Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC) is a

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...

Christian denomination in Manipur, India. As of 2022, it had 1,449 churches and 221,436 baptized members. It is under the

Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India The Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India is a Baptist Christian denomination in North East India. It is a member of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation. It is also a member body of the North East India Christian Council, the regional c ...

(CBCNEI). The convention is also a member of Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and

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. The General Secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention is REV. K. LOSII MAO.

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.

Statistics

The statistics for the MBC is given below with the number of churches and number of Baptized Church members only as on 2011.http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28370/12/12_chapter%206.pdf, p.152
/ref> ''Communicant members including children and non-baptized family members are not included in the statistics.''

References

Christianity in Manipur Baptist denominations in India Christian organizations established in 1896 1896 establishments in British India {{India-stub

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