Medinipur Baptist Church

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Medinipur Baptist Church is a Baptist church situated at Sepahi Bazar, Medinipur town in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.

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History

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Medinipur Baptist Church

American Baptist Free Mission Society came to Medinipur region in 19th century for missionary works. [1] [2] American missionary Rev. Otis Robinson Bacheler [3] and his second wife Sarah P. Merrill, [4] established the church at Medinipur in 1862. Initially this church was known as American Baptist Church. It is the first church founded by any American Baptist in the area. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Murdoch, John (1870). Catalogue of the Christian Vernacular Literature of India: With Hints on the Management of Indian Tract Societies ... C. Foster.
  2. ↑ Th.Christlieb; Hastie, W. (1882). Protestant Missions to the Heathen. Рипол Классик. ISBN   978-5-87336-714-6.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. ↑ Scott, Benjamin (1890). A State Iniquity: Its Rise, Extension, and Overthrow. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company. ISBN   978-0-7222-1840-2.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ↑ Metcalf, Henry Harrison; McClintock, John Norris (1901). The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress. Granite Monthly Company.
  5. ↑ "Churches of Bengal: Midnapore Baptist Church". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.


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