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Do not fill this in! {{short description|American autonomous association of Baptist churches}} {{Use American English|date = August 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date = August 2019}} {{Infobox organization |name = Alabama Baptist Convention |image = Alabama Baptist Convention logo.gif |image_border = |size = 75px |alt = |caption = |map = |msize = |malt = |mcaption = |abbreviation = ABSC |motto = |formation = 1823 |extinction = |type = Religious organization |status = |purpose = |headquarters = |location = [[Alabama]], United States |region_served = |membership = |language = |leader_title = |leader_name = |main_organ = |parent_organization = |affiliations = |num_staff = |num_volunteers = |budget = |website = http://www.alsbom.org/ |remarks = }} {{Southern Baptists}} The '''Alabama Baptist Convention''' ('''ABC''' or '''ABSC''') is an autonomous association of [[Baptist]] churches in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]] formed in 1823. It is one of the [[List of state and other conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention|state conventions associated with the Southern/Great Commission Baptists]]. The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions promotes evangelism and discipleship in Alabama, develops church leadership, assists in the foundation of new churches and funds state-level, national and global missions including a newspaper, Christian schools, children's aid programs, retirement centers and so on.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The ABSC is supported by the Cooperative Program, where affiliated Baptist churches in Alabama donate a part of their revenues to the ABSC.<ref name=":2" /> It was one of the original nine state conventions to send delegates to the first [[Southern Baptist Convention]], organized in 1845.<ref name="Cathcart1881" /><ref name="BrandHankins2006" /> ==History== ===Early years=== The Alabama State Convention was formed in 1823 at the Salem Church just outside [[Greensboro, Alabama]],<ref name=Cathcart1881 /><ref name=Flynt1998 /> primarily through the instigation of [[James A. Ranaldson]], a Baptist from Louisiana. For the first few years, its members were primarily delegations from Baptist [[missionary]] societies, reflecting the [[frontier]] nature of the Alabama territory at the time. Later the delegates came from individual Baptist churches and regional associations as well. Prominent members of the convention in the early years included [[Hosea Holcombe]], [[Alexander Travis]], [[James McLemore]], [[Dempsey Winborne]], [[Sion Blythe]], [[Charles Crow (pastor)|Charles Crow]], [[A. G. McCrow]], and [[Joseph Ryan (pastor)|Joseph Ryan]].<ref name=Cathcart1881 /> [[File:Samford University Beeson Divinity School.JPG|thumb|225px|right|Beeson Divinity School at [[Samford University]], formerly known as Howard College]] The convention made financial contributions to the [[Baptist General Convention of the United States]], as well as providing financial support for [[Adoniram Judson]]'s translation of the [[Bible]] into [[Burmese language|Burmese]], to support the Baptist [[mission (station)|mission]] in Burma. At the ABSC's tenth annual session, in 1833, which was held at Grant's Creek Church in [[Tuscaloosa County, Alabama|Tuscaloosa County]], the convention resolved to found an educational institution, to be called the Manual Labor Seminary. But, this project foundered after five years.<ref name=Cathcart1881 /> In Alabama, local Baptists founded [[Judson College (Alabama)|Judson College]] for women in 1838; and [[Samford University|Howard College]] for men in 1841. Wealthy members donated funds to create a statewide newspaper, the ''Alabama Baptist'', in 1843. The Board of Domestic Missions (later called the Home Mission Board) was established in 1845; all were signs of the denomination's growth and maturing in the state.<ref name=Flynt2008 /> ===Slavery issue=== In the years of increasing sectional tensions about the Baptist Church's position on [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] and [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolition]] prior to the [[American Civil War]], some Northern members opposed the appointment as missionaries of Southern Baptists who were slaveholders. Objecting to this infringement on their culture, in 1844, the ABSC passed the "Alabama Resolutions". Included was the following: <blockquote>2. Resolved, That our duty at this crisis requires us to demand from the proper authorities in all those bodies to whose funds we have contributed, or with whom we have in any way been connected, the distinct, explicit, avowal that slaveholders are eligible, and entitled, equally with non-slaveholders, to all the privileges and immunities of their several unions; and especially to receive any agency, mission, or other appointment, which may run within the scope of their operation or duties.<ref name=Baker1906 /></blockquote> Rev. [[Basil Manly, Sr.]], then president of the [[University of Alabama]] (1838β1855), drafted the resolutions. A strong supporter of the institution of slavery, Manly owned a [[plantations in the American South|plantation]] and 40 slaves. He argued for the humanity of slaves, but thought the institution was part of the proper scheme of man's social structures, and that the Baptist religion could help support proper treatment of slaves.