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Progressive National Baptist Convention

Progressive National Baptist Convention
AbbreviationPNBC
ClassificationMainline Protestant
OrientationProgressive, Baptist
PolityCongregationalist
PresidentDavid Peoples
AssociationsNational Council of Churches
Baptist World Alliance
FounderL. Venchael Booth
Origin1961
Cincinnati, Ohio
Separated fromNational Baptist Convention
Congregations1,362 (Self-reported, including international churches; 2022)
363 (ARDA; 2020)
Members1,500,000 (Self-reported, including international members; 2022)
254,571 (ARDA; 2020)
Missionary organizationPNBC Missions
Official websitewww.pnbc.org

The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), incorporated as the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., is a Baptist denomination emphasizing civil rights and social justice.[1] The headquarters of the Progressive National Baptist Convention are in Washington, D.C.[2] Part of the Black church tradition, since its organization, the denomination has member churches outside the United States, particularly in the Caribbean and Europe. It is a member of the National Council of Churches and the Baptist World Alliance.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Home". Progressive National Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2023-07-14. PNBC was formed to give full voice, sterling leadership and active support to the American and world fight for human freedom. The convention was the convention -denominational home and platform for the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who addressed every annual session of the Convention until his death in 1968. New generations of Progressive Baptists are continuing the struggle for full voter registration, education and participation in society, economic empowerment and development, and the realization of universal human rights and total human liberation for all people.
  2. ^ "Contact PNBC". Progressive National Baptist Convention. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  3. ^ "Member Communions". National Council of Churches. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  4. ^ "Member Unions". Baptist World Alliance. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

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