Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Probably received from Dr. Grady Powell Sr., president of the convention from 1974-1977.

Administrative History

The Baptist General Convention of Virginia has been affiliated with Virginia Union since the school's beginning in 1899. Originally named the Baptist General Association of Virginia (Colored), the organization's mission has been Christian education in a number of outreach programs including the Lott Carey mission, women's auxiliaries, and the Children's Home of Virginia Baptists.

The organization changed its name in 1964 to the current convention, dropping the adjective "colored." By 1978, 576 churches and 18 associations were constituents of the convention. As of 1999, there were more than 1,000 churches and 32 associations affiliated with the convention. Ground was broken in 1988 for the state headquarters on VUU's campus. In 1995 and again in 1996, the merging of the convention with the (white) Virginia State Baptist Convention was considered. However, by 1998 all consideration was indefinitely postponed by the VSBC.

Scope and Content

Papers from Baptist General Convention of Virginia, mostly programs, meeting minutes and correspondence.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Related Material

Index Terms

Corporate Names:

• Baptist General Convention of Virginia
• Virginia Baptist Congress of Christian Education

Subjects:

• African American Baptists--Virginia Congresses
• Afro-American Baptists--Missions--Congresses
• Baptists--Virginia Congresses

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