Growth of the SBCV                                                                                               

                                                                                                              

by T. C. Pinckney                                                                               Vol. XIV, No. 8, September 2001


Recently at the request of a correspondent I did a little research on the number of Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia churches year by year since the SBCV was constituted a state convention in September 1996. The numbers are presented to you below. The data are as of our annual convention which originally was held in September but has been moved to November. The 2001 data is as of the end of July. The 1995 figure was while we were still a fellowship. The 1996 number reflects those churches that joined at our initial (constituting) meeting.

                                                                                                                                  

Year

Unique

Dual

Total

Change

1995

 

 

  85

 

1996

 

 

115

+30

1997

108

49

157

+42

1998

161

51

212

+55

1999

200

53

253

+41

2000

236

56

292

+39

2001

283*

51*

337*

+45*

 

*Note that the 2001 data are updated have been updated to the 13 November 2001 annual meeting.