<ref name=Fuller2007 /> In 1844 the ABSC sent its resolutions to the Board of the [[Triennial Convention]].<ref name=Newman2007 /><ref name=Geiger2006 /> Following the [[American Baptist Home Mission Society|Home Mission Society]]'s rejection of [[James E. Reeve]] for appointment as a missionary because he was a slaveholder, Alabama and other southern state Baptist conventions withdrew their funding from the national convention and formed the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] in 1845. It was another sign of the severe sectional tensions that developed in the nation before the outbreak of war. ===Post-Civil War=== In 1871, the ABSC established a Sabbath-school Board. In 1875 this became the State Mission Board, originally located in [[Talladega, Alabama|Talladega]]. In 1880, it relocated to [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]] in 1880.<ref name=Cathcart1881 /> In the postwar years, women became increasingly active, in 1879 creating the women's central missions' committee, the predecessor of the [[Women's Missionary Union]] (WMU).<ref name=Flynt2008 /> In 1886, [[E. B. Teague]] introduced a resolution at the state convention to move Howard College to [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Howard College|url=https://archive.org/details/sixtyninthannual1911howa|title=Sixty-Ninth Annual Catalogue and Register of Howard College 1910 - 1911|date=1911|publisher=Howard College|others=Samford University Library}}</ref> In 1887, the Convention relocated Howard College from [[Marion, Alabama|Marion]] to Birmingham,<ref name=Flynt1998 /><ref name=Hankins2002 /> which was industrializing and growing rapidly. While historically women constituted the majority of members of the Baptist Church and played many active roles in providing charity and supporting education, they were not ordained as ministers or allowed to hold offices in the church, associations and conventions. Gradually they took on more formal leadership roles. The ASBC did admit women delegates in 1913, years before they received the right to vote through the national amendment to the constitution.<ref name=Flynt1998 /><ref name=Hill1983 /> In 1972 the convention elected its first woman vice-president, [[Miriam Jackson]], then dean of women at [[Jacksonville State University]] and recording secretary for the Alabama Baptist Executive Board.<ref name=Flynt1998 /><ref name=TuscaloosaNews1 /> The church accepted and supported separate churches for African Americans. The St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church in Mobile was established in 1853, and the first three pastors were white, but in 1865 the title was transferred to the first African-American pastor, Rev. Charles Leavens. In 1874, the ABC passed a resolution at this church to establish an educational institute for blacks called [[Selma University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flotte2.com/Alabama/Docs/AAHT.pdf |title=African-American Heritage Trail Downtown Historic Locations |work=Flotte |accessdate=2010-08-25 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ===Civil rights movement=== The [[civil rights movement]] of the 1950s and 1960s forced changes in the position of the organization on segregation. In 1956 the Christian Life Commission of the ABC described the first black student of the [[University of Alabama]] as a "seeming tool of the [[NAACP]]" and said it could not view the policy of forced integration as "the will of God for our state in 1956". The ABC commission called for "more independent" black ministers to help defuse racial tensions, but had difficulty finding ministers who were not associated with the NAACP, at least in sympathy.<ref>{{cite book |page=102 |title=Southern civil religions in conflict: civil rights and the culture wars |author=Andrew Michael Manis |publisher=Mercer University Press |year=2002 |isbn=0-86554-785-8}}</ref> In 1995, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to adopt a resolution renouncing its [[racist]] roots and apologizing for its past defense of slavery.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/amResolution.asp?ID=899 |title=SBC Resolution: RESOLUTION ON RACIAL RECONCILIATION ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION |access-date=April 18, 2011 |archive-date=April 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428203113/http://www.sbc.net/resolutions/amResolution.asp?ID=899 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>''This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith.'' Ed. Robert J. Priest and Alvaro L. Nieves. Oxford University Press, 2007, pp. 275 and 339</ref> ABC churches and denominational leadership were supportive of this apology. In 1999 Dr. Thomas E. Corts, president of [[Samford University]] said "The Alabama Baptist Convention ... are on record as saying that we need to grant opportunities to all races, and we don't want to compromise that opportunity. We're all God's children."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/05/14/baptist |date=May 14, 1999 |title=All God's children |author=JON BOWEN }}</ref> ==Affiliations== The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions promotes evangelism and discipleship in Alabama, develops church leadership, assists in the foundation of new churches and funds state-level, national and global missions including a newspaper, Christian schools, children's aid programs, retirement centers and so on.