Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast

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 Ivory Coast. The headquarters is in Abidjan.

Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast
Union des Églises baptistes missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire
AbbreviationUNEBAM-CI
ClassificationEvangelical Christianity
TheologyBaptist
AssociationsFédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire, Baptist World Alliance
HeadquartersAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Origin1966
Congregations300
Members15,000
Official websiteunebamci.org

History

The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast has its origins in a mission of Nigerian Baptist Convention in 1947 and an American mission of the Southern Baptist Convention.[1] It was officially founded in 1966 as Baptist Meridional Evangelical Churches in Ivory Coast.[2][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 denomination census released in 2020, it has 300 churches and 15,000 members. [6]

References
  1. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 309
  2. AIP, Lancement des festivités du cinquantenaire de l’Eglise baptiste missionnaire, news.abidjan.net, Ivory Coast, March 29, 2015
  3. Didier Kéi, Cote d'Ivoire: Religion - L'église baptiste missionnaire célèbre son cinquantenaire, fr.allafrica.com, Ivory Coast, March 31, 2015
  4. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Editions Scarecrow Press, Canada, 2009, p. 309
  5. AIP, L’Union des églises baptistes missionnaires ambitionne d’impacter la Côte d’Ivoire, news.abidjan.net, Ivory Coast, May 7, 2017
  6. UNEBAM-CI, L’UNEBAM-CI, unebamci.org, Ivory Coast, retrieved October 10, 2020
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