Conferences & Events
2025 Annual Conferenence
The 2025 Annual Conference of the Baptist History & Heritage Society will take place May 19-21 jointly with the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals (AMGP). Plenary speakers and full program details will be announced soon.
Conference registration is now open! Register Now!
A block of rooms has been reserved at SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Waco, Texas, at a special group rate of $139 per night for conference attendees. The booking deadline is April 21, 2025.
Book your group rate for the Joint Annual Conference.
*If you need to book additional nights before or after the conference (e.g., May 18 or May 22), please complete your reservation for May 19-20 online first, then call the hotel directly at 254-301-7239 to arrange extra nights
Questions? Contact BHHS Executive Director Aaron Weaver at aweaver@thebhhs.org.
Conference Schedule Outline:
Monday, May 19
3:00-5:00 pm — Registration
5:30-6:30 pm — Plenary Session 1
6:30-8:00 pm — Banquet
Tuesday, May 20
8:30-10:15 am — Baptist Studies I & II
10:30-Noon — Plenary Session II
Noon-1:30 pm — BHHS Business Session
1:30-3:15 pm — Baptist Studies III, IV & V
3:30-5:00pm — Plenary Session III
Wednesday, May 21
8:30-10:15am — Baptist Studies VI & VII
10:30-Noon — Plenary Session IV
Purpose and History of Annual Conferences
Previous Annual BHHS Conferences
2024 Baptist History and Identity (Raleigh, N.C.)
2023 Baptists in the Great Southwest (San Antonio, Texas)
2022 Baptists and Science (Virtual)
2021 Baptists and Public Advocacy (Virtual)
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Baptist Engagement with Social Justice and Those on the Margins (Raleigh, N.C.)
2018 Baptist Women in the Twentieth Century (Atlanta, Ga.)
2017 Biographies and Narratives: Baptist Experiences and Convictions (Augusta, Ga.)
2016 Perspectives in Baptist History and Identity (Waco, Texas)
2015 Seeking Justice: Baptists, Nashville and Civil Rights (Nashville, Tenn.)
2014 Exploring the ‘Other’ Baptists (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
2013 Faith, Freedom, Forgiveness: Religion and the Civil War, Emancipation and Reconciliation in Our
Time (Richmond, Va.)
2012 Baptists and Theology (Raleigh, N.C.)
2011 Baptists and Education (Dallas, Texas)
2010 Baptists and Revivalism (Georgetown, Ky.)
2009 Baptist Contributions, 1609-2009 (Huntsville, Ala.)
2008 Baptists and the First Amendment (Atlanta, Ga.)
2007 African Americans in Baptist History (Campbellsville, Ky.)
2006 The Contributions of Baptist Public Figures in America (Washington, D.C.)
2005 Women in Baptist History (Birmingham, Ala.)
2004 Baptist Footprints in the Northwest (Vancouver, Wash.)
2003 Baptists on the Frontier (Belton, Texas)
2002 Baptists and Diversity (Jefferson City, Tenn.)
2001 Baptists and World War II (Pensacola, Fl.)
2000 Reflections on Baptist Life in the Twentieth Century (Savannah, Ga.)
1999 Baptist Theological Education (Liberty, Mo.)
1998 Texas Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention (Dallas, Texas)
1997 Baptists and the Civil War (Richmond, Va.)
1996 Two Ways To Be Baptist: J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett (Nashville, Tenn.)
1995 The Spirit of Southern Baptists, 1845-1995 (Augusta, Ga.)
1994 Ministries of Baptist Laypeople (Memphis, Tenn.)
1993 Baptists and the News Media (Nashville, Tenn.)
1992 World Missions: Two Centuries of Baptist Achievement (Birmingham, Ala.)
1991 Religious Education in Southern Baptist Churches (Nashville, Tenn.)
1990 Southern Baptists and Relationships with Other Denominations (Nashville, Tenn.)
1989 Baptists in America: 175 Years of National Organization (Nashville, Tenn.)
1988 Ordination in Baptist Heritage (Nashville, Tenn.)
1987 Women in Southern Baptist History (Birmingham, Ala.)
1986 Baptist Church Music Heritage (Nashville, Tenn.)
1985 Baptists and the History of Church-State Relationships (Nashville, Tenn.)
1984 The Role of the Bible in Baptist History (Nashville, Tenn.)
1983 Ethnic Southern Baptist Heritage (Nashville, Tenn.)
1982 Southern Baptists Nationwide (Charleston, S.C.)
1981 Black Southern Baptist Heritage (Nashville, Tenn.)
1980 Southern Baptist Theologians (Louisville, Ky.)
1979 Baptist Polity: A Look at Church Order (Nashville, Tenn.)
1978 The Heritage of Baptist Thought (Fort Worth, Texas)
1977 Communicating Baptist History Through Contemporary Media and Art Forms (Nashville, Tenn.)
1976 Baptists and the Struggle for Religious Liberty in Early America (Richmond, Va.)
1975 Our Denominational Heritage and the Present: The Role of Baptist Oral History (Nashville, Tenn.)
1974 Baptists and the Bicentennial (Nashville, Tenn.)
1973 Our Denominational Heritage and the Present: The Role of the State Baptist Historical Society
(Birmingham, Ala.)
1972 Baptists and Social Revolution (Nashville, Tenn.)
1971 Libraries: Archives and Indexing (Nashville, Tenn.)
1970 125 Years of Southern Baptist Convention History (Nashville, Tenn.)
1969 Writing Baptist History (Nashville, Tenn.)