National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Mainline^[1] Evangelical, Baptist
Polity	Congregationalist
Founder	Rev. Elias Camp Morris
Origin	1880 Montgomery, Alabama
Merger of	Foreign Mission Baptist Convention (org. 1880) American National Baptist Convention (org. 1886) National Baptist Education Convention (org. 1893)
Separations	Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention (separated 1897) National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (separated 1915) Progressive National Baptist Convention (separated 1961) Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (separated 1992)
Congregations	31,000
Members	7.5 million
Official website	www.nationalbaptist.com

The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (National Baptist Convention) is the largest predominantly African-American Christian denomination in the United States. It is headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[2] The denomination claims approximately 31,000 congregations.

The Convention reports having an estimated 7.5 million members.^[3]

History

Origins

The root of cooperative efforts began in the Antebellum period. Both free blacks and slaves were welcomed into the Baptist Church by missionaries in the First Great Awakening, and the second Awakening in the early 19th century brought in more members.^[4] Independent Black Baptist churches were formed in Petersburg, Virginia and Savannah, Georgia before the American Civil War.^[5] Subject to the slave societies of the South, they had to belong to white Baptist associations and were subject to white supervision by law, especially after the slave rebellion of Nat Turner in 1831.^[6]

The first attempts at wider black cooperative efforts began in the North, with Ohio and Illinois leading the way. In 1834 Black Baptists in Ohio formed the Providence Baptist Association. In 1838, following the lead of the Baptists of Ohio, Illinois Black Baptists formed the Wood River Baptist Association.^[7]

As early as 1840, Black Baptists sought to develop a cooperative movement beyond state lines. Baptists in New York and the Middle Atlantic states formed the American Baptist Missionary Convention. The spirit of cooperation beyond state lines soon spread westward. In 1864 the Black Baptists of the West and South organized the Northwestern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.^[7]

In 1866, following the American Civil War, these two conventions met with the American Baptist Convention and formed the Consolidated American Baptist Convention. One of the great successes of the new Consolidated American Baptist Convention was the support given to black Baptists in the South to form state conventions. Black Baptists in the former Confederacy overwhelmingly left white-dominated churches to form independent congregations and get away from white supervision.^[7]

After emancipation, Black Baptists in the South with the support of the Consolidated Convention formed their own state conventions. Among these were Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Kentucky.^[7] Despite the pioneer work of the Consolidated Convention, regionalism continued among Black Baptists. In 1873 the Black Baptists of the West formed the General Association of the Western States and Territories, and in 1874 the East organized the New England Baptist Missionary Convention. This continued regionalism and other factors caused the decline and eventual demise of the Consolidated American Baptist Convention.^[7]

According to historian Wilson Fallin Jr., black preachers interpreted the Civil War as:

God's gift of freedom. They appreciated opportunities to exercise their independence, to worship in their own way, to affirm their worth and dignity, and to proclaim the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Most of all, they could form their own churches, associations, and conventions. These institutions offered self-help and racial uplift, and provided places where the gospel of liberation could be proclaimed. As a result, black preachers continued to insist that God would protect and help him; God would be their rock in a stormy land.^[8]

Convention Founding

In 1880, about 150 Baptist pastors met in Montgomery, Alabama, and formed the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. The formation of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention was to some degree a result of the demise of the Consolidated American Baptist Convention. The Consolidated Convention's death created a vacuum in mission work, especially for African missions. In response to this void, William W. Colley of Virginia who had served as missionary to Nigeria under the Southern Baptist Convention during the 1870s issued a call for Black Baptists to meet in Montgomery, Alabama for the purpose of organizing a national convention to do extensive foreign missionary work.

At the initial 1880 meeting, William H. McAlpine of Alabama was elected President of the Foreign Mission Convention and is considered the first President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Subsequently, two other national Black conventions were formed. In 1886, William J. Simmons of Kentucky led the formation of the American National Baptist Convention. In 1893 W. Bishop Johnson of Washington, D.C. led the formation of the National Baptist Education Convention. The desire to have one convention remained alive and the movement reached its fruition on September 24, 1895 at the Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, when these three conventions came together to form the National Baptist Convention of the United States of America. The heart of the new convention was that the three former conventions serve as the three boards of the convention: Foreign Missions, Home Missions, and Education.

History of the National Baptist presidency

E. C. Morris was elected president of the National Baptist Convention USA in 1895 and served for 27 years. His tenure was important for laying the foundation of the Convention. In addition to managing growth and organization of new chapters, his presidency founded the National Baptist Publishing House in Nashville, Tennessee. Blacks wanted to publish literature written by their own ministers.

