The earliest form of Christianity in India was that adopted by the

Saint Thomas Christians The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, ''Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani'', ''Malankara Nasrani'', or ''Nasrani Mappila'', are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians in the state of Kerala ( Malabar region ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

in the 1st century. This diversified into different churches as time went by. Later,

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

and

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

denominations were introduced by European missionaries and colonisers.

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*Aaradhanalaya Church of India *Advent Christian Conference *Amazing Grace Ministries *

Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

Anglican Church of India The Anglican Church of India (ACI) is a union of independent Anglican churches in India. It is not currently a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion whose titular leader is the Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1947, the Church of South Ind ...

(

Continuing Anglican The Continuing Anglican Movement, also known as the Anglican Continuum, encompasses a number of Christian churches, principally based in North America, that have an Anglican identity and tradition but are not part of the Anglican Communion. Thes ...

) *Apatani Christian Fellowship *Apostolic Christian Assembly *

Apostolic Church of Pentecost The Apostolic Church of Pentecost (ACOP) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination with origins in the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century. Although multi-national, ACOP has its strongest membership in Canada. In 2002 ACOP reported "appr ...

Apostolic Evangelical Church of India Apostolic may refer to: The Apostles An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission: *The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles *Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...

*Anglican Church of India *Arise and shine missionary diocese *Apostolic Fellowship Tabernacle *Apostolic Pentecostal Church *Apostolic Trinity Ministries * Asia Evangelistic Fellowship *

Assam Baptist Convention Assam Baptist Convention (ABC) is a Baptist Christian denomination based in Assam, India, with more than 37,000 members and 300 congregations. History The Assam Baptist Convention traces its origins back to the work of 19th Century Baptists miss ...

* Assemblies Jehovah Shammah *Assemblies of Christ Church *

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

*Assemblies of Jesus Christ *Assembly Hall Churches *Assembly of Believers Church *

Association of Vineyard Churches The Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is a neocharismatic evangelical Christian denomination.Despite the fact that some might see denominational labels as divisive, the founder of the movement John Wimber sai ...

Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول� ...

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*Baptist Christian Association * Baptist Church of Mizoram *

Baptist Union of North India The Baptist Union of North India (also known as BUNI) is a Baptist Christian denomination in India. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of ...

* Bengal Baptist Fellowship
Believers Eastern Church adhere to orthodox faith
ref> Believers Eastern Church *Bengal-Orissa-Bihar Baptist Convention *Bethany Fellowship Ministries *Bethel Pentecostal Church *

Bharatiya Jukta Christa Prachar Mandali Bharatiya Jukta Christa Prachar Mandali is a Mennonite denomination of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area ...

*Bible Brethren Fellowship *

Bible Christian Mission Bible Christian Mission was a Protestant Christian missionary society that sent workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty. See also * Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th century * Timeline of Chinese hi ...

Bible Pattern Church The doctrines and practices of modern Pentecostalism placed a high priority on international evangelization. The movement spread to Africa soon after the 1906 Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles.Anderson, Allan. ''Evangelism and the Growth of Pente ...

Bible Presbyterian Church The Bible Presbyterian Church is an American Protestant denomination in the Calvinist tradition. History Origin The Bible Presbyterian Church was formed in 1937, predominantly through the efforts of such conservative Presbyterian clergymen as ...

*Biblical Church Indian Synod of Dioceses *

Bihar Mennonite Mandli Bihar Mennonite Mandli is a Mennonite denomination of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous d ...

*Blessing Youth Mission *Brethren in Christ Church in India *Bro Bakht Singh Assemblies(All over the World) *Brethren Assembly (All over the World)

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*Cachar Hill Tribes Synod *Carmel Gospel Missions *

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

(Latin rite) ** Syro-Malabar Catholic Church **Carmel Church (kothapatnam) **

Philips Carmel Church Diocese Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

** Syro-Malankara Catholic Church * Chaldean Syrian Church *

Christ Groups Christ Groups are a category of Christian churches in several countries, including India. The number of Christ Groups possibly exceeds 100,000. Already by 1980 the number of groups in India was in the hundreds, if not more. It has been claimed, that ...

