Note: The Baptist Convention of New Mexico was formed in 1912 in the merger of the New Mexico Baptist Convention (founded in 1900) and Baptist General Convention of New Mexico (founded in 1910). Data prior to 1912 is cumulative for predecessor conventions and associations.

year	associations	churches	members	baptisms	SS membership	SS average attendance	annual meeting	messengers	churches represented	president	CP $ to SBC	total CP $	SBC % of CP $
1897	2		642	45					17
1898	2		628	43					17
1899	2		790	34					22
1900	3	24	882	73			Las Cruces		29	Bruce Kinney
1901	3	30	1,108	150			Alamogordo		27	Bruce Kinney
1902	2	33	1,227	94			Albuquerque		32	H. J. Powell
1903	2	34	1,327	102			Roswell		38	H. J. Powell
1904	2	41	1,407	182			Las Vegas
1905	2	42	1,463	152			Alamogordo		44	H. F. Vermillion
1906	3	48	1,761	158			Portales			B. T. Link
1907	3	69	2,321	175			Albuquerque		65	B. T. Link
1908	3	70	2,448	158			Roswell		94	B. T. Link
1909	3	94	3,309	231			Las Vegas		103	B. T. Link
1910	6	113	3,932	247			Tucumcari			Geo. R. Varney/ J. W. Lawling
1911	6	116	4,241	346			Roswell/Clovis		121	Milton Reece/ J. W. Lawling
1912	6	146	5,321	448			Clovis/Alamogordo			H. F. Vermillion
1913	6	138	5,077	474			Deming			H. F. Vermillion
1914	7	124	5,204	553			Alamogordo			Milton Reece
1915	8	117	5,470	428			Tucumcari			Milton Reece
1916	8	135	5,275	600			Carlsbad			R. F. Jenkins
1917	9	137	6,902	564			Raton			R. F. Jenkins
1918	8	104	5,999	517			Albuquerque
1919	8	146	5,909	524			Santa Fe			Buren Sparks
1920	9	148	7,038	696	6,087		Roswell			Buren Sparks
1921	10	169	8,963	1,011	7,757		Albuquerque			Buren Sparks
1922	10	160	9,585	1,072	7,059		Tucumcari			Buren Sparks
1923	10	169	10,228	815			Las Vegas			J. F. Nix
1924	10	167	10,796	977			Clovis			J. F. Nix
1925	10	175	11,469	1,128			Alamogordo			J. F. Nix		20,583
1926							Las Cruces			C. M. Rock		18,990
1927							Carlsbad			C. M. Rock		17,874
1928							Tucumcari			C. M. Rock		18,340
1929		125	11,597		8,157		Santa Fe			D. R. Durrett		23,044
1930		135	11,708	687	9,475		Roswell			T. W. Lamkin		15,778
1931							Portales			T. W. Lamkin		11,836
1932							Albuquerque			Julian Atwood		7,793
1933							Las Cruces			Julian Atwood	700	6,963	10.00
1934		127	12,140	909	11,577		Roswell			Julian Atwood	900	8,602	10.00
1935		97	14,420	1,042	12,605		Farmington			A. Hope Owen	1,100	10,587	10.00
1936		141	14,167	1,085	13,420		Tucumcari			Harry P. Stagg	1,300	12,559	10.00
1937		126	13,567	862	14,562		Albuquerque			Harry P. Stagg	1,400	14,452	10.00
1938		124	15,058	1,158	17,652		Roswell			Bernard Guy	1,700	16,665	10.00
1939		133	18,580	1,659	19,434		Clovis			Bernard Guy	1,500	15,215	10.00
1940							Carlsbad			A. Hope Owen	3,700	18,538	20.00
1941		138	22,263	1,615	20,564		Tucumcari			C. R. Barrick	4,100	20,472	20.00
1942		141	23,005	1,573	20,096		Albuquerque			D. C. Stringer	5,800	29,048	20.00
1943		158	25,575	1,417	19,526		Portales			D. C. Stringer	9,000	44,809	20.00
1944		163	27,905	1,451			Albuquerque			D. C. Stringer	12,000	62,291	20.00
1945		166		1,926	26,344		Portales			Earl R. Keating	17,000	86,765	20.00
1946		178	33,000	2,023			Hobbs			Earl R. Keating	19,000	94,852	20.00
1947		175	35,799	2,483	28,966		Roswell			P. C. McGahey	21,000	105,965	20.00
1948		181	39,044	2,707	32,219		Clovis			P. C. McGahey	28,000	141,685	20.00
1949		190	42,345	3,002	34,747		Santa Fe			S. M. Morgan	29,000	145,843	20.00
1950							Albuquerque			S. M. Morgan	32,000	160,290	20.00
1951							Clovis			T. J. Gamble, Jr.	37,000	182,765	20.00
1952							Las Cruces			T. J. Gamble, Jr.	42,000	210,370	20.00
1953							Tucumcari			L. M. Walker	49,000	244,146	20.00
1954							Roswell			L. M. Walker	57,000	285,149	20.00
1955							Hobbs			A. A. DuLaney	81,000	322,868	25.00
1956							Albuquerque			A. A. DuLaney	92,000	368,738	25.00
1957							Clovis			Hoyt Welch	96,000	384,896	25.00
1958							Alamogordo			Hoyt Welch	107,000	426,020	25.00
1959							Hobbs			W. D. Wyatt	112,000	447,327	25.00
1960							Portales			W. D. Wyatt	121,000	482,410	25.00
1961											120,000	479,855	25.00
1962											133,000	530,974	25.00
1963											130,000	520,982	25.00
1964											130,000	519,115	25.00
1965											136,000	544,252	25.00
1966											144,000	576,183	25.00
1967											143,000	571,471	25.00
1968											149,000	594,394	25.00
1969											147,000	586,457	25.00
1970											151,000	604,568	25.00
1971											160,000	638,579	25.00
1972											171,000	684,244	25.00
1973											195,000	781,653	25.00
1974											207,000	829,067	25.00
1975											228,000	911,148	25.00
1976											261,000	1,044,982	25.00
1977											284,000	1,136,232	25.00
1978											324,000	1,296,873	25.00
1979											372,000	1,488,195	25.00
1980											387,000	1,549,616	25.00
1981											433,000	1,733,416	25.00
1982											443,000	1,772,674	25.00
1983											488,000	1,953,076	25.00
1984											509,000	2,034,056	25.00
1985											671,000	2,237,299	30.00
1986											690,000	2,299,623	30.00
1987											693,000	2,308,933	30.00
1988											694,000	2,312,281	30.00
1989											748,763	2,415,874	30.00
1990											770,825	2,427,772	30.50
1991	15	269									759,000	2,487,525	30.50
1992											796,000	2,609,940	30.50
1993											793,000	2,600,935	30.50
1994							Clovis				802,388	2,352,023	30.50
1995							Glorieta				828,325	2,728,156	30.50
1996							Carlsbad				866,811	2,853,016	30.50
1997							Tucumcari	359		Tim Marrow	896,009	2,957,094	30.50
1998							Glorieta	284		Tim Marrow	907,160	3,061,178	29.72
1999							Las Cruces	375		Joseph Bunce	951,805	3,079,893	29.72
2000							Gallup	272		Joseph Bunce	973,013	3,204,111	30.50
2001		301					Hobbs	289	100	Robert Butler	995,371	3,296,441	30.50
2002		305	68,000				Albuquerque	322	125	Robert Butler	1,043,000	3,418,563	30.50
2003							Roswell			Larry Haslam	1,056,000	3,463,010	30.50
2004		312	65,000				Alamogordo	321	118	Tim Marrow	1,068,000	3,561,898	29.98
2005		315	63,000				Bloomfield	302	113	Jay McCollum	1,048,567
2006	13	329	62,000	2,208	93,289	21,905	Clovis	411	138	Jay McCollum	1,203,475	3,923,400	30.67
2007	13	324	60,000	2,167	89,491	20,360	Albuquerque	540	124	Rick Sullivan	1,227,787	4,006,361	30.65
2008	13	321	59,742	2,510	89,718	19,900	Las Cruces	315	113	Rick Sullivan	1,256,618
2009	13	321	59,261	2,665	87,842	24,108	Glorieta	294	104	Bruce Kirby	1,258,222	4,123,967	30.51
2010	13	333	59,782	2,685	88,084	24,664	Roswell	290	109	Bruce Kirby	1,171,295	3,972,781	29.48
2011	13	346		2,732	85,302	26,180	Farmington	241	89	Maurice Hollingsworth
2012	13	351					Clovis

