American Baptist Association

American Baptist Association
AbbreviationABA
ClassificationBaptist
TheologyLandmark Baptist
PolityCongregational
PresidentBryan Sellers
RegionWorldwide, primarily the United States
HeadquartersTexarkana, Texas
OriginMarch 4, 1924 (1924-03-04)
Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas
Separated fromSouthern Baptist Convention
SeparationsBaptist Missionary Association of America (1950)
Congregations1644
Official websitewww.abaptist.org

The American Baptist Association (ABA) is an Independent Baptist Christian denomination in the United States. The headquarters is in Texarkana, Texas.[1] The principal founder was Ben M. Bogard, a pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. ABA headquarters, including its bookstore and publishing house, Bogard Press, is based in Texarkana, Texas.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference YB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Benjamin Marcus Bogard (1868–1951)". encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search