National Baptist Convention of America (NBCA)

CTL-E-0491 · Organization · other · 1915–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

The NBCA was formed in Chicago in 1915 by R. H.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-197; source research type(s): Denomination. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention_of_America_International%2C_Inc.

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