The Union has its origins in an American mission of the International Mission Board in 1971.[1][2] The Union was officially founded in 1990 in Abomey.
In 1997, it founded the Baptist Bible Institute of Benin in Bohicon[3] In 2018, it founded the network "Business Leaders and Baptist Executives of Benin (CECAB)" to promote development actions in the Union.[4] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 378 churches and 11,831 members.[5]
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^William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 89