Cooperative Baptist Fellowship | |
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Classification | Mainline Protestant |
Theology | Baptist |
Polity | Congregationalist |
Exec. co-ordinator | Paul Baxley[1] |
Associations | Baptist World Alliance |
Region | United States |
Headquarters | Decatur, Georgia |
Origin | 1991 Atlanta |
Separated from | Southern Baptist Convention |
Congregations | 1,800 |
Members | 750,000 |
Seminaries | Baptist Seminary of Kentucky |
Official website | cbf.net |
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is an association of Baptist Christian churches in the United States, established after the conservative resurgence within The Southern Baptist Convention. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance, and headquartered in Decatur, Georgia. According to a census published in 2023, the CBF claimed 1,800 churches and 750,000 members.[2]