The Baptist Convention of Namibia is a

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

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Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

. It is affiliated with the

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. The headquarters is in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

History

The Baptist Convention of Namibia has its origins in a South African mission of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa in 1961. It is officially founded in 1984. According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 70 churches and 13,528 members. Baptist World Alliance
Members
baptistworld.org, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023

References

Baptist denominations in Africa Protestantism in Namibia

Religious organizations established in 1984 Baptist denominations established in the 20th century 1984 establishments in South West Africa {{Baptists-stub