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Baptist Church

Baptist Church
Szalontai baptista imahaz
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Baptist
Settlement:
Nagyszalonta, Salonta
Address:
Strada Oradiei
Historical Hungarian county:
Bihar
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.8040718349, 21.6622031609
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History

The church was built in 1903 as the first Hungarian Baptist house of prayer. In 1871, the first new-age Baptist congregation began to develop in Nagyszalonta, when Novák Antal, a Bible seller, found a Bible reading group of 7-8 people (led by Lajos János, a gunsmith).

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