Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches

The Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
The Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
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

Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC) is a Baptist Christian denomination 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.