It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance,[2] and has a predominantly African American membership.

[1] In addition, Carey established the first Baptist church in Liberia.

It was named the Providence Baptist Church of Monrovia, the city that became the capital of the country.

[4] By the dawn of the 21st century, the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention has operated under several names and engaged in ecumenism, and in 2021, the denomination elected Gina M. Stewart as the first female president of a Baptist convention in the United States.

[5][6][7] She also became the first female pastor to preach in the Joint National Baptist Convention of 2024.