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This information is based upon information supplied
by churches cooperating with the Florida Baptist State Convention
and reflects statistics for the church year which ended
September, 2007.
Total Churches and Missions: 2,811
Includes 2,203 churches and 608 church-type missions.
Each church is an autonomous body of baptized believers
who are associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship
of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Total Baptisms: 32,928
Baptism is a public demonstration and testimony by an
individual that symbolizes the believer's faith in Jesus
Christ as the crucified, buried and risen from the grave
Savior.
Gifts by Florida Baptists to the Cooperative Program: $39,537,216
The Cooperative Program is the unified financial appeal
for nearly all denominational missions, ministry and benevolence
causes support by the Florida Baptist Convention and the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Total Gifts by Florida Baptists to all mission and ministry
causes: $782,737,213
Includes local church, association, and Cooperative
Program.
Total Enrolment in
Sunday School: 559,598
Sunday School is the Bible teaching and evangelistic
outreach ministry of the local church.
Total Number of Church Members: 1,034,179
Involving 21 different language groups in worship, including:
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Haitian |
24,670
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Spanish
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22,913
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