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The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is a Baptist Christian denomination in United States, established after the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, and headquartered in Decatur, Georgia. According to a census published in 2023, the CBF claimed 1,800 churches and ...
The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religion's Harvest Time (1955) online edition; Kidd, Thomas S. and Barry Hankins. Baptists in America: A History (2015) Leonard, Bill J. Baptist Ways: A History (2003), comprehensive international history; Leonard, Bill J. Baptists in America. (2005), general survey and history by leading Southern Baptist
The Georgia Baptist Mission Board is an association of Baptist churches in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention . Formed in 1822, it was one of the original nine state conventions to send delegates to the first Southern Baptist Convention , organized in 1845.
In 1879, Enon Baptist Church moved to Downtown Woodstock. [2] In 1884, the name was changed to Woodstock Baptist Church. [3] In 1913, the sanctuary burned and replaced with the building that currently stands in Downtown Woodstock. [4] In 1986, Johnny M. Hunt, former Southern Baptist Convention President, became senior pastor. [5]
The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972. Tracing its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial Convention ...
Leaders of First Baptist – which has given millions to Southern Baptist causes and has been involved with the convention since its 19th century founding — are bracing for a possible expulsion.
A Genetic History of Baptist Thought: With Special Reference to Baptists in Britain and North America (Mercer University Press, 2004), focus on confessions of faith, hymns, theologians, and academics. Brackney, William H. ed., Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (2nd ed. Scarecrow, 2009). Cathcart, William, ed. The Baptist Encyclopedia (2 ...
The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church has voted to allow 261 churches to leave the denomination amid a schism over LGBTQ issues.