Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain
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The Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain (Template:Langx) is a Baptist denomination. It is affiliated with the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Madrid.
History
The Union has its origins in the establishment of the first church Baptist in Madrid by William J. Knapp in 1870.<ref> William Cathcart, The Baptist Encyclopedia - Volume 3, The Baptist Standard Bearer, USA, 2001, p. 1088</ref> In the 1920s, several Baptist churches were also founded by an American mission of the International Mission Board.<ref> Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 317</ref> In 1922, the Baptist Theological Institute (now Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain) was inaugurated in Barcelona.<ref> John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 476</ref> In 1923, the Union is officially founded.<ref>Breve Cronología UEBE, uebe.org, Spain, retrieved December 3, 2018.</ref> In 1928, the first convention took place.<ref> John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 476.</ref> In 2004, the Union had 91 churches.<ref>Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, Jan Milic Lochman, John Mbiti, Jaroslav Pelikan, The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 145</ref> According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 175 churches and 11,438 members.<ref> Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023</ref>
Missionary organization
The Convention has a missionary organization, Misiones Internacionales.<ref> UEBE, Misiones Internacionales, uebe.org, España, accessed July 24, 2024</ref>
Social programs
It has a humanitarian organization, Ministerio de Obra Social.<ref> UEBE, Ministerio de Obra Social, uebe.org, España, accessed July 24, 2024</ref>
See also
References
External links
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