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:
“The signs look better. The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea. Thanks to the great North-West for it. Nor yet wholly to them.... The job was a great national one.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“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.)