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The '''American Baptist Association (ABA)''' is a [[Baptist]] denomination, located predominantly in the American South.  The ABA is headquartered in [[Texarkana, Texas]], which also houses its publishing house (Bogard Press).  The ABA operates the [[Missionary Baptist Seminary]] in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]].   

The '''American Baptist Association (ABA)''' is a [[Baptist]] denomination, located predominantly in the American South.  The ABA is headquartered in [[Texarkana, Texas]], which also houses its publishing house (Bogard Press).  The ABA operates the [[Missionary Baptist Seminary]] in [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]].   

The ABA was founded in 1924 from a merger of two Baptist groups, and was influenced early by [[Ben M. Bogard]], a proponent of Baptist successionism.<ref>The doctrine teaches that Baptists have existed since the beginning of the Christian church; as such groups holding to it do not consider themselves [[Protestant]], as they reserve that distinction to groups formed from the [[Reformation]].</ref>  Otherwise, the ABA generally holds to traditional, conservative Baptist doctrine.

The ABA was founded in 1924 from a merger of two Baptist groups, and was influenced early by [[Ben M. Bogard]], a proponent of "Landmark Baptist" doctrine.<ref>The doctrine teaches that Baptists have existed since the beginning of the Christian church; as such groups holding to it do not consider themselves [[Protestant]], as they reserve that distinction to groups formed from the [[Reformation]].</ref>  Otherwise, the ABA generally holds to traditional, conservative Baptist doctrine.

The [[Baptist Missionary Association of America]] split from the ABA in 1950 over matters of church representation.

The [[Baptist Missionary Association of America]] split from the ABA in 1950 over matters of church representation.