Christadelphians The Christadelphians () or Christadelphianism are a restorationist and millenarian Christian group who hold a view of biblical unitarianism. There are approximately 50,000 Christadelphians in around 120 countries. The movement developed in the ...

*Christian Believers' Assembly Fellowship, Kota(Raj.) * Christian Congregation in India *Christian Fellowship Centre *

Christian Revival Church The Christian Revival Church (CRC) is Full Gospel in Faith, Evangelical in Practice (Ministry), Pentecostal in Movement & Charismatic in Worship (triune prayers: confession, resist/cast devils/demons and ask of blessing or oneness tongue praise & ...

* Church Of Episcopal Fellowship International Diocese (CEFI Diocese) *

Church of God (Anderson) Church of God is a name used by numerous denominational bodies. The largest denomination with this name is the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Adventist Churches of God * Church of God General Conference (Church of God of the Ab ...

Church of God (Full Gospel) in India {{Infobox Christian denomination , name = Church Of God (Full Gospel) in India (COG) , image = Church of God Emblem.svg , imagewidth = 140px , caption = Cross with wave of the Holy Spirit , abbreviation = COG in India , main_classification = Prote ...

Church of God of Prophecy The Church of God of Prophecy is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian church. It is one of five ''Church of God'' bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee, that arose from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Holiness Church at Camp Cr ...

* Church of God (Seventh Day) * Church of North India * Church of South India *Church of the Apostolic Faith *

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, Lenexa within Johnson Cou ...

* Churches of Christ *Churches of Christ in Western India *Churches of Christ (Instrumental) *Churches of Christ (Non-Instrumental) * Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India *

Council of Reformed Churches in India A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

Celtic Cross Ministries India Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foo ...

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*Deliverance City Church *Diocese of Cosmopolis * Disciples of Christ * Divyadarshana Ministries * Dohnavur Fellowship * Dwarka Christian Fellowship

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*Elim Church *Elite Jesus Ministries Welfare Society * El Shaddai *Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ in India *Eternal Light Ministries *Eternal Life International Ministries *Evangelical Alliance of Churches *Evangelical Church of India * Evangelical Church of Maraland * Evangelical Congregational Church *Evangelical Free Church of India * Evangelical Missionary Society in Mayurbhanj *Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Sikkim * Eternal rock ministry

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*Fellowship of Evangelical Friends *Fellowship of Gospel Churches *Fellowship of Indigenous Gospel Churches *Filadelfia Fellowship Church of India *Free Methodist Church of India * Friends Missionary Prayer Band *Faith Gospel Mission Kerala

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Garment India Ministries *

Garo Baptist Convention 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 Bi ...

Good News Mission (Apostle.M. Rajendran) Good News Mission (GNM; ) is a South Korean Christianity, Christian-based new religious movement founded in 1971 by pastor Ock Soo Park. It is one of several new religious movements in Korea referred to as ''Guwonpa'' (Salvation Sect, Salvation ...

*Gospel Association of India *Gospel Echoing Missionary Society *Geoffrey Ministries Chennai Tamil Nadu *Gospel Outreach Ministries *

Gypsy Evangelical Movement The Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light) (Mission évangélique des Tziganes de France (Vie et Lumière)) is a Pentecostal church active among Romani people, Roma. History The denomination has its origins in a mission founded by the ...

*Global Christian Church Of India *

Greek Orthodox Church The term Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also cal ...

*Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam

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*Hebron church Of Almighty God *Hebron Missionary Fellowship *Himalaya Evangelical Mission *Himalayan Free Church * Hindustani Covenant Church *Highland churches of India *House of Prayer Fellowship *Holy Almighty God Ministries *Holy Way Ministries Trust *Hosanna ministries *Holy ministries

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*Immanuel India Mission *Immanuel Pentecostal Assembly *

Independent Assemblies of God, International The Independent Assemblies of God International (IAOGI) is a pentecostal Christian association with roots in a revival of the 1890s among the Scandinavian Baptist and Pietist communities in the United States. ''Independent Assemblies of God Intern ...

*Independent Baptist Ministries Of India
Independent Church of India
*India Association of General Baptists *India for Christ Ministries *India United Evangelical Mission *India Evangelistic Mission *

Indian Brethren The Indian Brethren are a Christian Evangelical premillennial religious movement. Although they have some distinct characteristics, they have a lot in common, in both doctrine and practice, with the international Open Brethren movement, with wh ...

