American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

PO Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
United States

Attesting Officer
Ms. Maureen Morrissey
ABC Information Systems Coordinator


Media Contact
Assoc. Gen'l. Secretary for Mission Resource Development, the Rev. Dr. Leo S. Thorne

40.1, -75.47


Originally known as the Northern Baptist Convention, this body of Baptist churches changed the name to American Baptist Convention in 1950 with a commitment to hold the name in trust for all Christians of like faith and mind who desire to bear witness to the historical Baptist convictions in a framework of cooperative Protestantism.
In 1972 American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. was adopted as the new name. Although national missionary organizational developments began in 1814 with the establishment of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and continued with the organization of the American Baptist Publication Society in 1824 and the American Baptist Home Mission Society in 1832, the general denominational body was not formed until 1907. American Baptist work at the local level dates back to the organization by Roger Williams of the First Baptist Church in Providence, R. I. in 1638.


Full Communicants Average Attendance Other Members Total Inclusive Members Total Churches Membership Calculation Method
1981
0
1,621,795
5,939
1980
0
1,607,541
5,817
1979
0
1,600,521
5,814
1978
0
1,271,688
5,897
1977
0
1,316,760
5,815
1976
1,593,574
1,593,574
5,937
1975
1,603,033
1,603,033
5,990
1974
1,579,029
1,579,029
6,005
1973
1,502,759
1,502,759
6,020
1972
1,484,393
1,484,393
6,029
1971
1,562,636
0
1,562,636
6,035
1970
1,472,478
1,472,478
6,090
1967
0
1,454,965
5,968
1966
1,538,988
1,538,988
6,063
1964
1,495,326
6,119
1963
1,559,103
6,276
1962
1,559,103
6,276
1961
1,544,505
6,283
1960
1,521,052
6,272
1959
1,543,198
6,262
1957
1,555,360
6,362
1956
1,528,210
6,372
1955
1,513,697
6,490
1954
0
0
0
1,505,871
6,495
1952
1,557,816
6,531
Serving Churches Retired Other Service to the Church Total Clergy
1981
4,034
6,951
1980
3,954
6,843
1979
5,498
8,600
1978
4,330
7,299
1977
4,166
7,087
1976
5,320
8,566
1975
5,000
8,416
1974
5,002
8,564
1973
4,930
7,632
1972
4,648
7,599
1971
4,700
8,222
1970
4,317
6,307
1967
4,679
7,352
1966
4,476
8,100
1964
4,868
8,103
1963
5,015
8,250
1962
4,867
7,808
1961
5,000
8,600
1960
5,100
8,580
1959
5,271
6,868
1957
4,939
8,274
1956
5,100
6,351
1955
5,305
8,000
1954
5,400
0
0
7,000
1952
5,500
6,000
Total Schools Staff Pupils Total Individuals
1962
6,327
101,708
877,987
979,695
1961
6,327
101,708
897,736
999,444
1960
6,237
101,708
912,160
1,013,868
1959
6,317
101,708
901,711
1,003,419
1958
6,317
101,708
910,871
1,012,579
1956
6,317
112,565
833,381
945,946
1955
6,317
112,565
856,442
969,007
1953
6,317
112,565
831,759
944,324
1952
7,427
112,565
831,759
944,324
1951
6,376
112,565
803,421
915,986
1950
6,036
112,565
824,907
937,472
1926
6,999
0
0
1,052,794
1925
7,609
1,130,027
1,130,027
1923
7,869
1,098,873
1922
7,648
1,047,456
1921
7,162
984,011
1919
9,917
1,170,214
1917
8,188
112,901
1,028,952
1916
8,291
112,250
1,024,125
Total Benevolences Total Financials Total Giving Local Expenses Method
1980
$37,133,159
$250,693,815
$213,560,656
1979
$34,992,300
$230,979,295
$195,986,995
1978
$31,937,862
$216,654,034
$184,716,172
1977
$31,426,026
$222,884,570
$191,458,544
1976
$25,792,357
$188,926,449
$163,134,092
1975
$23,638,372
$177,335,463
$153,697,091
1974
$21,847,285
$168,869,565
$147,022,280
1973
$20,537,388
$159,894,999
$139,357,611
1972
$18,993,440
$137,440,013
$118,446,573
1971
$18,878,769
$133,552,574
$114,673,805
1970
$19,655,391
$132,323,701
$112,668,310
1969
$21,111,333
$125,000,000
$104,000,000
1968
$21,834,900
$128,000,000
$106,000,000
1964
$104,699,557
1963
$99,001,651
1962
$105,667,332
1961
$104,887,025
1960
$73,106,232
1959
$74,877,669
1958
$0
$70,405,404
$0
1957
$70,405,404
1956
$7,282,863
$45,165,926
$37,883,063
1955
$10,199,362
$65,354,184
$55,154,822
1954
$10,563,326
$67,362,582
$56,799,256
1953
$10,563,326
$67,362,582
$48,042,425