Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain
# Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain

The Union of Evangelical Baptists of Spain (Spanish: Unión Evangélica Bautista de España) 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 Madrid.

## 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 an American mission of the International Mission Board. In 1922, the Baptist Theological Institute (now Faculty of Theology of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Spain) 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. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 101 churches and 11,284 members.