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url = http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=388982 |title = Ministries |publisher = Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions |accessdate = 2010-08-26 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100906141537/http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=388982 |archivedate = 2010-09-06 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |url = http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=610160 |title = State Convention Entity Ministries |publisher = Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions |accessdate = 2010-08-26 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100906141748/http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=610160 |archivedate = 2010-09-06 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The ABSC is supported by the Cooperative Program, where affiliated Baptist churches in Alabama donate a part of their revenues to the ABSC.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url = http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=608181 |title = Who We Are |publisher = Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions |accessdate = 2010-08-26 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100906141738/http://www.alsbom.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=36469&PID=608181 |archivedate = 2010-09-06 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The ABSC partners with the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern/Great Commission Baptists]] and provides funding and other forms of support to the national organization. There have been questions about the relationship. In summer of 2007 Russ Bush, academic dean of the [[Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Wake Forest, North Carolina]] proposed that churches should write separate checks to the ABSC and the SBC rather than have the ABSC decide how funds were to be allocated.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://thealabamabaptist.org/print-edition-article-detail.php?id_art=12429&pricat_art=10 |title = Dissident Voices Cannot Change the Facts |author = Bob Terry |date = August 27, 2009 |newspaper = The Alabama Baptist |accessdate = 2010-08-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091118123401/http://thealabamabaptist.org/print-edition-article-detail.php?id_art=12429&pricat_art=10 |archive-date = 2009-11-18 |url-status = dead }}</ref> As of 2000 there were 3,148 congregations in Alabama associated with the national convention, with 1,380,121 adherents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/01_2000.asp |title=State Membership Report: Alabama |publisher=The Association of Religion Data Archives |accessdate=2010-08-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100829192301/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/01_2000.asp| archivedate= 29 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> ABSC President [[Jimmy Jackson (pastor)|Jimmy Jackson]] was a candidate to become President of the SBC in June 2010. If elected, he would have been the second Alabama Baptist pastor to serve as SBC president. Jonathan Haralson was the first to fill that role, serving as SBC President from 1889 to 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gofbw.com/news.asp?ID=11627 |title=Jackson joins SBC president ballot |date=Apr 23, 2010 |work=Florida Baptist Witness |accessdate=2010-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307100041/http://www.gofbw.com/news.asp?ID=11627 |archivedate=2012-03-07 }}</ref> In the event, [[Bryant Wright]] of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in [[Marietta, Georgia]] was elected.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/5244/53/ |title=Suburban Atlanta pastor Bryant Wright elected SBC president |author=Jennifer Davis Rash |date=June 16, 2010 |work=Associated Baptist Press |accessdate=2010-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619081334/http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/5244/53 |archivedate=2010-06-19 }}</ref> ==Related organizations== ===''The Alabama Baptist'' newspaper=== ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' is a weekly newspaper that was first published on 4 February 1843, initially an independent newspaper but supported by Baptist leaders in the state. It was purchased by the Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1919, and now has a circulation of 100,000. The newspaper is based in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://thealabamabaptist.org/more-about-the-alabama-baptist.php?id_about=2 |title=About Us |newspaper=The Alabama Baptist |accessdate=2010-08-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100809201801/http://www.thealabamabaptist.org/more-about-the-alabama-baptist.php?id_about=2| archivedate= 9 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> ===Education=== [[File:Samford University2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Bird's-eye view of the Samford University campus]] The Judson Female Institute was established by members of Siloam Baptist Church of [[Marion, Alabama|Marion]], opening on 7 January 1839. It was renamed [[Judson College (Alabama)|Judson College]] in 1903. The purpose was to provide a Christian education to female students. Judson College remained affiliated with the ABSC throughout its history until it closed. It permanently ceased its academic operations on July 31, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.judson.edu/content.asp?id=84415 |title = A Brief History of Judson College |publisher = Judson College |accessdate = 2010-08-25 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100906015259/http://www.judson.edu/content.asp?id=84415 |archivedate = 2010-09-06 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-05 |title=Judson College board of trustees vote to close 183-year-old institution {{!