Baptist Church of Hungary
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The Baptist Church of Hungary (Template:Langx) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Hungary. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Budapest.
History
The Baptist Church of Hungary has its origins in the first Baptist church in Budapest founded by the German missionary Heinrich Meyer of the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1874.<ref> John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 253</ref> In 1900, the Baptist Union of Hungary was founded.<ref> William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 296</ref> In 1920, a group of churches broke away from the Baptist Union of Hungary to form the Baptist Church of Hungary.<ref> William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 296</ref> According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 290 churches and 11,208 members.<ref> Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023</ref>
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