| United Baptist Church of Mozambique | |
| Native Name: | Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
| Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
| Theology: | Baptist |
| Founded Date: | 1970 |
| Headquarters: | Maputo, Mozambique |
| Congregations: | 1,178 |
| Members: | 400,000 |
The United Baptist Church of Mozambique (Portuguese: Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique ) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Mozambique. The headquarters is in Maputo.
The Church has its origins in 1921 with the building of a mission by the Swedish Scandinavian Independent Mission in Maputo.[1] In 1970, the Evangelical Baptist Church and the Scandinavian Baptist Mission merged to form the United Baptist Church of Mozambique. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2006, it claimed 1,178 churches and 400,000 members.[3]
- Eric Morier-Genoud, Archives, historiographie et églises évangéliques au Mozambique, Lusotopie, Paris: Karthala, 2000, pp. 621–630.
- Eric Morier-Genoud, Arquivos, historiografia e igrejas evangelicas em Moçambique, Estudos Moçambicanos, Maputo: Université Eduardo Mondlane, n°19, 2001, pp. 137–154
- A.W. Wardin (ed.), Baptists around the World. A Comprehensive Handbook, Nashville (Tennessee), Broadman & Holdman Publishers, 1995 : 52, 53, 413.
- E. Hanson & B. Wennberg, Mission Genom Hundra År, Tidaholm (Sweden), Fribaptisamfundets Förlag, 1991.