Baptist Church of Hungary

The Baptist Church of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarországi Baptista Egyház) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Hungary. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Budapest.

Baptist Church of Hungary
Magyarországi Baptista Egyház
ClassificationEvangelical Christianity
TheologyBaptist
AssociationsBaptist World Alliance
HeadquartersBudapest, Hungary
Origin1920
Congregations299
Members11,406
Official websitebaptist.hu

History

The Baptist Church of Hungary has its origins in the first Baptist church in Budapest founded by the German missionary Heinrich Meyer of the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1874. [1] In 1900, the Baptist Union of Hungary was founded. [2] In 1920, a group of churches broke away from the Baptist Union of Hungary to form the Baptist Church of Hungary. [3] According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 299 churches and 11,406 members. [4]

References
  1. John H. Y. Briggs, A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 253
  2. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 296
  3. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 296
  4. Baptist World Alliance, Members, baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020
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