Southern Baptists to address several issues at annual meeting
Southern Baptists are expected to address the issues of women pastors, sexual abuse and why their membership is dropping.
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Southern Baptists Lose Members for 12th Straight Year
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination is reporting its twelfth year of declining memberships. The Southern Baptist Convention has reported total membership for 2018 at 14.8 million, down about 192,000 from the previous year. Baptisms also declined by about 7,600 to 246,442. Scott McConnell is director of the SBC’s Lifeway Research, which reported the data. He says baptisms have declined in…
