From the 'Our History' page on the ABCUSA website, identify the primary reason for the 1845 split between Northern and Southern Baptists. Also, state the approximate current number of congregations and members within the American Baptist Churches USA. Finally, name the organization founded in 1913 to support church workers.
Navigate to the 'Who We Are' section. Click on the 'Our History' link. Scroll down the page to locate the 'Origins of American Baptist Organization' section and identify the cause of the 1845 split and the organization founded in 1913. Continue scrolling to find the 'American Baptist Life and Mission Today' section and extract the current number of congregations and members. Synthesize all gathered information to answer the questions.
State that the 1845 split was primarily due to the issue of slavery, specifically the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society's refusal to appoint slave-holding candidates and the American Baptist Home Mission Society's decision for separate northern and southern conventions. State the current approximate number of congregations as 5,000. State the current approximate number of members as 1.3 million. Identify 'The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board' as the organization formed in 1913.