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The Church of Christ in the Congo or CCC (in French, Église du Christ au Congo or ECC) is a union of 62 Protestant denominations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is often simply referred to as the Protestant Church , as it federates the vast majority of the Protestants in that country.
[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 ...
The Baptist Community of Congo has its origins in a British mission of the Livingstone Inland Mission installed in the Upper Congo River, in 1878, by the Baptist Welsh pastor Alfred Tilly. [1] In 1884, the Livingstone Inland Mission was taken over by the American Baptist Missionary Union. [2] In 1946, the Baptist Church of Congo is founded. [3]
Christianity is the largest religion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is professed by a majority of the population. According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, an estimated 48.1% of the population are Protestant (including evangelical Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth) and 47.3% are Catholic ...
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As of 2021, the LDS Church reported 102,862 members in 269 congregations in the DRC, [1] making it the third largest body of LDS Church members in Africa, behind Nigeria and Ghana. [4] Currently, the DRC ranks as having the 16th highest LDS growth rate among countries of the world, with an annual growth rate of 13 percent.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of the Congo refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in the Republic of the Congo. The country was opened to the church's missionaries in 1991. [4] Since then, the church has grown to 11,481 members in 32 congregations. [5]
The Temple Lot church shares its early history with the larger Latter-Day Saint denominations, including the LDS Church and the Community of Christ (formerly the RLDS Church). After the death of Joseph Smith , the Latter Day Saint movement's founder, on June 27, 1844, several leaders vied for control and established rival organizations.