Theodore Judson Jemison, better known as T. J. Jemison, was the president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. from 1982 to 1994. It is the largest African-American religious organization. He oversaw the construction of the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the headquarters of his convention.
Jemison in 1983
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention, is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville, Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. It is also the largest predominantly and traditionally African American church in the United States and the second largest Baptist denomination in the world.
Gillfield Baptist Church, largest Black congregation within the Portsmouth Association, preceding the north-south split and formation of Southern Baptist Convention in 1845
First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia
Headquarters of the convention in Nashville.
Pastor Elias Camp Morris, one of the founders of the National Baptist Convention