Medinipur Baptist Church is a Baptist church situated at Sepahi Bazar, Medinipur town in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.

History

Medinipur Baptist Church

American Baptist Free Mission Society came to Medinipur region in 19th century for missionary works.[1][2] American missionary Rev. Otis Robinson Bacheler[3] and his second wife Sarah P. Merrill,[4] established the church at Medinipur in 1862. Initially this church was known as American Baptist Church. It is the first church founded by any American Baptist in the area.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Murdoch, John (1870). Catalogue of the Christian Vernacular Literature of India: With Hints on the Management of Indian Tract Societies ... C. Foster.
  2. ↑ Th.Christlieb; Hastie, W. (1882). Protestant Missions to the Heathen. Рипол Классик. ISBN 978-5-87336-714-6.
  3. ↑ Scott, Benjamin (1890). A State Iniquity: Its Rise, Extension, and Overthrow. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company. ISBN 978-0-7222-1840-2.
  4. ↑ Metcalf, Henry Harrison; McClintock, John Norris (1901). The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress. Granite Monthly Company.
  5. ↑ "Churches of Bengal: Midnapore Baptist Church". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.

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