Wikipedia's article on the National Baptist Convention, USA, community edited. Reliable for the standard account: the 1895 Atlanta merger of three existing conventions, the 1915 split over the National Baptist Publishing Board, congregational polity, the New Hampshire Confession derived Articles of Faith, women's ordination practice, and current membership and headquarters figures.
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Reliability Tier3
A continuously revised, community-edited encyclopedia article rather than an authored or peer reviewed work, matching this corpus's settled precedent for Wikipedia citations, useful for verifiable factual detail rather than as independent scholarly authority. NotesUsed for the National Baptist Convention USA Incorporated's founding, the 1915 split, doctrinal statement, polity and current statistics; not used for any claim needing a peer reviewed source.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA
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