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.