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The history of The General Association of The Baptists begins with the formation of the Duck River Association in 1826. The earliest church in the region was constituted circa 1790 by Kentucky ministers Ambrose Dudley and John Taylor. The Elk River Association was formed in south-central Tennessee in 1806, in the fertile valley region formed by ...
B. Beale Street Baptist Church. Beesley Primitive Baptist Church. Bellevue Baptist Church. Big Spring Union Church. Broad Street Church of Christ.
pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ; listed on the Root 100 [56] Kelly Miller Smith: 1942 assistant dean, Vanderbilt University Divinity School (circa 1970s–1980s) Howard Thurman: 1923 theologian; Dean of Chapel Boston University: Raphael Warnock: 1991 senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and United States Senator (D-GA) [57]
Johnny M. Hunt (born July 17, 1952) is an American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and who served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was also formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Georgia. He was the first Native American president of the SBC. He previously served as the Senior Vice ...
The church was built circa 1795 or 1796, and was known at first as Big Spring Meetinghouse. A Baptist church was organized at the site in 1800. During the Civil War, it served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union Army troops. [2] It is one of the oldest church buildings in Tennessee that is still in active use as a church. [2] It was ...
Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes, Inc, a non-profit organization founded in 1891, is a ministry of the churches of the Tennessee Baptist Convention which provides residential care and foster care support for children, as well as family care resources in the state. The organization has locations in all three regions of Tennessee, including ...
The Baptist Reformation: The Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000. ISBN 978-0-8054-4091-1. (Reexamines the twenty-year struggle "in gratitude to those who worked to bring about the Baptist Reformation.) Tuck, William Powell. Our Baptist Tradition. Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, 1993.
Pastor Ed Litton, of Saraland, Ala., answers questions after being elected as president of the Southern Baptist Convention Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)