Cameroon Baptist Convention

The Convention has its origins in a British mission of the Baptist Missionary Society in Bimbia in 1843, led by the Jamaican missionary Joseph Merrick.

[1] In 1845, the English missionary Alfred Saker and his wife arrived in Douala.

[3] In 1931, the mission was taken over by the North American Baptist Conference.

[4] In 1954, the Cameroon Baptist Convention was formally founded.

[5] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 228,507 members and 1,535 churches.