Manipur Baptist Convention | |
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Abbreviation | MBC |
Classification | Evangelicalism |
Theology | Baptist |
Associations | Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, Baptist World Alliance |
Headquarters | Imphal, India |
Founder | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society |
Origin | 1928 |
Congregations | 1,503 |
Members | 221,436 |
Official website | www |
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Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Manipur, India. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (Baptist World Alliance). [1] [2] The General Secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention is REV. K. LOSII MAO. [3]
Missionary from the American Baptist Mission arrived in Manipur in 1896. The first converts the missionary had were Tangkhul Nagas. They in turn converted neighboring ethnic tribes to Christianity. In 1903 A. Porom Singh became the first Meitei convert. [4]
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 221,436 members and 1,503 churches. [5]
The statistics for the MBC is given below with the number of churches and number of Baptized Church members only as on 2011. [6]
Communicant members including children and non-baptized family members are not included in the statistics.
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