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<p>2409:4065:85:DE8E:95FC:9E91:58FD:1B85: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}<br /> '''Assam Baptist Convention''' ('''ABC''') is a [[Baptist]] church based in [[Assam]], [[India]], with more than 37,000 members and 300 congregations.<br /> <br /> The Assam Baptist Convention traces its origins back to the work of 19th Century Baptists missionaries in Assam&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |title=Christianity in Assam and inter-faith dialogue: a study on the modern religious movements in north east India |last=Muttumana |first=Mathew |page=108 |year=1984 |publisher=Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra |oclc=12809065 }}&lt;/ref&gt; such as Krishna Chandra Pal, [[Nathan Brown (missionary)|Nathan Brown]], Oliver Cutter and [[Miles Bronson and the Noctes|Miles Bronson]]. The first indigenous person from Assam to be baptized into the baptist faith was Nidhi Levi from the aboriginal Kaibarta(JalKeot) ethnicity baptized in 1841. The Baptist Church of Assam was formed in 1845 with its headquarters at [[Guwahati]]. There was a small revival in [[Nidhi]] in 1847, but as of 1861 the Assam Baptist Church had only 31 members.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|last=Moffett|first=Samuel Hugh|title=1500 to 1900.|year=2005|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|location=Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books|isbn=1-57075-450-0|pages=425–427|edition=2nd rev. and corrected}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The Assam Baptist Convention currently operates a school in [[Nagaon]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.bwanet.org/bwa.php?site=Baptist%20World%20Aid&amp;id=126 World Baptist Convention report on various international projects]&lt;/ref&gt; and another in [[Golaghat]].<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India]]<br /> * [[North East India Christian Council]]<br /> * [[List of Christian denominations in North East India]]<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Churches in India}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Christianity in Assam]]<br /> [[Category:Religious organizations established in 1845]]<br /> [[Category:Baptist denominations in Asia]]<br /> [[Category:1845 establishments in British India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{india-org-stub}}<br /> {{assam-stub}}<br /> {{baptists-stub}}</div>

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