Conferences & Events
2025 Annual Conference — Call for Papers
The Baptist History & Heritage Society (BHHS) is now accepting paper and panel proposals for its 2025 Annual Conference, May 19-21 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, held in collaboration with the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals.
BHHS invites paper and panel proposals in any area pertaining to Baptist history and identity.
BHHS also welcomes proposals for papers and panels that address critical issues related to abuse in Baptist churches and denominations, particularly ministerial sexual misconduct, clergy sexual abuse, other forms of abuse, and abuse prevention efforts.
Proposals for themed sessions are also encouraged. These sessions should consist of two to three paper presentations focused on a unified theme and include a suggested moderator. Additionally, creative session proposals that diverge from the traditional paper presentation format are welcomed. Each paper will be allotted 30 minutes, which includes time for discussion.
Graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. Registration is free for graduate students, and those presenting a paper will receive a $250 travel stipend.
Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2025, and should include the name(s) and contact information of the presenter(s), the title of the presentation, and a 300-word abstract. Notifications of acceptance or denial will be sent by March 1, 2025.
Submit your proposal here.
For questions, please contact BHHS Executive Director Aaron Weaver at aweaver@thebhhs.org.
*Please note that individuals may submit different paper proposals to multiple organizations, but may not submit the same paper or panel proposal to multiple organizations. For individuals submitting multiple papers through multiple organizations, please indicate so when submitting.
The 2025 Annual Conference of the Baptist History and Heritage Society again will be held in conjunction with the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (NABPR) and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals (AMGP). The conference will run from mid-afternoon on Monday, May 19, 2025 through 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Conference registration tentatively opens March 1, 2025.
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.)