In 1890, the American Baptist Publication Society had refused to publish writings of Black ministers because of resistance from their White Southern clients. This event, more than any other, inspired Blacks to develop their own Convention and publishing arm. One year after the formation of the Convention, the National Baptist Publication Board was established under the leadership of Richard Boyd in Nashville, Tennessee. It was given the right to supply National Baptist churches with general ministry and Sunday School supplies. In a short time the publishing house became the largest Black publishing enterprise in the world.

In 1902, the Woman's State Convention of Tennessee elected African American Virginia E. Walker Broughton, to serve as the first woman National Corresponding Secretary for the National Baptist Convention.^[9]

The twenty-seven years of Morris' leadership represented the formative period for the Convention.

Upon the death of E. C. Morris, L. K. Williams became President of the Convention in 1924. During his 16 years' tenure, he expanded the publishing board to gain increased support. Williams appointed L. G. Jordan as General Secretary of the Board and laid plans for a new building. The building was opened for inspection in 1925. On the recommendation of Williams, it was named the Morris Building in honor of the legacy of E. C. Morris. A Layman's Department was also established.

David V. Jemison succeeded Williams as President of the Convention in 1940. His two major accomplishments during his 13 years were paying off the mortgage on the Morris Memorial Building and the purchase of the Bath House for African-American use in the resort of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Facilities were still racially segregated in that state.

In 1953, Joseph H. Jackson of Chicago became President, serving until 1982. His 29-year tenure was the longest of any President, and spanned some of the most active years of the Civil Rights Movement. During these years, African Americans gained passage of federal laws protecting and enforcing their rights to public access and voting, especially in the South. Among President Jackson's many contributions were new commissions and restructuring of the convention. He also purchased the National Baptist Freedom Farm and set up an unrestricted scholarship at Roosevelt University. He was noted for low tolerance of dissent. He said that social protests were not enough, but people needed to prove their economic productivity as well.^[10]

In 1983, T. J. Jemison became President of the Convention, serving for 12 years. He completed construction of the Baptist World Center; a Headquarters for the Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He spoke out on public issues more than some presidents, and expressed his opposition to the Gulf War. In a controversial statement, he spoke in favor of the noted African-American boxer Mike Tyson, who had been convicted of rape. The uproar caused by Jemison's remarks translated into a deep decline of membership and associated churches in the convention in 1992. Later presidents built up the national convention again.

Henry Lyons of Florida was elected President in 1994. The Lyons tenure was characterized by much activity as he established a Unified Program, reduced the debt on the Baptist World Center, and dissolved the debt on the Sunday School Publishing Board. In addition, many commissions were added to the convention. Legal problems, however, forced Lyons to resign from the presidency. Lyons ran again for President in 2009 with National Congress President, R.B. Holmes of Tallahassee, Florida, as his Vice-President. They were defeated.

Stewart Cleveland Cureton, Vice President-At-Large, took over the leadership of the Convention in 1999 and served the remainder of Lyons' tenure. In 1999, William J. Shaw of Philadelphia was elected as president, serving until 2009. His presidency was centered on the motto and theme 'V.I.S.A': "Vision, Integrity, Structure and Accountability." He worked hard to reestablish integrity and credibility in the Convention, making it a leader for the work of Christ in the nation.

Julius R. Scruggs of Huntsville, Alabama was elected President in 2009 and served one 5-year term. He did not seek re-election. In September 2014, Jerry Young of Mississippi was elected President; he is expected to bring a progressive air to the office.

Splits in the Convention

In 1897, during the Morris Administration, a group of National Baptist pastors left the convention and formed the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention. The separation was centered on two issues: the location of the foreign mission board and greater cooperation with White Baptists.

The second split, also during Morris' Presidency, came in 1915 over ownership and operation of the Publishing Board. The Publishing Board was the most successful agency and was led by R. H. Boyd. Leaders and pastors of the Convention became suspicious of the actions of the Publishing Board when they did not receive the reports they thought due them. A debate ensued concerning the ownership.

