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{{Ethnic Macedonians}}
It is estimated that [[Protestantism]] is practised by 61,358 or roughly 3% of the total population in 2016.<ref name=DMWC>[http://www.dmwc.org.mk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/protestantisam_on_macedonian_soil.pdf   Dobredojde Macedonia Welcome Centre, ''Protestantism on Macedonian Soil'']</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.macedonianhr.org.au/ Official Macedonian Human Rights Website - Australia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==History of Protestantism in North Macedonia==
In the late 19th and early 20th century many [[United States|American]] missionaries working from [[Salonika]] converted a number of villages in the [[Strumica]]-[[Petrich]] region to [[Methodism]]. These villages still retain the [[Methodist]] faith to this day. Another significant sect of [[Protestantism]] in [[North Macedonia]] is the [[Baptist]] faith. Baptist work existed in North Macedonia as early as 1928. The Union of Baptist Christians was organized in 1991. It is a member of the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance. It is estimated that [[Protestantism]] is practised by 61,358 or roughly 3% of the total population in 2016.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=DMWC />

Many Methodists emigrated in the 1960s and 1970s. A number of these came to [[Australia]]. There is a Macedonian parish of the [[Uniting Church]] operating in Wood Street, [[East Preston, Victoria|East Preston]].<ref>[https://victas.uca.org.au/church/preston-macedonian/ Uniting Church of Australia website, retrieved 2023-08-28]</ref> There is also a [[Union of the Baptist Christians in North Macedonia|Macedonian Baptist]] community in [[Regent,Victoria|Regent]].<ref>P. Hill, ''Macedonians in Australia''. Hesperian Press, 1992.</ref>

== Notable Protestant Macedonians ==
* [[Boris Trajkovski]] - former President of North Macedonia

==See also==
*[[Religion in North Macedonia]]
*[[Catholic Church in North Macedonia]]
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Church]]

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