National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.

National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.
Abbreviation NBCA Intl
Classification Protestant
Orientation Baptist
Polity Congregationalist
Associations World Council of Churches; Baptist World Alliance
Origin 1915
Separated from National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
Separations National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (separated 1988)
Congregations 6,716
Members 3.5 million [1]

The National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. (NBCA Intl or NBCA) is a predominantly African-American conservative Baptist denomination with members in the United States, Canada, and Africa.

It was organized in 1915 as the result of a struggle to keep the National Baptist Publishing Board of Nashville independent. Those supporting the independence of the publishing board, headed by Rev. R. H. Boyd, and rejecting a proposed new charter, incorporation, and ownership of the publishing board, withdrew from the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. to form the National Baptist Convention of America. Another controversy surrounding the publishing board led to the formation of the National Missionary Baptist Convention of America in 1988.

In 2000, the NBCA had about 3.5 million members in more than 8,000 churches.[2] It is the third-largest African-American Christian body in the United States after the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. The NBCA is a member of the National Council of Churches and Baptist World Alliance.

The NBCA's headquarters were formally located in Dallas, Texas. In 2017, the NBCA moved its headquarters to Louisville, Kentucky on the campus of Simmons College of Kentucky. Dr. Samuel Tolbert of Lake Charles, Louisiana is the current president. From 1986 to 2003, the president was Rev. E. Edward Jones, a civil rights icon who was the pastor for fifty-seven years of the Galilee Baptist Church in Shreveport.[3]


References

  1. ↑ National Council of Churches USA
  2. ↑ "National Baptist Convention of America", Association of Religion Data Archives, 2002
  3. ↑ "Pastor Edward E. Jones". lkwilliamsinstitute.org. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  • Leonard, Bill J. (ed.). Dictionary of Baptists in America.
  • Mead, Frank S.; Samuel S. Hill; Craig D. Atwood. Handbook of Denominations.
  • Wardin, Jr., Albert W. Baptists Around the World.
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