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This information is updated two to three times a year based on information received from entities and the SBC Executive Committee.
Last updated 11/21/2022.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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.” They have organized themselves to accomplish a specific set of missions and ministry initiatives, all for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all people everywhere.

Cooperating Churches47,614
Total membership in the SBC network of churches13,680,493
Weekly worship attendance* in the SBC network
* indicates in-person attendance; online also reported, see 2022 SBC Annual, p. 124
3,607,530
Total baptisms (reported by Southern Baptist churches)154,701
Cooperating state conventions41
Cooperating local associations1,110
from 2021 Annual Church Profile

MISSION BOARD REPORTS

The International Mission Board (IMB) and North American Mission Board (NAMB) assist churches in evangelizing, discipling, and planting reproducing churches in our nation and around the world in fulfillment of the Great Commission.

Overseas missionaries
reported by IMB, (imb.org/fast-facts)
3,532
Unengaged Unreached People Groups
reported by IMB, (imb.org/fast-facts)
3,175
Domestic missionaries
reported by NAMB in the 2022 SBC Annual, *see p. 133
2,469*
New churches planted
reported by NAMB in the 2022 SBC Annual
600
Existing churches joining with the SBC
reported by NAMB in the 2022 SBC Annual
201

SEMINARY STUDENTS TRAINED

The Convention operates six seminaries and a Seminary Extension program to train its ministers and Christian workers.

Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention1,995
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 4,723
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary3,056
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary5,909
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary6,151
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary3,703
Total25,537
Seminary Extension Division, Nashville516
from 2020-2021 academic year as reported in the 2022 SBC Annual

MISSION:DIGNITY

Mission:Dignity, a ministry of GuideStone Financial Resources, provides financial assistance to retired ministers, denominational workers, their spouses, and widows.

Individuals or couples receiving financial assistance1,955
Distributed in 2021$8,834,237
from GuideStone Financial Resources ministry report in 2022 SBC Annual

RACIAL/ETHNIC DIVERSITY

Dominant Ethnic CompositionChurchesCongregations*
Anglo churches38,29739,139
African American churches3,4923,904
Hispanic churches2,4583,368
Korean churches792882
Native American churches393418
Haitian churches404421
Chinese churches242278
Filipino churches135160
Multi-ethnic churches242348
20+ other ethnic and language groups1,1561,502
*Includes churches and church-type missions
provided by NAMB from 2021 Annual Church Profile Data.

REGULAR CHURCH GIVING

Total reported undesignated receipts given in Southern Baptist churches in 2020–2021
reported by the churches on the 2021 Annual Church Profile, April 2022
$9,774,807,128
Total Cooperative Program dollars given by Southern Baptist churches in fiscal 2020-2021
reported to the Executive Committee by the cooperating state Baptist conventions, May 2022
$457,928,996
Cooperative Program Allocation Budget gifts received for SBC causes
reported by the Executive Committee via Baptist Press, October 2022
$200,452,607
Average percentage of undesignated receipts churches gave through the Cooperative Program in 2021
reported by the SBC Executive Committee, 2020-2021 fiscal year
4.68 percent

DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions—100% goes to support overseas missionaries
updated by IMB as of October 2022
$203.7 million
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions—100% goes to support North American missionaries
updated by NAMB as of October 2022
$68.9 million
Global Hunger Relief—100% goes to fight hunger in North America and around the world
amount received through the SBC Executive Committee, 2020-2021 fiscal year; does not include direct gifts to IMB and NAMB for GHR
$2,062,506

The Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists’ unified plan of giving through which cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of their respective state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries.


IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE CONVENTIONS

DISASTER RELIEF

The North American Mission Board and state convention partners organize Southern Baptists’ response to disasters. They contribute manpower, ministry, and financial help during floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, earthquakes, and urban disasters.

Volunteer days93,248
Work hours574,710
Gospel presentations7,617
Professions of faith735
Meals prepared966,735
from NAMB ministry report in 2022 SBC Annual

CHILDREN’S AND FAMILY MINISTRIES

The Baptist Coalition for Children and Families represents twenty-one ministries established by state Baptist conventions to serve at-risk children and their families through residential care, counseling, foster care enlistment, and adoption assistance.

Number of children in residential care1,581
Number of others served435,848
Spiritual decisions reported630
from Baptist Coalition for Children and Families 2021 data

BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRIES

LifeWay Christian Resources and state conventions collaborate to make disciples on college campuses across the nation through Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM).

Number of Baptist Collegiate Ministries768
Total number of students involved70,472
Total number of reported salvations through BCM7,025
from National Collegiate Ministries 2019–20 Annual Statistics