The Union of Baptists in Belgium (french: Union des Baptistes en Belgique) 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 compete ...

Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worsh ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. It is affiliated with the

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History

The union has its origins in a French Baptist mission in

Ougrée Ougrée ( wa, Ougrêye) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Seraing, located in the province of Liège, Belgium. It was a separate municipality before the merging of municipalities in 1977. Olympic swimmers Béatrice Mot ...

in 1895. It was officially founded in 1922. According to a census published by the association in 2020, it claimed 31 churches and 1,505 members. Baptist World Alliance
Members
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020

External links

Official web site

References

Christian organizations established in 1922 Baptist denominations in Europe Baptist denominations established in the 20th century Protestantism in Belgium {{Baptists-stub