Church of Christ in the Congo Église du Christ au Congo | |
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Abbreviation | CCC ECC |
Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | generally United Protestant, including: Methodist Pentecostal Baptist Mennonite Reformed Anglican/Episcopalian Independent evangelical[1] |
Polity | Various |
Bishop | Rév.Dr.Andrée Bokundoa Bo-likabe |
Region | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Headquarters | Kinshasa, Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Members | 25.5 million in 2014[2] |
Official website | http://ecc.faithweb.com/ |
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. It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa.
According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, 95.4% of the country has a Christian affiliation; of these, an estimated 48.1% are Protestant, including evangelical Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth.[3]