Eglise_évangélique_du_Cameroun

Evangelical Church of Cameroon

Evangelical Church of Cameroon

Continental Reformed Denomination in Cameroon

The Eglise Evangelique Du Cameroun EEC (Evangelical Church of Cameroon) was born out of the European missionaries, the Paris Mission, Basel Mission and English Baptist Mission. After 1917 the Basel Mission handed over the majority of its mission stations to the Paris Mission. In 1957 the church become self-supporting and autonomous.

Temple of the Centenary of the ECC Church in Douala

The church has its closest links with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, PCC with whom she shares a common heritage and also secondly with the United Baptist Churches in Cameroon, which become independent in the same year, and was under the supervision of the Paris Mission. The church has 2.5 million members in 700 congregations and 13 Synods in 2004.[1]

According to the church statistics it has 2.5 million members 700 congregations and 14 colleges and 1 university.[2]

Member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[3][4]

  • Head office of the Evangelical Church in Douala
  • Bonadouma Paris of the Evangelical Church of Cameroon
  • Temple of the Centenary

References

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    "Address data base of Reformed churches and institutions". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
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    "Who are we?". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2013-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    "World Communion of Reformed Churches - WCRC | Bringing together 80 million Reformed Christians worldwide". Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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    "Partenaires". Archived from the original on April 1, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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