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The Alabama Baptist is a weekly newspaper that was first published on February 4, 1843, initially an independent newspaper but supported by Baptist leaders in the state. It was purchased by the Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1919, and now has a circulation of 100,000. The newspaper is based in Birmingham, Alabama [25]
1803 United States Mission to the Cherokees; 1806 Western Missionary Society for Indians; 1810 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; 1814 American Baptist Missionary Union (later known as American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and then American Baptist International Ministries) c. 1818 Female Missionary Society [4]
General Baptists are Baptists who hold the general or unlimited atonement view, the belief that Jesus Christ died for the entire world and not just for the chosen elect. General Baptists are theologically Arminian , which distinguishes them from Reformed Baptists (also known as "Particular Baptists" for their belief in particular redemption ).
Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference (BGC) and Converge Worldwide, is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the National Association of Evangelicals. The headquarters are in Orlando, Florida. The current president of Converge is John K. Jenkins.
In the late 1800s, the society helped fund the Swedish Baptist conference's new seminary, Bethel Seminary, in Stockholm. [4] It was renamed American Baptist Missionary Union in 1845, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1910, and American Board of International Ministries in 1973. [5] In 2018, it had 1,800 volunteers in 70 countries. [6]
The Triennial Convention (so-called because it met every three years) was the first national Baptist denomination in the United States.Officially named the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions, it was formed in 1814 to advance missionary work and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Baptist World Mission (BWM) is an independent, Baptist missionary agency located at 201 Gordon Drive SW in Decatur, Alabama; [1] it also has a center in New Brunswick, Canada. BWM was established in 1961 in Chicago. [2] In 2021, they had a recorded income of approximately $260,000. [3]