Baptist General Association Of Virginia
The Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) is an umbrella organization of Baptist churches founded in 1823. The BGAV has been characterized as a moderate association. More than 1,400 Baptist churches affiliate with the BGAV.
Read more about Baptist General Association Of Virginia: History of The BGAV, Relationships With Other Organizations, Seminary Partnerships
Famous quotes containing the words baptist, general and/or association:
“I am perhaps being a bit facetious but if some of my good Baptist brethren in Georgia had done a little preaching from the pulpit against the K.K.K. in the ‘20s, I would have a little more genuine American respect for their Christianity!”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)