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 the Ivory Coast. The headquarters is in Abidjan.

Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast
Union des Églises baptistes missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire
Abbreviation	UNEBAM-CI
Classification	Evangelical Christianity
Theology	Baptist
Associations	Fédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire, Baptist World Alliance
Headquarters	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Origin	1979
Congregations	300
Members	15,000
Primary schools	6
Tertiary institutions	Baptist Seminary of Pastoral and Missionary Training of Toumodi
Official website	unebamci.org

History

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] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it has 300 churches and 15,000 members.^[5]

Schools

The convention has 6 primary schools.^[6]

It has 1 affiliated theological institute, the Baptist Seminary of Pastoral and Missionary Training of Toumodi.^[7]