2-843: The Baptist Union of Wales (Undeb Bedyddwyr Cymru) is a Baptist denomination Wales . It is affiliated with the Free Church Council , Cytûn (Churches Together in Wales), the European Baptist Federation , and the Baptist World Alliance . The headquarters is in Carmarthen . The General Baptist minister Hugh Evans was one of the first Baptists to preach in Wales around 1646, in the parishes of Llan-hir , Cefnllys , Nantmel , and Llanddewi Ystradenny , as well as in districts across
4-586: The upper Wye Valley in Breconshire . In 1649 John Myles (1621–1683) and Thomas Proud led in the formation of a congregation at Ilston , before Myles emigrated to Swansea, Massachusetts , in 1663. Myles and Proud were connected to the Particular Baptists in London . In 1650 three Baptist congregations held the first general meeting of Baptists in Wales. The national union was organized in 1866. According to
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