Those who supported Boyd and his view that the Board was independent of the Convention formed the National Baptist Convention of America. It became known as the Unincorporated Convention (now National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.). Because of the question of incorporation, leaders who remained in the original Convention led a movement to incorporate their organization. The Constitution was amended in 1916 and the convention was later incorporated, taking the name of National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

During the Joseph Jackson tenure, a third split occurred in the Convention. The two key issues were tenure and the lack of support of the civil rights movement. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, known for increased public activism, demonstrations and protests was highly controversial in many Baptist churches. Often the ministers preached spiritual salvation rather than political activism. Jackson, the Convention's autocratic leader, had supported the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956, but by 1960 he told the members they should not become involved in civil rights activism. Based in Chicago, Jackson was a close ally of Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Chicago Democratic machine. He opposed public activism of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his aide, the young Jesse Jackson, Jr. (no relation to Joseph Jackson). Gardner C. Taylor of New York challenged Jackson for the Presidency, but lost.

After Jackson was re-elected, a group led by L. Venchael Booth formed a new Convention at the Zion Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1961. They named themselves as the Progressive National Baptist Convention. These activists supported the extensive activism of the King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference.^[11]

In 1992 Paul S. Morton of New Orleans, Louisiana formed a fellowship within the convention. It was named the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship. It explored spiritual gifts, speaking in tongues, prophecy, exclamatory worship, etc. The leadership of this fellowship later separated completely from the Convention.

State conventions

Auxiliaries/subsidiary bodies

Congress of Christian Education

The National Baptist Congress of Christian Education is the training arm of the Convention. It is an annual event, held in June, that draws more than 50,000 attendees from around the country and the world. The Congress includes over 300 classes, lectures and group discussion panels targeted and relevant to every age group and every area of the Christian Church and Ministry.

Sunday School Publishing Board

The Sunday School Publishing Board is the official publisher of the Convention and provides all of the educational resources of the convention. The Publishing Board was founded in 1915 and is one of the largest African American owned publishing companies. The Publishing Board supplies books, text books, curriculum and other resources to over 36,000 churches.

Laymen's Movement

The National Baptist Laymen’s Movement of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. was organized at the Forty-third Session of the National Baptist Convention in Los Angeles, California, in 1923. The new President of the Convention, L. K. Williams presided. The Movement came into existence under the leadership of Deacon John L. Webb, a Christian businessman from Hot springs, Arkansas. John Webb served as the first president of the organization and continued in that position until his death in 1946.

Webb in his open letter to national laymen, appearing in the August 30, 1924 issue of the National Baptist Voice stated the long range objectives of the Movement: "And wherever the Laymen’s Movement is organized, the spirit of it will be to see that the pastor is well paid; and to foster and encourage by words and our money the institutions of learning that have made space for Theological Departments, so as to have a better educated ministry, better Sunday School Superintendents, teachers, and B.Y.P.U. workers throughout our denomination.:

The first annual session of the Laymen’s Movement was held September 10–15, 1924 in Nashville, Tennessee. The second annual session was held September 10–11, 1925 at the Econ Baptist church in Baltimore, Maryland. At the end of the second session twenty-five laymen, five ministers and five persons representing other church organizations had been official registrants.

His Vice President-at-Large Brother J. C. McClendon of Jackson, Mississippi, succeeded John L. Webb. After serving six years he was succeeded by his Vice President-at-Large, Brother Allen Jordan of Brooklyn, New York. In the annual session of 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, Jordan turned the reins over the his Vice President-at-Large, Deacon Walter Cade, Jr. of Kansas City, Kansas.

During the tenure of Walter Cade, Jr., many laymen ministries and programs were birthed. The Regional Workshop concept was started in 1971. The Allen Jordan Seminars for laymen was started in 1981 during the annual Congress of Christian Education. The Junior Laymen Basketball Tournament and Bible Bowl were started in 1981. The Junior Laymen’s convention was moved from the September session to the June session in 1981. The national laymen became involved in the Men’s Department of the World Baptist Alliance. The laymen made their first work-witness trip to Africa to repair the convention’s mission stations in 1976.

Following Walter Cade, Jr. was Jerry Gash of Los Angeles, California. Under Jerry Gash’s leadership he initiated the process of membership to identify the active laymen in the movement. He started the Male Chorus Sing-off and two mission projects for Africa, 25,000 pairs of shoes and 75,000 school supplies. Jerry Gash started the Southern Region Workshop in 1997.

Glen Chelf of New Mexico served on an interim basis in 2000. Harold Simmons of Kansas City, Kansas was appointed president of the Laymen's Movement by William Shaw in 2000 to succeed Glen Chelf.

