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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.
| Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain | |
|---|---|
| Unión Evangélica Bautista de España | |
| Abbreviation | UEBE |
| Classification | Evangelical Christianity |
| Theology | Baptist |
| Associations | Baptist World Alliance, Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Origin | 1923 |
| Congregations | 175 |
| Members | 11,438 |
| Missionary organization | Misiones Internacionales |
| Aid organization | Ministerio de Obra Social |
| Seminaries | Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain |
| Official website | uebe |
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]
The Convention has a missionary organization, Misiones Internacionales. [8]
It has a humanitarian organization, Ministerio de Obra Social. [9]
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