The Convention has its origins in the founding of Bethel Baptist Chapel in 1790 in Delancy Town (now
Nassau) by two African-Americans, Prince Williams and Sharper Morris. [1] In 1833, a British mission of the
Baptist Missionary Society supported the planting of new churches. [2] In 1892, the Bahamas Baptist Union was founded. In 1925, an American mission from the
National Baptist Convention, USA helped found a women's mission organization. In 1935, the Bahamas Baptist Union and other unions founded the Convention. [3] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 700 churches and 88,000 members. [4]
Schools
In 1995, it established the Bahamas Baptist University College in
Nassau. [5]