Judson Research Center was founded on July 13, 2003 under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Samuel Ngun Ling, who was founder and also present President of MIT with the purpose of striving for promotion of interfaith studies, interfaith dialogue and study of current issues in Myanmar. Working together with various religious leaders, scholars, students and young people of other faiths, the JRC convenes series of Interfaith forums, seminars, workshops and trainings on various themes such as Religious Freedom, Peace and Reconciliation, Ethnic Issues, Gender Equality and Environment Issues, in which Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim religious leaders come, discuss, reflect and find out a common cause to build up friendship, mutual understanding, mutual trust and mutual cooperation.