Protestantism in Poland
Protestantism in Poland
Protestantism in Poland is the third largest faith in Poland, after the Roman Catholic Church (32,910,865) and the Polish Orthodox Church (504,400).[1] As of 2011 there were approximately 80 registered Protestant denominations in Poland, with a total of 145,600 members.[2] Most Protestants (mainly Lutherans) in the country live in historically Protestant regions such as Cieszyn Silesia and Warmia-Masuria and in major urban areas. However, almost all urban and rural areas in Poland are predominantly Roman Catholic. The only town in the country with a majority Protestant population is Wisła.[3]
Major denominations (with at least two thousand followers) classified as Protestant by Poland's Central Statistical Office (as of 2017) include:[1]
- Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland: 61,270 members
- Pentecostal Church in Poland: 23,984 adherents
- Seventh-day Adventist Church in Poland: 9,660 adherents
- Fellowship of Christian Churches in Poland (Kościół Chrystusowy w RP): 5,869 adherents
- New Apostolic Church in Poland: 5,633 adherents
- Baptist Union of Poland: 5,243 baptized members
- Church of God in Christ: 4,933 adherents
- United Methodist Church in Poland: 4,465 adherents
- Evangelical-Reformed Church in Poland: 3,435 adherents
- Church of Free Christians in the Republic of Poland: 3,098 adherents
- Church of Evangelical Christians in the Republic of Poland: 2,149 adherents (data for 2016)
Poland's Central Statistical Office lists 15 more Protestant denominations with at least 200 members and 57 smaller religious groups that it classifies as Protestant.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Niektóre wyznania religijne w Polsce w 2017 r. (Selected religious denominations in Poland in 2017)". Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski 2018 (Concise Statistical Yearbook of Poland 2018) (PDF) (in Polish and English). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2018. p. 114. ISSN 1640-3630.
- ↑ "Wyznania religijne stowarzyszenia narodowościowe i etniczne w Polsce 2009–2011" (PDF). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2013. pp. 14–15. Retrieved 2013-04-19. (in Polish)/(in English)
- ↑ "Prezydent na nabożeństwie ekumenicznym w Wiśle". Polish Ecumenical Council. 1 January 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ↑ Ciecieląg, Paweł, ed. (2016). Wyznania religijne w Polsce 2012-2014 (PDF). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9788370276126.