Missionary Baptists

Cornel Westpreaching at a Missionary Baptist church in New Jersey

Missionary Baptistsare a group ofBaptiststhat grew out of themissionary/ anti-missionary controversy that divided Baptists in theUnited Statesin the early part of the 19th century, with Missionary Baptists following the pro-missions movement position.^[1]Those who opposed the innovations became known as anti-missions orPrimitive Baptists.^[2]Since arising in the 19th century, the influence of Primitive Baptists waned as "Missionary Baptists became the mainstream".^[1]Missionary Baptists do not constitute a distinct denomination, and many affiliate with theSouthern Baptist Convention.^{[citation needed]}

Missionary Baptistis also a term used by adherents of manyAfrican AmericanandLandmark^[3]Baptist churches belonging to theAmerican Baptist Association,theBaptist Missionary Association of Americaand theInterstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association.^[4]

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^^a ^bGarrett, James Leo Jr.(2009).Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study.Mercer University Press.p. 212.ISBN 978-0-88146-129-9.Retrieved2011-01-08.
^Byron Cecil Lambert,The rise of the anti-mission Baptists: sources and leaders, 1800–1840(Arno Press, 1980)
^Parsons, George."Landmark Baptists".Middletownbiblechurch.Middle Town Bible Church.
^Wardin, Albert (1995).Baptists Around the World.Broadman and Holman.ISBN 0805410767.

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