Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC ) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Manipur, India. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (Baptist World Alliance ).[ 1] [ 2] The General Secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention is REV. K. LOSII MAO .[ 3]
Missionary from the American Baptist Mission arrived in Manipur in 1896. The first converts the missionary had were Tangkhul Nagas with the help of A. Porom Singh. They in turn converted neighboring ethnic tribes to Christianity. In 1896 A. Porom Singh became the first Meitei convert and he was also the first Christian in Manipur.[ 4]
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 221,436 members and 1,503 churches. [ 5]
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
2,161
2.
Anal Naga Baptist Association
48
6,487
3.
Chin Baptist Association
17
2000
4.
Chongthu Baptist Churches Association
35
4600
5.
Chothe Baptist Churches Association
10
1,260
6.
Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association
5015
7.
Gangte Baptist Association
13
750
8.
Inpui Naga Baptist Churches Association
12
3,174
9.
Kuki Baptist Convention
264
30468
10.
Komrem Baptist Churches Association
59
5,114
11.
Lamkang Naga Baptist Association
20
3,381
12.
Liangmei Naga Baptist Association
67
12860
13.
Mao Baptist Churches Association
34
8,050
14.
Maring Naga Baptist Association
54
6,598
15.
Maram Naga Baptist Association
20
4,056
16.
Meitei Baptist Association
43
1,528
17.
Monsang Naga Baptist Churches Association
05
1,162
18.
Moyon Naga Baptist Association
10
1,200
19.
Gorkhali Baptist Churches Association
18
768
20.
Poumai Naga Baptist Association
62
22,888
21.
Rongmei Naga Baptist Association
187
28,501
22.
Sadar Baptist Association
23
2,460
23.
Simte Baptist Churches Association
24
375
24.
Southern Tangkhul Naga Baptist Association
82
10,494
25.
Thadou Baptist Association
54
5,000
26.
Tangkhul Baptist Churches Association
101
48,000
27.
Thangal Naga Baptist Association
11
1,900
28.
Tarao Baptist Association
04
450
29.
Vaiphei Baptist Churches Association
04
736
Total
1,503
221,436
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