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The Brotherhood of Independent Baptist Churches and Ministries of Ukraine was officially founded and registered in Ukraine in 1993.
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The Brotherhood of Independent Baptist Churches and Ministries of Ukraine was officially founded and registered in Ukraine in 1993.
The foundation of this new Baptist Union was organized and initiated by a group of churches, which for nearly thirty years had been active members of the Union of Churches movement. Among these churches-initiators there were churches of the Union of Baptist Churches in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khartsyzk, Kharkiv, Rivne, Zdolbuniv, etc. Today, the Brotherhood includes more than 100 communities and about 11,000 members.
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The Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Romania is a Baptist Christian denomination in Romania. It is affiliated with the Romanian Evangelical Alliance and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Bucharest.
The Baptist Union of Poland is an association of Baptist churches in the country of Poland. It is a member of the Polish Ecumenical Council, the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Warsaw.
The Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada is a Baptist organization serving the Ukrainian Baptists in the country of Canada.
The Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova is a national fellowship of Baptist Christians in Moldova.
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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 a Baptist Christian denomination in Ukraine. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Kyiv.
Protestants in Ukraine number about 600,000 to 700,000 (2007), about 2% of the total population. Nearly all traditional Protestant denominations are represented in the country. According to Christianity Today magazine, Ukraine has become not just the "Bible Belt" of Eastern Europe, but a "hub of evangelical church life, education, and missions". At present, the country is a key supplier of missionaries and a center of evangelical training and press printing for all the countries of the former Soviet Union, where the legal environment is not so favourable.
Protestants composed less than 1% of the population of Tajikistan in 2020. There is a Lutheran congregation in Dushanbe. There are about 3,000 evangelicals, who mainly are of Russian origin. The Constitution provides for religious freedom. There are Methodist and Seventh-day Adventist congregations in Tajikistan. Many Christians are from South Asia. According to the European Baptist Federation, government officials view the nation's Christians in the same light as militant Muslims.
The Baptist Church in Ukraine is one of the oldest and most widespread Evangelical Christian denominations in the country. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, over half the 1.5 million acknowledged Baptists and Pentecostals in the USSR lived in Soviet Ukraine. Prior to its independence in 1991, Ukraine was home to the second largest Baptist community in the world, after the United States, and was called the "Bible Belt" of the Soviet Union.
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