Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain
The Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain is a Baptist Christian denomination in Spain. It is affiliated with the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Valencia.History
The Union has its origins in the establishment of the first church
Baptist in Madrid by William J. Knapp in 1870. In the 1920s, several Baptist churches were also founded by US missions of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1922, the Baptist Theological Institute was inaugurated in Barcelona. In 1923, the Union is officially founded.In 1928, the first convention took place. In 2004, the Union had 91 churches. In 2016, it has 104 churches and 10,651 members.
