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This list of Baptist denominations is a list of subdivisions of Baptists, with their various Baptist associations, conferences, conventions, fellowships, groups, and unions around the world. Unless otherwise noted, information comes from the World Baptist Alliance .
Baptist General Convention of Texas – 1.7 million [74] Progressive National Baptist Convention – 1.5 million [72] Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India – 1.3 million [72] American Baptist Churches USA – 1.2 million [72] Baptist Bible Fellowship International – 1.2 million [75] Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention – 1.1 ...
The largest group of Baptist churches is the Baptist World Alliance, and there are many different groupings of Baptist churches and Baptist congregations. Historians trace the earliest Baptist church to 1609 in Amsterdam , with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. [ 3 ]
The Alliance is divided into six regional or geographical fellowships: North American Baptist Fellowship, Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, Latin American Baptist Union, European Baptist Federation, Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, and All-Africa Baptist Fellowship. [2]
Baptist theological reflection informed how the colonists understood their presence in the New World, especially in Rhode Island through the preaching of Roger Williams, John Clarke, and others. [5] During the 18th century, the Great Awakening resulted in the conversion of many slaves to Baptist churches, although they were often segregated and ...
Seventh Day Baptist movement (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Baptist movements" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Added Moore, who now is pastor of New York City’s First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, “Pastoral searches in Black congregations, historically socially conservative, are often mired in the ...
"Lonely Lubbock Lights" (Aaron Watson), a singer at the Broken Spoke (a honky-tonk bar) reveals that a love interest is the daughter of a Baptist minister who is keeping them apart (because he sings in bars). "Southern Baptist Heartbreak" (The Warren Brothers) contains the lines; Somewhere in the middle of "Have Thy Own Way," She left an empty pew;