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Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis. With a small $1,000 gift from member Fannie Jobe, Pastor Thomas Potts led the congregation to build a one-room stone chapel at the corner of Bellevue and Erskine Avenues.
Merritt became pastor of the First Baptist Church (Eagle Brook Church) of White Bear Lake in 1991.[2] [3] By 1997, when the church took its present name, average weekend attendance had grown to 1,400.
This list of Baptist denominations is a list of subdivisions of Baptists, with their various Baptist associations, conferences, conventions, fellowships, groups, and unions around the world. Unless otherwise noted, information comes from the World Baptist Alliance .
The church was founded in 1948 as a house Bible study group called the Bethany Baptist Mission, then First Baptist Church, led by Sam and Ethel Hane in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. [1] [2] In 1991, Bob Merritt became the senior pastor of the 300-member church. [3] In 1995, the church was renamed Eagle Brook Church. [4]
The Association publishes Regular Baptist Press, a church education curriculum and the association's bimonthly magazine, the Baptist Bulletin. In 2018, the GARBC had over 1,200 member churches. According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches , the GARBC reported having 1,383 churches and 132,900 members in 2005. [ 2 ]
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. It traces its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial ...
General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc. (formerly Church of the Full Gospel, Inc.) 2,200 31 1935 [44] General Six-Principle Baptists: 175 7 1653 [45] Independent Baptist Church of America: 25 2 1927 [46] Independent Baptist Fellowship International: 540 1984 [36] Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America: 250 0 1990 [36]
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 ...