The instruction to priests accompanying fleeing Burmese refugees was simple: go if you must, but do not contact us. Concerned about danger to themselves, the Anglican diocesan officers did not wish to risk the ire of Burma\u2019s military government. An exception could be made if there were deaths, and then the bishop would come to bury the dead.<\/p>\n
This play-it-safe approach was typical in the past of the Church of the Province of Myanmar (CPM), also known as Burma, according to the Most Rev. Stephen Than Myint Oo, the current Anglican archbishop there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe church in Myanmar needs revival,\u201d\u009d Than said. \u201cIn the past, we just emphasized what could be done with human means.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Representing a church that had been effectively walled off from the rest of the world for decades, the Anglican Archbishop of Myanmar spoke this week at the New Wineskins for Global Mission conference in Ridgecrest, North Carolina.<\/p>\n