Macau Baptist Convention

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Macau Baptist Convention
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese澳門浸信會聯會
Portuguese name
PortugueseConvenção Baptista de Macau

The Macau Baptist Convention (Abbr: MBC) is a cooperative association of Baptist churches in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was until very recently known as the Macau Baptist Association (Portuguese: Associação Baptista de Macau).

History[]

It can trace its origins to the work established by the Triennial Convention missionaries, and Henrietta Shuck, in 1835.[1] The first Baptist church was, however, only set up in 1905 when the was planted by .[2] A building was purchased in 1927 at the to house its congregation and is today also the headquarters of the MBC.[3]

The MBC currently has 6 congregations with 750 members in the territory and is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bushnell, Lorilla E. (1909). The Story of Our Baptist Missionary Work. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society.
  2. ^ 澳門浸信教會: 本會歷史 Archived 2008-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Macao Yearbook 2003: Religion and Customs


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