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The Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea is a Baptist Christian denomination in Papua New Guinea . It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance . The headquarters is in Mount Hagen .
History [ ]
The Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea has its origins in a mission of the Australian Baptist Ministries in 1850. [1] It is officially founded in 1977. [2] According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 489 churches and 84,000 members. [3]
References [ ]
^ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists , Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 427
^ Robert E. Johnson, A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches , Cambridge University Press, UK, 2010, p. XXV
^ Baptist World Alliance, Members , baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020
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