In the late 19th and early 20th century many
American missionaries working from
Ottoman Salonika converted a number of villages in the
Strumica region to
Methodism. These villages still retain the
Methodist faith.
Baptist work existed in then
Vardar Banovina 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. There is also a
Macedonian Baptist community in
Regent. == Notable people ==