Matt Miller, compiler
Former Soviet Union
| Country | ||
| Armenia |
23
|
790
|
| Azerbaijan |
15
|
497
|
| Belarus |
135
|
9,927
|
| Estonia |
85
|
6,571
|
| Georgia |
34
|
4,000
|
| Kazakhstan |
203
|
14,545
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
20
|
3,460
|
| Latvia |
70
|
6,000
|
| Lithuania |
6
|
320
|
| Moldova |
225
|
17,800
|
| Russia |
1,255
|
98,848
|
| Tajikistan |
7
|
347
|
| Turkmenistan |
3
|
112
|
| Ukraine |
1,400
|
160,481
|
| Uzbekistan |
25
|
3,500
|
| Subtotal for Former Soviet Union |
3,506
|
327,198
|
East Central Europe
| Country | ||
| Albania |
3
|
67
|
| Bosnia |
1
|
40
|
| Bulgaria |
30
|
2,500
|
| Croatia |
30
|
2,030
|
| Czech Republic |
38
|
2,221
|
| Hungary |
252
|
11,161
|
| Macedonia |
2
|
39
|
| Poland |
67
|
3,770
|
| Romania |
1,422
|
109,043
|
| Slovakia |
15
|
1,843
|
| Slovenia |
4
|
130
|
| Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) |
51
|
1,368
|
| Subtotal for East Central Europe |
1,915
|
|
| Totals for Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe |
5,421
|
Source: Albert W. Wardin, ed., Baptists Around the World: A Comprehensive Handbook (Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 1995), 474 pp. Available in hardcover for $34.99 from Broadman and Holman Publishers, 127 Ninth Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37234; tel: 615-251-2000, 800-251-3225; fax: 615-251-3870.
Editors' note: Wardin's reference work provides up-to-date coverage of Baptist churches in former Communist nations. Sections for each country open with statistics on churches and membership for various Baptist denominations. Brief historical overviews trace organizational developments, church life, and theological distinctives, while descriptive multilingual bibliographies point readers to further sources.
See EWC&MReport 1 (Winter 1993), 11, for earlier membership statistics. Readers who might have expected higher numbers for Baptists in the former Soviet Union should keep in mind the effect of Western immigration, the establishment of a separate Pentecostal Union, and the fact that membership is a stricter criterion than total adherents, which would include children and regular attenders.
Matt Miller, compiler, "Baptists in the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe," East-West Church & Ministry Report, 4 (Winter 1996), 7.
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