Joint_National_Baptist_Convention
Joint National Baptist Convention
2005 meeting of African American groups
The Joint National Baptist Convention, also known as the Joint Black National Convention, or National Baptist Joint Board Session, was initially a joint meeting in 2005 of the four predominantly African American Baptist denominations operating under the derivatives of the name "National Baptist Convention." Its participants—the National Baptist Convention, USA; National Baptist Convention of America; Progressive National Baptist Convention; and National Missionary Baptist Convention of America—represented over 17 million African American Baptists in the United States in 2004.[1] The latter three organizations have either originated from or traced their origin to the National Baptist Convention, USA—or the mother church.[2]