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The Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine or All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists (AUC ECB) (Ukrainian: Всеукраїнський союз церков євангельських християн-баптистів (ВСЦ ЄХБ)) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Kyiv.
All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian-Baptists | |
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Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology | General Baptist |
Associations | Baptist World Alliance European Baptist Federation Euro-Asian Federation of Evangelical Christians-Baptists Unions |
Headquarters | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Origin | 1990 |
Congregations | 2,192 |
Members | 105,189 |
Seminaries | 7 |
Official website | baptyst |
The All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian-Baptists has its origins in a believer's baptism movement in the 19th century.[1] In 1918, the All-Ukrainian Union of Baptists was founded.[2] In 1922, it became associated with Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists.[3] It was officially reorganized in 1990 and became independent of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists.[4] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 2,192 churches and 105,189 members.[5]
It has 7 affiliated theological institutes. [6]
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