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The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (NMBCA), also known as the National Missionary Baptist Convention (NMBC), is a predominantly African American Baptist Christian denomination. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, [1] [2] the National Missionary Baptists—claiming continuity as the convention of R.H. Boyd—were formed in 1988 ...
The National Baptist Convention, USA, incorporated as the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., and more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.
East Mississippi State Baptist Convention; 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]
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 ...
[2] [3] The leaders remaining in the original convention incorporated in 1916, adopting the name "National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc." The National Baptist Convention, USA, sued unsuccessfully to obtain ownership of the National Baptist Publishing Board and subsequently created its own Sunday School publishing board. [3]
Progressive National Baptist Convention, formed in 1961 as a result of a split within the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, formed in 1988 as a result of a split within the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. Joint National Baptist Convention, an event held periodically in which ...
Theodore Judson Jemison (August 1, 1918 – November 15, 2013), better known as T. J. Jemison, was the president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. from 1982 to 1994. It is the largest African-American religious organization. He oversaw the construction of the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the headquarters of his ...
In January 2024, the four National Baptist bodies held the session with representation from the United States and the Bahamas. [5] During this joint meeting, Dr. Gina Stewart—president of the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention —became the first woman pastor to preach before all the conventions.