Christianity in Assam

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Christianity is a minority religion in Assam, a state of Northeast India. Khasi and Garo are notable ethnic groups with a large Christian population. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States has an Assam diocese since 2003, which used to be the Assam Church. [1] Among the large Bengali population of Assam, there are few Christians. [2] Numerous Assam BJP members quit the party due to anti-Christian stance. [3] Hemanta Das, a convert from Hinduism, was killed in 2007. [4] Christianity has been present in Assam for more than 100 years. [5] There were Anti-Christian bomb blasts in Guwahati in 2008. [6]

List of denominations

Sources [7] [8][9][10]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Regional Updates - Gospel for Asia". Gfa.org. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  3. ↑ "christiancouncil.in - 50,000 quit Assam BJP for anti-Christian stance". Indianchristians.in. 2001-01-01. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  4. ↑ Gheddo, Piero (2007-07-27). "INDIA Anti-Christian violence up, Christian convert killed in Assam - Asia News". Asianews.it. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  5. ↑ "Muslims of India claim many languages, religions - Florida Baptist Witness". Gofbw.com. 2003-11-19. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  6. ↑ "India Christian Council Condemns Terror Blasts". Christianpost.com. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  7. ↑ World Christian Encyclopedia , Second edition, 2001 Volume 1, p. 368-371
  8. ↑ "EACI". Eacinet.org. Retrieved 2013-12-15. 
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ http://www.developednation.org/fcra/cachar.asp
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