Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast | |
Native Name: | Union des Églises baptistes missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Abbreviation: | UNEBAM-CI |
Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology: | Baptist |
Associations: | Fédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire, Baptist World Alliance |
Founded Date: | 1979 |
Headquarters: | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
Congregations: | 300 |
Members: | 15,000 |
The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast (French: Union des Églises Baptistes Missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire) is a Baptist Christian denomination, affiliated with the Fédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire and the Baptist World Alliance, in the Ivory Coast. The headquarters is in Abidjan.
The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast has its origins in an American mission of the International Mission Board in 1966. [1] [2] It was officially founded in 1979 as Baptist Meridional Evangelical Churches in Ivory Coast. [3] In 2006, it had 100 churches and 10,000 members.[4] In 2016, Pastor Jean-Marie Djè-Bi-Djè of the Baptist Missionary Church of Babré-Gagnoa became the President of the Union.[5] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it has 300 churches and 15,000 members. [6]