List of Christian denominations in North East India
The following shows the Christian denominations present in North East India, along with number of churches and approximate number of Church members.
Major Christian Denominations
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Anglican
- Church of North India (CNI)
- Diocese of Northeast India (254) 40,000 [1]
Baptist
Note: Most of the Baptist Church memberships include only adult baptised church members, it does not include children and other non-baptised family members in the Church/Denomination membership figures.
- Baptist Church of Mizoram (537) 151,587 [2]
- Bodo Baptist Convention (284) 45,000
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (CBCNEI)
- Arunachal Baptist Church Council (1,024) 91,990 [3]
- Assam Baptist Convention (734) 32,311 [4]
- Garo Baptist Convention (2,407) 251,396 [5]
- Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention (314) 32,192 [6]
- Manipur Baptist Convention (1,335) 184,964 [7]
- Mising Baptist Kebang (100) 4,063 [8][9]
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council (1,554) 557,218 [10]
- Evangelical Baptist Convention (148) 51,201 [11]
- Goalpara Bodo Baptist Christian Association (160) 10,000
- Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (89) 19,000
- Lower Assam Baptist Union (300) 41,000
- North Bank Baptist Christian Association (1,056) 79,031
- Rabha Baptist Church Union (50) 8,000
- Tripura Baptist Christian Union (840) 98,000 [4]
Catholic
The total number of Catholics in north east India as of 2012 stands at 14,67,263 adherents with 386 parishes with more than 3000 churches/congregations.
Note: The brackets denote the no of Catholic Church parishes
- Metropolitan of Guwahati:
- Archdiocese of Guwahati (34) 65,744
- Diocese of Bongaigaon (29) 62,908
- Diocese of Dibrugarh (29) 101,000
- Diocese of Diphu (17) 44,800
- Diocese of Itanagar (11) 100,000
- Diocese of Miao (24) 80,500
- Diocese of Tezpur (30) 184,041
- Metropolitan of Imphal:
- Archdiocese of Imphal (36) 82,947
- Diocese of Kohima (34) 54,401
- Metropolitan of Shillong
- Archdiocese of Shillong (32) 271,000
- Diocese of Agartala (16) 35,799
- Diocese of Aizawl (29) 37,910
- Diocese of Jowai (12) 81,242
- Diocese of Nongstoin (19) 116,360
- Diocese of Tura (38) 239,511
Christian Revival Church
- Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC)[12]
- Assam Christian Revival Church
- Manipur Christian Revival Church
- Meghalaya Christian Revival Church
- Nagaland Christian Revival Church
Others
- Evangelical Church of Maraland (85) 33,000
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States 25,000
- Unitarian Union of North East India 10,000
See also
- Baptist World Alliance
- List of Christian denominations in India
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in India
- North East India Christian Council
- Bible translations into the languages of Northeast India
- Presbyterian Church of India
References
- ↑ The Diocese of North East India, CNI
- ↑ "Statistics 2011-2012". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ http://abcc.org.in/about.php ABCC website
- 1 2 "Baptist World Alliance - Statistics". bwanet.org. Retrieved 2015-05-08.
- ↑ http://www.abdkindia.org/
- ↑ http://www.kabc.in/p/about-kabc_15.html KABC website
- ↑ http://www.cbcnei.com/images/Baptist_News/61-2.pdf
- ↑ Mising Baptist Kebang, mising.org
- ↑ cbcnei mising baptist kebang
- ↑ "nbcc.in". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ EBC. "THE EVANGELICAL BAPTIST CONVENTION - HEADQUARTER". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
External links
- Baptist Statistics
- Catholic Hierarchy and Diocese Statistics
- Presbyterian Statistics
- Adventist Yearbook
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