[3] After abolition, Baptists contributed to the creation of "Free Villages" for the newly emancipated people.
This included the purchase of large parcels of land cut into small holdings, which were sold to families.
The Baptists also created, in 1843, the Calabar Theological College for training ministers for local preaching and missions in Africa and the Caribbean, which became part of the United Theological College of the West Indies in 1966.
[6] Three of Jamaica's National Heroes - Sam Sharpe, Paul Bogle, and George William Gordon - were also Baptist.
[9] The Convention has a missionary organization, Jamaica Baptist Union Mission Agency.