Members include 66 Baptist associations and about 3,200 churches.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, it is made up of about 400 churches and 14 Baptist associations.
Durrett applied to the local Baptist association for ordination, accompanied by numerous people seeking baptism.
It is today considered the oldest Primitive Baptist association in existence.
He was elected in 1814 as the first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association.
Jackson served on the committee which drafted the constitution for the new Baptist association.
This council is fashioned on the order of a Baptist association and meets annually.
Until the early 19th century these Baptist associations tended to center around a local or regional area where the constituent churches could conveniently meet.
In 1824 his church was received into the Elkhorn Association, the local Baptist association.
In addition, through the regional Baptist associations, whites tried to keep control over black congregations.