Działalność wspólnot późnoprotestanckich na Zachodniej Białorusi w latach 1921-1939

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the activities of protestant communities (Baptists, Pentecostals, Adventists, Methodists, etc.) in the territory of Western Belarus in 1921-1939. The author examines the community and non-church activities of local communities, noting that the rapid growth in the number of adherents and communities, the age composition of communities, the involvement of virtually all community members in the activities and the concept of proselytism provided a social base for active missionary, publishing and charitable activities. The author singles out the creation of central protestant organizations as the main factor in activating the activities of the protestant denomination in Western Belarus. As a result of this process, the possibility of regional and international cooperation, active publishing, spiritual enlightenment and missionary activity appeared, and the system of religious instruction was established.