Nagaland Baptist Church Council

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Nagaland Baptist Church Council
AbbreviationNBCC
ClassificationEvangelicalism
TheologyBaptist
AssociationsCouncil of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, Baptist World Alliance
HeadquartersKohima, India
FounderAmerican Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Origin1937
Congregations1,649
Members6,87,442
Ministers773
Official websitenbcc-nagaland.org

The Nagaland Baptist Church Council is a Baptist Christian denomination in India. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Kohima, in Nagaland.

History[]

Worship service at the Kohima Ao Baptist Church in Kohima, affiliated to the Nagaland Baptist Church Council, 2019

The Nagaland Baptist Church Council has its origins in an American mission of the American Baptist Mission (American Baptist Churches USA) in 1839.[1]

In the late 19th century, various Baptist congregations in the Naga Hills were organised into associations on tribe and linguistic lines.[2] A broader fellowship of the Baptist churches in the Naga Hills first took the forms of the Naga Hills Baptist Church Advisory Board in Kohima.[3] It was renamed as the Naga Hills Baptist Church Council in 1937.[4] In 1950, the council became a founding member of the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India.[5]

In 1953, it took the name of Nagaland Baptist Church Council.[6] In 2007, there were 1,347 churches and 454,349 members.[7]

In 1987, the Mission Conference who took place in the Pfütsero Town Baptist Church approved a global apostolate of 10,000 new missionaries.[8]

Resolutions[]

The Third Convention of the NBCC was held at Wokha from 31 January to 2 February 1964. An important resolution passed welcomed the 'proposed Peace Talk between the Government of India and Mr. Phizo.'[9] Another resolution at the convention stated:[10]

a series of talks on the great danger posed by Communism and its atheistic elements both to the body and soul of man, be conducted in every village under the auspices of the local Church, and that all the Field Supervisors be requested to provide the Churches in their respective areas with necessary literature on the subject.

Statistics[]

According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 1,649 churches and 687,442 members. [11]

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

Associations[]

Sl. No. Association Churches Baptized Members Ordained Ministers
1. Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) 164 1,21,005 256
2. Angami Baptist Church Council (ABCC) 109 40,669 54
3. (CBCC) 102 51, 503 57
4. (CBLT) 60 33,945 21
5. (CRBC) 42 14,696 25
6. (KBAN) 16 4,800 7
7. (KBBB) 120 91,718 34
8. (KBCA) 50 23,765 10
9. (LBES) 131 68,943 87
10. (LBA) 21 6,196 3
11. (NPBCA) 30 13,920 10
12. (PBCA) 53 29,464 20
13. (PBCC) 30 7,069 11
14. (SABAK) 28 10,027 18
15. (SBAK Nito Mount) 147 32,000 40
16. (USBLA) 78 35,000 12
17. (WSBAK) 170 41,225 62
18. (YBBA) 82 28,225 19
19. (ZBA) 13 1,548 1
20. (ZBCC) 67 20,507 12
21. ( SBAK Aizuto)
Total 1,513 676,225 759

Associate Members[]

Sl. No. Associate Member Churches Baptized Members Ordained Ministers
1. (AGBCN) 43 5,500 6
2. (NBCA) 91 5,500 5
3. City Church, Kohima 1 217 2
4. Naga Christian Fellowship (NCF), Delhi 1 1
Total 136 11, 217 14

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 558
  2. ^ Thomas, John. Evangelising the Nation: Religion and the formation of Naga political identity. New Delhi: Routledge. p. 131. ISBN 9781138639928.
  3. ^ Telegraph india, Church platinum jubilee begins, telegraphindia.com, India, 19 April 2012
  4. ^ Telegraph india, Church platinum jubilee begins, telegraphindia.com, India, 19 April 2012
  5. ^ J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 816
  6. ^ NBCC, History Of NBCC, nbcc-nagaland.org, India, retrieved 26 November 2018
  7. ^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 299
  8. ^ "Theological-college libraries in North-East India. an overview. Baptist Theological College (BTC" (PDF). p. 42. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ^ Thomas, John. Evangelising the nation: religion and the formation of Naga political identity (South Asia ed.). New Delhi: Routledge. p. 142. ISBN 9781138639928.
  10. ^ Thomas, John. Evangelising the nation: religion and the formation of Naga political identity (South Asia ed.). New Delhi: Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 9781138639928.
  11. ^ www.nbcc-nagaland.org/statistics/

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