Garo Baptist Convention

Garo Baptist Convention
AbbreviationGBC
ClassificationEvangelicalism
TheologyBaptist
PresidentMr. Sundar A Sangma
General SecretaryRev Janang R. Sangma
AssociationsCouncil of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, Baptist World Alliance
RegionMeghalaya, Assam, Bangladesh
LanguageGaro
HeadquartersTura, India
FounderAmerican Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Origin1874
Congregations2,619
Members333,908

Garo Baptist Convention is an association of Baptist Christian churches 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 Birisiri under the suburban area Susong Durgapur of Netrokona District. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (Baptist World Alliance).