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United Baptist Church of Mozambique

United Baptist Church of Mozambique

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The United Baptist Church of Mozambique (Portuguese: Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Mozambique. The headquarters is in Maputo.

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History

The Church has its origins in 1921 with the building of a mission by the Swedish Scandinavian Independent Mission in Maputo.[1] In 1970, the Evangelical Baptist Church and the Scandinavian Baptist Mission merged to form the United Baptist Church of Mozambique. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2006, it claimed 1,178 churches and 400,000 members.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 1345
  2. [2]
    Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 3, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2003, p. 664
  3. [3]
    William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 398

Bibliography

- Eric Morier-Genoud, Archives, historiographie et églises évangéliques au Mozambique, Lusotopie, Paris: Karthala, 2000, pp. 621–630.

- Eric Morier-Genoud, Arquivos, historiografia e igrejas evangelicas em Moçambique, Estudos Moçambicanos, Maputo: Université Eduardo Mondlane, n°19, 2001, pp. 137–154

- A.W. Wardin (ed.), Baptists around the World. A Comprehensive Handbook, Nashville (Tennessee), Broadman & Holdman Publishers, 1995 : 52, 53, 413.

- E. Hanson & B. Wennberg, Mission Genom Hundra År, Tidaholm (Sweden), Fribaptisamfundets Förlag, 1991.


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