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{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = Manipur Baptist Convention
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| abbreviation = MBC
| main_classification = [[Evangelicalism]]
| theology = [[Baptists|Baptist]]
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| associations = [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]], [[Baptist World Alliance]]
| founder = [[American Baptist Foreign Mission Society]]
| founded_date = 1928
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| headquarters = [[Imphal]], [[India]]
| congregations = 1,449
| members = 216,429
| website = {{URL|mbc.org.in/}}
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'''Manipur Baptist Convention''' ('''MBC''') is an apex body of the Baptist Churches in Manipur, India. As of 2020, it had 1,449 churches and 216,429 baptized members.<ref>[https://www.baptistworld.org/manipur-baptist-convention/ BWA World - MBC]</ref> It is under the [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]] (CBCNEI).<ref>[http://www.cbcnei.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=69 Cbcnei.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305100526/http://www.cbcnei.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=69 |date=2012-03-05 }}</ref> The convention is also a member of [[Asia Pacific Baptist Federation]] (APBF)<ref>[http://www.apbf.info/member.htm Apbf.info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221225712/http://www.apbf.info/member.htm |date=2010-02-21 }}</ref> and Baptist World Alliance (BWA). The General Secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention is [[Wungnaoting Konghar]].<ref>[http://www.apbf.info/member.htm Apbf.info] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221225712/http://www.apbf.info/member.htm |date=2010-02-21 }}</ref>

==History==
Missionary from the [[American Baptist Mission]] arrived in Manipur in 1896. The first converts the missionary had were [[Tangkhul Nagas]]. They in turn converted neighboring ethnic tribes to Christianity. In 1903 A. Porom Singh became the first [[Meitei people|Meitei]] convert.<ref>[http://nambon.com/growth-of-christianity History of Christianity among some Naga tribes of Manipur]</ref>

==Statistics==
The statistics for the MBC is given below with the number of churches and number of Baptized Church members only as on 2011.<ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28370/12/12_chapter%206.pdf http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28370/12/12_chapter%206.pdf, p.152]</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
|-
| 1. || [[Aimol Baptist Association]] || 15 || 2,128
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| 2. || [[Anal Naga Baptist Association]] || 48 || 5,372
|-
| 3. || [[Chin Baptist Association]] || 17 || 1,915
|-
| 4. || [[Chongthu Baptist Churches Association]] || 35 || 3,300
|-
| 5. || [[Chothe Baptist Churches Association]] || 10 || 1,245
|-
| 6. || [[Chiru Rem Baptist Churches Association]] || ||
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| 7. || [[Gangte Baptist Association]] || 13 || 700
|-
| 8. || [[Inpui Naga Baptist Churches Association]] || 12 || 2,207
|-
| 9. || [[Kuki Baptist Convention]] || 264 || 16,333
|-
| 10. || [[Komrem Baptist Churches Association]] || 59 || 8,934
|-
| 11. || [[Lamkang Naga Baptist Association]] || 20 || 2,700
|-
| 12. || [[Liangmei Naga Baptist Association]] || 67 || 11,159
|-
| 13. || [[Mao Baptist Churches Association]] || 34 || 7,865
|-
| 14. || [[Maring Naga Baptist Association]] || 54 || 6,328
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| 15. || [[Maram Naga Baptist Association]] || 20 || 2,790
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| 16. || [[Meitei Baptist Association]] || 43 || 1,500
|-
| 17. || [[Monsang Naga Baptist Churches Association]] || 05 || 1,056
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| 18. || [[Moyon Naga Baptist Association]] || 10 || 1,018
|-
| 19. || [[Nepali Gorkhali Baptist Churches Association]] || 18 || 1,009
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| 20. || [[Poumai Naga Baptist Association]] || 62 || 17,613
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| 21. || [[Rongmei Naga Baptist Association]] || 187 || 23,099
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| 22. || [[Sadar Baptist Association]] || 23 || 2,906
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| 23. || [[Simte Baptist Churches Association]] || ||
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| 24. || [[Southern Tangkhul Naga Baptist Association]] || 78 || 12,980
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| 25. || [[Thadou Baptist Association]] || 50 || 5,500
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| 26. || [[Tangkhul Baptist Churches Association]] || 79 || 37,200
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| 27. || [[Thangal Naga Baptist Association]] || 11 || 1,470
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| 28. || [[Tarao Baptist Association]] || 04 || 413
|-
| 29. || [[Vaiphei Baptist Churches Association]] || 04 || 480
|-
| 30. || [[Zeme Naga Baptist Association]] || 24 || 2,811
|-
| || '''Total''' || '''1,272''' || '''1,82,576'''
|-
|}

== See also ==

*[[Christianity in Manipur]]
* [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]]
* [[North East India Christian Council]]
* [[List of Christian denominations in North East India]]

== References ==
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{{Churches in India}}
{{Baptist World Alliance Members}}

[[Category:Baptist Christianity in India]]
[[Category:Christianity in Manipur]]
[[Category:Baptist denominations in Asia]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1896]]
[[Category:1896 establishments in British India]]

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