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The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (NMBCA), also known as the National Missionary Baptist Convention (NMBC), is a predominantly African American Baptist Christian denomination. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, [1] [2] the National Missionary Baptists—claiming continuity as the convention of R.H. Boyd—were formed in 1988 ...
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (separated 1988) Members: 225,776: ... As of 2024, the NBCA continues to estimate 3.5 million global members, ...
The National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. (NBCUSA) is gathering in Baltimore for its 2024 annual session and most importantly will decide on new leadership.
Overall, the National Baptist Convention continues to remain one of the largest historically and predominantly African American or Black Christian denominations in the United States; separated bodies, such as the theologically conservative-to-moderate National Baptist Convention of America, have stagnated in membership (2000's 3,500,000 members ...
That changed in January when the Rev. Gina Stewart took the convention stage in Memphis, Tennessee, — the Southern city home to Christ Missionary Baptist Church where she serves as senior pastor ...
East Mississippi State Baptist Convention; General Missionary Baptist State Convention of Mississippi, Inc. [29] Mid-South Churches Cooperative Conference (Baptist) State Convention [30] Mississippi General Missionary Baptist State Convention; New Educational State Convention of Mississippi; North Mississippi Baptist Education Convention [31]
In January 2024, the four National Baptist bodies held the session with representation from the United States and the Bahamas. [5] During this joint meeting, Dr. Gina Stewart—president of the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention—became the first woman pastor to preach before all the conventions. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The Institutional Missionary Baptist Conference of America is a recent division of the National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, which was formed on November 15, 1988. When the NMBCA was formed, Dr. S. M. Lockridge of San Diego, California was elected president of the convention and served until his retirement in 1994. After his ...