Brotherhood of Baptist Churches
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The Brotherhood of Baptist Churches is a Baptist
fellowship that includes most Baptists not belonging to the Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
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The Brotherhood was formed in 1981 under the leadership of Henk G. Koekkoek. In 1995 the Brotherhood had about 2500 members in 26 churches.
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
fellowship that includes most Baptists not belonging to the Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
The Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands is a union of Baptist churches formed by seven congregations in 1881. The first Baptist church in the Netherlands was formed by Englishman John Smyth. The present work is not historically connected to Smyth's congregation...
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The Brotherhood was formed in 1981 under the leadership of Henk G. Koekkoek. In 1995 the Brotherhood had about 2500 members in 26 churches.