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The European Baptist Federation (EBF) is a federation of 51 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The EBF was founded in Ruschlikon, Switzerland, in 1949. It lays a great deal of emphasis on human rights, religious liberty and aid programs. The Federation represents about 12,942 congregations of Baptists with 739,105 members. The current general secretary is Rev. Anthony Peck.

Statistics

The year is the year of the statistic data regarding the number of Baptist Churches and members.

Country	Year	Churches	Members	Total population	number of baptists / 100,000 citizens
Armenia	2011	150	4,850	3,262,200	149
Austria	2011	26	1,519	8,458,023	18
Azerbaijan	2011	22	3,000	9,356,500	3.2
Belarus	2011	312	13,884	9,462,400	147
Belgium	2011	26	972	11,139,292	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2011	5	200	3,839,737	5
Bulgaria	2011	128	5,150	7,364,570	70
Croatia	2011	50	2,000	4,290,612	47
Czech Republic	2011	40	2,332	10,513,209	22
Denmark	2011	55	5,412	5,602,628	97
Estonia	2011	85	6,057	1,294,455	468
Finland	2011	32	2,345	5,399,090	43
France	2011	119	6,519	65,605,000	10
Georgia	2011	75	5,085	4,469,200	114
Germany	2011	884	88,571	81,946,000	108
Hungary	2011	309	11,512	9,957,731	116
Italy	2011	112	4,277	60,870,745	7
Latvia	2011	88	6,539	2,070,371	316
Lithuania	2011	8	363	2,976,100	12
Moldova	2011	481	19,604	3,559,500	551
Netherlands	2011	77	10,606	16,778,806	63
Norway	2011	89	5,619	4,985,011	113
Poland	2011	83	4,871	38,538,447	13
Portugal	2011	71	4,700	10,562,178	44
Romania	2011	1969	107,626	19,043,767	565
Russia	2005-2011	2,047	91,690	143,300,000	64
Serbia	2011	83	2,683	7,241,295	37
Slovakia	2011	24	1,974	5,445,324	36
Slovenia	2011	7	160	2,055,527	8
Spain	2011	150	10,850	47,265,321	23
Sweden	2011	192	16,609	9,555,893	174
Switzerland	2011	12	1,091	8,014,000	14
Ukraine	2011	2,382	125,509	45,560,251	275
United Kingdom	2011	2,590	155,891	63,181,775	247
Uzbekistan	2011	60	2,735	29,559,100	9
TOTAL		12,843	732,805	762,524,058	96

Countries from Middle East are also members of the European Baptist Federation:

Country	Nr of churches	Members
Egypt	18	2,100
Israel	19	800
Jordan	20	1,200
Lebanon	32	1,600
Syria	10	600
Totals for Middle East	99	6,300

Members

In October 2003, the bodies from the following countries were members of the European Baptist Federation:

• Albania
  • Albanian Baptist Union
• Armenia
  • Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
• Austria
  • Baptist Union of Austria
• Azerbaijan
  • The Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan
• Belarus
  • The Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches in the Republic of Belarus
• Belgium
  • Union of Baptists in Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Baptist Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
  • Baptist Union of Bulgaria
• Croatia
  • Baptist Union of Croatia
• Czech Republic
  • Baptist Union in the Czech Republic
• Denmark
  • Baptist Union of Denmark
• Egypt
  • Egyptian Baptist Convention
• Estonia
  • Union of Evangelical Christian and Baptist Churches of Estonia
• Europe and Middle East
  • European Baptist Convention
• Finland
  • Finnish Baptist Union
  • Swedish-Speaking Baptist Union of Finland
• France
  • Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches of France
• Georgia
  • Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia
• Germany
  • Union of Evangelical Free Church Congregations in Germany
• Great Britain
  • Baptist Union of Great Britain
• Hungary
  • Baptist Union of Hungary
• Israel
  • Association of Baptist Churches in Israel
• Italy
  • Baptist Union of Italy
• Jordan
  • Jordan Baptist Convention
• Kazakhstan
  • Baptist Union of Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
  • Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Kyrgyzstan

• Latvia
  • Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia
• Lebanon
  • Lebanese Baptist Convention
• Lithuania
  • The Baptist Union of Lithuania
• Republic of Macedonia
  • Union of the Baptist Christians in the Republic of Macedonia
• Moldova
  • Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova
• Netherlands
  • Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
• Norway
  • Baptist Union of Norway
• Poland
  • Baptist Union of Poland
• Portugal
  • Convention of Baptists in Portugal
• Romania
  • Baptist Union of Romania
  • Convention of the Hungarian Baptist Churches of Romania
• Russia
  • Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia
• Scotland
  • Baptist Union of Scotland
• Serbia
  • Union of Baptist Churches in Serbia
• Serbia and Montenegro
  • Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
  • Brotherly Union of Baptists in Slovakia
• Slovenia
  • Union of Baptist Churches in the Republic of Slovenia
• Spain
  • Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain
• Sweden
  • Baptist Union of Sweden
• Switzerland
  • Swiss Baptist Union
• Syria
  • Syrian Baptist Convention
• Tajikistan
  • Union of Evangelical Christians - Baptists
• Ukraine
  • The All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
  • Brotherhood of Independent Baptist Churches and Ministries of Ukraine
• Wales
  • Baptist Union of Wales

See also

• Baptist World Alliance
• International Baptist Theological Seminary of the European Baptist Federation

References

Crossing the Boundaries - The story of Fifty Years of the European Baptist Federation, by Bernard Green

External links

• European Baptist Federation - Official Web Site