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American Baptist Churches USA

Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Baptist
Theology	Evangelical and Mainline
Polity	Congregationalist
Associations	National Council of Churches; Baptist World Alliance
Region	United States
Headquarters	King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Origin	May 17, 1907 (1907-05-17) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Merger of	Triennial Convention related boards Free Will Baptist General Conference (1911)
Separations	General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (1932) Conservative Baptist Association of America (1947)
Congregations	4,892
Members	1,107,206
Missionary organization	International Ministries
Tertiary institutions	16
Seminaries	10
Other name(s)	Northern Baptist Convention (1907–1950) American Baptist Convention (1950–1972)
Official website	www.abc-usa.org

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The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972. It traces its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial Convention in 1814.

Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, ABCUSA is considered mainline, although varying theological and mission emphases may be found among its congregations, including modernist, charismatic and evangelical orientations.

History

Colonial New England Baptists

American Baptist Churches USA have their origins in the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island, now the First Baptist Church in America, founded in 1638 by the minister Roger Williams. Regarded by the more dogmatic Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a heretic for his religious separatism, Williams was banished into the New England wilderness where he and his followers created the settlement of Providence and later, the colony of Rhode Island. Williams is credited with being the founder of the Baptist movement in America, the founder of the state of Rhode Island, and the first highly visible public leader in America to call for the separation of church and state.

Triennial Convention

Having a congregational polity, early Baptist churches in America operated independently from one another, following an array of Protestant theological paths, but were often unified in their mission to evangelize. In the 18th century, they sometimes created local congregational associations for support, fellowship, and work (such as the founding of Brown University in 1764). The evangelical mission led to the establishment of the national Triennial Convention in 1814, a collaborative effort by local churches to organize, fund, and deploy missionaries. The ABCUSA descends from this Triennial Convention. Through the Triennial Convention structure a number of mission-oriented societies were formed, including the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1814), American Baptist Home Mission Society (1832), American Baptist Publication Society (1841), and the American Baptist Education Society (1888).

In 1845, a majority of Baptists in the South withdrew support from the Triennial Convention—largely in response to the decision of its delegates to ban slave holders from becoming ordained missionaries—and formed the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The Triennial Convention was loosely structured, and the SBC offered Baptists a more centralized organizational structure for carrying on missionary and benevolent work. In contrast, however, the Triennial Convention afforded local churches a higher degree of local autonomy, a more traditional characteristic of Baptist polity. The majority of churches in the North continued to work through these separate cooperating societies for missions and benevolence.

In 1882, May Jones became the first ordained woman minister in the convention.

Northern Baptist Convention

The Northern Baptist Convention was founded in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1907. Charles Evans Hughes, then Governor of New York and later Chief Justice of the United States, served the body as its first president.

The purpose of the Northern Baptist Convention was to bring about a consistent cooperation among the separate Baptist bodies then existing. It was the first step in bringing together Baptists in the North "with ties to the historic American Baptist mission societies in the nineteenth century." These had contributed to establishing many schools for freedmen in the South after the American Civil War, as well as working on issues of health and welfare. Many of their missionaries and members had worked as teachers in the South. In 1911, most of the churches of the Free Will Baptist General Conference merged with it.

Due to the development of theological liberalism in some affiliated seminaries, such as Crozer Theological Seminary, conservative seminaries have been founded by convention pastors, including the Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1913 and the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in 1925.

American Baptist Convention

The name of the convention was changed in 1950 to the American Baptist Convention (ABC), and it operated under this name until 1972. It was the second step at bringing together on a national level Baptists with ties to the mission societies. The ABC was characterized from 1950 to 1966 with annual resolutions at its conventions having to do with the civil rights movement and race relations.

Without exception, these resolutions were progressive and genuinely encompassing. They addressed both the need for individual change in attitude and action, and the need for broader social change that could only be instituted through political action.

