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The National Baptist Convention,USA,Inc. trace a history of significant growth and achievement, attended sometimes by periods of turbulence. This histroy began Saturday, November 22,1880 when 151 persons from 11 states met in Montgomery, Alabama and organized the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention. A yearning to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ preached on the mother soil of Africa drove this organizing. Rve. W. H. McAlpine of Alabama was elected as its first president. Six years later in 1886, 600 delegates from 17 states gathered at the Frist Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri where they formed the Natinal Convention of America [www.nbca-inc.com]. Seven years later, in 1893, the National Baptist Education Convention was formed.

History
None of the three conventions thrived separately. So in 1895, the three bodies effected a merger in a meeting held at the Freindship Baptist Chruch in Atlanta, Georgia. Reverend E. C. Morris form Little Rock, Arkansas was Chosen as the president of this merged body. Prior to 1895, nine men served as president of these conventions. Since 1895, eight men have led this venerable, united Convention. Dr. Morris led for 28 years until 1922, during those years, the publishing board was established. At the direction of the Convention, the publishing committee was given the duties to accomplish the oversight of the Convention's Home Mission Board led by Reverend R. H. Boyd. In 1953 Reverend J.H. Jackson form Chicago, Illinios was elected president. Reverend Jackson served longer than any other president, severing 29 years. Differing openions about the engagement in the the Civil Roghts struggle and a stand on the terms of limitations for the president let to a division in the Convention and the formation of the Progressive National Baptist Convention [www.pnc.org. Under Reverend Jackson, the convention reached many goals including the purchase of a freedom farm, in Tennesse, to provide a haven for black farmers who had invested their land in the Civil Right Movement. Dr. Julius Sruggs is the current president of the National Baptist Convention of America USA, Inc.

Mission
The mission and purpose of the our four National Baptist Conventions consist of four major goals; Service to God through one another and other Christian denominations and other agencies. Telling the truth about God's message to America and to the world; Addessing issues of concern that effect people and conpromise social justice, human dignity and human brotherhood; and acting and ministering as God's agents of love and reconcilliation.

Major Conventions
National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.; Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.; National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.; National Missonary Baptist Convention of America.

Links
 
 * National Baptist
 * PNC