The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast (french: Union des Églises Baptistes Missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire) 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, affiliated with the Fédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire and 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 ...

, in

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. The headquarters is in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N’ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city p ...

History

The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast has its origins in an American mission of the

International Mission Board The International Mission Board (or IMB, formerly the Foreign Mission Board) is a Christian missionary society affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The headquarters is in Richmond, Virginia, United States. History Thousand ...

in 1966. It was officially founded in 1979 as ''Baptist Meridional Evangelical Churches in Ivory Coast''. In 2006, it had 100 churches and 10,000 members. In 2016, Pastor Jean-Marie Djè-Bi-Djè of the Baptist Missionary Church of Babré-Gagnoa became the President of the Union. According to a denomination census released in 2020, it has 300 churches and 15,000 members. UNEBAM-CI
L’UNEBAM-CI
, unebamci.org, Ivory Coast, retrieved October 10, 2020

References

External links

Official Website
{{Baptist World Alliance Members Baptist denominations in Africa Evangelicalism in Ivory Coast