Stats of nine biggest Churches in Mizoram
The population of the nine biggest Churches in Mizoram is given below. According to Chhawkhlei.com, it is taken from the state gov’t record.
| The Population of the Nine biggest Churches in Mizoram | ||||
| S/No. | Churches, Headquarters | Total | Males | Females |
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1
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Mizoram Presbyterian Church, Aizawl | 4,39,587 | 2,18,550 | 2,21,037 |
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2
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Baptist Church of Mizoram, Lunglei | 1,28,386 | 64,262 | 64,124 |
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3
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UPC (Northeast), Aizawl | 85,940 | 42,797 | 43,140 |
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4
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Salvation Army, Aizawl | 52,192 | 25,590 | 26,602 |
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5
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UPC (Mizoram), Aizawl | 41,036 | 20,530 | 20,506 |
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6
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Evangelical Church of Maraland, Siaha (Saiha) | 35,126 | 17,599 | 17,527 |
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7
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Seventh-Day Adventists, Aizawl | 23,680 | 11,737 | 11,942 |
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8
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Lairam Isua Krista Baptists, Lawngtlai | 23,535 | 11,583 | 11,952 |
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9
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Roman Catholic Church, Aizawl | 20,480 | 10,500 | 9,980 |
| TOTAL | 8,49,962 | 4,23,149 | 4,26,813 | |
The Churches in BOLD Letters are the three Churches pioneered by English Missionaries from United Kingdom in the year 1897, 1894 and 1907 respectively.
The number of the 9 biggest Churches in Mizoram add up to 8,49,962, of these 4,23,149 males and 4,26,813 females, females outnumbered their male counterparts by 4,736. (Sinlung Admin, if you want to copy this, kindly put the link and credit to Samaw.com)
There are many more Churches which are not listed above which include Congregational Church of India (Maraland) and Presbyterian Church of Maraland from MADC area alone.
The population of Mizoram is estimated to be a little over 10 lakh (one million).
Source: MaraChristian.net
The official website of Mizoram gov’t stated that the four main Churches in Mizoram as
- Presbyterian Church
- Mizoram Baptist
- Roman Catholic
- Salvation Army
Source: Mizoram.gov.in
Which is obviously not true. If UPC did not split, they will outnumber Baptists with 128,737 if the above figures are correct. UPC Mizoram & Northeast, Maraland Evangelicals, Lairam Baptists and Adventists have all outnumbered Roman Catholics for now.
Posted: January 31st, 2009 under Useful info..
Comments: 16
February 5th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
ka nui nasa lutuk..aryan chu lo piangthar ta ni maw…what great news.Holy spirit be with him.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am
hehehe ka van awi lo ve.. tak2 te lo nih chuan lawm awm e, mahse awi van har ve aw.. a ni berkher :)
February 6th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Rilru hi hah thin khop mai in thlir na hi tam tawh lutuk a…
February 8th, 2009 at 4:52 am
in chhe zit zet. In website ami pawh ka copy lo.
February 8th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Sang Thesang, tunge chhe zit zet zawk chu kan la hre don a lom!
October 22nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Christians need to be modanazied in their context and culture, BHUTA