SBC organization, membership, enrollment, attendance data

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 23 November 2008

Organization/membership data

year state conventions local associations churches church-type missions new church plants total members members, resident members, nonresident baptisms baptism ratio (members/baptism) messengers, annual meeting year

1845 4,126 351,951 23,222 15.2 293 1845

1846 4,411 367,017 24,062 15.3 162 1846

1847 4,501 376,851 25,629 14.7 0 1847

1848 4,695 385,803 27,412 14.1 0 1848

1849 4,874 404,600 33,497 12.1 103 1849

1850 0 1850

1851 5,113 423,507 33,831 12.5 124 1851

1852 5,817 467,334 37,611 12.4 0 1852

1853 6,209 495,945 41,863 11.8 154 1853

1854 6,394 519,210 43,423 12.0 0 1854

1855 6,590 542,396 43,722 12.4 235 1855

1856 6,777 568,973 43,065 13.2 0 1856

1857 7,062 580,296 43,122 13.5 184 1857

1858 7,338 617,723 51,007 12.1 0 1858

1859 7,701 639,240 49,127 13.0 580 1859

1860 649,518 51,342 12.7 0 1860

1861 177 1861

1862 0 1862

1863 181 1863

1864 0 1864

1865 0 1865

1866 244 1866

1867 250 1867

1868 327 1868

1869 266 1869

1870 399 1870

1871 360 1871

1872 956,067 68,017 14.1 304 1872

1873 1,098,808 50,532 21.7 259 1873

1874 1,200,106 67,498 17.8 222 1874

1875 1,249,073 62,679 19.9 302 1875

1876 1,342,432 69,448 19.3 289 1876

1877 1,418,296 63,680 22.3 164 1877

1878 1,483,660 70,568 21.0 253 1878

1879 1,516,351 53,760 28.2 313 1879

1880 13,455 1,672,631 78,243 21.4 360 1880

1881 13,527 961,435 47,575 20.2 270 1881

1882 13,438 915,140 47,886 19.1 335 1882

1883 13,513 934,817 53,908 17.3 612 1883

1884 14,102 975,153 62,424 15.6 637 1884

1885 14,488 1,013,160 65,197 15.5 528 1885

1886 14,346 1,071,823 90,877 11.8 488 1886

1887 14,874 1,125,892 83,158 13.5 689 1887

1888 15,343 1,165,812 73,052 16.0 835 1888

1889 15,894 1,194,654 77,507 15.4 706 1889

1890 16,091 1,235,908 81,806 15.1 801 1890

1891 16,654 1,282,220 84,076 15.3 915 1891

1892 17,710 1,321,540 82,478 16.0 978 1892

1893 17,346 1,363,351 93,842 14.5 818 1893

1894 17,803 1,431,041 105,190 13.6 772 1894

1895 18,143 1,468,991 90,877 16.2 870 1895

1896 18,678 1,529,191 97,557 15.7 819 1896

1897 18,922 1,568,906 98,984 15.9 724 1897

1898 18,873 1,586,709 77,243 20.5 857 1898

1899 18,963 1,608,413 73,635 21.8 869 1899

1900 19,558 1,657,996 80,465 20.6 646 1900

1901 19,653 1,683,039 95,610 17.6 787 1901

1902 19,911 1,737,446 108,517 16.0 1,093 1902

1903 20,431 1,805,889 103,241 17.5 1,136 1903

1904 20,402 1,832,638 103,021 17.8 1,095 1904

1905 21,802 1,899,427 105,905 17.9 816 1905

1906 20,776 1,946,948 124,911 15.6 1,451 1906

1907 21,266 2,015,080 129,152 15.6 1,411 1907

1908 21,887 2,139,080 146,717 14.6 1,258 1908

1909 22,438 2,218,911 140,980 15.7 1,547 1909

1910 23,248 2,332,464 134,440 17.3 1,641 1910

1911 23,676 2,421,203 132,396 18.3 1,558 1911

1912 23,982 2,446,296 123,471 19.8 1,228 1912

1913 24,171 2,522,633 137,396 18.4 1,403 1913

1914 24,338 2,588,633 151,441 17.1 1,930 1914

1915 24,451 2,685,552 168,235 16.0 1,408 1915

1916 24,602 2,744,098 160,497 17.1 2,125 1916

1917 909 24,883 2,844,301 148,699 19.1 1,683 1917

1918 24,851 2,887,428 113,833 25.4 2,043 1918

1919 25,303 2,961,348 123,069 24.1 4,224 1919

1920 27,444 3,149,346 173,595 18.1 8,359 1920

1921 27,634 3,220,383 233,571 13.8 5,313 1921

1922 27,919 3,366,211 224,844 15.0 4,272 1922

1923 27,611 3,494,189 195,864 17.8 4,193 1923

1924 27,517 3,574,531 209,676 17.0 5,622 1924

1925 24,341 3,649,330 224,191 16.3 5,600 1925

1926 24,774 3,616,964 193,279 18.7 4,268 1926

1927 24,274 3,673,712 197,155 18.6 4,424 1927

1928 25,705 3,705,876 183,020 20.2 3,810 1928

1929 24,010 3,770,645 175,631 21.5 3,999 1929

1930 23,731 3,850,278 198,579 19.4 3,342 1930

1931 23,806 3,944,566 211,253 18.7 3,195 1931

1932 24,035 4,066,140 226,855 17.9 2,178 1932