As in many cases, the rhetoric of the annual conventions was sometimes ahead of local activity, but the denomination gradually made progress. In 1964, it created the Baptist Action for Racial Brotherhood (BARB), which early the next year produced a pamphlet outlining actions for change in local churches. In 1968, the national convention was challenged by "Black American Baptist Churchmen Speak To the American Baptist Convention," demands that challenged how the denomination had "conducted its business relative to black American Baptists."

The black churchmen said the convention had excluded them from decision-making positions, even while working with good intentions on behalf of black American Baptists. The following year, Dr. Thomas Kilgore Jr., pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles, was elected the first black president of the convention. The 1968 convention also voted to create the Study Commission on Denominational Structure (SCODS). Its recommendations changed the denomination in a variety of ways, after being adopted at the 1972 convention.

American Baptist Churches USA

To reflect its new structure, the convention in 1972 changed its name to the American Baptist Churches USA. Rather than relying on decision-making at the annual convention by whichever churches happened to send delegates, the SCODS restructuring resulted in the following:

A General Board was composed of duly elected representatives from geographically designated districts. Three-fourths of those representatives would be elected by the American Baptist regional bodies; one-fourth would be elected as at-large representatives, or in the official terminology, "Nationally Nominated Representatives". These representatives would be "chosen so as to provide the necessary balance among the Representatives in respect of racial/ethnic inclusiveness, geographic area, age, gender, and desirable skills.

Governance

The American Baptists Churches USA has a congregationalist polity emphasizing local church autonomy. Local churches are organized into 33 regions; the ABCUSA General Board makes policy for the denomination's national agencies.

However, board resolutions are not binding on local congregations. Three-fourths of the representatives to the ABCUSA General Board are nominated and elected by the regions. One-fourth of the representatives are nominated by the ABCUSA Nominating Committee and are elected by the regions. The General Secretary of the ABCUSA executes the policies and decisions of the General Board. Rev. Dr. Lee B. Spitzer was called as ABCUSA General Secretary on May 8, 2017.

A substantial portion of the ABCUSA consists of historically and predominantly African American churches that may have joint affiliations with the ABCUSA and historic bodies such as the National Baptist Convention or the Progressive National Baptist Convention. Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is one of the many African American churches jointly affiliated with the ABCUSA and National Baptist Convention. Since 1970, the ABCUSA and Progressive National Baptists have officially partnered.

Regions

The ABCUSA consists of 33 regional associations and conventions:

