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The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972. Tracing its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial Convention ...
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The Old Regular Baptist Churches of Jesus Christ in the United States, along with the Regular Primitive Baptists, trace their history to churches that sprang up in the American Colonies. These early churches had been organized as Regular Baptist Churches and Separate Baptist Churches in Christ, and were found from New England to Georgia.
In 1879, Enon Baptist Church moved to Downtown Woodstock. [2] In 1884, the name was changed to Woodstock Baptist Church. [3] In 1913, the sanctuary burned and replaced with the building that currently stands in Downtown Woodstock. [4] In 1986, Johnny M. Hunt, former Southern Baptist Convention President, became senior pastor. [5]
It is a predominantly African American Baptist denomination, and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. [1] The National Baptist Convention of America has members in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Africa. The current president of the National Baptist Convention of America is Dr. Samuel C. Tolbert Jr. of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
In 1888 at the Georgia Convention, claims were examined as to primacy of First African Baptist of Savannah and the First Bryan Baptist Church. The convention declared that First African Baptist of Savannah was the banner church, due largely to Marshall's leadership during the difficult years of the 1830s, which held his congregation together ...
Some Baptist pastors opened their doors to these people, accepting baptism from Protestant churches. Some even accepted those who had been baptized as infants. This open-door policy of ecumenicity continued to permeate the Baptist ranks. Methodists, Church of Christ, and preachers from many other denominations were preaching in Baptist pulpits. [4]
At Ease in Zion: Social History of Southern Baptists, 1865-1900 (1967) Spangler, Jewel L. "Becoming Baptists: Conversion in Colonial and Early National Virginia" Journal of Southern History. Volume: 67. Issue: 2. 2001. pp 243+ online edition; Stringer, Phil. The Faithful Baptist Witness, Landmark Baptist Press, 1998. Torbet, Robert G. A History ...