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4 days ago · The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB ), is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. [1] [2] The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous, independent ...
- SBC; GCB
- May 8–12, 1845, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
- 13,223,122 (2022), Weekly attendance = 3,800,000 (2022)
- Bart Barber
2 days ago · Following similar conflicts over modernism, the Southern Baptist Convention adhered to conservative theology as its official position. In the late 20th century, Southern Baptists who disagreed with this direction founded two new groups: the liberal Alliance of Baptists in 1987 and the more moderate Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in 1991.
May 8, 2024 · The bad news for the Southern Baptist Convention is that membership declined for the 17th consecutive year. The good news is that last year’s 1.8% decrease was less than recent years. Those are among findings from the SBC’s Annual Church Profile in 2023. The ACP collects data from the SBC’s ...
3 days ago · The Southern Baptist Convention is set to gather in Indianapolis for its annual meeting starting June 11. A task force that audited its 2009-2010 revitalization initiative will present findings ...
May 16, 2024 · Southern Baptist Convention membership continued to shrink in 2023, but at a slower rate than in recent years, Lifeway Research found this month. It was the 17th straight year of declining ...
May 6, 2024 · Fred Luter, Jr. (born November 11, 1956, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.) is an American Protestant religious leader and was the president of the Southern Baptist Convention (2012–14), the first African American to hold the position. Luter was born in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. He narrowly survived a motorcycle accident when he was 21 years ...
May 7, 2024 · The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual census reported 241,000 fewer members and 292 fewer churches in 2023, another yearly drop for the nation's largest Protestant denomination.
