Korea Baptist Convention


The Korea Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in South Korea. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Seoul.

History

The Korea Baptist Convention has its origins in the early Baptist churches established by Canadian missionary Malcolm Fenwick in 1896. The Southern Baptist Convention also contributed to the planting of churches. The Convention is officially founded in 1949.. In 2017, it has 3,299 churches and 520,000 members.