Cayman Baptist Association

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The Cayman Baptist Association is an association of Baptist Christian churches on Cayman Brac.

Baptist work began in the Cayman Islands in 1885, when J. H. Sobey of the Jamaica Baptist Mission Society visited the islands. Four churches were organised on Cayman Brac and one on Little Cayman. [1]

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    References

    1. Holland, Clifton L. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN : RELIGION IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS" (PDF). PROLADES. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-05-05.