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Smith was former president (2009–2012) of the Virginia Baptist State Convention (VBSC), which was organized in 1867 and counts about 700 member churches. [10] VBSC is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. He was also a past president of Richmond Virginia Seminary, having served from 2005 to 2008. [11] [12]
The BGAV joined the Baptist World Alliance in 2004 after the Southern Baptist Convention pulled out of the alliance. [6] At the time, BGAV Executive Director John V. Upton, Jr., said, "Virginia Baptists have been a part of the BWA since its beginning in 1905. Our membership up to this point had been through the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi, Inc. [29] Mid-South Churches Cooperative Conference (Baptist) State Convention [30] Mississippi General Missionary Baptist State Convention; New Educational State Convention of Mississippi; North Mississippi Baptist Education Convention [31] Northeast Mississippi Baptist State Convention
After The Baptist Companion from Portsmouth, Virginia stopped publication, The Pilot was used as an organ during the Virginia Baptist State Convention. [1] [4] He was the pastor at one of the largest congregations, at the First Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia. [5] In 1890, he founded Tabernacle Baptist Church in Petersburg. [6]
The school was founded in 1886 and incorporated in 1888 by the Virginia Baptist State Convention as the coeducational "Lynchburg Baptist Seminary". Classes were first held in 1890 under the name Virginia Seminary. [4] With the offering of a collegiate program in 1900, the name was again changed, to Virginia Theological Seminary and College.
In the United States, there are some Baptist groups that support and actively attempt to maintain the separation of church and state. At least 14 Baptist bodies, including the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., and American Baptist Churches USA financially and ...
Farley was a delegate to the May 1902 Virginia Baptist State Convention where he spoke in favor of black businesses. [4] [5] Farley was a member of the board of directors of the Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond led by Richmond Planet editor John Mitchell, Jr. in the 1900s. [6] A number of Farley's photographs appeared in the Planet. [3] [5]
Overall, the National Baptist Convention continues to remain one of the largest historically and predominantly African American or Black Christian denominations in the United States; separated bodies, such as the theologically conservative-to-moderate National Baptist Convention of America, have stagnated in membership (2000's 3,500,000 members ...