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.	Association	Churches	Members
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

• 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 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