The
Church of North India (CNI), the dominant
Protestant denomination in northern India, is a
united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India; it is a province of the worldwide
Anglican Communion. It is the successor of
Church of England in India along with the
Church of Pakistan and the
Church of South India. The merger, which had been in discussions since 1929, came eventually between the
Church of India,
Pakistan,
Burma and
Ceylon (
Anglican), the
United Church of Northern India (
Congregationalist and
Presbyterian), the Baptist Churches of Northern India (British
Baptists), the
Church of the Brethren in India, which withdrew in 2006, the
Methodist Church (British and Australian Conferences) and the
Disciples of Christ denominations.