The Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention is a

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...

Christian denomination in

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

. It is affiliated with the

Baptist World Alliance The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is the largest international Baptist organization with an estimated 51 million people in 2022 with 246 member bodies in 128 countries and territories. A voluntary association of Baptist churches, the BWA account ...

. The headquarters is in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...

History

The Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention has its origins in an American mission of the Richmond African Baptist Missionary Society in 1821. It is officially founded in 1880. According to a denomination census released in 2023, it claimed 292 churches and 55,325 members.

Schools

It founded the Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary in

in 1976. Tobin Perry
Liberia seminary reopens after 7 years of civil war
baptistpress.com, USA, March 23, 1999

References

External links

Official Website
{{Baptist World Alliance Members Baptist denominations in Africa Baptist Christianity in Liberia Monrovia