1933 24,270 4,173,928 211,393 19.7 2,765 1933

1934 24,360 4,277,052 209,364 20.4 4,435 1934

1935 24,537 4,389,417 202,047 21.7 4,268 1935

1936 24,671 4,482,315 191,993 23.3 3,702 1936

1937 24,844 4,595,602 204,567 22.5 4,507 1937

1938 24,932 4,770,185 256,814 18.6 5,785 1938

1939 25,018 4,949,174 269,155 18.4 4,598 1939

1940 25,259 5,104,327 245,500 20.8 3,776 1940

1941 25,603 5,238,132 209,593 25.0 5,884 1941

1942 25,737 5,367,129 209,127 25.7 4,774 1942

1943 25,790 5,493,027 202,301 27.2 0 1943

1944 25,965 5,667,926 218,223 26.0 4,301 1944

1945 26,191 5,865,554 256,699 22.8 0 1945

1946 26,401 6,079,305 253,361 24.0 7,973 1946

1947 26,764 6,270,819 285,152 22.0 8,508 1947

1948 26,822 6,489,221 310,226 20.9 8,843 1948

1949 27,285 6,761,265 334,892 20.2 9,393 1949

1950 27,788 7,079,889 5,224,958 1,854,931 376,085 18.8 8,151 1950

1951 28,289 7,373,498 5,441,642 1,931,856 375,525 19.6 6,493 1951

1952 28,865 7,634,493 5,290,704 2,343,789 354,384 21.5 10,960 1952

1953 7,886,016 5,425,579 2,460,437 361,835 21.8 12,976 1953

1954 8,169,491 5,560,156 2,609,335 396,857 20.6 10,962 1954

1955 8,474,741 5,985,582 2,489,159 416,867 20.3 10,837 1955

1956 8,708,823 6,224,892 2,483,931 384,627 22.6 12,254 1956

1957 8,966,255 6,491,569 2,474,686 389,716 23.0 9,109 1957

1958 31,498 9,206,758 6,680,375 2,526,383 407,892 22.6 11,966 1958

1959 31,906 9,485,276 6,936,284 2,548,992 429,063 22.1 12,326 1959

1960 32,251 9,731,591 7,061,544 2,670,047 386,469 25.2 13,612 1960

1961 32,598 9,978,488 7,261,747 2,716,741 403,315 24.7 11,140 1961

1962 28 1,162 32,892 10,193,052 7,381,072 2,811,980 381,510 26.7 9,396 1962

1963 28 1,172 33,126 10,395,940 7,525,179 2,870,761 355,325 29.3 12,971 1963

1964 28 1,185 33,388 10,601,515 7,747,196 2,854,319 374,418 28.3 13,136 1964

1965 29 1,184 33,797 10,772,712 7,878,220 2,894,492 361,634 29.8 16,053 1965

1966 29 10,949,493 7,989,419 2,960,074 360,959 30.3 10,414 1966

1967 29 1,187 34,147 11,142,726 7,924,129 3,218,597 378,937 29.4 14,794 1967

1968 29 1,196 34,295 11,332,229 8,247,201 3,085,028 373,025 30.4 15,071 1968

1969 30 1,196 34,335 11,489,613 8,350,151 3,139,462 368,225 31.2 16,678 1969

1970 32 1,192 34,360 11,629,880 8,451,769 3,178,111 368,863 31.5 13,692 1970

1971 34,441 11,826,463 8,482,724 3,343,739 409,659 28.9 13,716 1971

1972 33 1,189 34,534 12,067,284 8,784,699 3,282,585 445,725 27.1 13,153 1972

1973 34,665 12,297,346 8,925,026 3,372,320 413,990 29.7 8,871 1973

1974 34,734 12,515,842 9,088,409 3,427,433 410,482 30.5 18,190 1974

1975 34,902 12,735,663 9,244,524 3,491,139 421,809 30.2 16,421 1975

1976 35,073 12,922,605 9,361,844 3,560,761 384,496 33.6 18,637 1976

1977 35,255 13,083,199 9,443,431 3,639,768 345,690 37.8 16,271 1977

1978 35,404 13,196,979 9,491,280 3,705,699 336,050 39.3 22,872 1978

1979 35,605 13,379,073 9,604,482 3,774,591 368,738 36.3 15,760 1979

1980 35,831 13,606,808 9,767,343 3,839,465 429,742 31.7 13,844 1980

1981 36,079 13,789,580 9,908,157 3,881,423 405,608 34.0 13,529 1981

1982 36,302 13,998,252 10,063,140 3,935,112 411,554 34.0 20,456 1982

1983 36,531 14,185,454 10,161,748 4,023,706 394,606 35.9 13,740 1983

1984 36,740 14,349,657 10,250,707 4,098,950 372,028 38.6 17,101 1984

1985 36,979 14,486,403 10,298,106 4,188,297 351,071 41.3 45,519 1985

1986 37,116 14,618,567 10,375,379 4,243,188 363,124 40.3 40,987 1986

1987 37 1,209 37,286 14,727,770 10,399,810 4,327,960 338,495 43.5 25,607 1987

1988 36 1,207 37,567 4,650 953 14,818,496 10,434,911 4,383,585 346,320 42.8 32,727 1988

1989 36 1,209 37,785 5,909 1,047 14,913,538 10,452,645 4,460,893 351,107 42.5 20,411 1989

1990 36 1,208 37,974 5,445 1,094 15,044,413 10,563,494 4,480,919 385,031 39.1 38,403 1990

1991 36 1,211 38,221 5,052 1,123 15,238,283 10,746,094 4,492,189 396,668 38.4 23,465 1991

