Kazimierz Najmałowski

Kazimierz Najmałowski (29 August 1902–9 July 1978) was a former member and activist of several Protestant communities in Poland. From 1975 to 1978, he served as the vice president of the United Evangelical Church. He was a covert agent of the Security Office and reported on Protestant clergy. He also published articles in the monthly magazine .

Biography Kazimierz Najmałowski was born on 29 August 1902 in Slonim. His father died the same year, his mother in 1917, and two of his brothers died during the war. In 1926, he became a Baptist. Four years later, he began studying at the Baptist seminary in Łódź, where he graduated in 1933. He took up a pastoral position at the Baptist church in and was ordained as the pastor of that church on 15 May 1938. In 1950, he and his congregation joined the Methodist Church, and eight years later, they joined the United Evangelical Church.

In 1933, Kazimierz Najmałowski married Zofia Jeremiejczyk, with officiating the ceremony. Together, they had four children, one of whom died during the war. Three children survived the war: Nelly, Angelina, and Kazimierz.

Collaboration with Polish People's Republic security authorities

Kazimierz Najmałowski was a covert agent with the Security Bureau of the Polish People's Republic. He was recruited on 10 October 1949, likely under duress, and was given the pseudonym "Posłaniec" ("The Messenger"). He informed primarily on Baptist activists, including Aleksander Kircun, Stanisław Toruń, , and Abraham Gutkind, possibly motivated by personal vendettas. However, Henryk Ryszard Tomaszewski evaluated Najmałowski's reports as largely unimportant and often inaccurate, with many of his claims being readily available in church press, and some being false.

His cooperation with the authorities was short-lived. He became increasingly isolated from religious authorities, who did not trust him. Do not accuse anyone, and do not spread rumors, false or fabricated news, without verifying everything thoroughly. It is easy to defame, but it is impossible to restore a tarnished reputation. It is easy to rob someone of virtue and honor, but how hard it is to restore honor and a good name. Let us remember what we say, what we do, and whose side we are on: Christ's or Satan's?

Assessments During his time as a member of the Supreme Council of the United Evangelical Church, he was accused of representing evangelical Christians, but not being a "native" representative of this group.

Konstanty Kryszczuk posthumously assessed him: "In my memory, he will remain as a faithful and tireless servant of Jesus Christ, who knew the Bible very well. Therefore, we, the younger generation of workers, often used His guidance and teachings as an older, experienced worker in the Lord's vineyard".