Region	Headquarters	Area(s) served	Number of churches	Executive minister	Notes
American Baptist Churches of Alaska	Anchorage, Alaska	The state of Alaska	11	Alonzo B. Patterson
American Baptist Churches of Connecticut	West Hartford, Connecticut	The state of Connecticut	120	Rev. Dr. Harry Riggs II
American Baptist Churches of Greater Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	The Indianapolis Metro Area	39	Rev. Joan C. Friesen
American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky	Franklin, Indiana	Most of Indiana (except for Indianapolis), and five churches in Kentucky	290	Rev. Mark A Thompson	Previously known as: General Association of Baptists in the State of Indiana (1833–64) Indiana State Baptist Convention (1864–1896) Indiana Baptist Convention (1896–1987) American Baptist Churches of Indiana (1987–2000) American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky (since 2000) This region's legal name is still the Indiana Baptist Convention.
American Baptist Churches of Los Angeles, Southwest, and Hawaii	Glendale, California	Southern California (including the Los Angeles Metro Area), Hawaii, Arizona, and the Las Vegas Metro Area	151	Andrew Quient
American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts	Groton, Massachusetts	The state of Massachusetts	246	Rev. Dr. Mary Day Miller	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	The Chicago area	57	Rev. David Gregg	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
American Baptist Churches of Metro New York	New York City, New York	The New York Metropolitan Area	191	Rev. Dr. Cheryl F. Dudley	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
American Baptist Churches of Michigan	East Lansing, Michigan	The state of Michigan	137	Rev. Brian Johnson	Formerly known as the Michigan Baptist Convention
American Baptist Churches of Nebraska	Omaha, Nebraska	The state of Nebraska	63	Rev. Dr. Robin D. Stoops
American Baptist Churches of New Jersey	Trenton, New Jersey	The state of New Jersey	277	Rev. Miriam Mendez
American Baptist Churches of New York State	Syracuse, New York	Most of New York, except for the Rochester-Genesee and Metro NYC areas	282	Rev. Dr. James Kelsey
American Baptist Churches of Ohio	Granville, Ohio	Most of Ohio, except for the Cleveland area	250	Rev. Mark E. Click
American Baptist Churches of Pennsylvania and Delaware	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania	Most of Pennsylvania (except for Philadelphia) and all of Delaware	300	Rev. Mark Mahserjian-Smith & Rev. Jeffrey Johnson
American Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico	Carolina, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	113	Rev. Edgardo M. Caraballo	Known in Spanish as "Iglesias Bautistas de Puerto Rico"
American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island	Exeter, Rhode Island	The state of Rhode Island	69	Rev. Dr. Courtny Davis Olds
American Baptist Churches of the Central Pacific Coast	Portland, Oregon	Central and Northern California, western Oregon, and two churches in Washington	72	Steve Bils
American Baptist Churches of the Central Region	Topeka, Kansas	Kansas, 14 churches in Oklahoma, one church in Arkansas	205	Gregg Hemmen	Formerly known as the Kansas Baptist Convention until 1979
American Baptist Churches of the Dakotas	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	North Dakota and South Dakota	50	Rev. Dr. Aaron Kilbourn
American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region	Springfield, Illinois	Most of Illinois (except for the Chicago area), and all of Missouri	205	Patty King Bilyeu
American Baptist Churches of the Rochester/Genesee Region	Rochester, New York	Mainly the Rochester/Genesee area, but other churches from 11 states affiliate with this region (see notes)	51	Rev. Dr. Sandra L. DeMott Hasenauer	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life. Churches from other states that either left or were removed from their region over the LGBTQ+ issue affiliate with this region.
American Baptist Churches of the Rocky Mountains	Centennial, Colorado	Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming		Rev. Dr. Steve Van Ostran
American Baptist Churches of the South	Woodlawn, Maryland	Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia	234	Rev. Dr. James Mitchell Harrison
American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire	West Lebanon, New Hampshire	Vermont and New Hampshire	147	Rev. Dale R. Edwards
American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin	Elm Grove, Wisconsin	The state of Wisconsin	61	Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
Cleveland Baptist Association	Cleveland, Ohio	The Cleveland metropolitan area	39	Rev. Dr. Yvonne B. Carter
District of Columbia Baptist Convention	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.	139	Rev. Trisha Miller Manarin	This body has 151 churches total, but only 139 are affiliated with the ABCUSA. This body was dually aligned with the ABCUSA and the Southern Baptist Convention until May 2018.
Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches	Kent, Washington	Washington and portions of Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah	55	Douglas Avilesbernal	One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
Growing Healthy Churches	Clovis, California	Mainly central California, but churches from several states affiliate with this region.	167	Dr. Timothy H. Brown
Mid-American Baptist Churches	Urbandale, Iowa	Iowa and Minnesota	123	Rev. Jacquline Saxon
Mission Northwest	Post Falls, Idaho	Primarily Idaho, Washington, Montana, and Utah, with one church each in Nevada, California, Arizona, and Alaska	156	Dr. Charles E. Revis
Philadelphia Baptist Association	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia metropolitan area	121	Rev. Dr. James E. McJunkin Jr.	Oldest continuous association of Baptist churches, established in 1707. One of seven ABCUSA regions known to support full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons into Baptist life
West Virginia Baptist Convention	Parkersburg, West Virginia	The state of West Virginia	345	Dr. Michael Sisson

Statistics

In 1925, there were just over 1.4 million members. Membership peaked in the early 1980s at around 1.6 million. Since the beginning of the 21st century, membership began to decline and stagnate again, with the ABCUSA reporting 1,145,647 members in 5,057 churches at the end of 2017. According to a census published by the denomination in 2024, it claimed 4,802 churches and 1,107,206 members.

