International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission () (CIE-MIA) is an international Evangelical charismatic Christian association of churches and a megachurch. The headquarters is located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Its leader is Mamadou Karambiri.
History In 1985, Mamadou Karambiri, general manager in a company, started a prayer group with his family which reached 500 people in 1987.Sandra Fancello, Les aventuriers du pentecôtisme ghanéen: nation, conversion et délivrance en Afrique de l'Ouest, KARTHALA Editions, France, 2006, p. 213 The church was founded in 1987 in Ouagadougou.Laurent Fourchard, André Mary et René Otayek, Entreprises religieuses transnationales en Afrique de l'Ouest, Karthala Éditions, France, 2005, p. 133Katrin Langewiesche, Mobilité religieuse: changements religieux au Burkina Faso, LIT Verlag Münster, Germany, 2003, p. 212
In the 1990s, nearly 60 churches were planted in Ouagadougou and in different cities of the country.Sandra Fancello, Les aventuriers du pentecôtisme ghanéen: nation, conversion et délivrance en Afrique de l'Ouest, Karthala Éditions, France, 2006, p. 212 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.CIE-MIA, Écoles bibliques, cie-mia.org, accessed December 28, 2019 In 2010, the church founded Impact TV.Jacques Théodore Balima, Burkina Faso: Impact TV entre dans l'univers des médias du pays, lefaso.net, Burkina Faso, June 21, 2010 The CIE had 6000 members in 2010.Céline Hoyeau, Dix voix qui comptent sur la planète évangélique, la-croix.com, France, October 8, 2010Ali Traore, lefaso.net, Un Burkinabè parmi les dix voix sur la planète évangélique, Burkina Faso, October 31, 2010
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.Alice Suglimani Thiombiano, Inauguration de « l’Eglise des Nations » :« Nous allons intensifier les prières pour le Burkina Faso », Pasteur Karambiri, burkina24.com, Burkina Faso, January 11, 2020
Beliefs The association has a charismatic confession of faith.Sébastien Fath, Une Tour de prière francophone pour les Burkinabè, regardsprotestants.com, France, December 9, 2015
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