1992 36 1,212 38,458 4,776 1,295 15,365,486 10,859,765 4,505,721 367,847 41.8 17,956 1992

1993 36 1,217 38,741 4,027 1,500 15,404,621 10,939,093 4,465,528 349,073 44.1 17,768 1993

1994 36 1,215 39,910 4,221 1,297 15,619,912 11,094,044 4,525,868 378,463 41.3 20,370 1994

1995 37 1,216 40,120 4,026 1,458 15,668,077 11,097,362 4,570,715 393,811 39.8 20,654 1995

1996 38 1,218 40,613 3,592 1,504 15,694,050 10,710,197 4,983,853 379,344 41.4 13,706 1996

1997 38 1,212 40,887 5,214 1,381 15,891,514 10,813,215 5,078,299 412,027 38.6 12,418 1997

1998 38 1,212 40,870 3,848 1,489 15,729,356 10,737,017 4,992,339 407,264 38.6 8,582 1998

1999 39 1,201 41,099 3,757 1,747 15,851,756 11,106,639 4,745,117 419,342 37.8 11,554 1999

2000 39 1,200 41,588 5,243 1,681 15,960,308 11,141,427 4,818,881 414,657 38.5 11,918 2000

2001 39 1,204 42,334 4,933 1,415 16,052,920 11,108,768 4,944,152 395,930 40.5 9,559 2001

2002 39 1,198 42,775 5,439 1,606 16,247,736 11,189,579 5,058,157 394,893 41.1 9,609 2002

2003 40 1,194 43,024 5,114 1,436 16,315,050 11,346,161 4,968,889 377,357 43.2 7,077 2003

2004 41 1,191 43,465 5,036 1,781 16,267,494 11,365,161 4,902,333 387,947 41.9 8,600 2004

2005 41 1,182 43,699 5,135 1,725 16,270,315 11,343,805 4,926,510 371,850 43.8 11,641 2005

2006 41 1,185 44,223 5,241 1,458 16,306,246 11,442,939 4,863,307 364,826 44.7 11,639 2006

2007 41 1,186 44,696 5,254 1,455 16,266,920 11,258,914 5,008,006 345,941 47.0 8,630 2007

2008 41 7,277 2008

year state conventions local associations churches church-type missions new church plants total members members, resident members, nonresident baptisms baptism ratio (members/baptism) messengers, annual meeting year

