Tellers named for 2025 SBC annual meeting • Biblical Recorder

Tellers named for 2025 SBC annual meeting • Biblical Recorder

DALLAS (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Clint Pressley has named the roster of tellers to count votes at the 2025 SBC annual meeting on June 12-13. Pressley named Hank Garner, executive pastor at First Baptist Church (FBC) Lonoke in Paducah, Ky., as to lead the team. “We’ll count every ballot, to be sure. [...]Read More...

New report reveals ‘significant decline in Christian affiliation, rise in non-Christian faiths’

The Baptist Paper A new report from George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University reveals a dramatic shift in America’s spiritual landscape, “with a significant decline in Christian affiliation, a rise in non-Christian faiths and “no-faith” segments, and widespread confusion about moral truth,” according to an ACU news release. The study

New 2024 Stats Sees SBC Membership Decline for 18th Straight Year

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released its 2024 Annual Church Profile (ACP) last week, highlighting a continued downward trend in membership alongside a significant uptick in baptisms. The data, compiled by Lifeway Research in collaboration with state conventions, marks the 18th consecutive year of membership decline for the denomination. According to the report, the SBC lost 259,824 members in 2024—a 2% drop—bringing total membership to…

SBC: Membership Is Down, There Are Fewer Churches, but Baptisms Are Up. Should Baptist Leaders Be Encouraged? | The Wartburg Watch 2024

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