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*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/baptist+churches+in+brazil/@-7.215745,-70.1966595,4z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Baptist churches in Brazil'''] | *[https://www.google.com/maps/search/baptist+churches+in+brazil/@-7.215745,-70.1966595,4z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Baptist churches in Brazil'''] | ||
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The Brazilian Baptist Convention has its origins in the establishment of the first Baptist Baptist Church in Salvador (Bahia) in 1882, by the Southern Baptist Convention. It was founded in 1907. In 2015, it has 8,392 churches and 1,618,663 members.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Brazilian Baptist Convention", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Baptist_Convention, accessed 6 March 2020. </ref> | The '''Brazilian Baptist Convention''' has its origins in the establishment of the first Baptist Baptist Church in Salvador (Bahia) in 1882, by the Southern Baptist Convention. It was founded in 1907. In 2015, it has 8,392 churches and 1,618,663 members.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Brazilian Baptist Convention", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Baptist_Convention, accessed 6 March 2020. </ref> | ||
The National Baptist Convention (Conveção Batista Nacional) is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and Brazilian Evangelical Christian Alliance. It started with a group of 52 Baptist churches in Brazil, who joined together in 1965, that accept the Evangelical charismatic doctrine of gifts of Holy Spirit in their beliefs.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "National Baptist Convention, Brazil", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_Brazil, accessed 6 March 2020. </ref> | The '''National Baptist Convention''' (Conveção Batista Nacional) is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and Brazilian Evangelical Christian Alliance. It started with a group of 52 Baptist churches in Brazil, who joined together in 1965, that accept the Evangelical charismatic doctrine of gifts of Holy Spirit in their beliefs.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "National Baptist Convention, Brazil", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_Brazil, accessed 6 March 2020. </ref> | ||
See, also, [https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/articles/2004/the-first-conference-of-reformed-baptists-in-brazil/'''The First Conference of Reformed Baptists in Brazil.'''] | |||
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