The Assembly of Believers' Church In India (also known as ABC in India) is a neocharismatic

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denomination in India, rooted in the

Saint Thomas Christian tradition The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, ''Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani'', ''Malankara Nasrani'', or ''Nasrani Mappila'', are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala (Malabar region), ...

and history of

Christianity in India Christianity is India's third-largest religion with about 27.8 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 census. The written records of the Saint Thomas Christians state that Christianity was introduced to th ...

. It was established in 1973 by Reginald Burney Clifford and now contains more than 450 churches with around 40000 members. The Assembly of Believers' Church in India is not to be confused with the

Believers Church The believers' Church is a theological doctrine of Evangelical Christianity that teaches that one becomes a member of the Church by new birth and profession of faith. Adherence to this doctrine is a common feature of defining an Evangelical Christia ...

, a separate church entity in Asia.

Proposal

There is a proposal to unite to form Church of India, comprising following churches: # Orthodox Catholic Church (India) #

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of Pr ...

Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the Protestant churches working in northern India. It is a province of the worldwide Anglica ...

St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India (STECI) is an Oriental Protestant (Reformed Orthodox) episcopal denomination based in Kerala, India. It derives from a schism in the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church in 1961 and forms a part of the S ...

Believers Eastern Church Believers Eastern Church (previously Believers Church) is an Oriental Protestant Church of Indian origin with congregations and parishes worldwide. It is also a branch of the ministry Gospel for Asia. The church now follows an episcopal governa ...

, of Metropolitan Bishop

K. P. Yohannan Athanasius Yohan (K.P. Yohannan) is the founder and president of GFA World earlier known as Gospel for Asia, a large non-profit missions organization with a focus on India and Asia. He is also the founding Metropolitan Bishop of Believers East ...

# Life Boat Church, of Rev. P. Sumit Joshi, Life Boat Foundation Indi

# Assembly of Believers' Church In India, of Bishop Rev. Bishop Augustus Anthony # Anglican Church of India, of Bishop Stephen Vattapara # Anglican Catholic Church (Church of India, Pakistan, Burma & Ceylon / CIPBC), of Bishop John Augustine # The Traditional Anglican Church of India, of Bishop Bishop Hepworth and Bishop Samuel. P. Prakash # Anglican National Church of India, of Bishop Jonathan Anzar # United Church of India, of Bishop Sunny Abraham Panachamootil

References

External links

Website of a youth wing of the Assembly of Believers' Church in India
{{Churches in India Christian denominations in India Christian organizations established in 1973 Charismatic denominations