Presbyterian Church in Cameroon

English Baptists had first come to this part of West Africa in 1845. In 1884 the territory came under German protection and it was agreed, at a conference of European Missionary Societies, that the Basel Mission should take over the work of the English Baptists. This was done in 1886. During the first world war the administration of the country passed into British hands and the German and Swiss missionaries were called back. This had a tragic effect on the work of the mission but a small group of faithful people continued the work, making the church a truly indigenous one. In 1925 European missionaries began returning to the country. The second world war again disrupted church life, which was however followed by a period of intense activity and growth. The church became autonomous in 1957. A new constitution was drawn up and adopted, marking the autonomy of the church. It consists of three parts: basic principles, organization, worship and life. PCC is the Biggest English speaking Church in Cameroon with its headquarters in Buea. it is estimated to have over 1.5 million Membership as it believers in the Lord.

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• The new moderator of the presbyterian church in cameroon is rt rev samuel fonki
• Presbyterian church in cameroon hallelujah choir kake 2 kumba in a wake keeping service
• Theology
• References

The church runs four general hospitals, a rehabilitation center for leprosy patients, 25 health centres, five with an ophthalmological unit, and a central pharmacy. Much emphasis is placed on primary health care in the villages. In the educational field the church has 54 nursery schools, 152 primary schools, 23 sec-ondary/high schools, one technical school and a teacher training college. There is also a centre for agricultural and employment training. The pastors receive their training at the theological seminary in Kumba (66 students in 2004/05). Some are still being trained outside Cameroon, in Africa and overseas. The church had begun a university in 2007 called the Cameroon Christian University, CCU. The church has departments for women, men and youth. The radio and communication department runs its own radio station, the Christian Broadcasting Service in Buea with branches and reporters all over the nation. It also runs two major church centers in the country in Bamenda and Kumba with a third soon to be in Douala.

The PCC has joined other Protestant churches in Cameroon to address common issues of an educational, social, political as well as spiritual nature. It supports and promotes the information and eradication of HIV/AIDS and has a very strong policy statement on the issue.

Few years back the PCC celebrated one hundred years of the gospel in the Grassland, in Ntanfoang, Bali, where the first Basel missionaries settled. The church also celebrated it golden Jubilee in 2007: the golden jubilee of its autonomy. the church runs one of the biggest printing press in the country, has bookshops as one of it evangelical tools and also hostels to help students provide lower rates in university towns. the current Moderator is the Rt Rev Fonki Samuel Forba and the Synod Clerk is the Rev Babila George Fochang.