Laymen Presidents 1923 - 1945 John L. Webb 1946 - 1952 J. C. McClendon 1953 - 1970 Allen Jordan 1971 - 1994 Walter Cade, Jr. 1995 - 2000 Jerry Gash 2000 - 2000 Glen Chelf 2000 - 2014 Harold Simmons

Women's Auxiliary

The first President, Sarah Willie Layten, was the daughter of William H. and Mary H. Phillips. She was a graduate of LeMoyne College in Tennessee, honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and active member of the Woman's National Republican Committee. She accepted the challenge to be President of the newly formed Woman's Convention at a time when Woman's suffrage was a big issue in the country and the need for a separate Woman's convention was hotly contested in the National Baptist Convention. Yet, both she and the Woman's Convention persevered with faith, prayer, planning and a spirit of meekness. Layten helped to establish the National Baptist Missionary Training School at Nashville, Tennessee and helped to maintain missionaries on both the home and foreign fields. Her service expanded almost 50 years (1900-1948)

The second President, Nannie Helen Burroughs, first served as Corresponding Secretary to the Woman's Convention over 40 years. It has been said, "Where she led, people followed." She was the only child of parents who were born into slavery. She was a member of numerous civic organizations, a prolific orator and author of several books and publications. Mary Olivia Brooks Ross was the third President of the Woman's Auxiliary, serving from 1961 through 1995. She was born to the parentage of Professor Brookins and Mrs. B (Beatrice Brookins), both educators. She married Solomon David Ross, who was the pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Detroit for 39 years. Ross taught school after earning her B.A. from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and doing graduate studies at Michigan and Wayne State Universities. She was a world traveler, participant in many Christian education and Baptist organizations and author or co-author of a list of literature. Ross was a public servant, pioneer in social issue advocacy and strong supporter of youth and young adults. She received many awards, citations and Honorary Degrees for untiring efforts in the fields of Christian Education and Public Service.

Cynthia Perry Ray, the fourth President who served the Convention from 1995 until 2000, was former First Vice-President to Ross. She was born to Walter and Beatrice Perry of Penllyn, Pennsylvania. She was an integral part of her Christian and civic community. She held several leadership positions in the Woman's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and also was elected Vice President of the Baptist World Alliance in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1995, serving in that post until the year 2000. Ray, known as a "Presider", characterized by a butterfly conversion and commitment to a new life with Christ continued many programs with the Literature Department, Women in White, and Camp Program. She instituted the Baptist Day of Prayer, Living Legacy and Love Kitchen. She too has passed on from labor to reward, and, like her predecessors, lives on in our hearts, minds and spirits.

Rosa Burrell Cooper served as president from 2001 to 2004. She began her service with the statement, "Together we can do it through Mission, Evangelism and Education." She stated: "I believe that as President of the Woman's Auxiliary, it is my mission to provide intelligent, articulate and responsive leadership in promoting spiritual growth of Christian women across the United States of America. To that end, I am committed to fostering and promoting group spiritual growth and personal development through programs which interpret, teach and apply the living and life-giving Word of our God."

The current president, Hugh Dell Gatewood began her official service in January 2005.

Position on women pastors, ministers and deacons

The convention does not make official positions binding on its member congregations, state conventions, and institutions. There are 1000s of women ordained and/or licensed and serving in the convention affiliated congregations. A number of women serve as pastors of congregations, and as trustees to the boards of American Baptist College. Some congregations do not ordain or license women as ministers. Some congregations have women deacons, others as deaconess, some have both. Congregations are autonomous in matters of local governance.

Same-sex marriage and LGBT issues

"The National Baptist Convention USA Inc. does not have an 'official' position on any issues with regards to homosexuality", and, therefore, each autonomous congregation remains able to determine local policy.^[12] While the denomination does not have an official policy, the national convention only defines marriage as between a man and a woman.^[13] As a result, military chaplains receiving their endorsement through the national convention are not permitted to perform same-sex marriages.^[14] Nevertheless, given the denomination's diversity, some pastors and congregations have spoken out in favor of gay marriage. Some pastors and congregations affiliated with National Baptist Convention Inc. USA announced their support for same-sex marriage.^[15]^[16]

"[[Charismatic movement

The National Baptist Convention does not have any official beliefs or standpoints regarding Pentecostal and Charismatic expressions of worship in their churches' services or in their meetings and conventions, as they believe their churches have autonomous authority to deal with how they handle and address Pentecostal and charismatic expressions of worship. In fact, in many churches that are apart of the National Baptist Convention, and in many of their meetings and conventions across the United States, their adherents and clergy often practice, believe in, and exhibit the charismatic gifts of the Spirit that are practiced in Pentecostalism such as speaking in tongues and being slain in the Spirit in their worship services. They also make very consistent use of high-tempo Traditional Black Gospel and Contemporary Christian music in their worship style and practices as well.

Also, as many Pentecostal and Charismatic denominations adhere to Christian perfection teachings that originated from the Holiness movement, the National Baptist Convention does officially teach and believe in Christian perfection, and refers to it also as many Pentecostal denominations do as "sanctification." ^[17]

Dual alignment

Known to occur though infrequently, a state convention, district association or member church of NBCUSA may dually align with another organization. The autonomous make-up of the NBCUSA gives local congregations the latitude to govern itself and contribute to the causes of other religious bodies as it seems necessary and is led by the Spirit.

Some members dually align with the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention which offers the NBCUSA member a convention-wide focus on foreign missions.

The autonomous nature of the church allows the local congregation to decide its focus, interpret scripture and define its theology on issues not specified in the foundational truths of the Baptist Articles of Faith as well as dually align with a convention with a mission specialized on a specific issue.

Joint Convention

The Joint Convention of National Baptists converge on an American city every four years and comprises the four Black Baptist Conventions. The other three member conventions all originated from or trace origin to NBCUSA and together the four groups represent over 17,000,000 African-American Baptists in America. This convention of National Baptists meet to harness the power and influence of their collective bodies for Christian missions and social action.

Presidents of the Convention

President	Dates
W. H. McAlpine	1880–1882
J. Q. A. Wilhite	1882–1883
J. A. Foster	1883–1884
W. A. Brinkley	1884–1885
William J. Simmons	1885–1890
E. M. Brawley	1890–1891
M. Vann	1891–1893
Elias Camp Morris	1894–1922
L. K. Williams	1924–1940
David V. Jemison	1940–1953
Joseph H. Jackson	1954–1982
T. J. Jemison	1983–1994
Henry Lyons	1994–1999
Stewart Cleveland Cureton	1999
William J. Shaw	1999–2009
Julius R. Scruggs	2009–2014
Jerry Young	2014

Higher education institution affiliates

References

↑ Lincoln, Eric C.; Mamiya, Lawrence H. (1990). The Black Church in the African American Experience. Duke University Press. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
↑ "contact us." National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Retrieved on October 22, 2010. "Baptist World Center Headquarters 1700 Baptist World Center Drive Nashville, TN 37207."
↑ "About Us". National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
↑ James Barnett Taylor, Virginia Baptist Ministers (1859) pp 57, 60, 71, 83 online edition
↑ Albert J. Raboteau, Slave Religion: The "invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South (1979)
↑ Raboteau (1979), Slavery is a Religion
1 2 3 4 5 Brooks, Walter H. "The Evolution of the Negro Baptist Church." Journal of Negro History (1922) 7#1 pp: 11-22. in JSTOR
↑ Wilson Fallin Jr., Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama (2007) pp. 52–53
↑ Carter, Tomeiko Ashford, editor (2010). Virginia Broughton: The Life and Writings of a Missionary, The University of Tennessee Press, page 29. ISBN 978-1572336964
↑ Nick Salvatore, Singing in a Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America (2007)
↑ Peter J. Paris, Black Leaders in Conflict: Joseph H. Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1978); Salvatore (2007), Singing in a Strange Land
↑ "National Baptist Convention - Envisioning the Future Exceptionally - Baptist Denomination & Doctrines FAQs". www.nationalbaptist.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
↑ "National Baptist Convention - Envisioning the Future Exceptionally - Position Statements". www.nationalbaptist.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
↑ "National Baptist Convention - Envisioning the Future Exceptionally - Policy Statement and Guidelines to Chaplains Regarding Same-Gender Couples". www.nationalbaptist.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
↑ "Detroit Black Churches Openly Accept Gays, Others Denounce - BLAC Detroit - June 2014". www.blacdetroit.com. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
↑ Journal, Doug Erickson | Wisconsin State. "Madison pastor makes waves in black church with support of gay marriage". Retrieved 2016-07-25.
↑ "National Baptist Convention - Envisioning the Future Exceptionally - What We Believe". www.nationalbaptist.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

External links

Study on the history and contemporary challenges of the NBCUSA, Inc. http://www.sociology.northwestern.edu/faculty/morris/docmorrislee-baptist.pdf
The National Baptist Convention - official Web Site
Sunday School Publishing Board - official Web Site
Foreign Mission Board - official Web Site

