Nagaland Baptist Church Council

Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) is the association of Baptist churches in the North Eastern Indian state of Nagaland. As of 2016, it has 610,825 baptized members from 1,615 member churches[1]. Twenty associations/conventions and four associate members are affiliated to the council. Baptists form more than 80 per cent of Nagaland's population and is the most Baptist dominant state in the world.[2]

Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (Ao Baptist Churches Convention) and the Angami Baptist Church Council are the largest conventions affiliated to NBCC.

The Sümi Naga tribe has three associations affiliated to the NBCC - Sümi Baptist Akükuhou Küqhakulu (Nito Mount), Sümi Aphuyemi Baptist Akükuhou Küqhakulu (SABAK) and the Western Sümi Baptist Akükuhou Küqhakulu (WSBAK). The Kuki Baptist Association Nagaland (KBAN) also has its affiliation to the NBCC with more than 50 member churches.

Statistics

The statistics for the NBCC is given below with the number of churches and number of Baptized Church members only as on 2011[3].

Communicant members including children and non-baptized family members are not included in the statistics.

Associations

Sl. No.AssociationChurchesMembers
1.Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM)14993,678
2.Angami Baptist Church Council (ABCC)10531,032
3.Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC)9843,180
4.Chang Baptist Lashong Thangyen (CBLT)5223,150
5.Council of Rengma Baptist Churches (CRBC)4012,507
6.Kuki Baptist Association Nagaland (KBAN)153,191
7.Konyak Baptist Bumeinok Bangjum (KBBB)11358,102
8.Khiamnuingan Baptist Churches Association (KBCA)4515,743
9.Lotha Baptist Ekhunkho Sanrhyutsu (LBES)14464,356
10.Liangmei Baptist Association (LBA)184,368
11.Nagaland Police Baptist Churches Association (NPBCA)3013,800
12.Phom Baptist Churches Association (PBCA)4122,696
13.Pochury Baptist Church Council (PBCC)295,156
14.Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (SABAK)276,302
15.Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (SBAK Nito Mount)14330,417
16.United Sangtam Baptist Lithroti Ashiműkhong (USBLA)7625,619
17.Western Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (WSBAK)16727,857
18.Yimchungru Baptist Boru Amukhungto (YBBA)8619,037
19.Zeme Baptist Association (ZBA)232,207
20.Zeme Baptist Church Council (ZBCC)6213,248
Total1,4545,15,384

Associate Members

Sl. No.Associate MemberChurchesMembers
1.Association Gorkha Baptist Churches Nagaland (AGBCN)613,000
2.Nagamese Baptist Churches Association (NBCA)361,500
3.City Church, Kohima180
4.Naga Christian Fellowship (NCF), Delhi

See also

References

  1. ↑ bwanet.org/about-us2/stats
  2. ↑ Olson, C. Gordon. What in the World Is God Doing. Global Gospel Publishers: Cedar Knolls, NJ. 2003.
  3. ↑ web.archive.org/web/20140707230840/http://www.nbcc.in/statistics.html


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