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{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = Arunachal Baptist Church Council
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| abbreviation = ABCC
| main_classification = [[Evangelicalism]]
| theology = [[Baptists|Baptist]]
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| associations = [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]], [[Baptist World Alliance]]
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| headquarters = [[Naharlagun]], [[India]]
| congregations = 1,152
| members = 1,32,787
| website = {{URL|abccindia.org}}
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The '''Arunachal Baptist Church Council''' ('''ABCC''') is a [[Baptist]] Christian convention in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in [[North East India]]. ABCC is led by Mr. Pema Tshetan, President, and Rev. Dr.Changha Chippo, General Secretary. The convention has its office at Naharlagun, [[Papum Pare]] District. ABCC is a member convention of the [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbcnei.in/index.php/conventions/arunachal-baptist-church-council |title=Arunachal Baptist Church Council |publisher=Cbcnei.in |access-date=2013-12-12}}</ref>

ABCC had 1,32,787 baptized members in 1,152 churches<ref>[https://www.baptistworld.org/arunachal-baptist-church-council/ BWA World - ABCC]</ref> under 20 Baptist member associations / Councils in 2017.<ref>[http://abcc.org.in/about.php abcc.org.in/about.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424225029/http://abcc.org.in/about.php |date=2016-04-24 }}</ref><ref>http://www.cbcnei.com/images/Baptist_News/61-2.pdf{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Statistics ==
The number of churches and baptized members of Constituent member associations/ councils of ABCC as on 2020:<ref>[https://abccindia.org/sites/all/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/www.abccindia.org/files/MemberbodiesasonDec2016.pdf abccindia.org/sites/all/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/www.abccindia.org/files/MemberbodiesasonDec2016.pdf]</ref>

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

{| class = "wikitable"
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! Sl. No. || Association || Churches || Members
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| 1. || [[Adi Baptist Churches Association]] (ABCA) || 44|| 2,250
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| 2. || [[Adi Baptist Council]] (ABC) || 30 || 2,000
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| 3. || [[Adi Baptist Union]] (ABU) || 86 || 7,500
|-
| 4. || [[Apatani Baptist Association]] (ABA) || 12 || 3,500
|-
| 5. || [[Council of Lirabo Baptist Churches]] (CLBC) || 13 || 700
|-
| 6. || [[Dibang Lohit Baptist Churches Association]] (DLBCA) || 34 || 4,671
|-
| 7. || [[Galo Baptist Church Council]] (GBCC) || 79 || 7,500
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| 8. || [[Galo Baptist Union]] (GBU) || 32 || 2,025
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| 9. || [[Hewa Baptist Church Association]] (HBCA) || 18 || 1,160
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| 10. || [[Idu Mishmi Baptist Khumu Embo]] (IMBKE) || 9 || 530
|-
| 11. || [[Mishmi Baptist Church Council]] (MBCC) || 26 || 3,500
|-
| 12. || [[Nokte Baptist Asathem Roapkkhoan ]] (NBAR earlier known as NBCA) || 52 || 5,847
|-
| 13. || [[Nyishi Baptist Church Council]] (NBCC) || 464 || 60,000
|-
| 14. || [[Tagin Baptist Churches Association]] (TBCA) || 13 || 1,220
|-
| 15. || [[Tangsa Baptist Churches Association]] (TBCA) || 98 || 13,000
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| 16. || [[Tutsa Baptist Church Council]] (TBCC) || 31 || 4,350
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| 17. || [[Upper Subansiri Baptist Churches Association]] (USBCA) || 20|| 630
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| 18. || [[Wancho Baptist Churches Association]] (WBCA) || 65 || 11,360
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| 19. || [[West Kameng Baptist Churches Council]] (WKBCC) || 15 || 1,044
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| 20. || [[ Olo Baptist Church Association ]] (OBCA) || 14 || 2000
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| || '''Total''' || '''1,141''' || '''1,32,787'''
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==See also==
* [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]]
* [[North East India Christian Council]]
* [[Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[List of Christian denominations in North East India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.abccindia.org/ abccindia.org] Official website
* [http://www.cbcnei.in/index.php/conventions/arunachal-baptist-church-council CBCNEI]

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