year	state conventions	local associations	churches	church-type missions	new church plants	total members	members, resident	members, nonresident	baptisms	baptism ratio (members/baptism)	messengers, annual meeting	year
1845			4,126			351,951			23,222	15.2	293	1845
1846			4,411			367,017			24,062	15.3	162	1846
1847			4,501			376,851			25,629	14.7	0	1847
1848			4,695			385,803			27,412	14.1	0	1848
1849			4,874			404,600			33,497	12.1	103	1849
1850											0	1850
1851			5,113			423,507			33,831	12.5	124	1851
1852			5,817			467,334			37,611	12.4	0	1852
1853			6,209			495,945			41,863	11.8	154	1853
1854			6,394			519,210			43,423	12.0	0	1854
1855			6,590			542,396			43,722	12.4	235	1855
1856			6,777			568,973			43,065	13.2	0	1856
1857			7,062			580,296			43,122	13.5	184	1857
1858			7,338			617,723			51,007	12.1	0	1858
1859			7,701			639,240			49,127	13.0	580	1859
1860						649,518			51,342	12.7	0	1860
1861											177	1861
1862											0	1862
1863											181	1863
1864											0	1864
1865											0	1865
1866											244	1866
1867											250	1867
1868											327	1868
1869											266	1869
1870											399	1870
1871											360	1871
1872						956,067			68,017	14.1	304	1872
1873						1,098,808			50,532	21.7	259	1873
1874						1,200,106			67,498	17.8	222	1874
1875						1,249,073			62,679	19.9	302	1875
1876						1,342,432			69,448	19.3	289	1876
1877						1,418,296			63,680	22.3	164	1877
1878						1,483,660			70,568	21.0	253	1878
1879						1,516,351			53,760	28.2	313	1879
1880			13,455			1,672,631			78,243	21.4	360	1880
1881			13,527			961,435			47,575	20.2	270	1881
1882			13,438			915,140			47,886	19.1	335	1882
1883			13,513			934,817			53,908	17.3	612	1883
1884			14,102			975,153			62,424	15.6	637	1884
1885			14,488			1,013,160			65,197	15.5	528	1885
1886			14,346			1,071,823			90,877	11.8	488	1886
1887			14,874			1,125,892			83,158	13.5	689	1887
1888			15,343			1,165,812			73,052	16.0	835	1888
1889			15,894			1,194,654			77,507	15.4	706	1889
1890			16,091			1,235,908			81,806	15.1	801	1890
1891			16,654			1,282,220			84,076	15.3	915	1891
1892			17,710			1,321,540			82,478	16.0	978	1892
1893			17,346			1,363,351			93,842	14.5	818	1893
1894			17,803			1,431,041			105,190	13.6	772	1894
1895			18,143			1,468,991			90,877	16.2	870	1895
1896			18,678			1,529,191			97,557	15.7	819	1896
1897			18,922			1,568,906			98,984	15.9	724	1897
1898			18,873			1,586,709			77,243	20.5	857	1898
1899			18,963			1,608,413			73,635	21.8	869	1899
1900			19,558			1,657,996			80,465	20.6	646	1900
1901			19,653			1,683,039			95,610	17.6	787	1901
1902			19,911			1,737,446			108,517	16.0	1,093	1902
1903			20,431			1,805,889			103,241	17.5	1,136	1903
1904			20,402			1,832,638			103,021	17.8	1,095	1904
1905			21,802			1,899,427			105,905	17.9	816	1905
1906			20,776			1,946,948			124,911	15.6	1,451	1906
1907			21,266			2,015,080			129,152	15.6	1,411	1907
1908			21,887			2,139,080			146,717	14.6	1,258	1908
1909			22,438			2,218,911			140,980	15.7	1,547	1909
1910			23,248			2,332,464			134,440	17.3	1,641	1910
1911			23,676			2,421,203			132,396	18.3	1,558	1911
1912			23,982			2,446,296			123,471	19.8	1,228	1912
1913			24,171			2,522,633			137,396	18.4	1,403	1913
1914			24,338			2,588,633			151,441	17.1	1,930	1914
1915			24,451			2,685,552			168,235	16.0	1,408	1915
1916			24,602			2,744,098			160,497	17.1	2,125	1916
1917		909	24,883			2,844,301			148,699	19.1	1,683	1917
1918			24,851			2,887,428			113,833	25.4	2,043	1918
1919			25,303			2,961,348			123,069	24.1	4,224	1919
1920			27,444			3,149,346			173,595	18.1	8,359	1920
1921			27,634			3,220,383			233,571	13.8	5,313	1921
1922			27,919			3,366,211			224,844	15.0	4,272	1922
1923			27,611			3,494,189			195,864	17.8	4,193	1923
1924			27,517			3,574,531			209,676	17.0	5,622	1924
1925			24,341			3,649,330			224,191	16.3	5,600	1925
1926			24,774			3,616,964			193,279	18.7	4,268	1926
1927			24,274			3,673,712			197,155	18.6	4,424	1927
1928			25,705			3,705,876			183,020	20.2	3,810	1928
1929			24,010			3,770,645			175,631	21.5	3,999	1929
1930			23,731			3,850,278			198,579	19.4	3,342	1930
1931			23,806			3,944,566			211,253	18.7	3,195	1931
1932			24,035			4,066,140			226,855	17.9	2,178	1932
1933			24,270			4,173,928			211,393	19.7	2,765	1933
1934			24,360			4,277,052			209,364	20.4	4,435	1934
1935			24,537			4,389,417			202,047	21.7	4,268	1935
1936			24,671			4,482,315			191,993	23.3	3,702	1936
1937			24,844			4,595,602			204,567	22.5	4,507	1937
1938			24,932			4,770,185			256,814	18.6	5,785	1938
1939			25,018			4,949,174			269,155	18.4	4,598	1939
1940			25,259			5,104,327			245,500	20.8	3,776	1940
1941			25,603			5,238,132			209,593	25.0	5,884	1941
1942			25,737			5,367,129			209,127	25.7	4,774	1942
1943			25,790			5,493,027			202,301	27.2	0	1943
1944			25,965			5,667,926			218,223	26.0	4,301	1944
1945			26,191			5,865,554			256,699	22.8	0	1945
1946			26,401			6,079,305			253,361	24.0	7,973	1946
