List of Christian denominations in Northeast India
The following shows the Christian denominations present in North East India, along with number of churches and approximate number of Church members.
Major Christian Denominations
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Anglican
- Church of North India (CNI)
- Diocese of Northeast India (275) 50,000 [1]
- Church of South India
Baptist
Note: Most of the Baptist Church memberships include only adult baptised church members, it does not include children and other non-baptised family members in the Church/Denomination membership figures.
- Baptist Church of Mizoram (677) 173,988 [2]
- Boro Baptist Church Association (190) 47,000 [3]
- Boro Baptist Convention (284) 45,000 [3]
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (CBCNEI) [4]
- Arunachal Baptist Church Council (1,141) 132,787
- Assam Baptist Convention (860) 35,839
- Garo Baptist Convention (2,498) 304,812
- Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention (327) 32,462 [5]
- Manipur Baptist Convention (1,303) 196,217
- Mising Baptist Kebang (115) 4,300 [6] [7][8]
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council (1,615) 610,825
- Evangelical Baptist Convention (204) 37,991 [4]
- Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (103) 17,766 [4]
- Lower Assam Baptist Union (320) 36,942 [4]
- New Testament Baptist Churches Association (29) 10,000
- North Bank Baptist Christian Association (1,136) 88,976 [4]
- Rabha Baptist Church Union (50) 8,000 [9]
- Tripura Baptist Christian Union (845) 84,795 [4]
Catholic
The total number of Catholics in north east India as of 2017 stands at 1,772,921 adherents with 506 parishes with more than 3000 chapels/mission/ churches/congregations as per the statistics mentioned below.
Note: The brackets denote the number of Catholic Church parishes
- Metropolitan of Guwahati: [10]
- Archdiocese of Guwahati (46) 60,047
- Diocese of Bongaigaon (34) 69,620
- Diocese of Dibrugarh (40) 119,438
- Diocese of Diphu (25) 64,032
- Diocese of Tezpur (32) 197,350
- Diocese of Itanagar (35) 81,786
- Diocese of Miao (30) 93,781
- Metropolitan of Shillong [11]
- Archdiocese of Shillong (34) 315,241
- Diocese of Nongstoin (21) 139,700
- Diocese of Jowai (17) 104,319
- Diocese of Tura (43) 292,890
- Diocese of Agartala (20) 45,092
- Diocese of Aizawl (32) 30,101
- Metropolitan of Imphal: [12]
- Archdiocese of Imphal (45) 98,961
- Diocese of Kohima (52) 60,563
Lutheran
- Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (180) 87,541[13][14]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States 24,750[15]
- Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
- Manipur Evangelical Lutheran Church (49) 8,500 [16]
Methodist
Pentecostal
- Christian Revival Church
- Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC)[19]
- Assam Christian Revival Church
- Manipur Christian Revival Church
- Meghalaya Christian Revival Church
- The Pentecostal Mission
- Nagaland Christian Revival Church (855) 260,000 [20]
- Church of God, Meghalaya and Assam (563) 100,000 [21]
- United Pentecostal Church, North East India (UPCNEI) 91,720 [22][23]
- United Pentecostal Church (Mizoram) 41,558 [23]
- Assembly Church of Jesus Christ Full Gospel (300) 40,000 [24]
- Isua Krista Kohhran [25]
- Nagaland Pentecostal Church (NPC)
- Assembly of God
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God
Presbyterian
The Presbyterian Church of India consists of the following synods with 4,616 churches and 1,467,529 members as of 2018: [26][27]
- Biateram Presbyterian Synod 16,953
- Cachar Hill Tribes Presbyterian Synod 34,153
- Karbi Anglong Presbyterian Church Synod (62) 22,952 [28]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Mihngi (562) 281,252 [29]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Sepngi (854) 370,764 [30]
- Manipur Presbyterian Church Synod (110) 15,571 [31]
- Meitei Presbyterian Singlup Synod (85) 8,785 [28][32]
- Mizoram Presbyterian Synod (1,266) 611,241
- Ri Bhoi Presbyterian Synod 70,013
- Tripura Presbyterian Church Synod (114) 22,277[33][34]
- Zou Presbyterian Synod (68) 11,768 [35]
Others
- Malankara orthodox Syrian church
- Kuki Christian Church (400) 200,000
- Evangelical Congregational Church of India (520) 72,500 [36][37]
- Evangelical Free Church of India (263) 59,000
- Independent Church of India (150) 55,000 [38]
- Seventh Day Adventist, Northeast Indian Union (208) 47,279 [39]
- Salvation Army 55,791 [40]
- Evangelical Church of Maraland (85) 33,000
- Unitarian Union of North East India 10,000
- Holy Christ Church North east India (1500)
- Believers Eastern Church
See also
- Baptist World Alliance
- List of Christian denominations in India
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in India
- North East India Christian Council
- Bible translations into the languages of Northeast India
- Presbyterian Church of India
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