Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain

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The Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain 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. In the 1920s, several Baptist churches were also founded by an American mission of the International Mission Board. In 1922, the Baptist Theological Institute (now Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain) was inaugurated in Barcelona. In 1923, the Union is officially founded. In 1928, the first convention took place. In 2004, the Union had 91 churches. According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 175 churches and 11,438 members.

Missionary organization

The Convention has a missionary organization, Misiones Internacionales.

Social programs

It has a humanitarian organization, Ministerio de Obra Social.

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