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The Baptist churches in America, like the country, split in two over the issue of slavery in the United States. In 1840, the Board of Managers of the Baptist General Convention for Foreign Missions repeated that the slavery question, which it never mentions by name, is not relevant to their work.
Baptist (Historically Black) Orthodox Church in America: Eastern Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA: Eastern Orthodox Polish National Catholic Church: Catholic (Old Catholic) Presbyterian Church (USA) Reformed (Presbyterian) Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. Baptist (Historically Black)
The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO), now known simply as Oklahoma Baptists, is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [1] The convention is made up of 41 Baptist associations and around 1,750 churches as of 2020.
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick (1918–2014, US), Executive Board member of the Louisiana Baptist Convention; Newton Knight (1829–1922, US), Confederate deserter who led a band of escaped slaves; Malcolm X (1925–1965, US), raised Baptist, but later converted to Islam
In 1944, the convention had 2,352,339 members, and in 2000, the National Baptist Convention of America grew to about 3.5 million members. It became the third-largest predominantly African American Christian body in the United States after the National Baptist Convention, USA and the Church of God in Christ .
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The Texas Baptists are theologically moderate, [24] and the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message has been adopted as a standard statement of faith. [25] Some affiliated churches use the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message, and other statements of faith; however, neither of the two are required for full inclusion with the Texas Baptists.
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