The majority of its congregations are concentrated in the Midwest and Northeast United States.

According to a study by the Pew Research Center in 2014, 21% of its members were aged 18–29; 28% 30–49; 32% aged 50–64 and 19% aged 65 and older. While 51% of its membership were Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation, and the Greatest Generation, the remainder were Generation X, older millennials, and younger millennials, making it slightly younger than the National Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist Convention. Approximately 40% of its membership were men and 60% were women, and the ABCUSA's churches were 73% non-Hispanic white, 10% Black or African American, 1% Asian, 11% Hispanic or Latino American, and 5% multiracial or other.

Theologically, the Pew Research Center's 2014 study determined 83% of the ABCUSA believes in God with absolute certainty, and 15% believed fairly certainly; 73% believed religion was very important and 24% considered it somewhat important. About 42% of members attended churches at least once a week, while 41% attended once or twice a month; 16% seldom or never attend church. An estimated 69% prayed daily, and 19% prayed weekly. Among its membership, 48% read Scripture at least once a week, and 15% once or twice a month; 53% believe the Bible should be taken literally, while 27% believe it is still the Word of God, yet shouldn't be taken completely literally.

Beliefs

Several congregations of the American Baptist Churches USA affirm the historic New Hampshire Confession of Faith. American Baptists believe that the Bible is the inspired word of God and the final authority in matters of faith. The ABCUSA affirms the Trinity, that the one God exists as three persons in complete unity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. They confess Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through whom those who believe can have fellowship with God. He died, taking on the sins of the world, and was resurrected, triumphing over sin and death.

ABCUSA churches recognize two ordinances: believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism is by immersion, and those being baptized must be of an age to understand its significance. Believing in the priesthood of all believers, the ABCUSA avoids using creeds, affirming the freedom of individual Christians and local churches to interpret scripture as the Holy Spirit leads them. The ABCUSA affirms the ordination of women.

LGBTQ and same-sex marriages

Homosexual issues have been a point of contention in the ABCUSA since the 1987 Biennial Meeting. In 1992, the ABCUSA General Board adopted a resolution that stated, "We affirm that the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching."

Since 1995, regional conventions of the church have carried out excommunications of various churches which have become members of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists founded in 1993, an association favorable to the inclusion of homosexuals, a belief contrary to a resolution adopted by the denomination.

So far, at least seven regions in the ABCUSA (Evergreen, Wisconsin, Rochester-Genesee, Metro Chicago, Metropolitan New York, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia) support full inclusion of homosexuals into Baptist life. Many ABCUSA churches have also partnered with the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, which formed at the 1993 Biennial Meeting.

However, several other ABCUSA regions and churches have opposed affirmation of homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender identity. In 2004, the ABC Central Region reaffirmed the 1992 resolution. At its 2005 annual meeting, the West Virginia Baptist Convention, which had a history of proposing resolutions opposing liberal views on homosexual inclusion, narrowly rejected a proposal to withdraw from the ABCUSA over its refusal to discipline those regions that have supported homosexual-friendly policies. The Indiana-Kentucky region has also proposed a change in the denomination's bylaws that would prohibit the transfer of churches into another region if removed from the region because of the issue of homosexuality.

In 2006, American Baptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest split from the convention due to the convention's laxity with churches on enforcing a 1992 resolution that opposes the inclusion of homosexual people and have been renamed Transformation Ministries. The convention responded that it wanted to respect the autonomy of local churches and that it did not want to carry out excommunications.

Each local congregation is autonomous and permitted to perform same-sex marriages if they opt to do so. For example, Calvary Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.), affiliated with the ABCUSA, performs same-sex marriages. In 2013, an ABCUSA congregation in Washington, DC, ordained the denomination's first openly transgender pastor.

The ABCUSA has consistently allowed each congregation to determine whether or not to perform same-sex marriages, or ordain LGBT clergy. The ABCUSA General Board voted in 2005 to amend the declaration We are American Baptists to define marriage as "between one man and one woman" and maintain that "the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Biblical teaching." However, the denomination has never officially adopted the board's statement, and has also stated "We respect and will continue to respect congregational freedom on this issue".

