Time is running out to join us in Indianapolis! In-person registration for the Our Story, Our Faith Conference closes Monday, August 3.
🗓️Dates: August 7–8, 2026
📍In-Person Location: Falam Baptist Church of Indiana in Indianapolis, IN
🎟️In-Person Tickets: $60 (group and student get discounts!)
💻Virtual Attendance: Airmeet
On August 7–8, the Burma Christian Diaspora—including Chin, Kachin, Karen, Karenni, and related communities—will gather for two days of worship, storytelling, biblical reflection, and practical conversations about the challenges and hopes of our communities. Together we'll celebrate God's faithfulness, learn from one another, and strengthen the bonds that unite us in Christ.
Two days of inspiring plenary sessions, workshops, worship, and fellowship
Authentic Burmese lunches on Friday and Saturday, generously prepared by Little Myanmar Grocery Store
A Friday evening fellowship dinner featuring traditional Burmese cuisine from Little Myanmar Grocery Store
English-to-Burmese live interpretation
Opportunities to connect with pastors, scholars, community leaders, and families from across North America through worship, meals, and discussion.
Don’t miss the registration deadline! In-person registration closes 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Monday, August 3. Virtual registration will remain available for those who cannot travel.
Virtual tickets are $5 or less per person, and fee waivers are available upon request—we want this gathering to be accessible to all. Groups get discounts of 10%–25%, so invite your friends and colleagues and register together!
The Burma Christian Diaspora in Indianapolis: A Community Portrait
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December 12, 2025
The Burma Christian diaspora in Indianapolis stands at multiple crossroads. Linguistically, leaders project that independent English-speaking churches won’t emerge for 20-30 years when the third generation reaches adulthood. Currently, parents maintain enough control to keep second-generation young adults in ethnic churches, but this influence weakens with each generation.
Faith in the Crosscurrents
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Jun 22
The independence of Burma in 1948 marked a decisive turning point in the history of the Catholic community in the country. Emerging from British colonial rule to national sovereignty, the new Union of Burma sought to define its national identity, often in ways that privileged the Buddhist majority. For the small, ethnically diverse Catholic community, historically connected to Western missionary activity, independence brought both opportunities for localization and serious challenges rooted in nationalism, state policy, and ethnic conflict.
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