It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance.
The Baptist Convention of Nicaragua has its origins in a mission of the American Baptist International Ministries in 1917.
[3] In 1941, it founded the Nicaraguan Baptist Theological Seminary in Masaya, which moved to Managua in 1951.
[4] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 289 churches and 85,000 members.
[5] It is a partner of the Baptist Hospital of Managua, founded in 1930.