Schools

The ABCUSA has 16 affiliated universities and colleges affiliated with it, and a number of home and foreign missionary societies such as the American Baptist Home Mission Society and International Ministries. Among its universities and colleges, some are also dually-affiliated with the National Baptists—a predominantly African American or Black Baptist denomination founded by freedmen and slaves. Additionally, there are 10 seminaries affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA:

Andover Newton Theological School, Newton, Massachusetts, part of Yale Divinity from 2018
Berkeley School of Theology (formerly called the American Baptist Seminary of the West), Berkeley, California
Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Shawnee, Kansas
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester, New York
Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Morehouse School of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia
Northern Seminary, Lisle, Illinois
Palmer Theological Seminary, St. David's, Pennsylvania
Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, North Carolina
Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia

Notable members

Includes Northern Baptists (1907–1950) and American Baptists (1950–present)

Wayland Hoyt (1838–1910), minister and author
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), oil magnate and philanthropist
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918), theologian and pastor, key figure of the Social Gospel and single tax movements
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948), 36th Governor of New York, 11th Chief Justice of the United States, and first president of the Northern Baptist Convention
Rev. Lena B. Mathes (1861–1951), educator, social reformer, ordained minister
John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874–1960), financier and philanthropist
Tony Campolo (1935-2024) American sociologist, pastor, author
Kamala Harris (b. 1964), Vice President of the United States

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West and South Asia

Bangladesh	Bangladesh Baptist Church Fellowship Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha
India	Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (Arunachal Baptist Church Council Assam Baptist Convention Garo Baptist Convention Karbi-Anglong Baptist Convention Manipur Baptist Convention Nagaland Baptist Church Council) Baptist Church of Mizoram Baptist Union of North India Bengal Baptist Union Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Churches Association (BOBBCA) Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars Evangelical Baptist Convention of India India Association of General Baptists India Baptist Convention Karnataka Baptist Convention Lairam Jesus Christ Baptist Church (LIKBK) Maharashtra Baptist Society North Bank Baptist Christian Association Tripura Baptist Christian Union
Nepal	Nepal Baptist Church Council
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya

South East Asia

Indonesia	Convention of Indonesian Baptist Churches The Fellowship of Baptist Churches of Papua Union of Indonesian Baptist Churches
Malaysia	Malaysia Baptist Convention
Myanmar	Myanmar Baptist Convention (Chin Baptist Convention, Kachin Baptist Convention, Karen Baptist Convention)
Philippines	Baptist Conference of the Philippines Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches General Baptist Churches of the Philippines, Inc. Luzon Convention of Southern Baptist Churches, Inc.
Singapore	Singapore Baptist Convention
Thailand	12th District of Church of Christ in Thailand Thailand Baptist Convention Thailand Karen Baptist Convention Thailand Lahu Baptist Convention
Vietnam	Baptist Convention of Vietnam

Pacific

Australia	Australian Baptist Ministries
Fiji	Fiji Baptist Convention
New Zealand	Baptist Union of New Zealand
Papua New Guinea	Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea

European Baptist Federation

Eastern Europe

Armenia	Union of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches of Armenia
Azerbaijan	Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Azerbaijan
Belarus	Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists of Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Baptist Church in Bosnia/Herzegovina
Bulgaria	Baptist Union of Bulgaria
Croatia	Baptist Union of Croatia
Czech Republic	Baptist Union in the Czech Republic
Estonia	Union of Free Evangelical & Baptist Churches of Estonia
Georgia	Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia
Hungary	Baptist Union of Hungary
Latvia	Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia
Lithuania	Baptist Union of Lithuania
Moldova	Union of Christian Evangelical Baptist Churches of Moldova
Poland	Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland
Romania	Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Romania Convention of the Hungarian Baptist Churches of Romania
Russia	Euro-Asiatic Federation of Unions of Evangelical Christians-Baptists Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
Serbia	Union of Baptist Churches in Serbia Union of Christian Baptist Churches in Serbia
Slovakia	Baptist Union of Slovakia
Slovenia	Union of Baptist Churches in Slovenia
Ukraine	All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
Uzbekistan	Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Uzbekistan

