The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) is an autonomous Baptist

Baptist

Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

 association of churches in the state of California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. CSBC includes 1,800 associated churches which in turn have 450,000 members. CSBC is one of the state conventions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Additionally the CSBC controls and financial supports California Baptist University

California Baptist University

California Baptist University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university located in Riverside, California, United States. Originally founded in 1950 as California Baptist College, it is controlled by the California Southern Baptist Convention, an organization affiliated with the Southern...

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CSBC was founded in 1940 as the Southern Baptist General Convention of California. The convention changed its name to its current name in 1988.

The current president of the CSBC is Walter Price, pastor of Fellowship in the Pass, Beaumont. CSBC's Executive Director leading day-to-day operations of the convention is Fermín A. Whittaker who was appointed in 1995.

Several times in recent decades efforts to change the name of the convention to remove "Southern" have failed.