Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain

Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain
Unión Evangélica Bautista de España
AbbreviationUEBE
ClassificationEvangelical Christianity
TheologyBaptist
AssociationsBaptist World Alliance, Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
Origin1923
Congregations175
Members11,438
Missionary organizationMisiones Internacionales
Aid organizationMinisterio de Obra Social
SeminariesFaculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain
Official websiteuebe.org

The Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain (Spanish: Unión Evangélica Bautista de España) 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.[1] In the 1920s, several Baptist churches were also founded by an American mission of the International Mission Board.[2] In 1922, the Baptist Theological Institute (now Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain) was inaugurated in Barcelona.[3] In 1923, the Union is officially founded.[4] In 1928, the first convention took place.[5] In 2004, the Union had 91 churches.[6] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 175 churches and 11,438 members.[7]

Missionary organization

The Convention has a missionary organization, Misiones Internacionales.[8]

Social programs

It has a humanitarian organization, Ministerio de Obra Social.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ William Cathcart, The Baptist Encyclopedia - Volume 3, The Baptist Standard Bearer, USA, 2001, p. 1088
  2. ^ Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 317
  3. ^ John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 476
  4. ^ Breve Cronología UEBE, uebe.org, Spain, retrieved December 3, 2018.
  5. ^ John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 476.
  6. ^ Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, Jan Milic Lochman, John Mbiti, Jaroslav Pelikan, The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 145
  7. ^ Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023
  8. ^ UEBE, Misiones Internacionales, uebe.org, España, accessed July 24, 2024
  9. ^ UEBE, Ministerio de Obra Social, uebe.org, España, accessed July 24, 2024
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