The Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars (CBCNC) is a

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Christian denomination in north coastal

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. The churches are part of the

Telugu Christian Telugu Christians or Telugu Kraistava are a religious community who form the third-largest religious minority in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to the Census of India, there are over a million Christians in Andhra ...

community of Southern India. Its language is

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. It is affiliated to the

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(BWA), the

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(NCCI) and the

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(WCC).

History

CBCNC was founded in 1874Mary Stillwell McLaurin, ''Chetti Bhanumurti'' in John Craig, J. R. Stillwell, I. C. Archibald, A. E. Baskerville (Edited), ''Some of the Trophies: Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission Board Jubilee Volume, Telugu Trophies – The Jubilee story of some of the principal Telugu converts in the Canadian Baptist Foreign Mission in India from 1874 to 1924'', American Baptist Publication Society, Toronto

/ref> by the

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founded by Thomas Gabriel along with the

Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ) is the oldest union of Baptist churches in central Canada. The organization's headquarters is based in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CBOQ is a partner of Canadian Baptist Ministries. History ...

. From 1947 to 1972, the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars was managed effortlessly in spite of difficulties. During 1972, crisis brew in the Convention leading to irreparable damage. M. B. Diwakar researched on the crisis with the title, ''An Investigation into the historical antecedents of the crisis in the CBCNC during 1972 to 1974''. Due to the crisis, the Churches established by the

continued to move forward due to the

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type of structure. However, the central leadership is not in place as there are many fractions of the Convention, each claiming to be the rightful successor and the matter continues to be subjudice. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 310 churches and 240,000 members. Baptist World Alliance
Members
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved 5 December 2020

Theological institutions

* Ministerial **

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, Secunderabad,

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(through Seminary Council), ** Baptist Theological Seminary,

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, * Ministerial and technical ** Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women,

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