Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Romania

The organization was formally created in February 1920, when, after gaining approval from the authorities, a congress was held in the same location with representatives from baptist churches from all around the country.

Due to World War II and the military dictatorship of General Antonescu, laws were passed in 1942 and 1943 dissolving all religious associations in Romania.

There is evidence to suggest that, at some point, calvinist soteriology, including double predestination, was preached in some congregations in Transylvania.

[9] However the church would experience a shift towards arminianism during the interwar period due to the founding of a formal seminary in collaboration with the Southern Baptist Convention and the theological influences of Edgar Young Mullins.

[10] The arminian position will remain the predominant view among Romanian baptists for much of the communist period.

After the 1989 Revolution, the calvinist position would reemerge and gain popularity once again, although it would still remain a minority view.

[13][14] However, the Union accepts subsidies from the local authorities for the construction or reparation of its churches when their funds are insufficient.