Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast
The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast 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.
History
The Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast has its origins in an American mission of the International Mission Board in 1966. It was officially founded in 1979 as Baptist Meridional Evangelical Churches in Ivory Coast. In 2006, it had 100 churches and 10,000 members. According to a census published by the association in 2023, it has 300 churches and 15,000 members.Schools
The convention has 6 primary schools.It has 1 affiliated theological institute, the Baptist Seminary of Pastoral and Missionary Training of Toumodi.