Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain
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The Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain (Unión Evangélica Bautista Española) is a fellowship of Baptist churches in the nation of Spain.
American William J. Knapp went to Spain in 1868 as a missionary. In 1870 a Baptist church was established in Madrid. Knapp left in 1876, but Eric Lund of Sweden came in 1877, reviving the work begun by Knapp.
A Unión Evangélica Bautista Española was founded in 1922, and then a Spanish Baptist Convention in 1929. The present union is the 1929 organization. They adopted the name of the previous organization, Unión Evangélica Bautista Española, in 1953.
The Union is a member of the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. In 1995, the Union had 65 churches with 7700 members. The current (2004) general secretary of the Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain is Manuel Sarrias Martinez.
Other Baptist organizations in Spain include the Association of Independent Evangelical Baptists of Spain (Asociación de Iglesias Evangélicas Bautistas Independientes de España), the Independent Baptist Federation (Federación de Iglesias Evangélicas Independientes de España) and the Independent Baptist Fellowship (Comunión Bautista Independiente).
[edit] External link
- Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain web site - in Spanish
[edit] References
- Baptists Around the World, Albert W. Wardin, Jr., editor
- A History of the Baptists, Thomas Armitage