}} Judson College - Light and Truth |url=https://www.judson.edu/2021/08/judson-college-board-of-trustees-vote-to-close-183-year-old-institution/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Judson College |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrison |first=Greg |date=2021-05-22 |title='Nothing will ever be like Judson': women's college closing stuns those affected |url=https://www.al.com/life/2021/05/closing-of-judson-fifth-oldest-womens-college-stuns-students-parents-faculty.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=al |language=en}}</ref> [[Samford University]] was founded by the Alabama Baptists in 1841 as Howard College in Marion and moved to Birmingham in 1887. The college gained university status and changed its name in 1965. The college became a ministry of the convention and its trustees were elected by the convention for most of the university's history. Samford's formal connection to the ABSC ended in 2017, but the two bodies still work with each other in various ways.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bains |first=David R. |date=2021-10-30 |title=Samford, a "Southern Baptist Institution"? |url=https://chasingchurches.com/2021/10/30/samford-as-a-baptist-institution/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Chasing Churches |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-28 |title=Ala. Baptists spotlight CP, Samford relationship {{!}} Baptist Press |url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/ala-baptists-spotlight-cp-samford-relationship/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=www.baptistpress.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref> It is now Alabama's largest private university with an endowment of more than $327 million and an enrollment of 5,791 students as of Fall 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samford.edu/history.aspx |title=SAMFORD UNIVERSITY |publisher=Samford University |accessdate=2010-08-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100825173015/http://www.samford.edu/history.aspx| archivedate= 25 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Samford University |date=2023-12-10 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samford_University&oldid=1189282112 |work=Wikipedia |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=en}}</ref> The Alabama Baptist State Convention agreed in 1959 to build and operate a college in Mobile if the community provided sufficient funds, which was achieved. Mobile College was chartered in 1961 and became the [[University of Mobile]] in 1993. The university remains affiliated with the ABsC.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.umobile.edu/About/History.aspx |title = History of UMobile |publisher = University of Mobile |accessdate = 2010-08-25 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100717011323/http://www.umobile.edu/About/History.aspx |archivedate = 2010-07-17 |url-status = dead }}</ref> ===Baptist Foundation of Alabama=== Formed in 1940 as the ABC's trust agency, today the Baptist Foundation of Alabama manages over $230 million in assets for individuals, churches, and Baptist entities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbfa.org/about.html |title=About Us |publisher=Baptist Foundation of Alabama |accessdate=2010-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307112010/http://tbfa.org/about.html |archivedate=2011-03-07 }}</ref> ===Other ministries=== Shocco Springs is a Christian Conference Center that hosts meetings and retreats in Talladega, Alabama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shocco.org/index.html |title=Welcome to Shocco |publisher=Shocco Springs |accessdate=2010-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129093420/http://shocco.org/index.html |archivedate=2010-11-29 }}</ref> The Alabama Woman's Missionary Union based in Prattville encourages missional living, empowering Alabama Baptists to fulfill the "[[Great Commission]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alabamawmu.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=45243&PID=645474 |title=About Us |publisher=Alabama Woman's Missionary Union |accessdate=2010-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706021810/http://www.alabamawmu.