Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention
The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention (MWBC) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention located in the U.S. state, U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota, the convention is made up of 6 Baptist associations and around 150 churches as of 2010. Affiliated organizations *Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Foundation *''Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist'' - the state newspaper References External linksMinnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention
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Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The word ''Southern'' in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its having been organized in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, by white supremacist Baptists in the Southern United States who were supportive of enslaving Americans of African descent and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA). During the 19th and most of the 20th century, the organization played a central role in the culture and ethics of the South, supporting racial segregation and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy; it denounced interracial marriage as an "abomination", citing the Bible. In 1995, the organization apologized for its initial history. Since the 1940s, the SBC has spread across the states, having member churches across the co ...
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