Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC) is a Baptist Christian association of churches in the state of Odisha in Eastern India. It is affiliated to the Baptist World Alliance. Its headquarters is in Bhubaneswar.
History
On 7 February 1822, William Bampton and James Peggs of the General Baptist Missionary Society of England reached Orissa at the Pattamundai Coast and preached in Berhampur. The first baptism, of Shri Eron Senapoti, took place in Berhampur on December 25, 1827.[1] The first ordination of the Oriya preachers Gangadhar Sarangi and Ramchandra Jee Jachuck took place in 1835.
In 1867 the Indian Auxiliary Mission was formed and continued until 1899. After this, the Indian Baptist Missionary Society was formed and continued till 1909, after which that society continued under another name, Utkal Christian Church Union, until 1933, when it changed its name again not as a Union but as part of a Central Council. Later the Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade took over the evangelical responsibility of Orissa Baptists since 1969 independently.
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 3,842 members and 34 churches.[2]
See also
- Christianity in Odisha
- Christianity in India
References
- ^ The Centenary Volume of the Baptist Missionary Society, 1792-1892, edited by John Brown Myers, page 251
- ^ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | - Baptist Community in Central Africa (CBCA)
- Baptist Community of the Congo River
- Baptist Community of Congo
- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Congo (CBECO)
- Community of Autonomous Baptist Churches-Wamba-Bakali
- Community of Baptist Churches in Eastern Congo (CEBCE)
- Community of Baptist Churches Union of Congo (CUEBC)
- Community of Baptist Churches in North Congo (CBCN)
- Community of United Baptist Churches (CEBU)
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South Sudan | - Baptist Convention of South Sudan
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Angola | |
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Burkina Faso | - Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches Burkina Faso
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Gambia | - Baptist Union in the Gambia
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Liberia | |
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Niger | - Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Niger
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Armenia | - Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
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Azerbaijan | - Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan
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Belarus | - Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Belarus
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | - Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina
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Bulgaria | - Baptist Union of Bulgaria
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Croatia | |
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Czech Republic | |
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Estonia | - Union of Free Evangelical & Baptist Churches of Estonia
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Georgia | |
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Hungary | |
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Latvia | - Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia
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Lithuania | - Baptist Union of Lithuania
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Russia | |
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Serbia | |
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Slovakia | - Baptist Union of Slovakia
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Slovenia | - Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia
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Ukraine | - All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
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Uzbekistan | - Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Uzbekistan
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Jordan | - Jordan Baptist Convention
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Lebanon | |
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Palestine | - Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land
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Latin American Baptist Union |
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Central America |
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Costa Rica | |
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El Salvador | - Baptist Association of El Salvador
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Honduras | |
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Mexico | |
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Nicaragua | |
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Panama | |
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Argentina | |
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Bolivia | - Baptist Convention of Bolivia
- Baptist Union of Bolivia
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Chile | |
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Colombia | |
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Ecuador | - Baptist Convention of Ecuador
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Guyana | - Baptist Convention of Guyana
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Peru | - Baptist Evangelical Convention of Peru
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Uruguay | - Baptist Evangelical Convention of Uruguay
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Caribbean Baptist Fellowship |
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Antigua and Barbuda | - Antigua Baptist Association
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Barbados | - Barbados Baptist Convention
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Bermuda | - Bermuda Baptist Fellowship
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Dominican Republic | - Dominican Baptist Convention
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