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
Uniunea de Conferințe a Bisericii Adventiste de Ziua a Șaptea din România
The Seventh-day Adventist logo
TypeWestern Christianity
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationAdventist
ScriptureBible
TheologySeventh-day Adventist
PolityPresbyterian/Episcopal
PresidentAurel Neațu
Subdivision of theSeventh-day Adventist Church
Conferences6
AssociationsInter-European Division of Seventh-day Adventists
RegionRomania
LanguageRomanian, Hungarian
HeadquartersStr. Erou Iancu Nicolae nr. 38-38 A, Voluntari, Ilfov County
FounderMichał Belina Czechowski
Origin1870
Recognition1948
Congregations1,269
Members62,215
Pastorsc. 340
Places of worship1,185
Secondary schools3
Tertiary institutions1
Other name(s)Seventh-day Adventist Church of Romania
PublicationsCurierul Adventist
Semnele Timpului
Official websiteadventist.ro
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