THE QUARTERLY REVIEW \ SI R\ I > (II SI II I III R\ B \l'l IS I I’RI II ,RI ss THE QUARTERLY REVIEW HANDBOOK ISSUE A SURVEY OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST PROGRESS The Quarterly Review seeks to provide information to pastors, staff members, and denominational professionals about denominational statistics, church history, church building techniques, preaching, and other topics of special interest to these leaders. The 1963 state of The Baptist Faith and Message is the doctrinal guideline for this periodical. Volume 47 July-August-September 1987 Number 4 EDITING STAFF DESIGN STAFF LINDA S. BARR PAMELA S. FOSTER Editor Artist-Designer MARY V. LANCASTER Q DIXON WATERS Assistant Editor Manager HELEN HUTSON WARD OTHER CHURCH STAFF SERVICES Manuscript Assistant SECTION PERSONNEL JOHN R. CHANDLER Manager, Church Staff Will Beal, Ray F. Evette, Tim J. Holcomb, Richard Rom Services Section Consultants Gary Hardin, Judi Slayden Hayes JOE R. STACKER Editors Director Church Administration CHURCH PROGRAM ORGANIZATIONS Department ----------------» GARY W. COOK Vice-President The Quarterly Review (ISSN 0162-4334) is published quarterly by The Sunday School Board Of the Southern Baptist Convention, 127 Ninth Avenue. North. Nashville. Tennessee 37234: Lloyd Elder, President; James D. Williams. Execu­ tive Vice-President; Gary W. Cook. Vice-President for Church Program Organizations; Jimmy D. Edwards, Vice-President for Church Programs and Services. Printed in the U.S.A; Annual individual subscription, $9.75. Bulk shipments mailed to one address when ordered with other literature, $1.79 quarterly. If you need help concerning a subscription order, write Materials Services Department. 127 Ninth Avenue North. Nashville, TN 37234, or call 615-251-2289. For help concerning bulk orders shipped to one address, call 615-251-2633. Second-class postage paid at Nashville, Tennessee. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Quarterly Review, Materials Services Department. 127 Ninth Avenue North. Nashville, Tennessee 37234. © Copyright 1987. The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. All rights reserved. I wish to express appreciation to the following persons in the Research Services Department: Martin B. Bradley, director; Mary Frances Jones, manager, Statis­ tical Section, Joy Anderson, Cathy Patterson, Jackie Searcy, Pat Strum, and Frances Tichenor; Maxie Pace, research data processing assistant; Charles Sullivan, manager, Research Section, Dean Anderson, Kenneth Hayes, Michael Sarrett, and Lewis Wingo; Cheryl Moore, office supervisor, Office Section, James A. Lowry, denominational statistics specialist; in the Church Admin­ istration Department: Janet Fyke; and in the Procurement Department: Charles Layne, production scheduling coordinator; Faye Crane, buyer assistant for their help in compiling, proofing, and producing this Handbook. Without such teamwork this annual Handbook would not be possible. —(Editor) 3 Financial Reports, Colleges, Academies, Bible Schools......................................................... 61-63 SUBJECT INDEX Financial Reports from Religious Bodies in United States......................................................... 76 A G 60,63 Academies........................................................................................................ • • ■ • • General Boards, SBC.................................... 93 Additions by Baptisms, and Other Additions by State Convention, 1984-85 ...22 Gifts, Mission, by Years...................................................................................................................... 70-71 Additions by Letter, Number Churches Reporting by State and Location ... 16-20 Gifts, Mission, Number Churches Reporting by State and Location................................ 16-20 Agencies, SBC Directory of................................................................................................ 93-95 ...98 Assemblies, State Baptist.................................................................................................... H Associated Organizations, SBC......................................................................................... ...94 Average for Selected Items by Size of Church Membership................................ ...27 Health Care, Total U.S. Expenditures.................................................................................................. 90 Average for Selected Items by State Convention....................................................... ...29 Hospitals, Baptist................................................................................................................................. 65-67 Housing, New, United States................................................................................................................. 85 B I Baptisms, Number by Age Group, 1986.................................... .. 21 Baptisms, Number Churches Reporting by State and Location 16-20 Income, Personal Per Capita............................................................................................................. 82,83 Baptisms, Percent Distribution by Age Groups.............................. .. 21 Income, Total Median Family by Race............................................................................................... 84 Baptist Student Ministries....................................................................... 7,57 Institutions, SBC.................................................................................................................................... 93-94 Baptist Student Work................................................................................ .56 Baptist World Alliance, Affiliates of, Population Distribution .. 72-74 M Baptist World Alliance, Membership Distribution......................... .78 Major Denominational Groups................................................................................................................. 81 Brotherhood Enrollment........................................................................... 45-47 Major Items, Number Churches Reporting.................................................................................. 16-20 Marital Status of U.S. Women Who Gave Birth............................................................................... 89 c Membership, Churches by Location...................................................................................................... 12 Children's Homes............................................................................................................................. .. 69 Membership, Churches by Size....................................... 13,23 Christians, Distribution of............................................................................................................. .79 Membership, Principal Religions of the World......... ...77 Church Attendance......................................................................................................................... ..80 Mission Expenditures by State Convention................ 48,50 Church Debt, Average.................................................................................................................... .28 Missionaries, Home and Foreign.................................... ...51 Church Membership by Size Church and Location........................................................... ..24 Missions, Number Operated by SBC........................... ...30 Church Membership Statistics for Selected Denominations......................................... ...75 Missions, Percent Operated by SBC Churches......... ..30 Church Statistical Profile by Size of Church Membership.............................................. ...26 Music Ministry Enrollment................................................ 39-41 Church Training Enrollment......................................................................................................... 36-38 Music Ministry Enrollment and Average Attendance ...32 Church Training Enrollment, Number Churches Reporting by State and Location.................................................................... •.••••.•.............................. .. 16-20 N Church Vocation Volunteers in SBC Senior Colleges and Universities....................... ........ 64 New Construction and Church Property............................................................................................... 28 Churches, by Location.................................................................................................................. 10,16-20 Churches, by Size of Membership........................................................................................... ........ 11 P ........ 23 Churches, Distribution by State................................................................................................ Poor in the U.S., Percent Below Poverty Level................................................................................ 86 ........ 14 Churches Reporting Selected Items......................................................................................... Population, United States, Characteristics......................................................................................... 87 Churches, Special Information, 1986.................................................................................... ........ 25 Population, Elderly, Projections by Sex and Age............................................................................. 90 .. 58,61 Colleges, Senior, and Universities..........................................................................................