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The Florida Baptist Convention (FBC) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state of Florida. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the convention is made up of 49 Baptist associations and around 2,900 churches as of 2010. The FBC is currently led by Dr. John Thomas "Tommy" Green III when he ...
In other developments, the Rev. Carl Johnson, president of the Florida General Baptist Convention Inc., said over 50 churches and organizations have expressed interest in creating "Freedom Schools ...
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
In April 2007 Lyons was defeated in an attempt to be re-elected President of the Florida General Baptist Convention. [15] Subsequently, he and his supporters organized the General Baptist State Convention of Florida, [16] of which he is the President. In 2009, he was defeated in his bid for presidency of the National Baptist Convention, USA. [17]
The National Baptist Convention of America formed out of a schism in the NBCUSA in 1915 over a dispute about the Sunday School Publishing Board’s ownership, while the Progressive National ...
Arizona Southern Baptist Convention: Arkansas: Arkansas Baptist State Convention: California: California Southern Baptist Convention: Colorado: Colorado Baptist General Convention: North Dakota: Dakota Baptist Convention: South Dakota: Florida: Florida Baptist Convention: Georgia: Georgia Baptist Mission Board: Hawaii: Hawaii Pacific Baptist ...
Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference (BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the National Association of Evangelicals. The headquarters are in Orlando, Florida. The current president of Converge is John K. Jenkins.
The Baptist University of Florida was founded in 1943 and is a cooperating ministry of the Florida Baptist Convention. [1] [2] The school first opened its doors in Lakeland, Florida as the Florida Baptist Institute. Two years later, in 1945, it was renamed as the Baptist Bible Institute.