The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists (AWAB) is an affirming Baptist Christian association of churches.

The headquarters is in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

The Association was founded in 1993 by a dozen churches of the American Baptist Churches USA in favor to the inclusion of LGBTQ people in San Jose, California.

[3] According to an association census released in 2024, it has 179 churches in 5 countries.

[4] The association believes in the full affirmation of LGBT people in the lives and ministries of Baptist churches.