Cambodia Baptist Union

The Cambodia Baptist Union (CBU, also known as the Cambodian Baptist Convention [1]) is a national cooperative association of Baptist churches in Cambodia.

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History

Although Baptist missions have been noted in Cambodia since at least 1953,[2] due to the turbulent contemporary history of Cambodia, the CBU was only organized in 1995 as the Khmer Baptist Convention.[3]

In 1994, the Baptists co-founded the Evangelical Fellowship of Cambodia (EFC) and in 1997, a Baptist Federation was created uniting churches that were planted by Southern Baptists and independent Baptists [4] and co-founded the Kampuchea Christian Council in August 1998.[5]

Affiliations

The CBU participates actively in ecumenical relationships through:

See also

References
  1. John Mark Ministries: A First For Cambodia Archived 2008-08-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Steinberg (ed), David Joel; David P. Chandler (1987). In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1110-0.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Garrison, David (1999). Church Planting Movements (booklet). Richmond: International Mission Board - Southern Baptist Convention. p. 28. Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  4. Cambodian Christian Church: A Thumbnail Sketch of Evangelical Cambodian Church 1993-2001 Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Christian Conference of Asia: New Members of the CCA Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine


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