Central Western Europe

Austria	Baptist Union of Austria
Belgium	Union of Baptists in Belgium
France	Federation of Evangelical Baptist Churches of France
Germany	Union of Evangelical Free Church Congregations in Germany
Italy	Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy
Netherlands	Union of Baptist Churches in the Netherlands
Portugal	Portuguese Baptist Convention
Spain	Baptist Evangelical Union of Spain
Switzerland	Union of Baptist Churches in Switzerland
United Kingdom	Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Scotland Baptist Union of Wales

Nordic countries

Denmark	Baptist Union of Denmark
Finland	Swedish Baptist Union of Finland Finnish Baptist Church
Norway	Baptist Union of Norway
Sweden	Evangelical Free Church in Sweden

Middle East

Israel	Association of Baptist Churches in Israel
Jordan	Jordan Baptist Convention
Lebanon	Lebanese Baptist Evangelical Convention
Palestine	Council of Local Evangelical Churches in the Holy Land

Latin American Baptist Union

Central America

Costa Rica	Federation of Baptist Associations of Costa Rica
El Salvador	Baptist Association of El Salvador Baptist Federation of El Salvador
Guatemala	Convention of Baptist Churches in Guatemala
Honduras	National Convention of Baptist Churches in Honduras
Mexico	National Baptist Convention of Mexico
Nicaragua	Baptist Convention of Nicaragua
Panama	Baptist Convention of Panama

South America

Argentina	Argentine Baptist Association Evangelical Baptist Convention of Argentina
Bolivia	Baptist Convention of Bolivia Baptist Union of Bolivia
Brazil	Brazilian Baptist Convention Convention of Independent Baptists
Chile	National Baptist Convention of Chile Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Chile
Colombia	Colombian Baptist Denomination
Ecuador	Baptist Convention of Ecuador
Guyana	Baptist Convention of Guyana
Paraguay	Baptist Evangelical Convention of Paraguay
Peru	Baptist Evangelical Convention of Peru
Uruguay	Baptist Evangelical Convention of Uruguay
Venezuela	National Baptist Convention of Venezuela

Caribbean Baptist Fellowship

Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua Baptist Association
Bahamas	Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention
Barbados	Barbados Baptist Convention
Belize	Baptist Association of Belize
Bermuda	Bermuda Baptist Fellowship
Cuba	Baptist Convention of Eastern Cuba Baptist Convention of Western Cuba Fellowship of Baptist Churches in Cuba Free Will Baptist Convention of Cuba
Dominican Republic	Dominican Baptist Convention
Haiti	Baptist Convention of Haiti Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti
Jamaica	Jamaica Baptist Union
Trinidad & Tobago	Baptist Union of Trinidad and Tobago

North American Baptist Fellowship

Canada

United States

International network

International Baptist Convention

National Council of Churches (NCC)

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Member
churches

Protestant

Baptist	Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Churches USA National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Progressive National Baptist Convention
Lutheran	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Moravian	Moravian Church in North America (Northern and Southern Provinces) Religious Society of Friends (Friends United Meeting and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting)
Methodist	African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church United Methodist Church
Reformed	Hungarian Reformed Church in America Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad Mar Thoma Church Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Reformed Church in America United Church of Christ
Other	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Church of the Brethren Episcopal Church

Orthodox

Eastern	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes in the USA Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Oriental	Armenian Church of America (Eastern and Western Dioceses) Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of North America Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (American Diocese) Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch (Archdiocese of the Eastern United States)

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World Council of Churches (WCC)

Ecumenism

African-initiated
Africa	Africa Brotherhood Church African Christian Church & Schools African Church of the Holy Spirit African Israel Church Nineveh Church of Christ - Harris Mission (Harrist Church) Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit Council of African Instituted Churches of Southern Africa The African Church Church of the Lord (Aladura) The First African Church Mission

