Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, had 12.7 million members and 46,876 churches in ...

In 2024, the Southern Baptist Convention baptized more new members than in any of the previous seven years but still saw an ...

Overall, the SBC fell to 12.7 million members in 2024, its lowest since 1974. The denomination has lost more members in the 4 ...

For the Southern Baptist Convention, it marks the latest in a now-predictable trend of year-over-year decline, even as new events are contributing to the losses. Amid 18 consecutive years of ...

Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has fallen for the 18th consecutive year, with total membership now at 12 ...

NewSpring Church, based in Anderson, South Carolina and considered the largest church in the state, voluntarily left the Southern Baptist Convention ... escalated in 2023 with the loss of two ...

Congregations affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention experienced growth in total worship attendance and small group or Sunday School participation. In 2024, an average of more than 4.3 ...

The Southern University Ag Center’s ... Sounds of Spring Concert at 6 p.m. on April 24 at First Baptist Church Baton Rouge, 529 Convention St. This semester’s concert will feature the joyful ...

New Orleans is a Southern anomaly: in the South but not of the South, more Catholic (or pagan) than Baptist ... relocated the restaurant near the Convention Center.) Here, the power elite once ...