Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | |
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Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România | |
Type | Western Christianity |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Adventist |
Scripture | Bible |
Theology | Seventh-day Adventist |
Polity | Presbyterian/Episcopal |
President | Aurel Neațu |
Subdivision of the | Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Conferences | 6 |
Associations | Inter-European Division of Seventh-day Adventists |
Region | Romania |
Language | Romanian, Hungarian |
Headquarters | Str. Erou Iancu Nicolae nr. 38-38 A, Voluntari, Ilfov County |
Founder | Michał Belina Czechowski |
Origin | 1870 |
Recognition | 1948 |
Congregations | 1,269 |
Members | 62,215 |
Pastors | c. 340 |
Places of worship | 1,185 |
Secondary schools | 3 |
Tertiary institutions | 1 |
Other name(s) | Seventh-day Adventist Church of Romania |
Publications | Curierul Adventist Semnele Timpului |
Official website | adventist |
The Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (Romanian: Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România) is Romania's seventh-largest religious body, part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. At the 2011 census, 85,902 Romanians declared themselves to be Seventh-Day Adventists.[1] The church put its own membership at 62,215 in 2020.[2] Ethnically, in 2002, they were 83.5% Romanians, 9.7% Hungarians, 4.9% Roma, 1.4% Ukrainians and 0.5% belonged to other groups.[3] The denomination has 1,185 church buildings and some 340 pastors.[4] It originates in the 19th century and is divided into six local conferences, standing for and named after some of the country's main historical regions: Banat, Northern Transylvania, Southern Transylvania, Moldavia, Muntenia and Oltenia.
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