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The Baptist Community of the Congo River (French: Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo) is an association of Baptist Christian churches 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 |
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]
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