Triennial Convention

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The Triennial Convention was an early 19th-century national Baptist missionary organization in the United States that served as a precursor to later denominational bodies, including the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Triennial Convention canonical 4

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instanceOf Baptist missionary organization
religious organization
alsoKnownAs General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions
areaServed United States of America
surface form: United States
classification Protestant missionary society
country United States of America
surface form: United States
denomination Baptists
surface form: Baptist
dissolved 1845
fieldOfWork Baptist denominational cooperation
foreign missionary work
followedBy American Baptist Missionary Union
Southern Baptist Convention
foundingLocation Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
fundingMethod voluntary contributions from Baptist churches and individuals
governance representative convention
headquartersLocation Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
historicalEra Antebellum period
surface form: antebellum United States

early 19th century
inception 1814
influenced development of national Baptist denominational structures in the United States
formation of the Southern Baptist Convention
keyFigure Adoniram Judson
Ann Hasseltine Judson
Luther Rice
language English
legacy model for later Baptist missionary and denominational organizations in the United States
meetingFrequency every three years
membership Baptist churches and associations in the United States
namedAfter its triennial meeting schedule
notableMissionary Adoniram Judson
Ann Hasseltine Judson
Luther Rice
organizationalStructure delegates from Baptist churches and associations
organizedAt First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
precededBy ad hoc Baptist missionary societies in the United States
purpose coordination of Baptist missionary efforts
foreign missions
reasonForDissolution sectional tensions over slavery among Baptists in the United States
religion Christianity
scope national
shortName General Missionary Convention
supportedMissionField Myanmar
surface form: Burma

India
other parts of Asia

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Southern Baptist Convention originatedFrom Triennial Convention
Southern Baptist Convention separatedFrom Triennial Convention
Northern Baptist Convention separatedFrom Triennial Convention
Northern Baptist Convention precededBy Triennial Convention