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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist General Conference | Delaware | 944 | 0.14% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 762. |
| Baptist General Conference | Florida | 2,212 | 0.02% | 20 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,819. |
| Baptist General Conference | Hawaii | 190 | 0.02% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 152. |
| Baptist General Conference | Idaho | 879 | 0.09% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 691. |
| Baptist General Conference | Illinois | 16,649 | 0.15% | 79 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 13,252. |
| Baptist General Conference | Indiana | 824 | 0.01% | 7 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 647. |
| Baptist General Conference | Iowa | 6,005 | 0.22% | 34 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 4,768. |
| Baptist General Conference | Kansas | 29 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 24. |
| Baptist General Conference | Kentucky | 59 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 46. |
| Baptist General Conference | Maine | 203 | 0.02% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 163. |
| Baptist General Conference | Maryland | 34 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 27. |
| Baptist General Conference | Massachusetts | 4,416 | 0.07% | 26 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 3,597. |
| Baptist General Conference | Michigan | 9,544 | 0.10% | 53 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,528. |
| Baptist General Conference | Minnesota | 31,946 | 0.73% | 142 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 25,153. |
| Baptist General Conference | Missouri | 494 | 0.01% | 5 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 396. |
| Baptist General Conference | Montana | 456 | 0.06% | 5 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 366. |
| Baptist General Conference | Nebraska | 3,702 | 0.23% | 33 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,906. |
| Baptist General Conference | New Hampshire | 33 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 26. |
| Baptist General Conference | New Jersey | 196 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 159. |
| Baptist General Conference | New York | 1,917 | 0.01% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,549. |
| Baptist General Conference | North Dakota | 452 | 0.07% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 357. |
| Baptist General Conference | Ohio | 3,504 | 0.03% | 17 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,811. |
| Baptist General Conference | Oregon | 1,860 | 0.07% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,493. |
| Baptist General Conference | Pennsylvania | 3,188 | 0.03% | 16 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,592. |
| Baptist General Conference | Rhode Island | 114 | 0.01% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 94. |
| Baptist General Conference | South Dakota | 3,684 | 0.53% | 19 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 2,871. |
| Baptist General Conference | Texas | 278 | 0.00% | 4 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 218. |
| Baptist General Conference | Texas | 218 | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column. |
| Baptist General Conference | Texas | 278 | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Ramos, Mary G. (ed). 1996-1997 Texas Almanac. Dallas, TX: Dallas Morning News (1995). [Source: Glenmary: "Churches & Church Membership in the U.S., 1990 "]; pg. 325-327. | Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column. |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 167,874 | - | 786 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 138,000 | - | 781 units |
- | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 41. | "From this humble beginning has come a denomination of 138,000 members, 781 churches, and 14 state or district conferences. " |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 134,658 | - | 821 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Baptist General Conference. " |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 135,008 | - | 857 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. " |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 135,008 | - | 857 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 134,795 | - | 879 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Baptist General Conference |
| Baptist General Conference | USA | 134,795 | - | 879 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Baptist General Conference | Virginia | 89 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 72. |
| Baptist General Conference | Washington | 11,467 | 0.24% | 41 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 9,079. |
| Baptist General Conference | Wisconsin | 7,771 | 0.16% | 58 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 6,134. |
| Baptist General Conference | world | 135,000 | - | 821 units |
- | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Baptist General Conference | world | 134,795 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religions and Health Care " by Fr. J Mahoney, M.Div.; web page: "Membership Reported " (viewed 20 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: J. Gordon Melton. Encyclopedia of American Religions, 6th edition, copyright 1999, Gale Publishing] | Table: "Membership Reported "; 3 key columns: "Religious Group ", "Year ", "Membership " (which always specifies location, whether U.S., North America, or Total]; listed in table as "Baptist General Conference " |
| Baptist General Conference | Wyoming | 935 | 0.21% | 6 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 729. |
| Baptist General Conference of Canada | Canada | 6,066 | - | 70 units |
- | 1987 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 244-247. | Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Baptist General Conference of Canada. " |
| Baptist General Conference of Canada | Canada | 6,066 | - | 70 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 653. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in Canada "; Membership figs. based on reports from group officials. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. |
| Baptist General Convention of Texas | Texas | 2,700,000 | - | 6,000 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Baptist General Convention of Texas; web page: "Answers to Questions About Another Baptist State Convention in Texas " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); by BGCT Office of Communications, 11/23/98 | "an autonomous convention... Has the BGCT 'left' the Southern Baptist Convention? No!... BGCT continues to cooperate voluntarily with the SBC... over $40 million this year in total offerings has been sent through the BGCT to the SBC from our Texas Baptist churches... BGCT is the strongest Baptist state convention with almost 6,000 related churches and missions with 2.7 million members. " |
| Baptist General Convention of Texas | Texas | 2,700,000 | - | 5,500 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* "Split could create autonomous state group, both sides say " by Associated Press; web site: Texnews.com (viewed 9 Jan. 1999) | "The state Baptist group's membership strength and donations are important to the national SBC and make it one of the largest state conventions in the country. The Baptist General Convention of Texas has more than 5,500 churches, 2.7 million members... Some... leaders say changes both sides expect will likely push some conservatives into creating their own association with ties to the SBC. " |
| Baptist General Convention of Texas | Texas | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Delgado, Berta. "Conservative Baptists back amendment " in Dallas Morning News, 17 Nov. 1999; pg. 35A. | "Meeting Tuesday for the second time in its young history, the conservative Southern Baptists of Texas Convention could not ignore recent action by the group it splintered from in 1997... the moderate Baptist General Convention of Texas... 'As a sixth-generation Texan, it's great to be with the real Texan Baptists,' said Dr. Richard Land, a member of the national committee... continuing rift of the two factions in Texas... 'The Baptist General Convention is... determined to go a separate direction from the national Southern Baptist Convention,' he said... He said that when the Baptist General Convention of Texas last week approved a constitutional change that would allow churches from other states to join, it took the first step to becoming a 'de facto national alternative convention for those who have lost at the state level.' " |
| Baptist Home Mission Society | El Salvador | - | - | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974); pg. 40. | "The Central American Mission and the Baptist Home Mission Societies are active. " |
| Baptist Home Mission Society | New York | - | - | - | - | 1795 | Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists]; pg. 110. | "In 1795 there were enough Baptist churches in the vicinity of Otsego Lake, New York, to form an association. This organization proved to be a pioneer in what later became known as the Baptist Home Mission Society, for its member churches cooperated in raising funds to send the first missionary to preach to the Six Nations Indians of northern New York. " |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Alabama | 2,239 | 0.06% | 20 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 1,769. [Listed as 'Baptist Missionary Association of America.'] |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Alaska | 50 | 0.01% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 38. [Listed as 'Baptist Missionary Association of America.'] |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Arizona | 124 | 0.00% | 5 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 96. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Arkansas | 78,121 | 3.16% | 365 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 61,979. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | California | 1,584 | 0.01% | 18 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,233. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Colorado | 96 | 0.00% | 2 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 72. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Florida | 1,420 | 0.01% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,129. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Georgia, USA | 197 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 153. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Illinois | 2,226 | 0.02% | 12 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,746. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Indiana | 322 | 0.01% | 3 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 264. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Kansas | 1,686 | 0.07% | 11 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,339. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Kentucky | 41 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 33. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Louisiana | 10,735 | 0.25% | 41 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 8,309. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Maine | 30 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 24. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Michigan | 2,118 | 0.02% | 15 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 1,663. |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Mississippi | 39,295 | 1.53% | 185 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 30,726. |
Baptist Missionary Association of America, continued 