In early 2011, Peter was called to plant a multisite church with house churches meeting in multiple locations, with a strong and healthy disciple making culture that will multiply healthy disciples and churches across Yangon. After much prayer, with a deep conviction of God’s call to church planting, in September 2011, he had the direction from God to start a new church plant in Hlaingthayar, Yangon.

After much prayer and having received confirmation, on September 6, 2011, Peter and his family moved to Hlaingthayar to plant and grow healthy churches that multiply. They lived and served on personal support and with the generous support of ministry partners who shared their God-given vision and believed in their mission. Pursuing God’s calling for their lives, a church planting movement was started from a humble beginning. 

Since then, we adapted our church planting strategy to a multisite church with house churches meeting in multiple locations to engage, equip, and empower every disciple to multiply healthy disciples, churches, and leaders everywhere.

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Our Impact

In June 2009, our founder Rev. Peter T. Mang began to serve as an itinerant Evangelist, sharing the gospel with unreached people in remote villages and cities across Ayeyarwady Region. In September 2011, he transitioned to pursue God’s call to church planting and started planting house churches in Yangon.

When we launched our first church plant in Hlaingtharyar, our attendees were just a small group of 12 people. We are committed to seeing a church grow and multiply. A new church plant grew from a small group of people meeting in a house church and providing family discipleship through Bible study once a week, to making disciples who make disciples and planting healthy churches that multiply. In the first five years from 2011 – 2016, we expanded into 7 new places and started disciple groups and house churches in each community in Hlaingthayar.

In April 2016, we launched a church planting initiative in Insein to plant and grow healthy churches that multiply healthy disciples and churches everywhere.

In February 2019, we formed a Church Planting Network with the purpose of strengthening leaders, mobilizing churches, and multiplying churches to accelerate church planting in Myanmar.

In 2020, we launched Agape Vision 2030 Church Planting Initiative to establish 300 healthy churches among unreached people in Myanmar by the end of 2030.

From 2016 – 2022, Agape Church Plants expanded into new places and multiplied over 10 disciple groups and house churches.

In January 2023, Rev. Peter T. Mang transitioned from pastoral ministry with Agape Church Yangon to leading a church planting organization with Agape Church Planting.

In February 2023, we formed a church planting team comprised of the Board of Directors and the Executive Team at Agape Church Planting.

Launch of Agape Vision 2030

Launched in 2020, the Agape Vision 2030 enacted a strategic vision for the Church Planting Initiative to establish 300 healthy churches among unreached people in Myanmar by the end of 2030.

Agape Vision 2030 was officially started in February 2023 as we formed a church planting team to launch Church Planting Initiative.

Agape Vision 2030 is extended to Agape Vision 2033.

We envision a movement of disciples who make disciples, churches that multiply churches, and leaders who develop leaders to accelerate the fulfillment of the Great Commission in our generation.

Our passion is to glorify God by creating healthy and thriving communities of fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ through multiplying healthy disciples, churches, and leaders in every community in Myanmar.

We provide a strategic approach to evangelism, discipleship, church planting, leadership development, mission mobilization, and community development to accelerate church planting among unreached people in Myanmar.

Summary

Agape Church Planting was started in September 2011 at the initiative of Agape Mission, with the purpose of multiplying healthy disciples, churches, and leaders in every community in Myanmar.

In September 2011, we launched family discipleship through Bible study and started a new disciple group with two families in Hlaingthayar.

In September 2012, we launched our first church plant with 12 people in Hlaingthayar.

From 2011- 2016, we expanded into new places and started 7 disciple groups and house churches in Hlainthayar.

In April 2016, we launched a church planting initiative in Insein to plant healthy churches that multiply.

In February 2019, we formed Myanmar Church Planting Network with the purpose of strengthening leaders, mobilizing churches, and multiplying churches to accelerate church planting in Myanmar.

In 2020, we launched the Agape Vision 2030 Church Planting Initiative that aims to establish 300 healthy churches among unreached people in Myanmar by the end of 2030.

In 2022, we formed the Association of Independent Churches of Myanmar, a voluntary association of independent churches working together to accelerate church planting movements in Myanmar.

From 2016 – 2022, we expanded into new places and started over 10 disciple groups and house churches.

In February 2023, we formed a church planting team comprised of the Board of Directors and the Executive Team of Agape Church Planting.

Agape Vision 2030 was officially started in February 2023 and has been extended to Agape Vision 2033.

In July 2023, we launched School of Missions and Church Planting in Yangon and Mandalay with a hybrid accelerated option for its Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Missions and Church Planting programs.

As of 2024, we have equipped and developed 7 strategic church planters from Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Sagaing regions. They are doing Church Planting Internship in their current church plants that will lead them to serve as full-time church planters with Agape Church Planting.

We expect to train 15 strategic church planters from parts of Myanmar in 2025.

Join the church planting movement

We are looking for called, qualified, and strategic church planters from across the country.

We intentionally seek to see:

• A healthy pipeline of new church planters across the country.
• New church planters who plant healthy churches that multiply.
• Church planting movements among unreached people groups.
• Healthy churches with a strong and healthy disciple making culture.
• Healthy church plants that become locally sustainable within five years.
• Effective church leadership and administration as part of a new church plant.
• Local or independent churches that value the support provided by associations.

Call: +95 9 252 899 155 or Email: info@agapechurchplanting.org