Centenary Baptist Church Secunderabad

STBC-Centenary Baptist Church
STBC-Centenary Baptist Church
CBC
Location	Secunderabad Clock Tower
Country	India
Denomination	Baptist
Associations	Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Website	centenarybaptistchurch.com
History
Former name(s)	Baptist Church, Secunderabad
Status	Church
Founded	14 November 1875
Founder(s)	American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Events	14 November 1875 (founded); 14 November 1975 (foundation stone laid for new edifice),; 17 February 1991 (new edifice inaugurated);
Associated people	Louis F. Knoll, Ph. D. (GTU),; Tracy G. Gipson, M. Th. (Yale),; Perapogu Joseph, Th. M. (Brite),; Suppogu Joseph, D. Th. (Serampore),; Ravela Joseph, Th. M. (Andover-Newton),; B. J. Christie Kumar, M. Th. (Serampore);
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Chapel
Style	Postmodernism
Specifications
Capacity	2000
Administration
Diocese	Deccan Association
Episcopal area	Hyderabad and Secunderabad
Clergy
Pastor(s)	The Rev. M. Purushotham, B.D. (Serampore); The Rev. B. Charles Theodore; The Rev. Satyaranjan,;
Laity
Director of music	Mr. G. A. Vidyasagar

STBC-Centenary Baptist Church Secunderabad is a Baptist Church in the city of Secunderabad, India which was established in 1875 by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (ABM) and was later led by the Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC) through the Deccan Association. STBC-Centenary Baptist Church has a current membership of more than 3000. The original older structure and a new centenary structure built in 1991 exist side by side in the same premises. Worship services are only held in the new sanctuary. The church conducts worship in Telugu, English, Hindi and Manipuri.

Senior Pastor, The Rev. N. Thomas, STBC, who had been ailing for a long time, died on 19 April 2021. He was born on 2 March 1946 in Nellutla near Jangaon and underwent Spiritual formation in Andhra Christian Theological College, Rajahmundry and later upgraded his studies in MCI-Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur and served as a Pastor of this Church from 1991. Funeral mass of Rev. Thomas was held at 12 noon on 20 April 2021 in Centenary Baptist Church, followed by a Burial mass at 15:00 hours at Baptist Cemetery in Bhoiguda, Secunderabad.