The major Baptist group in the North is the American Baptist Churches in the United States of America, once known as the Northern Baptists.

The conservative Swedish Baptists pulled back from growing liberalism of the Northern Baptists, and in 1944 formed their own Board of Foreign Missions.

The nation's largest Protestant denomination, it was formed before the Civil War, splitting with Northern Baptists over slavery.

The first Baptist Church in the Philippine Islands established by the Northern Baptists (now American Baptist Churches).

Here is Mizpah Theological Seminary, of the Northern Baptists.

The Southern Baptists came into being as a denomination in 1845, when Southerners broke away from Northern Baptists in a dispute over whether a slaveholder could serve as a missionary.

Despite the regional connotation in its name, the Southern Baptist Convention, which split from Northern Baptists in 1845 over the issue of slavery, represents some 36,000 congregations in 27 states.

It was supported by four missions: the Northern Baptists, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Methodists, and the Presbyterians.

In 1911, the merger of Free Will Baptists with the Northern Baptists brought the oversight of the mission to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.

In 1845, the Baptists in the South formed the Southern Baptist Convention due to disputes with Northern Baptists over slavery and missions.