Garo Baptist Convention

Garo Baptist Convention
Garo Baptist Convention
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
Congregations	2,619
Members	333,908

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 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).