United Free Will Baptist
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A United Free Will Baptist is a member of either of two African-American Free Will Baptist
denominations: the United American Free Will Baptist Church
or the United American Free Will Baptist Conference
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Free Will Baptists can be found in America as early as 1727, in connection with the labors of Paul Palmer
in the Carolinas. Both slaves and free blacks became members of the predominantly white Free Will Baptist churches in the south. The first black minister ordained by the Free Will Baptists was Robert Tash, who was ordained by the General Conference in 1827 The first separate black congregation of Free Will Baptists was organized in North Carolina in 1867. The main strength of the two bodies remains on the eastern seaboard from North Carolina
to Florida
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Free Will Baptist Church
Free Will Baptist is a denomination of churches that share a common history, name, and an acceptance of the Arminian theology of free grace, free salvation, and free will. Free Will Baptists share similar soteriological views with General Baptists, Separate Baptists and some United Baptists...
denominations: the United American Free Will Baptist Church
United American Free Will Baptist Church
The United American Free Will Baptist Church is the oldest national body of predominantly black Free Will Baptists in the United States.-History:...
or the United American Free Will Baptist Conference
United American Free Will Baptist Conference
United American Free Will Baptist Conference, Inc. is the smaller of the two African-American Free Will Baptist conferences in the United States.-History:...
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Free Will Baptists can be found in America as early as 1727, in connection with the labors of Paul Palmer
Paul Palmer (minister)
Paul Palmer was the founder of a couple of General Baptists. Palmer started several early Baptist churches in North Carolina, including the first known Baptist church in the state. It is not certain if he was Calvinian or Arminian...
in the Carolinas. Both slaves and free blacks became members of the predominantly white Free Will Baptist churches in the south. The first black minister ordained by the Free Will Baptists was Robert Tash, who was ordained by the General Conference in 1827 The first separate black congregation of Free Will Baptists was organized in North Carolina in 1867. The main strength of the two bodies remains on the eastern seaboard from North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
to Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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