Florida Baptist Convention
Encyclopedia
The Florida Baptist Convention (FBC) is a group of churches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention
located in the U.S. state
of Florida
. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida
, the convention is made up of 49 Baptist associations and around 2,900 churches as of 2010.
Southern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
located in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, the convention is made up of 49 Baptist associations and around 2,900 churches as of 2010.
Affiliated Organizations
- Blue Springs Baptist Conference Center
- Florida Baptist Foundation
- Florida Baptist Children's Homes
- Florida Baptist Credit Union
- Florida Baptist Retirement Centers, Inc
- Florida Baptist Witness - State Baptist Newspaper
- Florida Baptist Historical Society
- Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center
- South Florida Urban Impact Center