Manipur Baptist Convention

Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC) is an apex body of the Baptist Churches in Manipur, India. As of 2015, it has 1,303 churches and 196,217 baptized members.[1] It is under the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (CBCNEI).[2] The convention is also a member of Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF)[3] and Baptist World Alliance (BWA). The General Secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention is Wungnaoting Konghar.[4]

History

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.[5]

Statistics

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.

Sl. No.AssociationChurchesMembers
1.Aimol Baptist Association152,128
2.Anal Naga Baptist Association485,372
3.Chin Baptist Association171,915
4.Chongthu Baptist Churches Association353,300
5.Chothe Baptist Churches Association101,245
6.Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association
7.Gangte Baptist Association13700
8.Inpui Naga Baptist Churches Association122,207
9.Kuki Baptist Convention26416,333
10.Komrem Baptist Churches Association598,934
11.Lamkang Naga Baptist Association202,700
12.Liangmei Naga Baptist Association6711,159
13.Mao Baptist Churches Association347,865
14.Maring Naga Baptist Association546,328
15.Maram Naga Baptist Association202,790
16.Meitei Baptist Association431,500
17.Monsang Naga Baptist Churches Association051,056
18.Moyon Naga Baptist Association101,018
19.Nepali Gorkhali Baptist Churches Association181,009
20.Poumai Naga Baptist Association6217,613
21.Rongmei Naga Baptist Association18723,099
22.Sadar Baptist Association232,906
23.Simte Baptist Churches Association
24.Southern Tangkhul Naga Baptist Association7812,980
25.Thadou Baptist Association505,500
26.Tangkhul Baptist Churches Association7937,200
27.Thangal Naga Baptist Association111,470
28.Tarao Baptist Association04413
29.Vaiphei Baptist Churches Association04480
30.Zeme Naga Baptist Association242,811
Total1,2721,82,576

See also

References
  1. bwanet.org/about-us2/stats
  2. Cbcnei.com Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Apbf.info Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Apbf.info Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. History of Christianity among some Naga tribes of Manipur
  6. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28370/12/12_chapter%206.pdf, p.152


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