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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}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]HistoryMissionary 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] StatisticsThe 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. | Association | Churches | Members |
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| 1. | Aimol Baptist Association | 15 | 2,128 | | 2. | Anal Naga Baptist Association | 48 | 5,372 | | 3. | Chin Baptist Association | 17 | 1,915 | | 4. | Chongthu Baptist Churches Association | 35 | 3,300 | | 5. | Chothe Baptist Churches Association | 10 | 1,245 | | 6. | Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association | | 7. | Gangte Baptist Association | 13 | 700 | | 8. | Inpui Naga Baptist Churches Association | 12 | 2,207 | | 9. | Kuki Baptist Convention | 264 | 16,333 | | 10. | Komrem Baptist Churches Association | 59 | 8,934 | | 11. | Lamkang Naga Baptist Association | 20 | 2,700 | | 12. | Liangmei Naga Baptist Association | 67 | 11,159 | | 13. | Mao Baptist Churches Association | 34 | 7,865 | | 14. | Maring Naga Baptist Association | 54 | 6,328 | | 15. | Maram Naga Baptist Association | 20 | 2,790 | | 16. | Meitei Baptist Association | 43 | 1,500 | | 17. | Monsang Naga Baptist Churches Association | 05 | 1,056 | | 18. | Moyon Naga Baptist Association | 10 | 1,018 | | 19. | Nepali Gorkhali Baptist Churches Association | 18 | 1,009 | | 20. | Poumai Naga Baptist Association | 62 | 17,613 | | 21. | Rongmei Naga Baptist Association | 187 | 23,099 | | 22. | Sadar Baptist Association | 23 | 2,906 | | 23. | Simte Baptist Churches Association | | 24. | Southern Tangkhul Naga Baptist Association | 78 | 12,980 | | 25. | Thadou Baptist Association | 50 | 5,500 | | 26. | Tangkhul Baptist Churches Association | 79 | 37,200 | | 27. | Thangal Naga Baptist Association | 11 | 1,470 | | 28. | Tarao Baptist Association | 04 | 413 | | 29. | Vaiphei Baptist Churches Association | 04 | 480 | | 30. | Zeme Naga Baptist Association | 24 | 2,811 | | Total | 1,272 | 1,82,576 | |
See also {{Portal|Baptist|Christianity in India}}- Christianity in India
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India
- North East India Christian Council
- List of Christian denominations in North East India
References 1. ^bwanet.org/about-us2/stats
2. ^Cbcnei.com {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100526/http://www.cbcnei.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=69 |date=2012-03-05 }}
3. ^Apbf.info {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221225712/http://www.apbf.info/member.htm |date=2010-02-21 }}
4. ^Apbf.info {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221225712/http://www.apbf.info/member.htm |date=2010-02-21 }}
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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