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2 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.
- SBC; GCB
- May 8–12, 1845, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
- 13,223,122 (2022), Weekly attendance = 3,800,000 (2022)
- Bart Barber
Apr 24, 2024 · Southern Baptism Convention, the largest Baptist group in the United States, organized at Augusta, Georgia, in 1845 by Southern Baptists who disagreed with the antislavery stance of Northern Baptists. It has long been by far the largest American Protestant body, and it is now among the most ethnically diverse.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 13, 2024 · The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a fellowship of over 47,000 Baptist churches scattered across the United States and its territories. These congregations, comprised of numerous racial, ethnic, language, and socioeconomic people groups, are called “cooperating churches.”
May 7, 2024 · Despite years of record-setting declines shrinking the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to its lowest membership in nearly half a century, Southern Baptists have begun to see some signs of...
May 7, 2024 · May 7, 2024 · 4 min read. 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...
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2 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 7, 2024 · On any given week last year, 4,050,668 individuals attended a congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, an increase of 246,178 over 2022 for a more than 6 percent jump. Five states averaged more than 250,000 worshipers in congregations during 2023: Texas (469,532), Florida (406,142), Georgia (351,850), North Carolina ...