Anglicanism
Africa	Anglican Church of Burundi Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican Church of Rwanda Anglican Church of Southern Africa Anglican Church of Tanzania Church of Christ in Congo - Anglican Community of Congo Church of Nigeria Church of the Province of Central Africa Church of the Province of West Africa Church of Uganda Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
Asia	Anglican Church in Japan Anglican Church of Korea Church of Ceylon Church of the Province of Myanmar Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Episcopal Church in the Philippines
Europe	Church in Wales Church of England Church of Ireland Lusitanian Church of Portugal Scottish Episcopal Church Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
North America	Anglican Church of Canada Episcopal Church
Latin America	Anglican Church of South America Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
Oceania	Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Church of Melanesia

Assyrian Church
Global	Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East

Baptists
Africa	Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda Baptist Community of Congo Community of Baptist Churches in Central Africa Baptist Evangelical Church in Angola Episcopal Baptist Community in Africa Native Baptist Church of Cameroon Nigerian Baptist Convention Union of Baptist Churches of Cameroon
Asia	Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha Bengal Orissa Bihar Baptist Convention Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India Myanmar Baptist Convention Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
Europe	Baptist Union of Denmark Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptist Union of Hungary Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy
North America	American Baptist Churches USA National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Progressive National Baptist Convention
Latin America	Jamaica Baptist Union Baptist Convention of Haiti Baptist Association of El Salvador Baptist Convention of Nicaragua
Oceania	Baptist Union of New Zealand

Disciples of Christ & Christian Churches
Africa	Church of Christ in Congo - Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo
Asia	United Reformed Church
North America	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Canada Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States
Latin America	Evangelical Church of the Disciples of Christ in Argentina
Oceania	Christian Churches New Zealand Churches of Christ in Australia

Eastern Orthodoxy
Africa	Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa
Eastern Asia	Orthodox Church in Japan
Europe & Western Asia	Ecumenical Patriarchate Church of Cyprus Church of Greece Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Orthodox Church of Finland Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church Romanian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Serbian Orthodox Church
North America	Orthodox Church in America

Evangelical
Africa	African Inland Church of South Sudan and Sudan
Asia	Lao Evangelical Church

Lutheranism
Africa	Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church Lutheran Church in Liberia Malagasy Lutheran Church
Asia	Batak Christian Community Church Christian Protestant Angkola Church Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea The Indonesian Christian Church Protestant Christian Church of Nias Protestant Christian Batak Church Protestant Church in Sabah Simalungun Protestant Christian Church United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India
Europe	Church of Norway Church of Sweden Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia Evangelical Lutheran Church of Romania Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad Protestant Church in Germany Bavaria Brunswick Central Germany Hanover Northern Germany Oldenburg Saxony Schaumburg-Lippe Württemberg Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia
North America	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Latin America	Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile Salvadorean Lutheran Synod United Evangelical Lutheran Church

Mar Thoma Church
Global	Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar

Methodism
Africa	Methodist Church Ghana Methodist Church in Kenya Methodist Church in Zimbabwe Methodist Church Nigeria United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast
Asia	Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands Korean Methodist Church Methodist Church in India Methodist Church in Indonesia Methodist Church in Malaysia Methodist Church in Singapore Methodist Church in Sri Lanka Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar Protestant Methodist Church in Benin
Europe	Methodist Evangelical Church in Italy Methodist Church Methodist Church in Ireland
North America	African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church United Methodist Church
Latin America	Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia Methodist Church in Brazil Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas Methodist Church in Chile Methodist Church in Mexico
Oceania	Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma

Moravian and Historic Peace Churches
Africa	Church of the Brethren in Nigeria Moravian Church in South Africa Moravian Church in Tanzania
Asia	Philippine Independent Church
Europe	Mennonite Church in the Netherlands Moravian Church in Western Europe
North America	Canadian Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Church of the Brethren Moravian Church in America Polish National Catholic Church Religious Society of Friends: Friends General Conference Religious Society of Friends: Friends United Meeting
Latin America	Moravian Church, Eastern West Indies Province Moravian Church in Jamaica Moravian Church in Nicaragua Moravian Church in Suriname

