The National Council of Churches of Burundi (french: Conseil national des Eglises du Burundi, known as CNEB) is a federation of
Protestant Churches
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
in
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
. It traces its lineage to the Alliance of Protestant Missions in Ruanda-Urundi (''Alliance des Missions Protestantes du Ruanda-Urundi'') established in 1935
which became the Protestant Alliance of Burundi (''Alliance Protestante du Burundi'') on independence.
It received its current name in 1989. It is a member of the
World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most juri ...
,
the Act Alliance and the
.
References
External links
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World Council of Churches listingPresident of Burundi official website, article dated 2020Impunity Watch article dated September 2023
Christian organizations established in 1935
National councils of churches
Members of the World Council of Churches
Christian organizations based in Africa
Protestantism in Burundi
1935 establishments in Ruanda-Urundi
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