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Brazilian Baptist Convention
Mainline Baptist denomination in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brazilian Baptist Convention (Portuguese: Convenção Batista Brasileira) is the main Baptist denomination in Brazil. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Rio de Janeiro.
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History
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The Brazilian Baptist Convention has its origins in the establishment of the first Baptist Church in Salvador (Bahia) in 1882, by an American mission of the International Mission Board.[1] It was founded in 1907.[2] According to a census published by the association in 2024, it claimed 9,288 churches and 1,797,597 members.[3]
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Missionary organization
The convention has a missionary organization, Junta de Missões Mundiais.[4]
Social programs
The Convention coordinates several social programs, through the "Missões Nacionais" especially for the rehabilitation of drug addicts, dance and sports and for young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods and housing orphaned children.[5]
Schools
The convention has 17 affiliated primary and secondary schools gathered in the Rede Batista de Educação.[6]
It has 3 affiliated theological institutes.[7]
Controversies
In 1965, the Convention proceeded to the excommunication of 165 churches teaching the beliefs of the charismatic movement.[8]
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