Southern Baptist Convention Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Membership=== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto auto auto auto; font-size:95%; float:right;" |- ! Year !! Membership |- | 1845 || Align=right | 350,000 |- | 1860 || Align=right | 650,000 |- | 1875 || Align=right | 1,260,000 |- | 1890 || Align=right | 1,240,000 |- | 1905 || Align=right | 1,900,000 |- | 1920 || Align=right | 3,150,000 |- | 1935 || Align=right | 4,480,000 |- | 1950 || Align=right | 7,080,000 |- | 1965 || Align=right | 10,780,000 |- | 1980 || Align=right | 13,700,000 |- | 1995 || Align=right | 15,400,000 |- | 2000 || Align=right | 15,900,000 |- | 2005 || Align=right | 16,600,000 |- | 2006 || Align=right | 16,306,246 |- | 2007 || Align=right | 16,266,920 |- | 2008 || Align=right | 16,228,438 |- | 2009 || Align=right | 16,160,088 |- | 2010 || Align=right | 16,136,044 |- | 2011 || Align=right | 15,978,112 |- | 2012 || Align=right | 15,872,404 |- | 2013 || Align=right | 15,735,640 |- | 2014 || Align=right | 15,499,173 |- | 2015 || Align=right | 15,294,764 |- | 2016 || Align=right | 15,216,978 |- | 2017 || Align=right | 15,005,638 |- | 2018 || Align=right | 14,813,234 |- | 2019 || Align=right | 14,525,579 |- | 2020 || Align=right | 14,089,947 |- | 2021 || Align=right | 13,680,493 |- | 2022 || Align=right | 13,223,122 |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Southern Baptist Convention Statistical Summary |url=http://blog.lifeway.com/newsroom/files/2021/05/ACP_Summary_2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525211309/http://blog.lifeway.com/newsroom/files/2021/05/ACP_Summary_2020.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-25 |url-status=live |website=blog.lifeway.com |publisher=Lifeway Research |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Pipes |first=Carol |date=June 7, 2016 |title=ACP: More churches reported; baptisms decline |url=http://www.bpnews.net/46989/acp-more-churches-reported-baptism-worship-numbers-decline |work=Baptist Press |publisher=Southern Baptist Convention |access-date=June 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="acp2009">{{Citation | url = http://www.bpnews.net/pdf/2009SBCStatsSummary.pdf | title = Southern Baptist Convention Statistical Summary β 2009 | access-date = 2011-02-13 | newspaper = BP news | archive-date = April 12, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150412133650/http://www.bpnews.net/pdf/2009SBCStatsSummary.pdf }}.</ref><ref name="lifeway.com">{{Citation | url = http://www.lifeway.com/Article/news-sbc-baptisms-churches-increased-in-2011-membership-declined | title = SBC Baptisms and Churches Increased in 2011, Membership Declined: 2011 ACP | publisher = Lifeway | access-date = 2013-08-09 | archive-date = October 16, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016174435/http://www.lifeway.com/Article/news-sbc-baptisms-churches-increased-in-2011-membership-declined }}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Historical Statistics of the US | year = 1976 | series = H805}} (with 2005 estimate from Convention figures).</ref><ref name="2014n">{{Citation | url = http://www.bpnews.net/44914/sbc-reports-more-churches-fewer-people | title = SBC reports more churches, fewer people | access-date = 2015-06-21 | newspaper = [[Baptist Press]]| date = June 10, 2015 }}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | date = 2008-04-24 | url = http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/24/southernbaptists_0424.html | title = Southern Baptist numbers, baptisms drop | publisher = AJC | access-date = July 7, 2008 | archive-date = January 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090104205317/http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/24/southernbaptists_0424.html }}.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wordandway.org/news/baptists/item/3752-report-southern-baptist-churches-up-in-2016-baptisms-membership-decline|title=Report: Southern Baptist Churches up in 2016; Baptisms, Membership Decline |first=Carol |last=Pipes |access-date=2017-06-12|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/51000/acp-worship-attendance-rises-baptisms-decline|title=ACP: Worship attendance rises, baptisms decline|date=June 2018 |publisher=Baptist Press|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="bpnews.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/52962/acp--giving-increases-baptisms-attendance-continue-decline|title=SBC: Giving increases while baptisms continue decline|date=May 23, 2019 |publisher=Baptist Press|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="Baptist Press">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/54903/southern-baptist-convention-continues-statistical-decline-floyd-calls-for-rethinking-acp-process|title=Southern Baptist Convention continues statistical decline, Floyd calls for rethinking ACP process|date=June 4, 2020 |publisher=Baptist Press|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pipes|first=Carol|title=Southern Baptists see baptisms, giving rebound in 2021|url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-baptists-see-baptisms-giving-rebound-in-2021/|publisher=[[Baptist Press]]|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> |} According to a census published by the association in 2023, the organization claimed 47,198 churches, 3.8 million in weekly worship attendance and 13,223,122 members.<ref>Aaron Earls, [https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/southern-baptists-grow-in-attendance-and-baptisms-decline-in-membership/ Southern Baptists grow in attendance and baptisms, decline in membership], baptistpress.com, USA, May 9, 2023</ref><ref>Southern Baptist Convention, [https://www.sbc.net/about/what-we-do/fast-facts/ Fast Facts About the SBC], sbc.net, USA, retrieved May 5, 2023</ref> The global convention has more than 1,161 local associations and 41 state conventions, and fellowships covering all fifty states and territories of the United States.<ref>Southern Baptist Convention, [https://www.sbc.net/resources/directories/state-and-local-associations/ State and Local Associations], sbc.net, USA, retrieved June 8, 2021</ref> The five U.S. states with the highest rates of membership are Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Texas has the largest number of members with an estimated 2.75 million.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://lwnewsroom.s3.amazonaws.com/newsroom/files/2014/05/ACP2013-states.jpg | title = SBC Statistics By State Convention - 2013 | publisher = Lifeway | access-date = 2014-08-28}}.</ref> Within Texas, these are divided among the more traditionalist [[Southern Baptists of Texas Convention]] and more moderate, diversified [[Baptist General Convention of Texas]]; the Baptist General Convention of Texas, or the Texas Baptists, are also more financially and organizationally autonomous from the primary convention in contrast to most state conventions. Through the Cooperative Program, Southern/Great Commission Baptists support thousands of missionaries in the United States and worldwide. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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