The Baptist Convention of Angola (Portuguese: Convenção Baptista de Angola) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Angola. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Luanda.
History
The organization has its origins in a mission Portuguese missionaries in 1927 and 1929. It was officially founded in 1940. After the war for independence ended in 1975, the convention had a period of natural stagnation owing to the civil war that dominated the next three decades. In part this stagnation was due to the forced abandonment of the country by the missionary forces from America, Portugal, Denmark and Brazil who, up to that point had led the evangelistic spread of Christianity among the Baptist churches. As a result of the lack of trained nationals (no Angolan Baptist pastor had formal training in theology or as pastors) for the conduct of evangelism, the denomination did not exceed 27 churches between 1970 and the end of 1980. This situation began to change in the mid-1980s with the return to Angola of American and Brazilian missionaries and with the consequent initiation of a Mobile Bible Institute (directed by missionary pastor Curtis Dixon). This Mobile Bible Institute played an important part in the awakening of vocational service among Angolans and the training of leaders that became evangelists and pastors in the years after 1990. It maintains two theological seminaries in the provinces of Luanda and Huambo. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 379 churches and 37,500 members.
See also
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Burundi | |
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Central African Republic | |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
- Baptist Community in Central Africa (CBCA)
- Baptist Community of the Congo River
- Baptist Community of Congo
- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Congo (CBECO)
- Community of Autonomous Baptist Churches-Wamba-Bakali
- Community of Baptist Churches in Eastern Congo (CEBCE)
- Community of Baptist Churches Union of Congo (CUEBC)
- Community of Baptist Churches in North Congo (CBCN)
- Community of United Baptist Churches (CEBU)
- Union of Baptist Churches in Congo (UEBCO)
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Kenya | |
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Madagascar | |
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Republic of Congo | |
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Rwanda | |
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South Sudan |
- Baptist Convention of South Sudan
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Sudan | |
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Tanzania | |
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Uganda | |
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Angola | |
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Botswana |
- Baptist Convention of Botswana
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Malawi | |
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Mozambique | |
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Namibia | |
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South Africa | |
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Zambia | |
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Zimbabwe | |
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Benin |
- Union of Protestant Baptist Churches in Benin
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Burkina Faso |
- Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches Burkina Faso
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Cameroon | |
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Gambia |
- Baptist Union in the Gambia
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Ghana | |
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Ivory Coast | |
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Liberia | |
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Nigeria | |
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Sierra Leone | |
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Togo | |
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Taiwan | |
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India | |
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Australia | |
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Cambodia | |
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Fiji | |
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Indonesia | |
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Malaysia | |
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Myanmar | |
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Singapore | |
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Eastern Europe |
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Armenia |
- Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
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Azerbaijan |
- Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan
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Belarus |
- Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Belarus
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
- Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina
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Bulgaria |
- Baptist Union of Bulgaria
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Croatia | |
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Czech Republic | |
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Estonia |
- Union of Free Evangelical & Baptist Churches of Estonia
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Georgia |
- Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia
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Hungary | |
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Latvia |
- Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia
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Lithuania |
- Baptist Union of Lithuania
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Moldova | |
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Poland | |
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Romania | |
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Russia | |
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Serbia | |
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Slovakia |
- Baptist Union of Slovakia
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Slovenia |
- Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia
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Ukraine |
- All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
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Uzbekistan |
- Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Uzbekistan
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Austria | |
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Belgium | |
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Germany | |
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Netherlands | |
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Portugal |
- Portuguese Baptist Convention
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Spain | |
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Switzerland |
- Union of Baptist Churches in Switzerland
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Denmark | |
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Finland | |
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Sweden | |
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Israel | |
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Jordan |
- Jordan Baptist Convention
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Lebanon | |
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Palestine |
- Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land
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Central America |
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Belize | |
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Costa Rica | |
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El Salvador |
- Baptist Association of El Salvador
- Baptist Federation of El Salvador
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Honduras | |
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Mexico | |
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Nicaragua | |
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Panama | |
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Argentina | |
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Bolivia |
- Baptist Convention of Bolivia
- Baptist Union of Bolivia
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Brazil | |
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Chile | |
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Colombia |
- Colombian Baptist Denomination
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Ecuador |
- Baptist Convention of Ecuador
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Guyana |
- Baptist Convention of Guyana
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Paraguay | |
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Peru |
- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Peru
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Uruguay |
- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Uruguay
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Venezuela |
- National Baptist Convention of Venezuela
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Caribbean Baptist Fellowship |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
- Antigua Baptist Association
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Bahamas | |
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Barbados |
- Barbados Baptist Convention
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Bermuda |
- Bermuda Baptist Fellowship
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Cuba | |
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Dominican Republic |
- Dominican Baptist Convention
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Haiti | |
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Jamaica | |
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Trinidad & Tobago | |
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