| Baptist Community of the Congo River | |
| Native Name: | Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Abbreviation: | CBFC |
| Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
| Theology: | Baptist |
| Associations: | Church of Christ in the Congo, Baptist World Alliance |
| Founded Date: | 1960 |
| Headquarters: | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Congregations: | 2,673 |
| Members: | 1,764,155 |
The Baptist Community of the Congo River (French: Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is affiliated with the Church of Christ in the Congo and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Kinshasa.
The Baptist Community of the Congo River has its origins in a Baptist mission established along the Congo River, in 1880, by Thomas J. Comber and George Grenfell of the Baptist Missionary Society.[1] [2] [3] In 1960, the Lower River Baptist Church, the Upper Congo Baptist Church and the Middle River Baptist Church joined forces to form the Zaire River Baptist Community. [4] In 2006, the denomination had 221 churches and 274,092 members. [5] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 2,673 churches and 1,764,155 members. [6]