Baptist General Conference

• Introduction
• Distribution
• Over Time
• Related Surveys
• Data Sources

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1952 - 366 48,647 1953 442 362 49,981 1954 - 406 52,485 1955 521 425 54,000 1956 486 441 59,304 1957 555 465 61,724 1958 742 491 65,507 1959 724 516 68,930 1960 500 536 72,056 1961 550 545 75,613 1962 804 549 82,309 1964 700 601 86,793 1965 700 571 86,719 1966 - 573 91,206 1968 1,006 591 100,000 1969 1,006 690 101,226 1970 919 677 103,955 1971 1,032 681 108,474 1972 1,032 686 111,364 1973 1,020 625 109,033 1974 1,055 632 111,093 1975 1,023 653 115,340 1976 959 669 117,973 1977 991 665 120,222 1978 1,002 772 131,000 1979 1,325 701 126,800 1980 1,216 779 133,385 1981 1,227 715 127,662 1982 1,146 721 129,928 1984 1,470 732 128,913 1985 1,526 735 130,193 1986 1,560 753 132,546 1987 1,700 762 131,480 1989 1,700 789 135,125 1990 1,700 792 133,742 1991 1,700 799 134,717 1992 1,700 821 134,658 1994 1,248 813 135,128 1995 - 857 135,008 1996 - 875 136,120 1997 - 879 134,795 1998 - 876 141,445 1999 - 880 142,871 2000 - - 143,200 2001 - - 143,200 2002 - 902 145,148

Notes

" Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches [More information on data sources]