LIBERTATEA DE CONȘTIINȚĂ ȘI ORGANIZAREA ASOCIAȚIEI STUDENȚILOR BAPTIȘTI DIN ROMÂNIA (1927-1947)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6574063Keywords:
students, organization, congresses, regulation, impactAbstract
Freedom of Conscience and Organization of the Association of Baptist Students from Romania (1927-1947)
The Romanian Baptist Students Association was founded in 1927 and we have the latest information about an event organized by the association since 1945. In 1948 we know that any denominational youth organization was banned by the communist state. This paper deals with the organization of this cultic entity. In other words, I will address the legitimacy of organizing such an association as the Baptist Youth Union in Romania already exists, but I will also deal with the A.S.B.R. Today we know the following meetings: 1927 in Curtici, 1928 in Arad, 1929 in Șiria, 1930 in Oradea, 1931 in Șega-Arad, 1934 in Bucharest, 1936 in Pârneava-Arad and 1945 in Lipova. Congresses were held annually, which meant changing the organization’s leadership often. Some of the names of the leaders of this association have been preserved to this day, others have been lost in the mists of history and may come to light in the years to come. In this article I will deal with a special topic as this information is exposed almost exclusively. The status of the organization voted in 1931 was preserved and was briefly described in the text allocated to the congress of that year. The impact of the organization is a subchapter instead of conclusions. In this place, the impact on the students’ lives was pursued through the material support of some of them as well as the impact within the Baptist churches in which they were active.
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