NORTH INDIA, CHURCH OF

merger in 1970 of six Christian denominations, including the United Church of Northern India; the Anglican Church of India, Pakistan, Burma (Myanmar) and Ceylon; the British and Australian Methodist churches; the Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India; the Church of the Brethren; and the Disciples of Christ. The decolonization of India in 1947 revitalized negotiations initiated in 1929, and a draft plan of church union, submitted in 1951, was entrusted to a committee of delegates. The final plan of union was approved in 1965. The activities of the Church of North India extend beyond religious training to include education, medical and health care, and relief and social work on behalf of the orphaned, widowed, aged, and disabled in the community at large. Its headquarters are located in New Delhi.