Northern Baptists
the name the Northern branch. From 1813 to Church who hold their membership in Baptist churches were carried on by "The 1845 the missionary activities of the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in America ," but in the latter year differences arose between the Northern and Southern Baptists about slavery which resulted in a division of branches. The Southern churches formed the Baptist Church into the two the "Southern Baptist Convention" which has continued to be their Missionary Society, while the Northern Baptists organized the "American Baptist Missionary Union." In ary Union." In 1907 the Northern their Home and Foreign Missionary organization into the "Northern Baptist Convention."
In 1914 the communicants of the Northern branch of the Baptist Church numbered 1,238,323, the number of churches, 9,570, and 8,275 ministers.
See BAPTISTS.
NORTHERN DRIFT