1947			26,764			6,270,819			285,152	22.0	8,508	1947
1948			26,822			6,489,221			310,226	20.9	8,843	1948
1949			27,285			6,761,265			334,892	20.2	9,393	1949
1950			27,788			7,079,889	5,224,958	1,854,931	376,085	18.8	8,151	1950
1951			28,289			7,373,498	5,441,642	1,931,856	375,525	19.6	6,493	1951
1952			28,865			7,634,493	5,290,704	2,343,789	354,384	21.5	10,960	1952
1953						7,886,016	5,425,579	2,460,437	361,835	21.8	12,976	1953
1954						8,169,491	5,560,156	2,609,335	396,857	20.6	10,962	1954
1955						8,474,741	5,985,582	2,489,159	416,867	20.3	10,837	1955
1956						8,708,823	6,224,892	2,483,931	384,627	22.6	12,254	1956
1957						8,966,255	6,491,569	2,474,686	389,716	23.0	9,109	1957
1958			31,498			9,206,758	6,680,375	2,526,383	407,892	22.6	11,966	1958
1959			31,906			9,485,276	6,936,284	2,548,992	429,063	22.1	12,326	1959
1960			32,251			9,731,591	7,061,544	2,670,047	386,469	25.2	13,612	1960
1961			32,598			9,978,488	7,261,747	2,716,741	403,315	24.7	11,140	1961
1962	28	1,162	32,892			10,193,052	7,381,072	2,811,980	381,510	26.7	9,396	1962
1963	28	1,172	33,126			10,395,940	7,525,179	2,870,761	355,325	29.3	12,971	1963
1964	28	1,185	33,388			10,601,515	7,747,196	2,854,319	374,418	28.3	13,136	1964
1965	29	1,184	33,797			10,772,712	7,878,220	2,894,492	361,634	29.8	16,053	1965
1966	29					10,949,493	7,989,419	2,960,074	360,959	30.3	10,414	1966
1967	29	1,187	34,147			11,142,726	7,924,129	3,218,597	378,937	29.4	14,794	1967
1968	29	1,196	34,295			11,332,229	8,247,201	3,085,028	373,025	30.4	15,071	1968
1969	30	1,196	34,335			11,489,613	8,350,151	3,139,462	368,225	31.2	16,678	1969
1970	32	1,192	34,360			11,629,880	8,451,769	3,178,111	368,863	31.5	13,692	1970
1971			34,441			11,826,463	8,482,724	3,343,739	409,659	28.9	13,716	1971
1972	33	1,189	34,534			12,067,284	8,784,699	3,282,585	445,725	27.1	13,153	1972
1973			34,665			12,297,346	8,925,026	3,372,320	413,990	29.7	8,871	1973
1974			34,734			12,515,842	9,088,409	3,427,433	410,482	30.5	18,190	1974
1975			34,902			12,735,663	9,244,524	3,491,139	421,809	30.2	16,421	1975
1976			35,073			12,922,605	9,361,844	3,560,761	384,496	33.6	18,637	1976
1977			35,255			13,083,199	9,443,431	3,639,768	345,690	37.8	16,271	1977
1978			35,404			13,196,979	9,491,280	3,705,699	336,050	39.3	22,872	1978
1979			35,605			13,379,073	9,604,482	3,774,591	368,738	36.3	15,760	1979
1980			35,831			13,606,808	9,767,343	3,839,465	429,742	31.7	13,844	1980
1981			36,079			13,789,580	9,908,157	3,881,423	405,608	34.0	13,529	1981
1982			36,302			13,998,252	10,063,140	3,935,112	411,554	34.0	20,456	1982
1983			36,531			14,185,454	10,161,748	4,023,706	394,606	35.9	13,740	1983
1984			36,740			14,349,657	10,250,707	4,098,950	372,028	38.6	17,101	1984
1985			36,979			14,486,403	10,298,106	4,188,297	351,071	41.3	45,519	1985
1986			37,116			14,618,567	10,375,379	4,243,188	363,124	40.3	40,987	1986
1987	37	1,209	37,286			14,727,770	10,399,810	4,327,960	338,495	43.5	25,607	1987
1988	36	1,207	37,567	4,650	953	14,818,496	10,434,911	4,383,585	346,320	42.8	32,727	1988
1989	36	1,209	37,785	5,909	1,047	14,913,538	10,452,645	4,460,893	351,107	42.5	20,411	1989
1990	36	1,208	37,974	5,445	1,094	15,044,413	10,563,494	4,480,919	385,031	39.1	38,403	1990
1991	36	1,211	38,221	5,052	1,123	15,238,283	10,746,094	4,492,189	396,668	38.4	23,465	1991
1992	36	1,212	38,458	4,776	1,295	15,365,486	10,859,765	4,505,721	367,847	41.8	17,956	1992
1993	36	1,217	38,741	4,027	1,500	15,404,621	10,939,093	4,465,528	349,073	44.1	17,768	1993
1994	36	1,215	39,910	4,221	1,297	15,619,912	11,094,044	4,525,868	378,463	41.3	20,370	1994
1995	37	1,216	40,120	4,026	1,458	15,668,077	11,097,362	4,570,715	393,811	39.8	20,654	1995
1996	38	1,218	40,613	3,592	1,504	15,694,050	10,710,197	4,983,853	379,344	41.4	13,706	1996
1997	38	1,212	40,887	5,214	1,381	15,891,514	10,813,215	5,078,299	412,027	38.6	12,418	1997
1998	38	1,212	40,870	3,848	1,489	15,729,356	10,737,017	4,992,339	407,264	38.6	8,582	1998
1999	39	1,201	41,099	3,757	1,747	15,851,756	11,106,639	4,745,117	419,342	37.8	11,554	1999
2000	39	1,200	41,588	5,243	1,681	15,960,308	11,141,427	4,818,881	414,657	38.5	11,918	2000
2001	39	1,204	42,334	4,933	1,415	16,052,920	11,108,768	4,944,152	395,930	40.5	9,559	2001
2002	39	1,198	42,775	5,439	1,606	16,247,736	11,189,579	5,058,157	394,893	41.1	9,609	2002
2003	40	1,194	43,024	5,114	1,436	16,315,050	11,346,161	4,968,889	377,357	43.2	7,077	2003
2004	41	1,191	43,465	5,036	1,781	16,267,494	11,365,161	4,902,333	387,947	41.9	8,600	2004
2005	41	1,182	43,699	5,135	1,725	16,270,315	11,343,805	4,926,510	371,850	43.8	11,641	2005
2006	41	1,185	44,223	5,241	1,458	16,306,246	11,442,939	4,863,307	364,826	44.7	11,639	2006
2007	41	1,186	44,696	5,254	1,455	16,266,920	11,258,914	5,008,006	345,941	47.0	8,630	2007
2008	41										7,277	2008
year	state conventions	local associations	churches	church-type missions	new church plants	total members	members, resident	members, nonresident	baptisms	baptism ratio (members/baptism)	messengers, annual meeting	year

