Centenary Baptist Church, Clock Tower, Secunderabad, Baptist church in Secunderabad, India

STBC-Centenary Baptist Church consists of two buildings on one compound in Secunderabad: the original simple Gothic structure of 1875 and a modern sanctuary consecrated in 1991, whose facade is a two-storeyed bell tower and whose windows follow Gothic styling. Worship is held only in the newer sanctuary.

The congregation was founded on November 14, 1875 by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society as a mission outpost in the region. The first pastor, Bezwada Paul, arrived in 1895 to lead the growing community.

Services are held in Telugu, English, Hindi, and Manipuri, so the congregation brings together people from very different backgrounds. Visitors attending a service can hear this mix of languages within the same building on the same morning.

The old Gothic church and the 1991 sanctuary stand side by side on the same premises, but worship services are held only in the new sanctuary. The two-storey bell tower forms the facade of the new church. The congregation worships in Telugu, English, Hindi and Manipuri, so check which language a service uses before attending.

The foundation stone of the current building was laid exactly 100 years after the congregation was established, a deliberate link between the original mission and its modern form. The sanctuary itself was then completed in 1991, closing a building process that had started with that symbolic gesture.