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The Baptist General Conference grew out of the great revival of the 19th century, but its roots can be traced back to Radical Pietism in Sweden. [1] In 1852 Gustaf Palmquist emigrated from Sweden to the United States. Forty-seven days after his arrival, he and three others organized a Swedish Baptist church in Rock Island, Illinois.
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
General Baptists are Baptists who hold the general or unlimited atonement view, the belief that Jesus Christ died for the entire world and not just for the chosen elect. General Baptists are theologically Arminian , which distinguishes them from Reformed Baptists (also known as "Particular Baptists" for their belief in particular redemption ).
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches; General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc. General Six-Principle Baptists; Independent Baptist Fellowship International; Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America; Institutional Missionary Baptist Conference of America; Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist ...
Delegates from Liberty, Mt. Olivet and Ohio associations gathered and formed the General Association of General Baptists. According to a denomination census released in 2023, it claimed 47,193 members and 793 churches. [1] The official denominational publication is The General Baptist Messenger.
The Association publishes Regular Baptist Press, a church education curriculum and the association's bimonthly magazine, the Baptist Bulletin. In 2018, the GARBC had over 1,200 member churches. According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches , the GARBC reported having 1,383 churches and 132,900 members in 2005. [ 2 ]
The first German Baptist church in Canada was established by August Rauschenbusch in Ontario in 1851. The General Conference of German Baptist Churches in North America was formed in 1865 at Wilmot, Ontario , and meets every three years for fellowship and to conduct business.
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.