The Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon (French: Union des Églises Baptistes du Cameroun) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Cameroon. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Douala.
History
The Union has its origins in a British mission of the Baptist Missionary Society in Bimbia in 1843, led by the Jamaican missionary Joseph Merrick. In 1845, the English missionary Alfred Saker and his wife arrived in Douala. In 1849, Saker founded Bethel Baptist Church. In 1886, after the expulsion of the Baptist Missionary Society by the Germans, mission work was transferred to the Basel Mission. In 1917, the administration of the mission was taken over by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.In 1931, the mission was taken over by the North American Baptist Conference. In 1952, the Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon was formally founded. In 1957, it became autonomous of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 525 churches and 80,000 members.
Schools
It has 19 primary schools, 3 secondary schools.
It also has 4 professional training institutes.
It has 2 affiliated theological institutes.
Health Services
It has 4 hospitals and 16 health centers.
See also
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- Baptist Community in Central Africa (CBCA)
- Baptist Community of the Congo River
- Baptist Community of Congo
- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Congo (CBECO)
- Community of Autonomous Baptist Churches-Wamba-Bakali
- Community of Baptist Churches in Eastern Congo (CEBCE)
- Community of Baptist Churches Union of Congo (CUEBC)
- Community of Baptist Churches in North Congo (CBCN)
- Community of United Baptist Churches (CEBU)
- Union of Baptist Churches in Congo (UEBCO)
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- Equatorial Guinea Baptist Church
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- Baptist Convention of South Sudan
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Burkina Faso |
- Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches Burkina Faso
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- Baptist Union in the Gambia
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- Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Niger
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- Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
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- Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Belarus
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- Baptist Union of Bulgaria
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- Union of Free Evangelical & Baptist Churches of Estonia
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- Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia
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- Baptist Union of Lithuania
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- Baptist Union of Slovakia
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Slovenia |
- Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia
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Ukraine |
- All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
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- Jordan Baptist Convention
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- Baptist Convention of Ecuador
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- Baptist Convention of Guyana
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- Baptist Evangelical Convention of Uruguay
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- Antigua Baptist Association
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- Barbados Baptist Convention
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- Bermuda Baptist Fellowship
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- Dominican Baptist Convention
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- International Evangelical Church
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Latin America |
- Association The Church of God
- Christian Biblical Church
- Free Pentecostal Missions Church of Chile
- Pentecostal Church of Chile
- Pentecostal Mission Church
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