Enrollment/attendance data

year worship attendance Sunday school enrollment Sunday school attendance Training Union enrollment WMU enrollment Brotherhood/RA enrollment music ministry enrollment seminaries, enrollment seminaries, graduate degrees awarded international missionaries home missionaries year

1872 287,658 1872

1873 1873

1874 1874

1875 1875

1876 1876

1877 22 1877

1878 1878

1879 1879

1880 377,214 1880

1881 396,359 1881

1882 458,917 40 1882

1883 502,105 1883

1884 556,715 1884

1885 326,003 1885

1886 372,929 1886

1887 448,365 251 1887

1888 539,083 1888

1889 549,127 1889

1890 577,230 1890

1891 494,845 1891

1892 365 1892

1893 1893

1894 414,379 1894

1895 576,711 1895

1896 611,528 1896

1897 611,612 372 1897

1898 628,002 1898

1899 636,944 1899

1900 670,569 1900

1901 712,012 1901

1902 745,474 674 1902

1903 761,059 1903

1904 776,248 1904

1905 844,040 1905

1906 876,682 1906

1907 959,795 865 1907

1908 1,055,721 1908

1909 1,131,981 1909

1910 1,248,116 1910

1911 1,288,014 60,700 1911

1912 1,329,720 76,665 1,309 1912

1913 1,491,426 117,695 1913

1914 1,705,871 159,932 1914

1915 1,760,802 153,071 1915

1916 1,784,992 175,540 1916

1917 1,835,811 1,507 1917

1918 1,759,208 230,540 1918

1919 1,835,936 301,873 1919

1920 1,926,610 322,011 1920

1921 2,147,654 384,215 1921

1922 2,220,035 483,166 1922

1923 2,381,717 495,149 148,108 1923

1924 2,536,953 546,193 269,906 1924

1925 2,691,828 531,415 1925

1926 2,683,331 498,426 1926

1927 2,780,043 480,190 440,009 1927

1928 2,797,129 500,564 523,736 1928

1929 2,776,665 501,405 531,394 1929

1930 2,839,183 533,976 624,659 1930

1931 2,952,910 546,948 651,690 1931

1932 3,051,469 583,842 563,830 1932

1933 3,069,484 618,283 581,442 1933

1934 3,104,411 649,773 571,702 1934

1935 3,157,458 662,004 593,766 1935

1936 3,173,356 693,186 595,852 1936

1937 3,211,707 742,201 612,075 1937

1938 3,368,851 805,945 715,402 1938

1939 3,523,853 874,791 747,845 1939

1940 3,590,374 919,689 758,151 1940

1941 3,553,467 954,179 768,976 1941

1942 3,430,929 801,567 748,465 54,868 1942

1943 3,332,978 777,732 715,433 33,009 1943

1944 3,372,909 759,885 719,186 34,750 1944

1945 3,525,310 703,332 739,360 38,538 1945

1946 3,738,924 802,859 767,521 71,412 1946

1947 4,004,705 927,908 761,907 97,146 1947

1948 4,301,490 1,079,024 856,332 119,230 1948

1949 4,643,650 1,235,438 943,135 142,412 1949

1950 5,024,553 1,440,895 1,033,479 167,744 1950

1951 5,253,695 1,554,660 1,087,427 185,587 1951

1952 5,491,056 1,677,293 1,143,993 214,486 1952

1953 5,759,128 1,850,000 1953

1954 6,356,489 2,060,000 936 1954

1955 6,641,715 2,225,000 1955

1956 6,823,713 2,320,000 1956

1957 6,972,350 2,415,000 1957

1958 7,096,175 2,503,920 1,395,974 582,497 6,056 1,283 1,282 1958

1959 7,276,502 2,608,110 1,456,192 617,263 6,699 1,381 1,626 1959

1960 7,382,550 2,664,730 1,484,589 619,105 6,476 1,480 2,035 1960

1961 7,506,846 2,724,369 1,496,634 628,087 5,981 1,548 1,975 1961

1962 7,570,455 2,747,581 1,489,352 628,063 791,477 5,855 1,626 2,074 1962

1963 7,610,727 2,748,553 1,505,413 634,651 859,608 5,986 1,803 2,222 1963

1964 7,671,165 2,722,029 1,509,484 603,696 923,871 5,310 1,901 2,372 1964

1965 7,659,638 2,610,187 1,469,739 483,219 872,186 4,971 2,070 2,520 1965

1966 7,603,685 1966

1967 7,579,203 2,560,384 1,444,464 457,770 1,019,130 5,391 2,277 2,266 1967

1968 7,545,513 2,725,297 1,407,673 448,738 1,038,290 5,838 2,371 2,385 1968

1969 7,418,067 2,648,388 1,291,221 430,339 1,062,494 5,848 2,492 2,385 1969

1970 7,290,447 2,494,251 1,199,813 422,527 1,076,487 5,634 2,501 2,222 1970

1971 7,141,453 1971

1972 7,177,651 3,635,203 2,044,445 1,125,641 454,272 1972

1973 7,182,550 3,687,590 1973

1974 7,190,829 3,722,537 1974

1975 7,281,532 3,841,299 1975

1976 7,458,375 3,887,426 1976

1977 7,430,931 3,760,254 1977

1978 7,338,046 3,698,023 1978

1979 7,317,960 3,701,316 2,839 1979

1980 7,433,405 3,792,177 1980

1981 7,528,400 3,828,970 1981

1982 7,678,604 3,859,813 1982

1983 7,815,443 3,813,760 1983

1984 7,857,337 3,791,345 1984

1985 7,960,796 3,856,217 1985

1986 7,943,973 3,880,629 1986

1987 7,942,106 3,850,939 1,953,937 1,197,479 572,987 1,738,294 2,168 3,840 3,746 1987

1988 7,911,373 3,822,326 1,993,738 1,203,929 525,511 1,774,018 2,142 3,867 3,827 1988

1989 7,936,015 3,802,216 2,026,141 1,202,463 530,723 1,789,868 1,988 3,780 3,808 1989

1990 8,009,498 3,851,340 2,206,252 1,197,987 593,844 1,837,428 1,966 3,863 4,573 1990

1991 4,579,630 8,183,801 3,915,991 2,202,527 1,200,713 601,694 1,875,610 1,881 3,906 4,922 1991

1992 4,610,058 8,262,521 3,917,798 2,226,013 1,190,908 614,366 1,886,121 1,756 3,893 4,868 1992

1993 4,610,128 8,246,250 3,934,283 2,328,082 1,149,085 613,774 1,876,875 1,707 3,944 4,882 1993

