Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists | |
Main Classification: | Evangelical Christianity |
Theology: | Baptist |
Area: | 3 countries |
Founded Date: | 1993 |
Headquarters: | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
Congregations: | 141 |
The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is a Baptist Christian association of churches. The headquarters is in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
The Association was founded by a dozen churches of the American Baptist Churches USA in favor to the inclusion of LGBTQ people in 1993 in San Jose, California.[1] [2]
In 2007, it had 69 member churches.[3]
According to a denomination census released in 2022, it has 141 churches in 3 countries.[4]
The association believes in the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the lives and ministries of Baptist churches.[5]