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The '''American Baptist Churches USA''' ('''ABCUSA''') is a [[Baptist]] [[Christian denomination]] within the [[United States]]. The headquarters of the denomination is in [[Valley Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The denomination is considered [[Mainline Protestant churches|mainline]] Protestant, although theological and mission emphases in some congregations can include modernist, [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] and [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] orientations.<ref>"The Baptist Heritage" by H. Leon McBeth, Broadman Press, 1987, pages 596-608</ref>  It traces its history to the [[First Baptist Church in America]] (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations, which organized the [[Triennial Convention]] in 1814. From 1907 to 1950, it was known as the '''Northern Baptist Convention,''' and from 1950 to 1972, as the '''American Baptist Convention'''.  It evolved separately from the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] largely over the Civil Rights issue.  Since the Civil War, the American Baptists made efforts to convert and educate the freedmen, and the denomination includes many African-American congregations in the South.

The '''American Baptist Churches USA''' ('''ABCUSA''') is a [[Baptist]] [[Christian denomination]] within the [[United States]]. The headquarters of the denomination is in [[Valley Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The denomination is considered [[Mainline Protestant churches|mainline]] Protestant, although theological and mission emphases in some congregations can include modernist, [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] and [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] orientations.<ref>"The Baptist Heritage" by H. Leon McBeth, Broadman Press, 1987, pages 596-608</ref>  It traces its history to the [[First Baptist Church in America]] (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations, which organized the [[Triennial Convention]] in 1814. From 1907 to 1950, it was known as the '''Northern Baptist Convention,''' and from 1950 to 1972, as the '''American Baptist Convention'''.  It evolved separately from the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] largely over the Civil Rights issue.  Since the Civil War, the American Baptists made efforts to convert and educate the freedmen, and the denomination includes many African-American congregations in the South.

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