Fastest-growing modern church
- Who
- Kimbanguist Church
- What
- 6500000 people
- Where
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- When
- 1996
The Kimbanguist Church was founded in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire) in 1959 by a Baptist student, Simon Kimbangui. By 1996 the Church, which is a member of the World Council of Churches, had over 6.5 million members.