The number of Protestant communities is increased each year.

An especially significant amount of them is registered in Polesye.

The zone of steady influence of Protestantism expands from west to east.

Lutheranism and Calvinism, directions of Protestantism, were known in Belarus from the 16th century.

The majority of believers are ethnic Germans.

During the latest decade the quantity of Protestant churches and communities has increased 5 times.

In 1999 in Belarus 838 Protestant communities were registered of which 50% are formed by Christians of Evangelic Faith (CEF), or "Pentecostalists", about 40% - Evangelic Baptist Christians (EBC).

How Has Protestantism Diffused?

For the most part Protestantism has spread through the teachings of the bible and threw the constant persistence of pastors and priest in the church. Another way it has spread is through missionaries all over the world.