Baptist Community of the Congo River

The Baptist Community of the Congo River (French: Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is affiliated with the Church of Christ in the Congo and the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Kinshasa.

Baptist Community of the Congo River
Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo
Abbreviation	CBFC
Classification	Evangelical Christianity
Theology	Baptist
Associations	Church of Christ in the Congo, Baptist World Alliance
Headquarters	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Origin	1960
Congregations	2,685
Members	1,765,836
Official website	ecc-cbfc.org

History

The Baptist Community of the Congo River has its origins in a Baptist mission established along the Congo River, in 1880, by Thomas J. Comber and George Grenfell of the Baptist Missionary Society.^[1][2][3] In 1960, the Lower River Baptist Church, the Upper Congo Baptist Church and the Middle River Baptist Church joined forces to form the Zaire River Baptist Community. ^[4] In 2006, the Community had 221 churches and 274,092 members. ^[5] According to a census published by the association in 2024, it claimed 2,685 churches and 1,765,836 members. ^[6]

See also

• Bible
• Born again
• Baptist beliefs
• Worship service (evangelicalism)
• Jesus Christ
• Believers' Church