List of Christian denominations in Northeast 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 (275) 50,000 [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 (642) 167,815 [2]
- Boro Baptist Convention (284) 45,000 [3]
- Boro Baptist Church Association (190) 47,000 [4]
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (CBCNEI) [5]
- Arunachal Baptist Church Council (1,024) 91,990
- Assam Baptist Convention (746) 35,169
- Garo Baptist Convention (5,452) 295,406
- Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention (315) 32,192 [6]
- Manipur Baptist Convention (1,303) 196,217
- Mising Baptist Kebang (100) 4,063 [7][8]
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council (1,585) 586,593
- Evangelical Baptist Convention (199) 36,283 [5]
- Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (103) 17,766 [5]
- Lower Assam Baptist Union (320) 36,942 [5]
- North Bank Baptist Christian Association (1,111) 85,901 [5]
- Rabha Baptist Church Union (50) 8,000 [9]
- Tripura Baptist Christian Union (845) 84,795 [5]
Catholic
The total number of Catholics in north east India as of 2015 stands at 1,711,495 adherents with 485 parishes with more than 3000 chapels/mission/ churches/congregations as per the statistics mentioned below.
Note: The brackets denote the no of Catholic Church parishes
- Metropolitan of Guwahati: [10]
- Archdiocese of Guwahati (45) 56,150
- Diocese of Bongaigaon (31) 67,316
- Diocese of Dibrugarh (37) 117,236
- Diocese of Diphu (25) 59,774
- Diocese of Itanagar (32) 80,000
- Diocese of Miao (30) 90,010
- Diocese of Tezpur (32) 192,326
- Metropolitan of Imphal: [11]
- Archdiocese of Imphal (44) 95,868
- Diocese of Kohima (47) 59,382
- Metropolitan of Shillong [12]
- Archdiocese of Shillong (34) 303,480
- Diocese of Agartala (20) 41,845
- Diocese of Aizawl (32) 39,984
- Diocese of Jowai (13) 96,204
- Diocese of Nongstoin (20) 121,231
- Diocese of Tura (43) 290,689
Presbyterian
The Presbyterian Church of India consists of the following synods with 4,313 churches and 14,05,781 members as of 2014: [13]
- Biateram Presbyterian Synod 15,000
- Cachar Hill Tribes Presbyterian Synod 33,586
- Karbi Anglong Presbyterian Church Synod (62) 13,351 [14]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Mihngi (562) 2,81,252 [15]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Sepngi (854) 3,39,737 [16]
- Manipur Presbyterian Synod 14,000
- Meitei Presbyterian Singlup Synod (85) 8,785 [17][18]
- Mizoram Presbyterian Synod (1,266) 598,778
- Ri Bhoi Presbyterian Synod
- Tripura Presbyterian Church Synod (99) 19,242 [19][20]
- Zou Presbyterian Synod (68) 10,316 [21]
Christian Revival Church
- Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC)[22]
- Assam Christian Revival Church
- Manipur Christian Revival Church
- Meghalaya Christian Revival Church
- Nagaland Christian Revival Church
Lutheran
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States 25,000
- Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
- Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Others
- Evangelical Church of Maraland (85) 33,000
- Unitarian Union of North East India 10,000
- Holy Christ Church North east India (1500)
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
- ↑ , Shillong Times
- ↑ (PDF) https://old.mizobaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Assembly-Minute-20-16.pdf. Retrieved 7 June 2017. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.efionline.org/about-us/member-bodies Evangelical Fellowship of India
- ↑ http://www.efionline.org/about-us/member-bodies Evangelical Fellowship of India
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Baptist World Alliance - Statistics". bwanet.org. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ↑ http://www.kabc.in/p/about-kabc_15.html KABC website
- ↑ Mising Baptist Kebang, mising.org
- ↑ cbcnei mising baptist kebang
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051026064119/http://www.globalinteraction.org.au:80/track_record.htm
- ↑ www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/guwa0.htm
- ↑ www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/imph0.htm
- ↑ www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/shil0.htm
- ↑ http://www.pcishillong.org/statistics.php
- ↑ https://www.mizoramsynod.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Presbyterian-Review-April_June-2014.pdf
- ↑ kjpsm.org/subsub.php?id=4
- ↑ www.kjpss.org/index.php/sample-page/
- ↑ https://www.mizoramsynod.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Presbyterian-Review-April_June-2014.pdf
- ↑ http://banchisam-christianlife.blogspot.in/2011/08/meitei-presbyterian-church-synod.html
- ↑ https://www.mizoramsynod.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Presbyterian-Review-April_June-2014.pdf
- ↑ https://www.mizoramsynod.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Synfocity628.pdf
- ↑ https://zpcspci.wordpress.com/about-us/
- ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
*GCatholic.org
External links
- Baptist Statistics
- Catholic Hierarchy and Diocese Statistics
- GCatholic.org
- Presbyterian Statistics
- Adventist Yearbook
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