The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone is a
Baptist Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worsh ...
in
Sierra Leone. It is affiliated with the
Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in
Freetown.
History
The Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone has its origins in a Canadian mission of the preacher
David George in 1792 and the support of the
Jamaica Baptist Union
The Jamaica Baptist Union is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, founded in 1849 in Jamaica. The headquarters is in Kingston, Jamaica. The president of the union is Rev. Dr. Glenroy Lalor.
History
The ...
. It is officially founded in 1974. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it claimed 40 churches and 24,000 members.
[ Baptist World Alliance]
Members
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved December 5, 2020
References
{{Baptist World Alliance Members
Baptist denominations in Africa
Evangelicalism in Sierra Leone