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The Alabama Baptist is a weekly newspaper that was first published on February 4, 1843, initially an independent newspaper but supported by Baptist leaders in the state. It was purchased by the Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1919, and now has a circulation of 100,000. The newspaper is based in Birmingham, Alabama [25]
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
The university was founded in 1961 by the Alabama Baptist State Convention under the name of Mobile College. [2] In 1993, the college was renamed the University of Mobile in reference to its location in Mobile County, not to be confused with the City of Mobile. [3] For the 2018-2019 year, it had 1,885 students. [4]
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 ...
The Alabama Baptist is a weekly newspaper. [1] It is the largest state Baptist paper in circulation. It is an entity of the Alabama Baptist State Convention owned by The Alabama Baptist, Inc., under leadership of a board of directors approved by messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention.
Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA . Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
[6] [10] African-American Baptist congregations in Alabama played an important primary role in the civil rights movement in the United States. [11] The St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church was host to the seventh Colored Baptist Convention of Alabama in 1874, a meeting that lead to the formation of Selma University in 1878. [11]
A joint effort of the Alabama Baptist State Convention and Siloam Baptist Church made possible the erection of this new educational unit. The present Wicks organ was installed in 1974. In 1982, Siloam Baptist Church was named to THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES by the United States Department of the Interior.