European Baptist Federation
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The European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a federation of 51 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The EBF was founded in Ruschlikon, Switzerland, in 1949. It lays a great deal of emphasis on human rights, religious liberty and aid programs. The Federation represents about 12,942 congregations of Baptists with 739,105 members. The current general secretary is Rev. Anthony Peck.
Statistics[]
The year is the year of the statistic data regarding the number of Baptist Churches and members.
Country | Year | Churches[1] | Members[1] | Total population | number of baptists / 100,000 citizens |
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Armenia | 2011 | 150 | 4,850 | 3,262,200 | 149 |
Austria | 2011 | 26 | 1,519 | 8,458,023 | 18 |
Azerbaijan | 2011 | 22 | 3,000 | 9,356,500 | 3.2 |
Belarus | 2011 | 312 | 13,884 | 9,462,400 | 147 |
Belgium | 2011 | 26 | 972 | 11,139,292 | 9 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2011 | 5 | 200 | 3,839,737 | 5 |
Bulgaria | 2011 | 128 | 5,150 | 7,364,570 | 70 |
Croatia | 2011 | 50 | 2,000 | 4,290,612 | 47 |
Czech Republic | 2011 | 40 | 2,332 | 10,513,209 | 22 |
Denmark | 2011 | 55 | 5,412 | 5,602,628 | 97 |
Estonia | 2011 | 85 | 6,057 | 1,294,455 | 468 |
Finland | 2011 | 32 | 2,345 | 5,399,090 | 43 |
France | 2011 | 119 | 6,519 | 65,605,000 | 10 |
Georgia | 2011 | 75 | 5,085 | 4,469,200 | 114 |
Germany | 2011 | 884 | 88,571 | 81,946,000 | 108 |
Hungary | 2011 | 309 | 11,512 | 9,957,731 | 116 |
Italy | 2011 | 112 | 4,277 | 60,870,745 | 7 |
Latvia | 2011 | 88 | 6,539 | 2,070,371 | 316 |
Lithuania | 2011 | 8 | 363 | 2,976,100 | 12 |
Moldova | 2011 | 481 | 19,604 | 3,559,500 | 551 |
Netherlands | 2011 | 77 | 10,606 | 16,778,806 | 63 |
Norway | 2011 | 89 | 5,619 | 4,985,011 | 113 |
Poland | 2011 | 83 | 4,871 | 38,538,447 | 13 |
Portugal | 2011 | 71 | 4,700 | 10,562,178 | 44 |
Romania | 2011 | 1969 | 107,626 | 19,043,767 | 565 |
Russia | 2005-2011 | 2,047 | 91,690 | 143,300,000 | 64 |
Serbia | 2011 | 83 | 2,683 | 7,241,295 | 37 |
Slovakia | 2011 | 24 | 1,974 | 5,445,324 | 36 |
Slovenia | 2011 | 7 | 160 | 2,055,527 | 8 |
Spain | 2011 | 150 | 10,850 | 47,265,321 | 23 |
Sweden | 2011 | 192 | 16,609 | 9,555,893 | 174 |
Switzerland | 2011 | 12 | 1,091 | 8,014,000 | 14 |
Ukraine | 2011 | 2,382 | 125,509 | 45,560,251 | 275 |
United Kingdom | 2011 | 2,590 | 155,891 | 63,181,775 | 247 |
Uzbekistan | 2011 | 60 | 2,735 | 29,559,100 | 9 |
TOTAL | 12,843 | 732,805 | 762,524,058 | 96 |
Countries from Middle East are also members of the European Baptist Federation:[1]
Country | Nr of churches | Members |
---|---|---|
Egypt | 18 | 2,100 |
Israel | 19 | 800 |
Jordan | 20 | 1,200 |
Lebanon | 32 | 1,600 |
Syria | 10 | 600 |
Totals for Middle East | 99 | 6,300 |
Members[]
In October 2003, the bodies from the following countries were members of the European Baptist Federation:
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See also[]
- Baptist World Alliance
- International Baptist Theological Seminary of the European Baptist Federation
References[]
Crossing the Boundaries - The story of Fifty Years of the European Baptist Federation, by Bernard Green
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Statistics Archived 2012-06-27 at the Wayback Machine provided by Baptist World Alliance
External links[]
- European Baptist Federation - Official Web Site
- Baptist organizations
- Christian organizations established in 1949
- Baptist denominations in Europe
- Baptist denominations established in the 20th century
- 1949 establishments in Switzerland