The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast (
French: Union des Églises Baptistes Missionnaires en Côte d'Ivoire) is a
BaptistChristian denomination, affiliated with the Fédération Évangélique de Côte d’Ivoire and the
Baptist World Alliance, in the
Ivory Coast. The headquarters is in
Abidjan.
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] 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]