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The Missionary Baptist church is aChristian denomination that emerged in theAmerican South during the late19th century.Missionary Baptistsseparated from theSouthern Baptist Convention due totheological differences. Missionary Baptistsbelieve in theclassic tenets of theBaptistpolity: theautonomy of localcongregations and the view thatbaptism and church membership are reserved for mature congregants. The defining characteristic remains an enduring insistence on local church autonomy.
In theUnited States, two sizable Missionary Baptist churchassociations operate today: theAmerican Baptist Association (ABA), established in 1924, and theBaptist Missionary Association of America (BMAA), established as the North American Baptist Association in 1950. The collective membership totals over a million people.[1]
Missionary Baptists grew out of themissionary controversy that divided Southern Baptists in the American South during the late 19th century, with Missionary Baptists (a term used by adherents of theLandmark Movement) following the pro-missions movement position.[2] Those who opposed the innovations became known as "anti-missions" orPrimitive Baptists.[3] Since arising in the late 19th-century, the influence of Primitive Baptists waned as "Missionary Baptists became the mainstream".[2]
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