Southern Baptist Convention membership drops for 14th year in a row [View all]
Amid the pandemic, the Southern Baptist Convention lost members for the 14th year in a row.
From 2019 to 2020, the number of Southern Baptists dropped 3% to 14,089,947, the latest Annual Church Profile compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources shows. The convention had more than 16 million members in 2006.
Membership isn't the only statistic that saw a decrease in the first year of the coronavirus outbreak. Average weekly worship attendance, baptisms, congregations and giving also dropped in 2020.
In addition to COVID-19 deaths, some of these metrics likely contributed to the overall drop in the number of Southern Baptists, Scott McConnell, the executive director of Lifeway Research, said in a news release.
Read more: https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/religion/2021/05/28/southern-baptist-convention-membership-drops-14th-year-row/7419455002/
(Fort Smith Times Record)
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