IPE Partners (2)

Baptist Convention of Malawi (BACOMA)

About BACOMA

Baptist Convention of Malawi was established in 1971 under the Trustee Act. BACOMA membership is well over 200,000 members according to recent statistics. The first Baptist Convention Church in Malawi was established in the late 1950’s in Zomba. BACOMA is registered as a local NGO with Council for Non Governmental Organization (CONGOMA).

Baptist Convention of Malawi is the mother or umbrella body of 1, 300 Baptist member churches in Malawi. BACOMA oversees a number of institutions that include the Baptist Theological Seminary, Baptist Media Centre, Baptist Medical Clinic, Baptist Agricultural Farm, Baptist Publications and a number of Baptist Schools across the country.

Mission

BACOMA’s mission statement is being a Church Organization of good stewards of what God has entrusted us with and faithful in carrying out the message of Jesus Christ in Malawi and beyond.

Vision

The vision of BACOMA is to be a Church Organization that is self sufficient and self propagating but interdependent with faithful cooperating partners in the fulfillment of our mandate as a body of believers in Jesus Christ.

Structure

BACOMA has an elaborate structure that runs to the grassroots as follows: the Annual General Meeting (AGM); which is the top most policy making body that meets every two years; the Executive Committee, which serves as the Board of Governors, elected at the AGM every two years, responsible for policy issues throughout the year; the Secretariat which is responsible for implementation of policy and day to day running of affairs and is headed by the General Secretary; the Regional Secretariats, which hass six regions throughout the country, led by Coordinators who are elected at the AGM and finally the Member Churches themselves.

Partnerships

BACOMA is a member to the Christian Council of Malawi, Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), Christian Services Committee, Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD), Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM), All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF). It is affiliated to the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), World Council of Churches, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and other related organizations. BACOMA is also a member of the Association of Christian Educators in Malawi (ACEM), Malawi Council of Churches, Malawi Interfaith AIDS Association (MIAA), Public Affairs Committee (PAC), and the Christian Service Committee (CSC). We are also in partnership with European Baptist Mission.

IPE Partners:

(1) St. James Church / Cholinga Widows Group

(3) Other

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