Baptist denominations in the United States

Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches USA Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America Baptist Bible Fellowship International Baptist General Association of Virginia Baptist General Convention of Texas Baptist Missionary Association of America Central Baptist Association Christian Baptist Church of God Church of Christ, Instrumental Conservative Baptist Association of America Conservative Baptist Association of the Southeast Continental Baptist Churches Converge Cooperative Baptist Fellowship District of Columbia Baptist Convention Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals Free Will Baptist Church Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International General Association of Baptists General Association of General Baptists General Association of Regular Baptist Churches General Six-Principle Baptists Independent Baptist Independent Baptist Church of America Independent Baptist Fellowship International Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America Institutional Missionary Baptist Conference of America Liberty Baptist Fellowship Missionary Baptists National Association of Free Will Baptists National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship North American Baptist Conference Northern Baptist Convention Old Regular Baptists Old Time Missionary Baptist Original Free Will Baptist Convention Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church Primitive Baptists Primitive Baptist Conference of New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia Primitive Baptist Universalist Progressive National Baptist Convention Reformed Baptists Separate Baptists Separate Baptists in Christ Seventh Day Baptists Silver Bluff Baptist Church Southern Baptist Convention Southwide Baptist Fellowship Sovereign Grace Baptists Transformation Ministries Triennial Convention Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists Union Baptists United American Free Will Baptist Church United American Free Will Baptist Conference Wisconsin Fellowship of Baptist Churches World Baptist Fellowship

All baptist denominations Canada baptist denominations UK baptist denominations

US black church denominations and leaders

General	Religion in Black America Historically African-American Christian denominations Clergy

Methodist	African Methodist Episcopal Church (John Adams Sr. Richard Allen Sarah Allen Benjamin W. Arnett George Lincoln Blackwell Morris Brown Jamal Harrison Bryant John Richard Bryant Richard H. Cain Archibald Carey Jr. Daniel Coker James H. Cone James Levert Davis Jordan Winston Early Orishatukeh Faduma Floyd H. Flake Carolyn Tyler Guidry Sarah E. Gorham William H. Heard Reginald Jackson Henrietta Phelps Jeffries Absalom Jones Ben Kinchlow Vashti Murphy McKenzie Biddy Mason Lena Doolin Mason Robert Meacham Lyman S. Parks Daniel Payne Charles H. Pearce Clementa C. Pinckney William Paul Quinn Reverdy Cassius Ransom Richard Henry Singleton Charles Spencer Smith Theophilus Gould Steward Henry McNeal Turner William Tecumseh Vernon D. Ormonde Walker Lewis Woodson) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Julia A. J. Foote James Walker Hood Thomas James John Kinard Jermain Wesley Loguen William Henry Singleton John Bryan Small Jeffery Tribble James Varick Alexander Walters) A.U.M.P. Church (Peter Spencer) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (William Yancy Bell William H. Miles)

Baptist	National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (Stewart Cleveland Cureton Joseph H. Jackson T. J. Jemison Henry Lyons Benjamin Mays W. J. Simmons) Progressive National Baptist Convention (Ralph Abernathy William Augustus Jones Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gardner C. Taylor) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Vernon Johns) First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia) (Lucy Goode Brooks) First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia) (David George) First Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia) Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (Paul S. Morton) Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association Joint National Baptist Convention Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention (Clinton Caldwell Boone * Lott Cary) National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (R. H. Boyd) National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (S. M. Lockridge) National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Silver Bluff Baptist Church United American Free Will Baptist Church (Benjamin Randall) United American Free Will Baptist Conference

Pentecostal	Church of God in Christ (Charles Edward Blake, Sr. Andraé Crouch Sandra Crouch J. Delano Ellis Robert Michael Franklin Jr. Samuel Green Jr. Edwin Hawkins O. T. Jones Sr. John P. Kee Charles Harrison Mason Chandler David Owens Sr Gilbert E. Patterson J. O. Patterson Jr. Wayne Perryman Ted Thomas Sr. F. D. Washington Dickerson Wells Timothy Wright Lennox Yearwood) Apostolic Assemblies of Christ Apostolic Faith Church (William J. Seymour) Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (Robert C. Lawson) Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God (James F. Jones) Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas Mount Sinai Holy Church of America (Ida B. Robinson) Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (Charles H. Ellis III) Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God, Incorporated United Holy Church of America United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church