Old-Catholic
Europe	Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany Old Catholic Church of Austria Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Mariavite Church in Poland Polish Catholic Church in Poland

Pentecostal
Africa	Evangelical Pentecostal Mission of Angola Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
North America	International Evangelical Church
Latin America	Association The Church of God Christian Biblical Church Free Pentecostal Missions Church of Chile Pentecostal Church of Chile Pentecostal Mission Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
Africa	Coptic Orthodox Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Eastern Asia	Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Europe & Western Asia	Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia) Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin)

Reformed
Africa	African Protestant Church Association of Reformed Evangelical Church of Burkina Faso Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Blantyre Synod Evangelical Community in Congo Presbyterian Community in Congo Presbyterian Community in Kinshasa Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar Evangelical Church of Cameroon Evangelical Church of Congo Evangelical Church of Gabon Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola Lesotho Evangelical Church Presbyterian Church in Cameroon Presbyterian Church in Rwanda Presbyterian Church of Africa Presbyterian Church of Cameroon Presbyterian Church of East Africa Presbyterian Church of Ghana Presbyterian Church in Liberia Presbyterian Church of Mozambique Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Presbyterian Church of South Sudan Protestant Church of Algeria Reformed Church in Zambia Reformed Church in Zimbabwe Reformed Church of Christ for Nations Reformed Presbyterian Church of Equatorial Guinea
Asia	Central Sulawesi Christian Church Christian Church of Sumba Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa Christian Evangelical Church in Sangihe-Talaud Church of Christ in Thailand Church of North India Church of Pakistan Church of South India East Java Christian Church Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Iran Evangelical Church in Kalimantan Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China Indonesian Christian Church Synod Javanese Christian Churches Karo Batak Protestant Church Korean Christian Church in Japan Mara Evangelical Church National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon Pasundan Christian Church Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea Presbyterian Church of Korea Presbyterian Church of Pakistan Protestant Christian Church in Bali Protestant Church in Indonesia Protestant Church in Southeast Sulawesi Protestant Church in the Moluccas Protestant Church in Western Indonesia Protestant Church in East Timor Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor Toraja Church
Europe	Church of Scotland Czechoslovak Hussite Church Dutch Reformed Church Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren Evangelical Church of the Augsburg and Helvetic Confessions in Austria Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Portugal Greek Evangelical Church Presbyterian Church of Wales Protestant Church in Germany Church of Lippe Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany Protestant Church in the Netherlands Protestant Church of Switzerland Reformed Christian Church in Serbia Reformed Christian Church in Slovakia Reformed Church in Hungary Reformed Church in Romania Remonstrant Brotherhood Spanish Evangelical Church
North America	Hungarian Reformed Church in America Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian Church (USA) Reformed Church in America
Latin America	Evangelical Church of the River Plate Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil Presbyterian Church of Colombia Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba
Oceania	Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa Congregational Christian Church in Samoa Congregational Christian Church of Niue Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu Evangelical Church in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands Kiribati Uniting Church Maohi Protestant Church Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu

United christianity
Africa	United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe United Church of Zambia United Congregational Church of Southern Africa Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Asia	China Christian Council Church of Bangladesh Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East United Church of Christ in Japan United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Europe	Protestant Church in Germany Bremen Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Oberlausitz Rhineland Anhalt Kurhessen-Waldeck Palatinate Westphalia Baden Hesse and Nassau Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine Union of Welsh Independents United Free Church of Scotland United Protestant Church in Belgium United Protestant Church of France Uniting Church in Sweden Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
North America	International Council of Community Churches United Church of Canada United Church of Christ
Latin America	United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands United Presbyterian Church of Brazil United Protestant Church of Curaçao
Oceania	United Church in Papua New Guinea United Church in the Solomon Islands United Church of Christ - Congregational in the Marshall Islands Uniting Church in Australia

Africa: AACC; OAIC
Asia: CCA; NCCA; NCCP; MECC; PCC
Europe: CEC; CCCAAE
Latin America: CCC; LACC
North America: CCE; NCC

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