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Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference (BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is an association of Baptist Christian churches in the United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the National Association of Evangelicals .
We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the eternal felicity of the righteous, and the endless suffering of the wicked. Adopted by the Baptist General Conference in 1951, reaffirmed in 1990 and amended in 1997.
Baptist General Conference, conservative Baptist denomination that was organized in 1879 as the Swedish Baptist General Conference of America; the present name was adopted in 1945.
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In 1985 the churches of Canada founded an autonomous denomination, The Baptist General Conference of Canada. Converge Worldwide is a member of the Baptist World Alliance, the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs and the National Association of Evangelicals.
The Baptist General Conference (Converge) has remained true to its original doctrines of salvation by faith in Jesus Christ, water immersion as the only acceptable form of believer’s baptism, the inspiration and inerrancy of the Word of God, and the reality of heaven and hell.
Sites related to the Baptist General Conference, which began with one Swedish church in Illinois in 1852, and today has about 900 churches in the U.S. and the Caribbean. The BGC broke from the American Baptist Convention in 1944 due to the Convention's participation in the National Council of Churches and its imposition of a creed.
Baptist General Conference. Denomination Category: Baptist. Est. Number of Churches (US): 950. Est. Number of Members (US) 194,000. Official Website.
Discover the core beliefs that guide and unite our vibrant, caring Seventh Day Baptist community. Centered on the teachings of the Holy Bible, we uphold the sanctity of the Sabbath and cherish the importance of family and community connections.
On August 13, 1852, Swedish immigrant and pastor Gustaf Palmquist baptized three adults in the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois. Converge cites this as the origin of the Swedish Baptist General Conference (later renamed the Baptist General Conference and now Converge).