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Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland

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Christian denomination in Poland

Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland
*Kościół Chrześcijan Baptystów w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej*
Classification	Evangelical Christianity
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Baptist
Associations	Polish Ecumenical Council European Baptist Federation Baptist World Alliance
Language	Polish
Headquarters	Warsaw
Territory	Poland
Origin	19th century
Congregations	102^[1]
Members	5,390 (2023)^[1]
Official website	https://baptysci.pl

TheBaptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland (Polish:Kościół Chrześcijan Baptystów w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is aBaptist Christian denomination inPoland. It is a member of thePolish Ecumenical Council, theEuropean Baptist Federation and theBaptist World Alliance. The headquarters is inWarsaw.

History

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First Congregation of the Baptist Church inWarsaw.

Warsaw Baptist Theological Seminary inWarsaw.

Modern Baptist work began in Poland in 1844.^[2] The first typical Polish congregation was formed in the village of Zelow in 1872. Polish Baptists adopted theGerman Baptist Confession of 1847 as their own confession.

In 1922, theUnion of Slavic Baptists in Poland was formed, and theUnion of the Baptist Churches of the German Language was formed in 1928.^[3] The unions of German-speaking and Polish-speaking Baptists existed untilWorld War II, when they were forced into a merger with otherevangelical Christian bodies. In 1946, the Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland was founded.^[4] In 1994, it founded the Warsaw Baptist Theological Seminary inWarsaw.^[5]

According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 102 churches and 5,390 members.^[1]

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References

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^^a ^b ^c"Baptist Union of Poland".baptistworld.org. Archived fromthe original on January 1, 2023. RetrievedMay 5, 2023.
^John H. Y. Briggs,A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 393
^Robert E. Johnson,A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. 311
^John H. Y. Briggs,A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 394
^ William H. Brackney,Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 445

External links

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Baptist Union of Poland Official site

v t e Principalreligions of Poland
State-recognised	Catholic Church in Poland Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese Armenian Rodzima Wiara Native Polish Church Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland Old Catholic Church in Poland Polish Orthodox Church Polish Reformed Church Evangelical-Augsburg Church United Methodist Church Catholic Mariavite Church Old Catholic Mariavite Church Seventh-day Adventist Church Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland Pentecostal Church in Poland Judaism Islam Karaim
Not state-recognised	Jehovah's Witnesses Buddhism Hinduism
See also	Irreligion in Poland Protestantism in Poland Slavic Native Faith in Poland

Christianity inPoland

Eastern Christianity

Eastern Orthodox	Polish Orthodox Church
Catholic	Armenian Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Przemyśl–Warsaw,Wrocław–Koszalin,Olsztyn–Gdańsk)

Western Christianity

Catholic

Latin Church	Roman Catholic Church
Old Catholic^[a]	Polish Catholic Church
Independent^[b]	Catholic Mariavite Church Mariavite Church Old Catholic Church in Poland

Protestant
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Lutheran	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession
Calvinist	Reformed Church
Baptist	Baptist Union of Poland
Methodist	Church of the Nazarene in Poland Polish Wesleyan Church United Methodist Church
Adventist	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pentecostal	Pentecostal Church in Poland