Bengal Baptist Fellowship

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Bengal Baptist Fellowship is an association of Baptist Christian churches in India. It was established in 1919 by both the Australian Baptist Missionary Society and the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society. [1] It is limited to the part of India bordering Bangladesh. It has about 1300 members.

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References

  1. Andrew Louth, ed. (2022). "Bangladesh Baptist Fellowship". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780191744396.