Arkansas Baptist State Convention Explained

The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) was founded on September 21, 1848, at Brownsville Church in Tulip in Dallas County, Arkansas as an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention. The first president was Isaac Perkins, and its first secretary was Samuel Stevenson. James Philip Eagle, governor of Arkansas and later president of the Southern Baptist Convention, presided over the Arkansas convention for 21 years. Another notable former Convention President was Mike Huckabee, who would later go on to serve as Governor of Arkansas and twice attempt to gain the Republican nomination for President of the United States.

Affiliated organizations

• Arkansas Baptist Children's Homes
• Arkansas Baptist News
• Arkansas Baptist Foundation
• Arkansas Baptist Assembly, now renamed Camp Siloam
• Camp Paron
• Arkansas Woman's Missionary Union
• Ouachita Baptist University
• Williams Baptist College

References

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External links

• Arkansas Baptist State Convention official website

Further reading

• The Baptist Encyclopedia. 1. Baptist History Series. William Cathcart. reprinted by The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc. 2001. 1881. 978-1-57978-909-1. Arkansas Baptist Convention. 15 - 16. Philadelphia. Louis H. Everts.
• Kenneth M. Startup. 2009-10-27. The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Central Arkansas Library System. Arkansas Baptist State Convention. http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5120.
• Book: C. Fred Williams . Samuel Ray Granade . Kenneth Moore Startup . amp . A System and Plan, Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 1848 - 1998. Franklin, TN. Providence House. 1998. 978-1-57736-109-1.
• The Arkansas Baptist State Convention and Desegregation, 1954 - 1968. Mark Newman. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 56. 3. Autumn 1997. 294 - 313. Arkansas Historical Association. 10.2307/40023176 . 40023176.
• Book: American Baptist register, for 1852. John Lansing Burrows. American Baptist Publication Society. 1853. Samuel Stevenson. Arkansas State Convention.
• Book: A history of Baptists in Arkansas, 1818 - 1978. E. Glenn Hinson. Arkansas State Convention. 1979. 31 - 32.

Notes and References

1. Book: Arkansas and its people: a history, 1541 - 1930. 2. David Yancey Thomas. The American historical society, inc.. 1930. 523.
2. Book: 127. William Edwards Paxton: Baptist historian 1825 - 1883. Ken Durham . Jeanette Durham . amp . Louisiana Baptist Convention. 2007.