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The following Baptist State or Territory Conventions have registered voluntarily with the National Baptist Convention, USA. The State Conventions are autonomous organizations and separately incorporated.
Known to occur though infrequently, a state convention, district association or member church of the National Baptist Convention may dually align with another organization. The autonomous make-up of the NBC USA gives local congregations the latitude to govern themselves and contribute to the causes of other religious bodies as it deems ...
This list of Baptist denominations is a list of subdivisions of Baptists, with their various Baptist associations, conferences, conventions, fellowships, groups, and unions around the world. Unless otherwise noted, information comes from the World Baptist Alliance .
The National Baptist Convention was formed in 1886, and gathers church members and leaders from around the country in discussing church evangelism, disaster relief, and funding for education ...
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware: Delaware: Michigan: Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Minnesota: Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention: Wisconsin: Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Convention Board: Missouri: Missouri Baptist Convention: Montana: Montana Southern Baptist Convention: Nevada: Nevada Baptist Convention: Connecticut ...
Baptist congregations formed their first national organization the Triennial Convention in the early 1800s. The current largest U.S. based Baptist denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention , split from Triennial Baptists over their refusal to support slave-owning in 1845. [ 7 ]
The National Baptist Convention of America International, (NBCA Intl or NBCA) more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention of America or sometimes the Boyd Convention, is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is a predominantly African American Baptist denomination, and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. [1]