General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
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General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC) - one of several Baptist groups in North America retaining the name "Regular Baptist". The impact of modernism on the Northern Baptist Convention (now called American Baptist Churches in the USA) led to the eventual withdrawal of a number of conservative and fundamentalist churches. Two fundamentalist organizations - the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship (org. 1920) and the Baptist Bible Union (org. 1923) - were forerunners of the GARBC. The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches was formed in 1932 in Chicago, Illinois in what would be the last meeting of the BBU and the first of the GARBC. The GARBC endorses a fourfold mission: "1. Champion Biblical Truth; 2. Impact the World for Christ; 3. Perpetuate a Baptist Heritage; and 4. Advance the Association Churches." Its home office is in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Baptist Bulletin is published monthly. In 1995, the GARBC had over 150,000 members in over 1500 churches.
External links
- GARBC and Regular Baptist Press Web Site (http://www.garbc.org/)
Sources
- Baptists Around the World, by Albert W. Wardin, Jr.
- Dictionary of Baptists in America, Bill J. Leonard, editor