Garo Baptist Convention

Garo Baptist Convention

Garo Baptist Convention is a Protestant denomination of India and Bangladesh. It is named after the ethnic group of the name Garo. Most members of this church are in Meghalaya.

History

The Garo Baptist Convention consists of churches planted by the American Baptist missionaries since the mid 19th century in the state of Meghalaya.

Memberships

This Convention of Baptist churches in Meghalaya consists of more than 2,100 churches and more than 200,000 baptised adults.

Garo Baptist Convention is also a member of the Council of Baptist Churches in North-East India or CBCNEI, an umbrella organization of Baptist Churches in North-East India, which has other sister Baptist Associations such as the Nagaland Baptist Church Council.

External links

* "Source" [http://www.bwanet.org Baptist World Alliance Official website]


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