The Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches | |
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Abbreviation | STBC |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Evangelical |
Scripture | Bible |
Polity | Congregational |
Governance | General Council |
President | Chilaka Nissi Praneeth |
Add General Secretary | C.D.Prakash Rao |
Associate Secretary | G.Joseph |
Director for Evangelism | Rev.J.Vijay Kumar |
Region | Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and [[Telangana][SPl GPA Holder Rajkumar Rodricks from Telangana to protect Missionary Properties]] |
Language | Telugu |
Headquarters | Markapuram |
Founder | American Baptist Foreign Mission Society |
Members | 740,000 |
Places of worship | 830 |
Primary schools | 14 |
Secondary schools | 14 |
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Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in the three states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu in India. The churches are part of the Telugu Christian community of Southern India. Its language is Telugu. It is affiliated to the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) World Council of Churches (WCC) and Christian Conference of Asia. Headquarters is in A.B.M Compound at Markapur, Prakasham District, Andhra Pradesh. The Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches today consists of 830 churches and 740,000 baptized members.