Other	African Orthodox Church (George Alexander McGuire) Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. (Charles Price Jones) Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America City of Refuge UCC (Yvette Flunder) Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation (George Augustus Stallings Jr.) Interdenominational Theological Center Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge Love Center Church (Walter Hawkins) Original Church of God or Sanctified Church Spencer Churches (Peter Spencer) Trinity United Church of Christ (Otis Moss III) United House of Prayer for All People (Marcelino Manuel da Graca)

Baptist World Alliance member bodies

Africa

Central and Eastern Africa

Burundi	Free Baptist Churches of Burundi Union of Baptist Churches in Burundi

Central African Republic	Association of Baptist Churches of the Central African Republic Baptist Churches Union (UEB) Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic Fraternal Union of Baptist Churches

Democratic Republic of the Congo	Baptist Community in Central Africa (CBCA) Baptist Community of the Congo River (CBCF) Baptist Community of Western Congo (CBCO) Baptist Evangelical Convention of Congo (CBECO) Community of Autonomous Baptist Churches-Wamba-Bakali Community of Baptist Churches in Eastern Congo (CEBCE) Community of Baptist Churches Union of Congo (CUEBC) Community of Baptist Churches in North Congo (CBCN) Community of United Baptist Churches (CEBU) Union of Baptist Churches in Congo (UEBCO)

Ethiopia	Baptist Evangelical Association of Ethiopia Ethiopian Addis Kidan Baptist Church

Kenya	Baptist Convention of Kenya

Madagascar	Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar

Rwanda	Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda Community of Christian Churches in Africa (CECA) Reformed Baptist Convention in Rwanda Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda

South Sudan	Baptist Convention of South Sudan

Sudan	Sudan Interior Church

Tanzania	Baptist Convention of Tanzania

Uganda	Baptist Union of Uganda Uganda Baptist Convention

Southern Africa

Angola	Baptist Convention of Angola Baptist Evangelical Church in Angola Free Baptist Church in Angola

Botswana	Baptist Convention of Botswana

Madagascar	Association of Bible Baptist Churches in Madagascar

Malawi	African Baptist Assembly, Malawi, Inc Baptist Convention of Malawi Evangelical Baptist Church of Malawi

Mozambique	Baptist Convention of Mozambique

Namibia	Baptist Convention of Namibia

South Africa	Baptist Association of South Africa Baptist Convention of South Africa Baptist Mission of South Africa Baptist Union of Southern Africa

Zambia	Baptist Convention of Zambia Baptist Fellowship of Zambia Baptist Union of Zambia

Zimbabwe	Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe Baptist Union of Zimbabwe National Baptist Convention of Zimbabwe United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe

Western Africa

Benin	Union of Protestant Baptist Churches in Benin

Burkina Faso	Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches Burkina Faso

Cameroon	Cameroon Baptist Convention Native Baptist Church of Cameroon Union of Baptist Churches in Cameroon

Central African Republic	Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic

Republic of Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo

Gambia	Baptist Union in the Gambia

Ghana	Ghana Baptist Convention

Ivory Coast	Meridional Evangelical Churches in Ivory Coast

Liberia	Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention, Inc.

Nigeria	Mambilla Baptist Convention Nigerian Baptist Convention

Senegal	The Lutheran Church of Senegal

Sierra Leone	Baptist Convention of Sierra Leone

Togo	Togo Baptist Convention

Asia and Pacific

North East Asia

China - Hong Kong	Baptist Convention of Hong Kong

China - Macau	Macau Baptist Association

Japan	Japan Baptist Conference Japan Baptist Convention Japan Baptist Union Okinawa Baptist Convention

South Korea	Korea Baptist Convention

Taiwan	Chinese Baptist Convention

West and South Asia

Bangladesh	Bangladesh Baptist Church Fellowship Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha Garo Baptist Convention

India	Assam Baptist Convention Baptist Church of Mizoram Baptist Union of North India Bengal Baptist Union Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Churches Association (BOBBCA) Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars Evangelical Baptist Convention of India Garo Baptist Convention India Association of General Baptists India Baptist Convention Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention Karnataka Baptist Convention Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (LIKBK) Lower Assam Baptist Union Maharashtra Baptist Society Manipur Baptist Convention Nagaland Baptist Church Council North Bank Baptist Christian Association Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC) Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Tripura Baptist Christian Union

Nepal	Nepal Baptist Church Council

Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Baptist Union

South East Asia

Australia	Australian Baptist Ministries

Cambodia	Cambodia Baptist Union

Fiji	Fiji Baptist Convention

Indonesia	Convention of Indonesian Baptist Churches The Fellowship of Baptist Churches of Papua Union of Indonesian Baptist Churches

Malaysia	Malaysia Baptist Convention

Myanmar	Myanmar Baptist Convention

New Zealand	Baptist Union of New Zealand

Papua New Guinea	Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea, Inc.

