List of Christian denominations in Northeast India
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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]
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 2015 stands at 1,711,495 adherents with 485 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 (45) 56,150
- Diocese of Bongaigaon (31) 67,316
- Diocese of Dibrugarh (37) 117,236
- Diocese of Diphu (25) 59,774
- Diocese of Tezpur (32) 192,326
- Diocese of Itanagar (32) 80,000
- Diocese of Miao (30) 90,010
- Metropolitan of Shillong [11]
- Archdiocese of Shillong (34) 303,480
- Diocese of Nongstoin (20) 121,231
- Diocese of Jowai (13) 96,204
- Diocese of Tura (43) 290,689
- Diocese of Agartala (20) 41,845
- Diocese of Aizawl (32) 39,984
- Metropolitan of Imphal: [12]
- Archdiocese of Imphal (44) 95,868
- Diocese of Kohima (47) 59,382
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 14,67,529 members as of 2018: [26][27]
- Biateram Presbyterian Synod 14,543
- Cachar Hill Tribes Presbyterian Synod 34,153
- Karbi Anglong Presbyterian Church Synod (62) 22,952 [28]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Mihngi (562) 2,81,252 [29]
- Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Synod Sepngi (854) 3,70,764 [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
- 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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