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=45243&PID=645474 |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries based in Birmingham, Alabama is a child and family service agency, a non-profit organization that provides counseling for families and provides care for children in foster homes, group homes and emergency shelters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alabamachild.org/about-us/Our-Ministry/ |title=Our Ministry |publisher=Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries |accessdate=2010-08-25| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100917033539/http://alabamachild.org/about-us/Our-Ministry/| archivedate= 17 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers based in Prattville, established in 1975, runs four retirement centers in [[Dothan, Alabama|Dothan]], Montgomery and [[Roanoke, Alabama|Roanoke]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.albrc.com/ |title = Brief History |publisher = Alabama Baptist Retirement Centers |accessdate = 2010-08-25 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100826082854/http://www.albrc.com/ |archivedate = 2010-08-26 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The Alabama Baptist Historical Commission based in Birmingham, provides historical resources and supports research into Alabama Baptist history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abhconline.com/Research%20Grants.htm |title=RESEARCH STUDY GRANT PROGRAM |publisher=Alabama Baptist Historical Commission |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827184554/http://www.abhconline.com/Research%20Grants.htm |archivedate=2010-08-27 }}</ref> == See also == * [[History of Baptists in Alabama]] ==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Baker1906>"The Alabama Resolutions (1844)," ''A Baptist Source Book,'' ed. Robert A Baker, Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1906, p. 107</ref> <ref name=BrandHankins2006>{{cite book|title=One Sacred Effort: The Cooperative Program of Southern Baptists|author=Chad Brand and David E. Hankins|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8054-3163-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/onesacredeffortc00bran/page/20 20–21]|url=https://archive.org/details/onesacredeffortc00bran/page/20}}</ref> <ref name=Cathcart1881>{{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopedia=The Baptist Encyclopedia|volume=1|series=Baptist History Series|author=William Cathcart|edition=reprinted by The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc. 2001|year=1881|isbn=978-1-57978-909-1|article=Alabama Baptist Convention|pages=15–16|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Louis H. Everts}}</ref> <ref name=Flynt1998>{{cite book|title=Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the heart of Dixie|series=Religion and American culture|author=Wayne Flynt|publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=1998|isbn=978-0-8173-0927-5|pages=xix|url=https://archive.org/details/alabamabaptistss00flyn_0}}</ref> <ref name=Flynt2008>{{cite encyclopaedia|author=Wayne Flynt|date=2008-11-10|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Alabama|publisher=Auburn University|article=Southern Baptists in Alabama|url=http://encyclopediaofalabama.org./face/Article.jsp?id=h-1836|accessdate=2010-08-23}}</ref> <ref name=Fuller2007>{{cite encyclopaedia|author=A. James Fuller|date=2007-06-11|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Alabama|publisher=Auburn University|article=Basil Manly|url=http://encyclopediaofalabama.org./face/Article.jsp?id=h-1182|accessdate=2010-08-23}}</ref> <ref name=Geiger2006>{{cite book|title=Perspectives on the history of higher education|volume=25|series=History of Higher Education Annual Series|author=Roger L. Geiger|publisher=Transaction Publishers|year=2006|isbn=978-1-4128-0617-6|pages=30}}</ref> <ref name=Hankins2002>{{cite book|title=Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist conservatives and American culture|author=Barry Hankins|publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-8173-1142-1|pages=241}}</ref> <ref name=Hill1983>{{cite book|title=Religion in the southern states: a historical study|author=Samuel S. Hill|publisher=Mercer University Press|year=1983|isbn=978-0-86554-045-3|pages=20}}</ref> <ref name=Newman2007>{{cite book|title=Race and the Assemblies of God Church: The Journey from Azusa Street to the "Miracle of Memphis"|author=Joe Newman|publisher=Cambria Press|year=2007|isbn=978-1-934043-55-4|pages=29–30}}</ref> <ref name=TuscaloosaNews1>{{cite news|date=1972-11-17|work=[[The Tuscaloosa News]]|title=Baptists Re-elect President|pages=28}}</ref> }} == Further reading == * {{Cite encyclopaedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists|volume=1|editor=Davis C. Wooley|publisher=Broadman Press|year=1958|article=Alabama Baptist Convention|pages=17–24}} * {{Cite book|title=A history of the rise and progress of the Baptists in Alabama|author=Hosea Holcombe|location=Philadelphia|publisher=King and Baird|year=1840|chapter=A concise view of the origin and progress of the Baptist State Convention in Alabama|pages=66–87}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Alabama Baptist Convention}} * {{official website|http://www.alsbom.org}} {{Southern Baptist State Conventions and Other Affiliates |state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Baptist Christianity in Alabama]] [[Category:Conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention]] [[Category:Religious organizations established in 1823]] [[Category:Baptist denominations established in the 19th century]] [[Category:1823 establishments in Alabama]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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