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United American Free Will Baptist Conference, Inc. is the smaller of the two African-American Free Will Baptist conferences in the United States.

History

Prior to emancipation, black slaves and Free blacks were members of predominantly white Free Will Baptist congregations in the United States. The first black Free Will Baptist minister was Robert Tash, ordained in 1827. African-Americans organized their first separate congregation in 1867 at Snow Hill in Greene County, North Carolina, the first annual conference in 1870, and the first association in 1887. The General Conference of United Free Will Baptists was formed in 1901. The United American Free Will Baptist Conference, Incorporated, was created in 1968 under the leadership of O. L. Williams of Lakeland, Florida, resulting from a division in the parent United American Free Will Baptist Church.^[1]^[2]

In 2007 the United American Free Will Baptist Conference had seventy-five congregations with approximately 11,200 members, mostly in Florida, but also in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Arkansas.^[3] In addition to the annual meeting of the General Conference, there are six regional conferences that meet annually: South Carolina Annual Conference, Louisiana/Arkansas Annual Conference, East Florida Annual Conference, West Florida Annual Conference, South Florida "A" Annual Conference, and South Florida "B" Annual Conference. UAFW Baptist Church headquarters are located in Lakeland, Florida, and Henry J. Rodmon currently serves as General Bishop.^[4]

References

^ The Twelve Tribe of Baptists in the USA, Wardin, p. 85
^ 'Dictionary of Baptists in America, Leonard, p. 273
^ The Twelve Tribe of Baptists in the USA, Wardin, p. 85
^ Ibid., Wardin, p. 85

Sources

Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr., 1995
Dictionary of Baptists in America, Bill J. Leonard, editor, 1994
International Circle of Faith Colleges and Seminaries
The Twelve Tribe of Baptists in the USA, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr., 2007

External links

United American Free Will Baptist Conference, Inc.
Snow Hill, NC Official Town Website
United American Free Will Baptist Bible College

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Methodist

African Methodist Episcopal Church	John Adams Sr. Richard Allen Sarah Allen Benjamin W. Arnett George Lincoln Blackwell Morris Brown Jamal Harrison Bryant John Richard Bryant Richard H. Cain Archibald Carey Jr. Daniel Coker James H. Cone James Levert Davis Jordan Winston Early Orishatukeh Faduma Floyd Flake Carolyn Tyler Guidry Sarah E. Gorham William H. Heard Reginald Jackson Henrietta Phelps Jeffries Absalom Jones Ben Kinchlow Vashti Murphy McKenzie Biddy Mason Lena Doolin Mason Robert Meacham Lyman S. Parks Daniel Payne Charles H. Pearce Clementa C. Pinckney William Paul Quinn Reverdy Cassius Ransom Richard Henry Singleton Charles Spencer Smith Theophilus Gould Steward Henry McNeal Turner William Tecumseh Vernon D. Ormonde Walker Lewis Woodson
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	William H. Day Julia A. J. Foote James Walker Hood Thomas James Singleton T. Jones John Kinard Jermain Wesley Loguen John E. Price William Henry Singleton John Bryan Small Mary J. Small Jeffery Tribble James Varick Alexander Walters
A.U.M.P. Church	Peter Spencer
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	William Yancy Bell William H. Miles

Baptist

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church	Vernon Johns Martin Luther King Jr.
First African Baptist Church (Richmond, Virginia)	Lucy Goode Brooks
First African Baptist Church (Savannah, Georgia)	David George
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship	Paul S. Morton
Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention	Clinton Caldwell Boone Lott Cary
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Stewart Cleveland Cureton Joseph H. Jackson T. J. Jemison Willie James Jennings Henry Lyons Benjamin Mays W. J. Simmons
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	R. H. Boyd
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America	S. M. Lockridge
Progressive National Baptist Convention	Ralph Abernathy William Augustus Jones Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gardner C. Taylor
United American Free Will Baptist Church	Benjamin Randall