The 19th Global Gathering was held in Damoh, India, January 12–15, 2018[1] and the next was scheduled for Manzini, Swaziland but postponed because of "internal tensions".
The World Convention website has a number of features, including National Profiles of the 199 countries where Stone-Campbell Movement Churches have a presence.
[3] Dr. Jesse Bader initiated the first global gathering after attending a similar meeting of the Baptist World Alliance in 1925.
The World Convention of Churches of Christ was formed and in October 1930, up to 10,000 people attended the first gathering in Washington DC, U.S.
The program included an afternoon tea at the White House hosted by President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady.