[Chart above: Southern Baptist Convention membership falls below 13 million. LifewayResearch.com in conjunction with Baptist state conventions]
According to the Southern Baptist Convention’s latest statistical report, the SBC has lost more than 3.3 million members since 2006, which happens to be the year I did my first sidewalk press conference outside SBC headquarters, talking about clergy sex abuse and coverups.
In that year, 2006, the SBC had 16.3 million members, but its membership has been declining ever since.
No doubt there are multiple factors involved in the SBC’s decline, but I do think the never-ending news of clergy sex abuse and coverups has had an impact.
The SBC’s total membership has now dropped below 13 million for the first time in nearly half a century.
So, that’s the good news. I say that because, in my view, a faith group that is cavalier about protecting kids is a faith group that doesn’t deserve…
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