National Baptist Convention

National Baptist Convention may refer to:

One of several historically African-American Christian denominations
  • National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., the oldest and largest denomination using this name, formed in the late 19th century
  • National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., formed in 1915 as a result of a split within the association now called National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
  • Progressive National Baptist Convention, formed in 1961 as a result of a split within the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
  • National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, formed in 1988 as a result of a split within the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
An event
  • Joint National Baptist Convention, an event held periodically (generally every four years) in which the four above conventions meet.
A Baptist association in Brazil
  • National Baptist Convention, Brazil

Famous quotes containing the words national, baptist and/or convention:

    “We are constantly thinking of the great war ... which saved the Union ... but it was a war that did a great deal more than that. It created in this country what had never existed before—a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union, it was the rebirth of the Union.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “You should approach Joyce’s Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”
    —William Faulkner (1897–1962)

    “By convention there is color, by convention sweetness, by
    convention bitterness, but in reality there are atoms and space.”
    —Democritus (c. 460–400 B.C.)