Baptist Missionary Association of America
Denominational Profile
History
North American Baptist Association |
renamed toBaptist Missionary Association of America (1969) |
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| The Baptist Missionary Association of America was founded in 1950 by former members of the American Baptist Association. It was originally called the North American Baptist Association until it took the present name in 1969. |
Membership Data
| Year |
Clergy |
Churches |
Members |
| 1968 |
3,000 |
1,550 |
200,000 |
| 1969 |
- |
1,500 |
183,342 |
| 1970 |
2,000 |
1,408 |
187,246 |
| 1971 |
1,800 |
1,404 |
193,439 |
| 1972 |
2,500 |
1,437 |
199,640 |
| 1974 |
2,650 |
1,457 |
211,000 |
| 1975 |
2,000 |
1,459 |
215,788 |
| 1976 |
2,700 |
1,478 |
216,471 |
| 1977 |
2,300 |
1,478 |
218,361 |
| 1978 |
3,125 |
1,487 |
219,697 |
| 1979 |
2,500 |
1,439 |
226,290 |
| 1980 |
2,500 |
1,415 |
224,533 |
| 1981 |
2,000 |
1,390 |
228,381 |
| 1982 |
3,500 |
1,386 |
226,953 |
| 1983 |
3,000 |
1,411 |
234,142 |
| 1984 |
2,800 |
1,411 |
228,868 |
| 1985 |
2,350 |
1,367 |
227,720 |
| 1986 |
2,450 |
1,359 |
228,125 |
| 1987 |
2,720 |
1,347 |
227,638 |
| 1988 |
2,650 |
1,347 |
227,897 |
| 1989 |
2,648 |
1,339 |
229,315 |
| 1990 |
2,557 |
1,372 |
229,166 |
| 1991 |
2,400 |
1,312 |
230,127 |
| 1992 |
2,700 |
1,362 |
236,604 |
| 1993 |
2,745 |
1,362 |
230,747 |
| 1994 |
2,745 |
1,360 |
230,171 |
| 1995 |
1,600 |
1,355 |
231,191 |
| 1996 |
2,598 |
1,349 |
232,069 |
| 1997 |
2,700 |
1,342 |
234,334 |
| 1998 |
3,055 |
1,334 |
234,732 |
| 1999 |
3,055 |
1,334 |
234,732 |
| 2004 |
1,500 |
1,270 |
232,350 |
| 2006 |
1,500 |
1,254 |
225,723 |
| 2007 |
2,175 |
1,306 |
177,463 |
| 2008 |
3,239 |
1,287 |
126,056 |
| 2010 |
3,513 |
1,272 |
137,909 |
Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The National Council of Churches' data collection was discontinued after the 2012 Yearbook was published, and has been resumed by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The tables and graphs will be updated when the new collection is available. See the Yearbook of Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]
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