2006
Southern Baptist Convention Statistical Summary
State Conventions 41 41 0 0.00%
Associations 1,185 1,182 3 0.25%
Churches 44,223 43,699 524 1.20%
Total Membership 16,306,246 16,270,315 35,931 0.22%
Baptisms 364,826 371,850 -7,024 -1.89%
Ratio Baptisms/Total
Mem. 1:45 1:44 (N/A) (N/A)
Worship Attendance 6,138,776 6,052,321 86,455 1.43%
Mission/Churches 5,241 5,135 106 2.06%
Notes:
1. Prior to 2005,
Discipleship Training Enrollment counted persons more than once (counted for
each
group in which they
participated). In 2005 (and afterwards), the item was changed to count persons
only once regardless
of how many studies in which they participated.
2. California
Southern Baptist Convention either did not ask this item or their item
definition was not
comparable to the
definition used by other state conventions.
3. The Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina did not ask the Discipleship Training item in a
way
which yields
comparable data.
4. 54 associations in
Texas did not ask this item or the information necessary to obtain the total.
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Other
2006 Items
Not
Comparable to 2005 Totals:
Totals in
this table have incomplete data for 2006 due to some state conventions or
associations either not asking the item or asking
it in such
a way that the results were not compatible to other data. Thus, the 2006 SBC
Totals for these items are not comparable to
2005 SBC
Totals and numeric/percent change calculations are not appropriate.
Item/Statistic Final 2006 Final 2005
Other Additions (2) 394,321 396,443
Sunday School
Enrollment (2) 7,931,753 8,068,780
Discipleship
Training Enrollment (1, 2, 3, 4) 1,503,826 1,667,709
Music Ministry
Enrollment/Participation (4) 1,466,124 1,577,364
WMU Enrollment (2, 4) 811,139 804,983
Men/Boys Mission
Education Enrollment (2, 4) 376,379 388,264
Total Tithes,
Offerings, & Special Gifts (2, 4) $10,425,420,529 $
9,932,910,264
Undesignated
Receipts (2)
$ 8,293,404,321 $ 7,842,598,469
Total Receipts (2) $11,372,608,393 $10,721,544,568
Total Mission
Expenditures (2) $ 1,285,616,031 $ 1,233,644,135
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