On this day, more than 150 delegates from Baptist churches across eleven U.S. states gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to organize the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States. This historic gathering marked a major step in the development of independent Black religious institutions after Reconstruction.
Rev. William H. McAlphine, a prominent Alabama Baptist leader and educator, was elected as the first president. The convention focused on supporting foreign missionary work and strengthening the global outreach of African American Baptists.
This organization later became part of what is now the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., one of the largest African American religious organizations in the world.
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