- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Southern Baptists
- Creator:
- Grem, Darren
- Date of Original:
- 2007-01-26
- Subject:
- Southern Baptist Convention
Baptists--Georgia
Christians--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Southern Baptists in Georgia. On June 29, 1822, the first general association of Georgia's various Baptist communities organized at Powelton Baptist Church in Hancock County. Initially called the General Baptist Association and later called the Baptist Convention for the State of Georgia, this organization served as an important foundation for the Southern Baptist Convention, which formed in Augusta in 1845. Renamed the Georgia Baptist Convention in 1919, this organization still operates as the state's primary convention for Georgia's 1.2 million Southern Baptists.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/southern-baptists/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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