Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Christian denomination The Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland (Template:Langx) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Poland. It is a member of the Polish Ecumenical Council, the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Warsaw.
History
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Modern Baptist work began in Poland in 1844.<ref>John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 393</ref> The first typical Polish congregation was formed in the village of Zelow in 1872. Polish Baptists adopted the German Baptist Confession of 1847 as their own confession.
In 1922, the Union of Slavic Baptists in Poland was formed, and the Union of the Baptist Churches of the German Language was formed in 1928.<ref>Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 311</ref> The unions of German-speaking and Polish-speaking Baptists existed until World War II, when they were forced into a merger with other evangelical Christian bodies. In 1946, the Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland was founded.<ref name=jhyb>John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 394</ref> In 1994, it founded the Warsaw Baptist Theological Seminary in Warsaw.<ref> William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 445</ref>
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 102 churches and 5,390 members.<ref name=bwa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Baptist
See also
- Christianity in Poland
- Baptist beliefs
- Worship service (evangelicalism)
- Jesus Christ
- Believers' Church