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Missionary Baptists are a group of Baptists that grew out of the

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/ anti-missionary controversy that divided Baptists in the

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in the early part of the 19th century, with Missionary Baptists following the pro-missions movement position. Those who opposed the innovations became known as anti-missions or

Primitive Baptists Primitive Baptists – also known as Hard Shell Baptists, Foot Washing Baptists or Old School Baptists – are conservative Baptists adhering to a degree of Calvinist beliefs who coalesced out of the controversy among Baptists in the early 19th c ...

. Since arising in the 19th century, the influence of Primitive Baptists waned as "Missionary Baptists became the mainstream". Missionary Baptist, unlike the common thought, are not their own denomination. This is clear, as many have

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on their sign. Missionary Baptist is also a term used by adherents of many African American Baptist churches and Landmark Baptist churches belonging to the

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, the

Baptist Missionary Association of America The Baptist Missionary Association of America (BMAA) is a fellowship of Independent Baptist churches. Historically, churches within the BMAA have generally been associated with theological conservatism and the Landmarkism movement. The associat ...

and the Interstate and Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association.

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