Southern Baptist Convention

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

Over Time

Membership Data Year Clergy Churches Members 1925 19,506 27,506 3,611,608 1929 23,431 24,010 3,770,645 1931 - - 3,702,315 1933 - 24,270 4,173,928 1935 21,917 24,537 4,389,417 1937 - 24,844 4,595,602 1940 - 25,018 4,949,174 1942 - 25,737 5,367,129 1944 - 25,965 5,667,926 1946 - - 6,079,305 1947 - 26,764 6,270,819 1950 22,293 27,788 7,079,889 1951 23,400 28,289 7,373,498 1952 25,300 28,865 7,634,493 1953 27,747 29,481 7,883,708 1954 25,881 29,863 8,163,562 1955 27,600 30,340 8,467,439 1956 28,373 30,797 8,700,481 1957 29,490 31,257 8,956,756 1958 29,959 31,477 9,202,205 1959 34,130 31,906 9,485,276 1960 34,147 32,251 9,731,591 1961 36,260 32,598 9,978,488 1962 34,939 32,878 10,191,303 1963 35,000 33,101 10,393,039 1964 - 33,362 10,598,429 1965 - 33,774 10,770,573 1966 - 33,926 10,947,389 1967 - 34,123 11,140,486 1968 - 34,275 11,330,481 1969 - 34,313 11,487,708 1970 - 34,340 11,628,032 1971 - 34,420 11,824,676 1972 54,150 34,512 12,065,333 1973 54,150 34,643 12,295,400 1974 54,150 34,710 12,513,378 1975 55,000 34,880 12,733,124 1976 55,100 35,031 12,917,992 1977 55,500 35,212 13,078,239 1978 56,000 35,357 13,191,394 1979 56,200 35,552 13,372,757 1980 56,200 35,778 13,600,126 1981 61,400 36,022 13,782,644 1982 61,600 36,246 13,991,709 1983 61,900 34,464 14,178,051 1984 62,600 36,668 14,341,821 1985 62,900 36,898 14,477,364 1986 63,200 37,072 14,613,618 1987 63,400 37,238 14,722,617 1988 63,625 37,517 14,812,844 1989 64,100 37,739 14,907,826 1990 64,500 37,922 15,038,409 1991 65,450 36,168 15,232,347 1992 63,352 38,401 15,358,866 1993 60,439 38,682 15,398,642 1994 60,045 39,863 15,614,060 1995 59,338 40,039 15,663,296 1996 71,257 40,565 15,691,964 1997 80,274 40,887 15,891,514 1998 97,783 40,870 15,729,356 1999 100,387 41,099 15,851,756 2000 101,446 41,588 15,960,308 2001 108,682 42,334 16,052,920 2002 121,417 42,775 16,247,736 2003 112,922 42,972 16,439,603 2004 118,289 43,465 16,267,494

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]