Philippines	Baptist Conference of the Philippines, Inc. Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, Inc. Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches General Baptist Churches of the Philippines, Inc. Luzon Convention of Southern Baptist Churches, Inc.

Singapore	Singapore Baptist Convention

Thailand	12th District of Church of Christ in Thailand Thailand Baptist Convention Thailand Karen Baptist Convention Thailand Lahu Baptist Convention

Vietnam	Baptist Churches in Vietnam (BCV)

Europe

Eastern Europe

Armenia	Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia

Azerbaijan	Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan

Belarus	Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina

Bulgaria	Baptist Union of Bulgaria

Croatia	Baptist Union of Croatia

Czech Republic	Baptist Union of the Czech Republic

Estonia	Union of Free Evangelical & Baptist Churches of Estonia

Georgia	Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia

Hungary	Baptist Union of Hungary

Latvia	Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia

Lithuania	Baptist Union of Lithuania

Moldova	Union of Christian Evangelical Baptists of Moldova

Poland	Baptist Union of Poland

Romania	Baptist Union of Romania Hungarian Baptist Convention of Romania

Russia	Euro-Asiatic Federation of Unions of Evangelical Christians-Baptists Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

Serbia	Union of Baptist Churches in Serbia Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Serbia

Slovakia	Baptist Union of Slovakia

Slovenia	Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia

Ukraine	All-Ukranian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

Uzbekistan	Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Uzbekistan

Central Western Europe

Austria	Baptist Union of Austria

Belgium	Union of Baptists Churches in Belgium

France	Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches

Germany	International Baptist Convention Union of Evangelical Free Church Congregations in Germany

Italy	Christian Evangelical Baptist Union of Italy

Netherlands	Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands

Portugal	Portuguese Baptist Convention

Spain	Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain

Switzerland	Union of Baptist Churches in Switzerland

United Kingdom	Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Scotland Baptist Union of Wales

Nordic countries

Denmark	Baptist Union of Denmark

Finland	Finland Swedish Baptist Union Finnish Baptist Union

Norway	Baptist Union of Norway

Sweden	Baptist Union of Sweden

Latin America and the Caribbean

Central America and the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua Baptist Association

Bahamas	National Baptist Missionary and Education Convention

Barbados	Barbados Baptist Convention

Belize	Baptist Association of Belize

Bermuda	Bermuda Baptist Fellowship

Costa Rica	Federation of Baptist Associations of Costa Rica

Cuba	Baptist Convention of Eastern Cuba Baptist Convention of Western Cuba Fellowship of Baptist Churches in Cuba Free Will Baptist Convention of Cuba

Dominican Republic	Dominican Baptist Convention

El Salvador	Baptist Association of El Salvador Baptist Federation of El Salvador

Guatemala	Convention of Baptist Churches in Guatemala

Guyana	Baptist Convention of Guyana

Haiti	Baptist Haiti Mission Haiti Baptist Convention (ASEBACH)

Honduras	National Convention of Baptist Churches in Honduras

Jamaica	Jamaica Baptist Union

Mexico	National Baptist Convention of Mexico

Nicaragua	Baptist Convention of Nicaragua

Panama	Baptist Convention of Panama

Trinidad & Tobago	Baptist Union of Trinidad and Tobago

South America

Argentina	Argentine Baptist Association Evangelical Baptist Convention of Argentina

Bolivia	Baptist Convention of Bolivia Baptist Union of Bolivia

Brazil	Brazilian Baptist Convention Convention of Independent Baptists

Chile	National Baptist Convention of Chile Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Chile

Colombia	Colombian Baptist Denomination

Ecuador	Baptist Convention of Ecuador

Peru	Baptist Evangelical Convention of Peru

Uruguay	Baptist Evangelical Convention of Uruguay

Venezuela	National Baptist Convention of Venezuela

North America

Canada	Canadian Baptist Ministries Canadian National Baptist Convention

United States	American Baptist Churches USA Baptist General Association of Virginia Baptist General Convention of Missouri Baptist General Convention of Texas Converge Cooperative Baptist Fellowship District of Columbia Baptist Convention General Association of General Baptists Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, USA National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America North American Baptist Conference Progressive National Baptist Convention Seventh Day Baptist General Conference

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