Church Verification Report
What we checked
- Not a duplicate: no similarly named church is listed with us
- The name reads as a real congregation
- Contact email reviewed (gmail.com, common for small churches)
- No website or social page was provided
- Independent web search performed: see the findings on the right
What we found
We searched for this congregation under its own name and in French. We found an active Facebook page called "Church of Senegal Anglican communion Dakar", described as the official page of the Church of Senegal Anglican Communion in Dakar, with about 810 likes, 4 people talking about it and 69 who have checked in there (Facebook), plus a second, older Facebook entry under the same name, which suggests a real but small gathering rather than a large parish. Wikipedia's article on the Anglican province for this region mentions Anglican Communion Dakar in passing, and the area historically falls under the Diocese of Gambia within the Church of the Province of West Africa, established in 1951 by the bishops of five West African dioceses including the Diocese of Gambia and Guinea, but we found no listing of this congregation in an official diocesan or denominational register, no website, no news coverage and no map or directory entry. The findings are summarized here for space; the full research was weighed in the review.
Our conclusion: An independent web search found an active Facebook page named "Church of Senegal Anglican communion Dakar", presented as the official page of the Anglican congregation in Dakar with around 810 followers and 69 people who have checked in at the location, which matches the name, city and tradition given at signup. The Anglican presence in Dakar falls historically under the Diocese of Gambia in the Church of the Province of West Africa, a recognised
No further action is needed. This report is refreshed whenever the church is reviewed again.