Member union:

• Iglesia Bautista de Guinea Ecuatorial
• Baptist Church of Equatiorial Guinea

Apartado 316, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Malabo

Size: 28,000 km2

Population: 501 000 (in 2007)

Religions: 80% Christians, indigenous religions

Languages: Spanish, French and 10 other languages (e.g. Bantu languages Fang and Bubi)

Education: 87.1% of the population can read and write (2005)

Government: Presidential Republic

Agriculture: Coffee, cocoa, rice, coconuts, bananas, yams, tropical fruits, wood, livestock breeding

Industry: Petrochemical industry, fishing industry, wood processing

Natural resources: Crude oil, wood, petroleum, gold, magnesium, uranium

Resources: Hydropower

Special challenges: Poverty and corruption

Member union:

• Union des Eglises Baptistes du Cameroun (UEBC)
• Baptist Union of Cameroon

B.P. 6007, New-Bell, Douala, Cameroon

Capital: Yaoundé

Size: 475,400 km²

Population: 18.6 million

Religions: 40% Christians, 40% indigenous religions, 20% Muslims

Languages: French, English, 230 local languages and dialects

Education: 81.1% of the population can read and write

Government: Presidential Republic

Agriculture: Corn, coffee, wool, rubber, bananas, corn, wood,  livestock breeding

Industry: Petrochemical, textiles, food, consumer goods, wood processing

Natural resources: Crude oil, wood, petroleum, bauxite, iron ore

Resources: Hydropower

Special challenges: Corruption and unemployment

Member union:

• Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA)

Lali Lubani Road
P.O. Box 30212 Chichiri,
Blantyre 3, Malawi 

Capital: Lilongwe

Size: 118,000 km²

Population: 12.9 million

Religions: 82% Christians, 13% Muslims, 5% others (There are unofficial opinions that the proportion of Muslims is significantly higher.)

Languages: Chichewa and English and 13 domestic languages

Education: 64.3% of the population can read and write

Government: Presidential Republic

Agriculture: Corn, wool, tea, sugarcane, potatoes, pulse crops, tropical fruits, cattle and goat breeding

Industry: Food industry, cement production, consumer goods, wood processing industry

Natural resources: Coal, bauxite ore, uranium deposits, limestone,

Resources: Hydropower, farmland

Member union:

• Convenção Baptista de Moçambique
• Baptists Convention of Malawi (BACOMA)

C.P. 11 66, Beira,
Mozambique 

Capital: Maputo

Size: 802,000 km²

Population: 20.3 million

Religions: 45% traditional religions, 37% Christians, 18% Muslims

Languages: Portuguese and 38 other languages

Education: 50.4% of the population can read and write

Government: Presidential Republic

Agriculture: Corn, wool, peanuts, tea, sugarcane, rice, fruit, cattle breeding and poultry farming

Industry: Food, drinks, chemicals, petrochemicals, textiles, glass and cement, tobacco

Natural resources: Coal, titanium ore, natural gas 

Resources: Hydropower

Special challenges: Poverty, flooding, AIDS

Member union:

• Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone (BCSL)

33 Garrison Street
P.O. Box 300,
Freetown, Sierra Leone 

Capital: Freetown

Size: 71,700 km²

Population: 5 million

Religions: 70% Muslims, 20% Christians, 10% indigenous religions

Languages: English, Krio and 21 other languages

Education: 36.3% of the population can read and write (2000)

Government: Presidential Republic

Agriculture: Rice, coffee, cocoa, coconuts, peanuts, livestock breeding, poultry, sheep breeding

Industry: Mining, small business, petrochemical

Natural resources: Gold, diamonds, titanium ore, bauxite, iron ore

Special challenges: Destruction from civil war

Member union:

• Baptist Convention of South Africa (BCSA)

Fountain Baptist House 24 Raleigh Street,
Yeoville, 2198, Johannesburg,
South Africa
P.O.B. 93521, Yeoville, 2143,
Johannesburg, South Africa

Website: www.bcsa.co.za 

Capital: Pretoria

Size: 1.2 million km²

Population: approx. 48 million

Religions: 75% Christians, 15% other religions (including Hindus, Muslims...)

Languages: 11 official languages of the main ethnic groups (Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa…) and 21 other languages

Education: 87.1% of the population can read and write

Government: Republic

Economy: South Africa is the richest and most industrialized country in Africa. Major global exporter of minerals, particularly gold, platinum, chrome, diamonds and coal

Special challenges: Poverty, AIDS, criminality, reconciliation between blacks and whites

Member union:

• Union Fraternelle des Eglises Baptistes (UFEB)
• Baptist Union of the Central African Republic

P.O. Box 902, Bangui,
Central African Republic 

Capital: Bangui

Size: 622,436 km²

Population: 4.2 million

Religions: 30% Christians, 15% Muslims, 55% traditional religions; many Christians are also followers of traditional religions

Languages: French, Sangho and 67 other languages

Education: 51% of the population can read and write

Government: Presidential Republic

Economy: The country is rich in natural resources, but their use has been hampered by a lack of infrastructure. The main source of income is diamonds.

Special challenges: Political and economic instability