1994 4,401,824 8,263,558 3,752,057 2,223,955 1,104,706 646,028 1,841,583 1,662 4,078 4,913 1994

1995 4,562,639 8,207,860 3,742,631 2,171,993 1,061,279 749,310 1,881,754 1,739 4,139 4,857 1995

1996 4,898,872 8,242,128 3,776,149 2,347,695 1,071,240 769,248 1,915,288 1,735 4,167 4,832 1996

1997 5,224,640 8,140,107 3,907,703 2,443,802 995,898 522,303 1,826,583 1,638 4,248 4,866 1997

1998 5,398,692 8,147,939 3,901,868 2,537,625 991,232 525,655 1,832,592 1,542 4,570 4,815 1998

1999 5,418,348 8,147,457 3,945,189 1,976,309 909,527 445,057 1,666,949 1,531 4,815 5,025 1999

2000 5,544,439 8,186,415 3,999,149 2,208,427 892,157 487,410 1,654,877 1,624 4,946 5,081 2000

2001 5,730,980 8,182,744 4,041,569 2,070,714 857,680 422,637 1,709,319 1,788 5,057 5,154 2001

2002 5,839,945 8,174,493 4,101,173 2,100,752 963,114 435,646 1,658,310 1,820 5,376 5,204 2002

2003 5,873,880 8,193,886 4,119,732 2,001,560 852,205 418,606 1,701,848 1,827 5,372 5,176 2003

2004 6,024,289 8,206,440 4,160,955 2,237,345 967,831 423,207 1,633,794 1,961 5,165 5,126 2004

2005 6,052,321 8,068,780 4,146,337 1,667,709 804,983 388,264 1,577,364 1,943 5,036 5,364 2005

2006 6,138,776 7,931,753 4,183,237 1,503,826 811,139 376,379 1,466,124 1,878 5,108 5,153 2006

2007 6,148,868 7,876,611 1,664,348 778,555 381,355 1,444,837 5,271 5,271 2007

year worship attendance Sunday school enrollment Sunday school attendance Training Union enrollment WMU enrollment Brotherhood/RA enrollment music ministry enrollment seminaries, enrollment seminaries, graduate degrees awarded international missionaries home missionaries year

