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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 majority of Baptist churches are part of national denominations (or 'associations' or 'cooperative groups'), as well as the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), formed in 1905 by 24 Baptist denominations from various countries.
Not all of the following churches are member churches of the WMC. The largest Methodist denomination, the United Methodist Church, had about 25 percent [192] of their churches disaffiliate between 2019 and 2023, some of whom joined the Global Methodist Church, thus figures for the two denominations are an ongoing process.
This fits into a general trend by church planters from many denominations to de-accentuate their denomination's name. [72] Many independent Baptist congregations are staunch fundamentalists, regarding all Baptist associations as too liberal for them to join. [73] Many of these congregations have a history of employing evangelism techniques that ...
The National Baptist Convention, USA, is one of four major Black Baptist denominations in the U.S. and is the oldest and largest of the four. The denomination, with between 5.2 million and 7.5 ...
The term Baptist denominations includes fellowships, movements and groups of churches within the Baptist tradition.
Likewise, the denomination’s flagship school, Nashville’s American Baptist College, was the training ground for many well-known Civil Rights leaders such as the late John Lewis.
The second largest Baptist denomination in the world. It is considered a black church with its membership being largely African American. Nigerian Baptist Convention: Baptist: 1915 Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle, President (and chief executive officer) Ibadan: Nigeria: 6,500,000 [27] The world's third largest Baptist denomination.