Baptist Convention of Haiti | |
Native Name: | Convention Baptiste d'Haïti |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Abbreviation: | CBH |
Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology: | Baptist |
Associations: | Baptist World Alliance |
Founded Date: | 1914 |
Headquarters: | Cap-Haïtien, Haiti |
Congregations: | 112 |
Members: | 50,000 |
Baptist Convention of Haiti (French: Convention Baptiste d'Haïti) is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, headquartered in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti.
The Baptist Convention of Haiti has its origins in a mission of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1823 in Cap-Haïtien. [1] In 1923, during U.S. occupation of Haiti, the American Baptist Home Mission Society established and worked at the union of Baptist churches. [2] The Convention is officially formed in 1964. [3]
In 1994, it established the Christian University of Northern Haiti in Limbé. [4]
According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 112 churches and 50,000 members. [5]