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year	worship attendance	Sunday school enrollment	Sunday school attendance	Training Union enrollment	WMU enrollment	Brotherhood/RA enrollment	music ministry enrollment	seminaries, enrollment	seminaries, graduate degrees awarded	international missionaries	home missionaries	year
1872		287,658										1872
1873												1873
1874												1874
1875												1875
1876												1876
1877											22	1877
1878												1878
1879												1879
1880		377,214										1880
1881		396,359										1881
1882		458,917									40	1882
1883		502,105										1883
1884		556,715										1884
1885		326,003										1885
1886		372,929										1886
1887		448,365									251	1887
1888		539,083										1888
1889		549,127										1889
1890		577,230										1890
1891		494,845										1891
1892											365	1892
1893												1893
1894		414,379										1894
1895		576,711										1895
1896		611,528										1896
1897		611,612									372	1897
1898		628,002										1898
1899		636,944										1899
1900		670,569										1900
1901		712,012										1901
1902		745,474									674	1902
1903		761,059										1903
1904		776,248										1904
1905		844,040										1905
1906		876,682										1906
1907		959,795									865	1907
1908		1,055,721										1908
1909		1,131,981										1909
1910		1,248,116										1910
1911		1,288,014		60,700								1911
1912		1,329,720		76,665							1,309	1912
1913		1,491,426		117,695								1913
1914		1,705,871		159,932								1914
1915		1,760,802		153,071								1915
1916		1,784,992		175,540								1916
1917		1,835,811									1,507	1917
1918		1,759,208		230,540								1918
1919		1,835,936		301,873								1919
1920		1,926,610		322,011								1920
1921		2,147,654		384,215								1921
1922		2,220,035		483,166								1922
1923		2,381,717		495,149	148,108							1923
1924		2,536,953		546,193	269,906							1924
1925		2,691,828		531,415								1925
1926		2,683,331		498,426								1926
1927		2,780,043		480,190	440,009							1927
1928		2,797,129		500,564	523,736							1928
1929		2,776,665		501,405	531,394							1929
1930		2,839,183		533,976	624,659							1930
1931		2,952,910		546,948	651,690							1931
1932		3,051,469		583,842	563,830							1932
1933		3,069,484		618,283	581,442							1933
1934		3,104,411		649,773	571,702							1934
1935		3,157,458		662,004	593,766							1935
1936		3,173,356		693,186	595,852							1936
1937		3,211,707		742,201	612,075							1937
1938		3,368,851		805,945	715,402							1938
1939		3,523,853		874,791	747,845							1939
1940		3,590,374		919,689	758,151							1940
1941		3,553,467		954,179	768,976							1941
1942		3,430,929		801,567	748,465	54,868						1942
1943		3,332,978		777,732	715,433	33,009						1943
1944		3,372,909		759,885	719,186	34,750						1944
1945		3,525,310		703,332	739,360	38,538						1945
1946		3,738,924		802,859	767,521	71,412						1946
1947		4,004,705		927,908	761,907	97,146						1947
1948		4,301,490		1,079,024	856,332	119,230						1948
1949		4,643,650		1,235,438	943,135	142,412						1949
1950		5,024,553		1,440,895	1,033,479	167,744						1950
1951		5,253,695		1,554,660	1,087,427	185,587						1951
1952		5,491,056		1,677,293	1,143,993	214,486						1952
1953		5,759,128		1,850,000								1953
1954		6,356,489		2,060,000							936	1954
1955		6,641,715		2,225,000								1955
1956		6,823,713		2,320,000								1956
1957		6,972,350		2,415,000								1957
1958		7,096,175		2,503,920	1,395,974	582,497		6,056		1,283	1,282	1958
1959		7,276,502		2,608,110	1,456,192	617,263		6,699		1,381	1,626	1959
1960		7,382,550		2,664,730	1,484,589	619,105		6,476		1,480	2,035	1960
1961		7,506,846		2,724,369	1,496,634	628,087		5,981		1,548	1,975	1961
1962		7,570,455		2,747,581	1,489,352	628,063	791,477	5,855		1,626	2,074	1962
1963		7,610,727		2,748,553	1,505,413	634,651	859,608	5,986		1,803	2,222	1963
1964		7,671,165		2,722,029	1,509,484	603,696	923,871	5,310		1,901	2,372	1964
1965		7,659,638		2,610,187	1,469,739	483,219	872,186	4,971		2,070	2,520	1965
1966		7,603,685										1966
1967		7,579,203		2,560,384	1,444,464	457,770	1,019,130	5,391		2,277	2,266	1967
1968		7,545,513		2,725,297	1,407,673	448,738	1,038,290	5,838		2,371	2,385	1968
1969		7,418,067		2,648,388	1,291,221	430,339	1,062,494	5,848		2,492	2,385	1969
1970		7,290,447		2,494,251	1,199,813	422,527	1,076,487	5,634		2,501	2,222	1970
1971		7,141,453										1971
1972		7,177,651	3,635,203	2,044,445	1,125,641	454,272						1972
1973		7,182,550	3,687,590									1973
1974		7,190,829	3,722,537									1974
1975		7,281,532	3,841,299									1975
1976		7,458,375	3,887,426									1976
1977		7,430,931	3,760,254									1977
1978		7,338,046	3,698,023									1978
1979		7,317,960	3,701,316							2,839		1979
1980		7,433,405	3,792,177									1980
1981		7,528,400	3,828,970									1981
1982		7,678,604	3,859,813									1982
1983		7,815,443	3,813,760									1983
1984		7,857,337	3,791,345									1984
1985		7,960,796	3,856,217									1985
1986		7,943,973	3,880,629									1986
1987		7,942,106	3,850,939	1,953,937	1,197,479	572,987	1,738,294		2,168	3,840	3,746	1987
1988		7,911,373	3,822,326	1,993,738	1,203,929	525,511	1,774,018		2,142	3,867	3,827	1988
1989		7,936,015	3,802,216	2,026,141	1,202,463	530,723	1,789,868		1,988	3,780	3,808	1989
1990		8,009,498	3,851,340	2,206,252	1,197,987	593,844	1,837,428		1,966	3,863	4,573	1990
1991	4,579,630	8,183,801	3,915,991	2,202,527	1,200,713	601,694	1,875,610		1,881	3,906	4,922	1991
1992	4,610,058	8,262,521	3,917,798	2,226,013	1,190,908	614,366	1,886,121		1,756	3,893	4,868	1992
1993	4,610,128	8,246,250	3,934,283	2,328,082	1,149,085	613,774	1,876,875		1,707	3,944	4,882	1993
1994	4,401,824	8,263,558	3,752,057	2,223,955	1,104,706	646,028	1,841,583		1,662	4,078	4,913	1994
1995	4,562,639	8,207,860	3,742,631	2,171,993	1,061,279	749,310	1,881,754		1,739	4,139	4,857	1995
1996	4,898,872	8,242,128	3,776,149	2,347,695	1,071,240	769,248	1,915,288		1,735	4,167	4,832	1996
1997	5,224,640	8,140,107	3,907,703	2,443,802	995,898	522,303	1,826,583		1,638	4,248	4,866	1997
1998	5,398,692	8,147,939	3,901,868	2,537,625	991,232	525,655	1,832,592		1,542	4,570	4,815	1998
1999	5,418,348	8,147,457	3,945,189	1,976,309	909,527	445,057	1,666,949		1,531	4,815	5,025	1999
2000	5,544,439	8,186,415	3,999,149	2,208,427	892,157	487,410	1,654,877		1,624	4,946	5,081	2000
2001	5,730,980	8,182,744	4,041,569	2,070,714	857,680	422,637	1,709,319		1,788	5,057	5,154	2001
2002	5,839,945	8,174,493	4,101,173	2,100,752	963,114	435,646	1,658,310		1,820	5,376	5,204	2002
2003	5,873,880	8,193,886	4,119,732	2,001,560	852,205	418,606	1,701,848		1,827	5,372	5,176	2003
2004	6,024,289	8,206,440	4,160,955	2,237,345	967,831	423,207	1,633,794		1,961	5,165	5,126	2004
2005	6,052,321	8,068,780	4,146,337	1,667,709	804,983	388,264	1,577,364		1,943	5,036	5,364	2005
2006	6,138,776	7,931,753	4,183,237	1,503,826	811,139	376,379	1,466,124		1,878	5,108	5,153	2006
2007	6,148,868	7,876,611		1,664,348	778,555	381,355	1,444,837			5,271	5,271	2007
year	worship attendance	Sunday school enrollment	Sunday school attendance	Training Union enrollment	WMU enrollment	Brotherhood/RA enrollment	music ministry enrollment	seminaries, enrollment	seminaries, graduate degrees awarded	international missionaries	home missionaries	year