Index
back to Southern Baptist Convention, USA
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 1,947,000 | - | - | - | 1906 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | - | 3.70% | - | - | 1906 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 149. | Figure 5.3: "Adherents per 1,000 Population for Methodist Episcopal Church and Southern Baptist Convention, 1890-1986 " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,015,000 | - | - | - | 1907 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,139,000 | - | - | - | 1908 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,219,000 | - | - | - | 1909 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,332,000 | - | - | - | 1910 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,421,000 | - | - | - | 1911 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,446,000 | - | - | - | 1912 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,523,000 | - | - | - | 1913 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,589,000 | - | - | - | 1914 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,686,000 | - | - | - | 1915 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,744,000 | - | - | - | 1916 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,844,000 | - | - | - | 1917 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,887,000 | - | - | - | 1918 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 2,961,000 | - | - | - | 1919 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,149,000 | - | - | - | 1920 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,220,000 | - | - | - | 1921 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,366,000 | - | - | - | 1922 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,494,000 | - | - | - | 1923 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,575,000 | - | - | - | 1924 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,649,000 | - | - | - | 1925 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,617,000 | - | - | - | 1926 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1926 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 149. | Figure 5.3: "Adherents per 1,000 Population for Methodist Episcopal Church and Southern Baptist Convention, 1890-1986 " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,674,000 | - | - | - | 1927 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,706,000 | - | - | - | 1928 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,771,000 | - | - | - | 1929 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,850,000 | - | - | - | 1930 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 3,945,000 | - | - | - | 1931 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,066,000 | - | - | - | 1932 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,174,000 | - | - | - | 1933 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,277,000 | - | - | - | 1934 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,389,000 | - | - | - | 1935 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,482,000 | - | - | - | 1936 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,596,000 | - | - | - | 1937 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,770,000 | - | - | - | 1938 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 4,949,000 | - | - | - | 1939 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,104,000 | - | - | - | 1940 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,238,000 | - | - | - | 1941 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,367,000 | - | - | - | 1942 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,493,000 | - | - | - | 1943 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,668,000 | - | - | - | 1944 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 5,866,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 6,079,000 | - | - | - | 1946 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 6,000,000 | - | - | - | 1946 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 18. | Pg. 14: "At the close of World War II... "; Pg. 18: "Second only to the Methodists in size was the Southern Baptist Convention. With more than 6 million members in 27,000 local congregations... over 300 mission schools in 22 foreign countries... " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | - | - | 27,000 units |
- | 1946 | Wuthnow, Robert. The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith Since World War II, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1988); pg. 28. | "These vacancies were acute by the end of the war [WWII]. Southern Baptist statistics showed that only 10,000 of its 27,000 churches were staffed by full-time pastoers, leaving 63% in the hands of lay ministers... " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 6,271,000 | - | - | - | 1947 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 6,489,000 | - | - | - | 1948 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 6,761,000 | - | - | - | 1949 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; included prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 7,080,000 | - | - | - | 1950 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 7,373,000 | - | - | - | 1951 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | - | 6.40% | - | - | 1951 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 149. | Figure 5.3: "Adherents per 1,000 Population for Methodist Episcopal Church and Southern Baptist Convention, 1890-1986 " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 7,634,000 | - | - | - | 1952 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 7,886,000 | - | - | - | 1953 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,169,000 | - | - | - | 1954 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,475,000 | - | - | - | 1955 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,709,000 | - | - | - | 1956 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,966,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,966,255 | - | - | - | 1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960) [1st printing 1957]; pg. 31. | "The two largest missionary efforts are provided by the all-white Southern Baptist Convention, with 8,966,255 members, and the American Baptist Convention, a Northern society of 1,536,275 constituents. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 8,500,000 | 5.06% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 204-205. | Table: "Christians, Their Practices "; "Baptists: Members in... U.S., 18.8 million adults. Largest of at least 27 bodies in the U.S. is the Southern Baptist Convention with 8.5 million members... " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 9,207,000 | - | - | - | 1958 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 9,485,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 9,000,000 | - | - | - | 1959 | Stuber, Stanley I. How We Got Our Denominations: A Primer on Church History. New York: Association Press Revised Ed., 1959); pg. 190. | "Approximate [Baptist] membership in the U.S.: American (northern) Baptists, 1,550,000; Southern Baptists, 9,000,000; Negro Baptists (of two National Conventions), 7,170,000. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 9,731,000 | - | - | - | 1960 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 9,978,000 | - | - | - | 1961 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
| Southern Baptist Convention | USA | 10,193,000 | - | - | - | 1962 | Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970; Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1975); pg. 391-392. | Table: "Membership of Selected Religious Bodies: 1790 to 1970 "; Southern Baptists: "Beginning 1951, incl. membership in Alaska &, beg. 1954, in Hawaii. Excludes membership of Baptist Missionary Assoc. beg. 1925; incl. prior to that time. " |
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