Joint National Baptist Convention
2005 meeting of African American groups / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Joint National Baptist Convention, also known as the Joint Black National Convention, or National Baptist Joint Board Session, was initially a joint meeting in 2005 of the four predominantly African American Baptist denominations operating under the derivatives of the name "National Baptist Convention." Its participants—the National Baptist Convention, USA; National Baptist Convention of America; Progressive National Baptist Convention; and National Missionary Baptist Convention of America—represented over 17 million African American Baptists in the United States in 2004.[1] The latter three organizations have either originated from or traced their origin to the National Baptist Convention, USA—or the mother church.[2]