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Jerry Vines - President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1988 to 1990 and as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida; Rick Warren - former pastor of the 20,000+ member Saddleback Church in California and author of The Purpose-Driven Life; David W. Whitlock - 15th President of Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK
Riverside Church at Park and King is a progressive ecumenical Church in the Baptist tradition, serving a small but diverse congregation. According to the church website, the congregation is "an inclusive, open and affirming community of believers without regard for race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, gender, or disability, all with a diversity of gifts and experiences united under the ...
First Baptist Church traces its origins to Bethel Baptist Church (now Bethel Baptist Institutional Church), the earliest Baptist church to be founded in Jacksonville. . Bethel Baptist was established under co-pastors James McDonald and Ryan Frier in July 1838 with only six charter members, four whites and two blacks, the latter of whom were slaves of white m
In August 2011, the church broke ground on a new facility in Jacksonville, including a three-thousand seat arena-style sanctuary. [3] The first services in the new "Celebration Arena" were held on November 11, 2012. [4] In 2022, the church had 12,000 parishioners and around 10 locations. The church's headquarters in Jacksonville is called the ...
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 ...
Jerry Vines was born in Carrollton, Georgia near Atlanta in 1937. Before attending seminary, he pastored his first church, Centralhatchee Baptist Church, at the age of 16. He was educated at Mercer University, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Luther Rice University before pastoring in churches in Alabama and Georgia.
The New Baptist Covenant traces its roots to April 10, 2006 in Atlanta, when former U.S. President and Baptist deacon Jimmy Carter and Mercer University President Bill Underwood convened a gathering of 18 Baptist leaders, who produced A North American Baptist Covenant for social justice. [1] In 2007, the organization was officially founded. [2]
The American Baptist Association (ABA) is a Landmark Baptist Christian association in the United States, with offices, book store and publishing house in Texarkana, Texas. [1] One of the principal founders was Ben M. Bogard , a pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock , Arkansas .