Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique

The Igreja União Baptista de Moçambique (English: United Baptist Church of Mozambique) is one of two Baptist denominations in Mozambique— the other being the Baptist Convention (Convenção Baptista). The Church was founded in 1921 with the building of a mission by the Swedish Scandinavian Independent Mission in Maputo.

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In 1959, the Church acquired the Nauela mission in Zambezia Province, which brought about 2,000 followers. It claims today to have 200,000 members nationwide, which (if true), would make it the largest Protestant church in Mozambique.

References

- Eric Morier-Genoud, Archives, historiographie et églises évangéliques au Mozambique », Lusotopie, Paris: Karthala, 2000, pp. 621–630.

- Eric Morier-Genoud, Arquivos,, historiografia e igrejas evangelicas em Moçambique », Estudos Moçambicanos, Maputo: Université Eduardo Mondlane, n°19, 2001, pp. 137–154

- A.W. Wardin (ed.), Baptists around the World. A Comprehensive Handbook, Nashville (Tennessee), Broadman & Holdman Publishers, 1995 : 52, 53, 413.

- E. Hanson & B. Wennberg, Mission Genom Hundra År, Tidaholm (Sweden), Fribaptisamfundets Förlag, 1991.


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