The Triennial Convention (so-called because it met triennially), formally the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions, was the first national Baptist denomination in the United States. It was formed in 1814 to advance missionary work and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a dispute over slavery and missions policy, Baptist churches in the South split from the Triennial Convention and founded the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845. This schism left the Triennial Convention largely Northern in its composition of churches and membership. In 1907, the Triennial Convention was reorganized as the Northern Baptist Convention, now known as, the American Baptist Churches USA.
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