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TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts) Wed Jun 2, 2021, 06:42 AM Jun 2021

Southern Baptist Convention membership drops for 14th year in a row

Amid the pandemic, the Southern Baptist Convention lost members for the 14th year in a row.

From 2019 to 2020, the number of Southern Baptists dropped 3% to 14,089,947, the latest Annual Church Profile compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources shows. The convention had more than 16 million members in 2006.

Membership isn't the only statistic that saw a decrease in the first year of the coronavirus outbreak. Average weekly worship attendance, baptisms, congregations and giving also dropped in 2020.

In addition to COVID-19 deaths, some of these metrics likely contributed to the overall drop in the number of Southern Baptists, Scott McConnell, the executive director of Lifeway Research, said in a news release.

Read more: https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/religion/2021/05/28/southern-baptist-convention-membership-drops-14th-year-row/7419455002/
(Fort Smith Times Record)

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Southern Baptist Convention membership drops for 14th year in a row (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2021 OP

Gosh, that's too bad . . . . hatrack Jun 2021 #1

Ya just hate to see it. bearsfootball516 Jun 2021 #2

Tots and Pears Sherman A1 Jun 2021 #3

Only if they hold them underwater long enough. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #4

That would be okay Sherman A1 Jun 2021 #5

Is that attributed to Elmore Leonard? Probatim Jun 2021 #6

No, to a bumper sticker. TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #7

As a long-term survivor of Catholic schools, I've always laughed at that joke. Probatim Jun 2021 #10

As with almost everything in life, TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #11

I kind of feel bad TlalocW Jun 2021 #8

Is it rude to applaud? sinkingfeeling Jun 2021 #9

hatrack

(61,194 posts)

1. Gosh, that's too bad . . . .

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 06:54 AM

Jun 2021

bearsfootball516

(6,517 posts)

2. Ya just hate to see it.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 06:56 AM

Jun 2021

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

3. Tots and Pears

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:15 AM

Jun 2021

Maybe next year they can turn this around....

TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts)

4. Only if they hold them underwater long enough. nt

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:17 AM

Jun 2021

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

5. That would be okay

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:19 AM

Jun 2021

With me although the tater tots might get soggy. The pears should be okay.......

Probatim

(3,040 posts)

6. Is that attributed to Elmore Leonard?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:29 AM

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TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts)

7. No, to a bumper sticker.

Reply to Probatim (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:37 AM

Jun 2021

Do you know the problem with Baptists? They don't hold them under long enough.

Note: My father was a part-time Southern Baptist minister.

Probatim

(3,040 posts)

10. As a long-term survivor of Catholic schools, I've always laughed at that joke.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:43 AM

Jun 2021

TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts)

11. As with almost everything in life,

Reply to Probatim (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:54 AM

Jun 2021

I roll with the punches. I had to deal with an Aggie as my preacher when I was in high school so I can understand why the joke was created.

TlalocW

(15,632 posts)

8. I kind of feel bad

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:41 AM

Jun 2021

For the sex workers as their business goes up whenever there's a religious convention like this in town, but then maybe it's worth the loss of income for them to not have old Ronald Reagan speeches memorized for use in foreplay.

TlalocW

sinkingfeeling

(53,247 posts)

9. Is it rude to applaud?

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Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:41 AM

Jun 2021

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