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A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS IN INDIA

           
 

CHURCH'S

NUMBER OF CONGREGATIONS

BAPTIZED

 ALL MEMBERS

 

Church of South India

9,300

80000

1,700,000

Council of Baptist Churches of NE India

3969

50,000

1,630,000

Brethren Assemblies

              

2000

50,000

150,000

United Evangelical Lutheran Churches 

12,392

 533,000 

1,184,000

 Church of North India 

 3,300 

           700,000 

           1,000,000

 Samavesam of TELNGU
Baptist Churches

1,625 

  312,000 

 780,000

 Mar Thoma Syrian Churches 

 900

 431,000 

 718,000

Presbyterian Church of NE India 

 1,600 

 234,000 

 526,000

Indian Pentecostal Church of God 

4,444

 120,000

 300,000

Salvation Army

 3,573 

 162,000

 270,000

Churches of Christ (6) 

 3,000

 105,000

 263,000

 Baptist Convention of N Circars 

 210

  125,000 

 250,000

Seventh day Adventist 

 829 

 160,000

 247,000

Assemblies (Jehovah
Shammah)

  1,350 

 54,000 

 216,000

Evangelical Church of India

 558 

 73,000

 200,000

 Baptist Convention 

 1,023

 65,000

 164,000

 Church of God (Cleveland)

  879 

 60,000 

 148,000 

 Pentecostal Mission

 1,071 

 75,000

 125,000

 Assemblies of God (2) 

 1,392 

 44,000 

 124,000 

 All other (319)

 44,237

 2,661,000

 5,921,000

 Denominations (356) 

 97,796

 12,056,000

 16,261,192

Number of members has been rounded to the nearest thousand