The 10 Most Conservative Baptist Churches in America

The Conservative Baptists Association was founded in 1947 and now comprises about 1,200 churches in the United States.

Here are the 10 most Conservative Baptist Churches in America:

1. Westboro Baptist Church is known for its extreme ideology and tendency to picket soldier funerals. The church, located in Topeka, Kan., is often in the news for inciting hate with its views on homosexuality. Westboro is considered "old school" in its teachings about sin.

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2. Southern Baptist Church, located in Maryland, practices global evangelism. The church has been very successful since it was founded in the region in the 1930s.

3. Southern Baptists Conservatives of Virginia began in 1996 and is now comprised of more than 600 churches.

4. Missouri Baptist Convention is opposed to liberal beliefs that some churches have begun to embrace. In 2005, the MBC passed a resolution preventing itself from aligning with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, according to The Christian Post.

5. First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla., operates three locations in the city. The FBC follows the Southern Baptists Convention Faith Message, which includes the following statement: "In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography."

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6. First Baptist Church in Dallas was founded in 1868 and continues to thrive today. According to their website, "We believe that all Scripture is divinely inspired and serves as the final authority in all matters of belief and behavior (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21). Therefore, we value Bible-centered preaching and teaching as the foundation for all that we do."

7. Second Baptist Church of Springfield, Mo., has a mission of spreading the word of God throughout the country. They utilize the phrase "worship, serve and go."

8. Bethany Primitive Baptist Church operates under the guise of "old school" ideology, that God is in control of everything and in charge of all salvation, not the church.

9. Potential Church operates online, has a home office in Florida, and other locations across the globe. The church philosophy cites the pastor works with people so they "can reach their God potential."

10. Bellevue Baptist Church believes in the word of the Bible and that it should not be questioned. "The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God's revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. "

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