In 1985, Mamadou Karambiri, general manager in a company, started a prayer group with his family which reached 500 people in 1987.[1] The church was founded in 1987 in Ouagadougou.[2][3]
In the 1990s, nearly 60 churches were planted in Ouagadougou and in different cities of the country.[4] Churches have also been established in other cities abroad.
On November 2, 1998, the Bible training center, Le Chandelier, located near the CIE premises in Ouagadougou opened its doors.[5] In 2010, the church founded Impact TV.[6] The CIE had 6000 members in 2010.[7][8]
In 2020, a 12,000-seat temple, the Church of the Nations/Bethel Israel Tabernacle, was inaugurated in Ouagadougou and the association had 600 churches worldwide.[9]
^Sandra Fancello, Les aventuriers du pentecôtisme ghanéen: nation, conversion et délivrance en Afrique de l'Ouest, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2006, p. 213
^Laurent Fourchard, André Mary et René Otayek, Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l'Ouest, Karthala Éditions, France, 2005, p. 133
^Katrin Langewiesche, Mobilité religieuse: changements religieux au Burkina Faso, LIT Verlag Münster, Germany, 2003, p. 212
^Sandra Fancello, Les aventuriers du pentecôtisme ghanéen: nation, conversion et délivrance en Afrique de l'Ouest, Karthala Éditions, France, 2006, p. 212