National Baptist Convention, USA

National Baptist Convention, USA
National Baptist Convention, USA
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Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Baptist
Polity	Congregationalist
President	Boise Kimber
Associations	Baptist World Alliance; Christian Churches Together
Founder	Elias Camp Morris
Origin	1895 ; Montgomery, Alabama
Merger of	Foreign Mission Baptist Convention (org. 1880); American National Baptist Convention (org. 1886); National Baptist Education Convention (org. 1893);
Separations	Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention (separated 1897); National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. (separated 1915); Progressive National Baptist Convention (separated 1961); Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (separated 1992);
Congregations	21,145 (Self-reported, including international churches; 2023); 2,530 (ARDA; 2020)
Members	8,415,100 (Self-reported, including international members; 2023); 1,567,741 (ARDA; 2020)
Missionary organization	Foreign Mission Board
Aid organization	Disaster Management
Tertiary institutions	American Baptist College
Official website	www.nationalbaptist.com

The National Baptist Convention, USA, more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention (NBC USA or NBC), is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. It is also one of the largest predominantly and traditionally African American churches in the United States, and was the second largest Baptist denomination in the world in 2016.