Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine

All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists (AUC ECB)

"House of Gospel", the central church of the Union (Kiev)
Classification Evangelicalism
Orientation Baptist
Theology Arminianism (mainly), Calvinism, Fundamentalism
Governance Congregational
Associations European Baptist Federation Baptist World Alliance
Region Ukraine Ukraine
Origin 25–27 January 1990
Branched from All-Union Council of Evangelical Christian Baptists (Soviet Union)
Separations Evangelical Pentecostals Union of Ukraine
Congregations 2,800
Members c. 300,000
Official website Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine Website

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 ЕХБ); Russian: Всеукраинский союз церквей евангельских христиан-баптистов (ВСЦ ЕХБ)) is a union of Baptists in Ukraine. It is the largest protestant union in Ukraine.

History

The union was declared self-governed in 1990 at the 21st Convention of the ECB of Ukraine soon after fall of the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christian-Baptists. From the Union split Pentecostals who in the Soviet Union were registered as baptists.

Today, it includes 3 seminaries, 2 universities and 15 Bible colleges, and is estimated to have 150,000 believers, and about 300,000 people that attend church services in more than 2,800 churches, with 3,160 clergy members. The union is engaged in publishing activity and has an extended mass media network. The AUС EСB is governed by a council composed of senior presbyters (bishops) of regional associations headed by the president of the council. In 1990–2006 the council was headed by Hryhorii Komendant. From May 2006 it has been headed by Viacheslav Nesteruk. The union closely cooperates with Ukrainian Baptists in the diaspora. The AUС EСB is a member of the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance.

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