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Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain
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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.
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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]
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Missionary organization
The Convention has a missionary organization, Misiones Internacionales.[8]
Social programs
It has a humanitarian organization, Ministerio de Obra Social.[9]
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