organized March 25, 1817 by 8 men and 10 women. The name of the first organization was "The Baptist Praying Society of Augusta." On May 8, 1845, 327 messengers from the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia organized the Southern Baptist Convention in the First Baptist Church at Augusta.
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