The Dakota Baptist Convention (DBC) is an autonomous association of Baptist

Baptist

Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

 churches in the states of North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 and South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

. It is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

, the convention is made up of 7 Baptist associations and around 100 churches as of 2010. DBC was created in 2003.

The organization attracted media attention for giving away a Harley Davidson motorcycle

Motorcycle

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 in a raffle

Raffle

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 at the 2006 and 2007 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is an American motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, usually the first full week of August.-History:...

s as part of an outreach effort. To qualify for a ticket, a rally antendee had to listen to a three-minute sermon

Sermon

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