*Indian Evangelical Team(IET-New Delhi) *Indian National Church *Indian National Full Gospel Churches Federation of India *India Pentecostal Assembly(Full Gospel) *Indian Pentecostal Mission *

Indian Pentecostal Church of God The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) is the largest Pentecostal Christian Denomination in India. It has over ten thousand congregations around the world. Its organisational headquarters is at Hebronpuram, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. IPC chu ...

International Christian Fellowship ICF (International Christian Fellowship) is a charismatic Christian denomination. The headquarters is located in Zurich, Switzerland. History ICF was founded in 1990 by Heinz Strupler. In 1996, leadership was taken over by Leo Bigger and Matt ...

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The Foursquare Church is an Evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. History The church has its origins in a vision of ...

India Evangelical Lutheran Church India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a Christian denomination in India. Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation. It has four synods named Ambur Synod, Nagercoil ...

*India Evangelical Lutheran Church IELC *Indian missionaries society

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*Jesus Evangelical Mission *Jesus with us Revival Church (Rev. Dr. P.Charles ) *

Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in ...

* Jehovah Salvation Church *

Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Lutheran Christian denomination in India. It was established in 1882. At that time, the founder of The Schleswig Holstein Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society of Germany (SHELM) in Germany was Pastor ...

*Jesus Mariya Christeen ministries

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* Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention *Karnataka Baptist Convention *Kashmir Evangelical Fellowship *

Kuki Christian Church The Kuki Christian Church (KCC) is an association which is part of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). Through the NCCI, the KCC is part of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The Kuki Christian Church has a record of almost 80 bapti ...

Knanaya The Knānāya, (from Syriac: ''Knā'nāya'' (Canaanite)) also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part of ...

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*Lambsaved Ministries *

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*Local Churches of India * Life Boat Church *London Mission Church *Lord Jesus Christ Tabernacle * Laymen's Evangelical Fellowship * Lutheran Logos Faith Foundation

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*Madras Pentecostal Assembly (Tamil) *Mahanaim Christian Mission (Assembly of Holy God church) *Mahaneh Dan Fellowship *Maranatha gospel church
Maranatha Ministries International
* Manipur Baptist Convention *

Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, often shortened to Mar Thoma Church, and known also as the Reformed Syrian ChurchS. N. Sadasivan. A Social History of India'. APH Publishing; 2000. . p. 442. and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar ...

*Mara Independent Evangelical Church *Maranatha Full Gospel Churches *

Mennonite Church in India The Mennonite Church in India (Bharatiya Mennonite Church in India ki Pratinidhi Sabha) is a Mennonite denomination of India. The number of its members is about 3,500. It has 19 congregations. Its bishop has his seat at the town of Dhamtari in C ...

Methodist Church in India Methodist Church in India is a Protestant Christian denomination of India. The Methodist Church in India's roots originate in American Methodist missionary activity in India, as opposed to the British and Australian conferences of the Methodi ...

Metropolitan Church Association The Metropolitan Church Association, also known as the Metropolitan Methodist Mission and Metropolitan Evangelistic Church, is a Methodist denomination in the holiness movement. The Metropolitan Church Association has congregations throughout the ...

*Mission Society of Mar Gregorios of India *Mission India *

Moravian Church The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohem ...

*Malankara Evangelical Church

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* New Creation Family Church *

Nagaland Baptist Church Council The Nagaland Baptist Church Council is a Baptist Christian organization based in Nagaland, India. It is affiliated with the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is located in Kohima, t ...

*National Missionary Society of India *Native Missionary Movement *Navajeeva Ashram *National Church of India *National Church of India Missionary Diocese of Kerala *New India Church Of God *

New Life Churches New Life Churches, formerly known as New Life Churches International, is a Pentecostal Christianity, Christian church movement in New Zealand. History Early influences date from the 1940s when a series of meetings conducted by overseas 'Beth ...

* New Life Fellowship Association *New Life Outreach *New Testament Church of India *

North Bank Baptist Christian Association North Bank Baptist Christian Association is a Baptist Christian denomination in India. It is headquartered in Shakomato Christian Center, Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur District of Assam. History It was established in the year 1950. As of 2015, It h ...

Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in four states of North India - Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and the NEL ...

* North India Tribal Mission * North Western Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church

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*Open Bible Church of God *Orissa Missionary Movement *

Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC) is a Baptist Christian church body in the state of Odisha in Eastern India. It is affiliated to the Baptist World Alliance. Its headquarters is in Bhubaneswar. OBEC has 405,000 baptized members and more t ...

Oriental Orthodox Churches The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 60 million members worldwide. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are part of the Nicene Christian tradition, and represent ...

** Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church **

Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (JSCC), or the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India also known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Jacobite Syrian Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, ...

Malabar Independent Syrian Church The Malabar Independent Syrian Church (MISC) also known as the Thozhiyur Church, is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical acti ...

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Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church The Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church (PFWBC) is a church group in the southern United States, best thought of as Pentecostal rather than Baptist. The PFWBC is historically and theologically a combination of both, having begun as a small group o ...

Pentecostal Holiness Church The International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) or simply Pentecostal Holiness Church (PHC) is a Holiness-Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1911 with the merger of two older denominations. Historically centered in the Southeaste ...

* Presbyterian Church of India *Prince of Peace Church

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Rabha Baptist Church Union Rabha Baptist Convention (RBC), previously known as “Rabha Baptist Church Union”, is a Baptist Christian denomination in India. It is in the East of India, primarily in the state of Assam. The Union is made up primarily of Rabha people, an ...

*Reaching Indians Ministries *Rajasthan Bible Institute *

Reformed Episcopal Church The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican church of evangelical Episcopalian heritage. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The REC is a founding member ...

Reformed Presbyterian Church of India The Reformed Presbyterian Church of India is a historic confessional Presbyterian denomination in India, established in the 19th century by Scottish and Irish missionaries. Origin The Reformed Presbyterian Church of India was a joint effort of t ...

*Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India * Rongmei Baptist Churches Council (formerly, Rongmei Naga Baptist Association)

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* St Thomas Evangelical Church of India *Salvation Light Ministries *

Separate Baptists in Christ The Separate Baptists in Christ are a denomination of Separate Baptists found mostly in United States. History The Separate Baptists had no formal statement of faith before 1776. They only followed the Bible. In 1776 there was split in the Sepa ...

* Seventh Day Baptist Church *

Seventh-day Adventist Church The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and ...

* South India Reformed Churches *Sharon fellowship church *Shekinah Assembly *Suvartha full gospel church *salvation army SHALOM TEMPLE *SMYRNA Theological UNIVERSITY

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*Tamil Baptist Churches *Tamil Christian Fellowship *Telugu Baptist Church *

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in India The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in India since the 19th century. As of 2019, there were local members, missionaries and multiple meetinghouses of the LDS Church in the country.. This online source ...

The Salvation Army The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestant church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7million, comprising soldiers, officers and adherents col ...

*St. Mari Church Of India *

The Pentecostal Mission The Pentecostal Mission (TPM) or New Testament Church (NTC) in the United States or Universal Pentecostal Church (UPC) in the United Kingdom is a Pentecostal denomination which was founded in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1923. The intern ...

*Tribal Gospel Mission *

Tripura Baptist Christian Union The Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Tripura, India. It has its head office in Agartala, the state capital. The TBCU is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and the Baptist World ...

*Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church *

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The Living Evangelical Fellowship ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

* The Worldwide Anglican Church of India *Tirunelveli C.M.S. Evangelical Church

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*Undenominational Church of the Lord in India *

Union of Evangelical Students of India The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) is an interdenominational association of 170 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students. The headquarters is in Ox ...

*United Basel Mission Church * United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India *United Missionary Church of India *

United Pentecostal Church in India United Pentecostal Church is a major Christian denomination in India belonging to the United Pentecostal Church International. Its seat is Bangalore. It was established in the mid-20th century. After sometime, out of the United Pentecostal Church of ...

* United Church of North India (UCNI) *United Christ Covenant Church (UCCCM)

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*Vishwasi Mandir (Aatmik Vishwavidyalaya)

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*Wesleyan Church of India

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*Yeshuva Evangelical Church

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*Zeme Baptist Church Council

References

*World Christian Encyclopedia 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2001), first volume {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Christian Denominations In India *India India religion-related lists

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