Mennonite Church in India

Mennonite Church in India (Bharatiya Mennonite Church in India ki Pratinidhi Sabha) is a Mennonite denomination of India. The number of its members is about 3,500. It has 19 congregations. Its bishop has his seat at the town of Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh. It is part of the Mennonite World Conference.

Mennonite church in India was established in 1897 by the missionaries from then Mennonite Board of Missions of Elkhart, Indiana USA. Among the first Indian members of the church were seven men from Dhamtari. The church started its preaching ministry from Ama Bagicha. In 1910 the missionaries opened Dhamtari Christian hospital, Bathena followed by churches, schools, and mission hospitals in the nearby places. Centanery year 2011 october 22 churches in MCI confrance Dhamtari This year is the centanery year 2011 The centenary calibrate october 25 to27 2011 confrance & 27 evening to 30 october centanery juble P.J. Malagar was the first Indian bishop followed by bishop Javiour and bishop S. S.Kunjam. Bishop C. F. Nath presently holds the MCI conference as moderator.Madhukant Masih is the secetery of MCI confrance.Rev. N. Aasawan, S. C. Kristi, Vikal Pravin Rao,Anil Raghawa,Deacon Gangber, Kalyan Masih & Rajneesh Ram are Exicative member of confrance 2010- 2011-2012.

External links

• Mennonite Church in India at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
• Mennonite World Conference (Asia Pacific)

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