Garo Baptist Convention | |
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Garo Baptist Convention (GBC), Birishiri, Durgapur, Netrokona | |
Abbreviation | GBC |
Classification | Evangelicalism |
Theology | Baptist |
President | Mr. Sundar A Sangma |
General Secretary | Rev Janang R. Sangma |
Associations | Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, Baptist World Alliance |
Region | Meghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh |
Language | Garo |
Headquarters | Tura, India |
Founder | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society |
Origin | 1874 |
Congregations | 2,619 |
Members | 333,908 |
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Garo Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination of India and Bangladesh. It is named after the ethnic group of the name Garo. Most members of this church are in Meghalaya. In Bangladesh the central office of the GBC is located in Birishiri under the Durgapur Upazila of Netrokona District. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (Baptist World Alliance).