The Baptist Union of Uganda is a
Baptist
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Christian denomination
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in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
. It is affiliated with the
Baptist World Alliance
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the largest international Baptist organization with an estimated 51 million people in 2022 with 246 member bodies in 128 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA account ...
. The headquarters is in
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
.
History
The Baptist Union of Uganda has its origins in an American mission of the
International Mission Board
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History
Thousands ...
in 1963. It is officially founded in 1974. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 1,800 churches and 550,000 members.
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Members
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020
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
{{Christianity in Uganda
Baptist denominations in Africa
Evangelicalism in Uganda