Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh

{{Short description|Religion within the Indian state}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}

Christianity is the Dominant religion in the Northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China. According to the census of 2011 Christians constitute 30.26% of the state's population.{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |publisher=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=2022-04-15}} The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the state with around 180,000 adherents.Diocese [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ditan.html] Itanagar [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmiao.html] Miao The Arunachal Baptist Church Council is the second largest denomination with 150,000 baptized members in about 1,200 churcheshttps://abccindia.org/sites/all/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/www.abccindia.org/files/MemberbodiesasonDec2016.pdf ABCCStatistics2016 and Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC) which was started in 1987 at Naharlagun also growing fast.

The state belongs to the area of the diocese of North East India of the Church of North India.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnisynod.org/dioceses.aspx |title=The Diocess - The Church Of North India |publisher=Cnisynod.org |access-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317100930/http://www.cnisynod.org/dioceses.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead}} The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao have their seat in the state. The state is an area of rapid growth of Roman Catholicism in recent years.{{cite web |url=http://www.churchinneed.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5349&news_iv_ctrl=1202 |title=Aid to the Church in Need: Building the Faith, Chapel by Chapel |publisher=Churchinneed.org |date=2008-07-01 |access-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304072720/http://www.churchinneed.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5349&news_iv_ctrl=1202 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead}}

Among the Christians in the state there is a literacy rate higher than the rate in the state population at large.{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1625/16250930.htm |title=Welcome to Frontline : Vol. 29 :: No. 16 |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |access-date=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822084959/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1625/16250930.htm |archive-date=2010-08-22 |url-status=dead}}{{bar box

|title=Religion in Arunachal Pradesh

|left1=religion

|right1=percent

|float=right

|bars=

{{bar percent|Christianity|DodgerBlue|30.2}}

{{bar percent|Hinduism|Orange|29.4}}

{{bar percent|Others (mostly Donyi-Polo)|Chartreuse|26.2}}

{{bar percent|Buddhism|Gold|11.7}}

{{bar percent|Islam|Green|1.9}}

{{bar percent|Sikhism|DarkKhaki|0.1}}

{{bar percent|Jainism|SaddleBrown|0.1}}

}}

Although the state has prohibited bribery or coercion for conversion since 1978, but it has not been implemented yet.

{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/arunachal-pradesh/arunachal-christians-demonstrate-against-anti-conversion-law/article69298044.ece/ |title=Arunachal Christians demonstrate against anti-conversion law |publisher=The Hindu |date=2025-03-06 |access-date=2025-04-04}}