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Lifeway Research, a division of the SBC’s publishing arm, said in its annual church profile on Tuesday there were 46,906 Southern Baptist churches and 12.9 million members in 2023, down from 13. ...
The Southern Baptist Convention has experienced decline: between 2006 and 2020, it lost 2.3 million members, representing a 14% decrease in membership during that period. [104] [105] The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod reported in 2021 that the denomination has been declining in membership. [106]
The official name is the Southern Baptist Convention.The word Southern in "Southern Baptist Convention" stems from its 1845 organization in Augusta, Georgia, by white Baptists in the Southern United States who supported continuing the institution of slavery and split from the northern Baptists (known today as the American Baptist Churches USA), who did not support funding evangelists engaging ...
In statistics released earlier this year by Lifeway Research, the denomination fell to 13.2 million members in 2022. That is the lowest level since the late 1970s. Rates of baptisms are also in ...
A U.S. Court of Appeals case against the North American Mission Board over plaintiff Will McRaney's dismissal from a state Southern Baptist convention that contracted to work with the mission agency.
In February, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to oust Fern Creek for having a woman pastor — the same issue it cited for expelling four other churches, including the ...
Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches – 0.3 million [72] Ghana Baptist Convention – 0.3 million [72] Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda – 0.3 million [72] Venture Church Network – 0.2 million [76] National Association of Free Will Baptists – 0.2 million [77] Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches – 0.2 ...
In 2023, Southern Baptist Convention leadership disfellowshipped Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson. Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Linda Smith, at the time, said her church didn't expect to appeal.