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:
“Just so before were international,
Were national and act as nationals.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“You should approach Joyces Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”
—William Faulkner (18971962)
“No convention gets to be a convention at all except by grace of a lot of clever and powerful people first inventing it, and then imposing it on others. You can be pretty sure, if you are strictly conventional, that you are following geniusa long way off. And unless you are a genius yourself, that is a good thing to do.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (18791944)
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