Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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. The church put its own membership at 62,215 in 2020. Ethnically, in 2002, they were 83.5% Romanians, 9.7% Hungarians, 4.9% Roma, 1.4% Ukrainians and 0.5% belonged to other groups. The denomination has 1,185 church buildings and some 340 pastors. 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.
Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | |
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Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România | |
The Seventh-day Adventist logo | |
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 |