On the ABCUSA website, navigate to the 'Our History' page. Once there, determine what led to the 1845 split between Northern and Southern Baptists. Also, find out the name of the organization established in 1913 to support church workers. Finally, state the approximate current number of congregations and members within the American Baptist Churches USA.
Navigate to the 'Who We Are' section. Click on the 'Our History' link. Scroll down 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.