmar. AsiaNews.it (October 18th, 2004). Retrieved on 2006-07-21.
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