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Pages in category "Southern Baptist Convention churches" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Arizona Southern Baptist Convention: Arkansas: Arkansas Baptist State Convention: California: California Southern Baptist Convention: Colorado: Colorado Baptist General Convention: North Dakota: Dakota Baptist Convention: South Dakota: Florida: Florida Baptist Convention: Georgia: Georgia Baptist Mission Board: Hawaii: Hawaii Pacific Baptist ...
The new state convention, though autonomous, immediately formed closer partnerships with the entities of the SBC, similar to most other state conventions. [3] [4] As it continued to grow, the SBTC adopted the Southern Baptist Convention's 2000 Baptist Faith and Message as its own statement of faith. The SBTC's purpose, according to its mission ...
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
The words Southern Baptist Convention refer both to the denomination and its annual meeting of delegates. Its "confession of faith" (not binding on members or congregations) is the Baptist Faith and Message (2000 edition). The SBC is the largest Baptist group, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.
At this time, there were 213 churches and 122 pastors across seven associations. [1] Furman's pupil, William Bullein Johnson, who served from 1825 to 1852, succeeded him upon his death and became the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1845 to 1851 after the split with the Triennial Convention over the issue of slavery. [2]
The SBC directly supports 6 theological seminaries. [2]Gateway Seminary (Fremont, California); Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Kansas City, Missouri); New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Founded in 1772 by Matthew Talbot, [3] the church was originally named Watauga River Church after a local tributary. [4] Talbot owned a large farm in the immediate area of Sycamore Shoals where the original Fort Caswell (originally named after North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell and later named Fort Watauga) was constructed on his property.