Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists

The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is a Baptist Christian association of churches. The headquarters is in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

History
The Association was founded by a dozen churches of the American Baptist Churches USA in favor to the inclusion of LGBTQ people in 1993 in San Jose, California.

In 2007, it had 69 member churches.

According to a denomination census released in 2022, it has 141 churches in 3 countries.

Beliefs
The association believes in the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the lives and ministries of Baptist churches.