Sources:

• Baptist New Mexican news reports.
• BaptistWay news reports.
• Bunce, Joseph, 16 April 2012, "Attitude impacts altitutde at BCNM," BCNM, on line [http://www.bcnm.com/page.php?team=Executive&category=Information%20Services%20Team&page=Attitude%20Impacts%20Altitude%20at%20BCNM].
• Executive Committee, 2012, "Cooperative Program Love in Action: New Mexico," CP Missions, on line [http://www.cpmissions.net/2003/State%20Statistics/New%20Mexico.asp].
• Myers, Lewis A., 1965, History of New Mexico Baptists, Baptist Convention of New Mexico.
• SBC Executive Committee, SBC Annual 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, SBC (Nashville, TN).
• SBC Executive Committee, 2006, SBC Annual 2006, SBC (Nashville, TN), on line at SBC [http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2006/2006SBCAnnual.pdf].
• SBC Executive Committee, 2007, SBC Annual 2007, SBC (Nashville, TN), on line at SBC [http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2007/2007SBCAnnual.pdf].
• SBC Executive Committee, 2008, SBC Annual 2008, SBC (Nashville, TN), on line at SBC [http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2008/2008SBCAnnual.pdf].
• SBC, SBC Book of Reports 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, SBC (Nashville, TN).
• SBC, 2005, SBC Book of Reports 2005, SBC (Nashville, TN), on line at SBC [http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2005/BoR05pp1-55.pdf].

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Last updated 23 June 2012.
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