The Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar (french: Association des églises bibliques baptistes de Madagascar , Malagasy: ''Fivondronan’ny Fiangonana Batista Biblika eto Madagasikara'') is a
Baptist
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...
Christian denomination, affiliated with the
Baptist World Alliance
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, in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. The headquarters is in Ankadivato,
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("An ...
,
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
History
The Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar has its origins in a foreign mission of the
London Missionary Society
The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational m ...
in 1932. The Association was officially formed in 1963. In 2006, it has 55 churches and 3,000 members.
According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 421 churches and 9,996 members.
Schools
It is a partner of the Baptist Biblical Seminary of Madagascar in
Antsirabe and the Faculty of Baptist Theology of Madagascar in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("An ...
.
Hospitals
It is a partner of the Bonne Nouvelle Hospital in
Mandritsara.
[ Association des églises bibliques baptistes de Madagascar]
Hopitaly Vaovao Mahafaly Mandritsara
batista-biblika.mg, Madagascar, retrieved September 5, 2021
See also
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Bible
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Born again
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Baptist beliefs
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Since the early days of the Baptist ...
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Worship service (evangelicalism)
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Jesus Christ
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Believers' Church The believers' Church is a theological doctrine of Evangelical Christianity that teaches that one becomes a member of the Church by new birth and profession of faith. Adherence to this doctrine is a common feature of defining an Evangelical Christia ...
References
External links
Official Website
{{Baptist World Alliance Members
Baptist denominations in Africa
Churches in Madagascar
Evangelicalism in Madagascar