 In 1991, other moderates left the SBC and established the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), a group emphasizing global missions and historic Baptist values such as local church autonomy, priesthood of all believers and religious liberty.Unlike the Southern Baptist Convention, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship ordains women for ministry.Before the American Civil War, most African American Baptists were, with some notable exceptions, members of the same churches as the whites (though often relegated to a segregated status within the church).