· 1880-  The Foreign Mission Convention organized, Montgomery AL

· 1880- Rev. W. H. McAlpin, First President

· 1886-  American National Baptist Convention organized

· 1893-  Baptist National Educational Convention organized

· 1895-  National Baptist Convention formed, Atlanta GA

· 1895-  Rev. Elias C. Morris, President (1894-1921)

· 1896-  National Baptist Publishing Board Incorporated by founder Richard Boyd

· 1915- Schism resulting in formation of National Baptist Convention of America

· 1915-  Rev. Edward Perry Jones, President served until 1923

· 1917-  Constitution adopted

· 1923-  Rev. John Edmund Woods, President served until 1929

· 1930s- National Baptist Convention of America incorporated

· 1929-  Rev. John Wesley Hurse, President served until 1933

· 1933-  Rev. Green L. Prince, President served until 1956

· 1957-  Rev. Caleb Darnell Pettaway, President served until 1967

· 1967-  Rev. James Carl Sams, President served until 1985

· 1985-  Rev. Ernest Edward Jones, President served until 2003

· 2003-  Rev. Stephen John Thurston, President

Annual Meeting first week in September
National Headquarters: Dallas, TX
Membership: 5 million estimated