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Home Mission Board / North American Mission Board Research Reports

1963-2009

This page provides copies of a wide range of studies, surveys, and reports conducted by the Research Department of the Home Mission Board / North American Mission Board from the mid-1960s to the early 2000s.  The reports cover information over the time period from 1933 to 2009.  The topics covered by these studies include the Annie Armstrong mission offerings, associational studies, church and church life studies, demographic surveys, disaster relief, population changes related to church life, church planting and evangelism studies, evaluations of Board programs, mega focus city studies, information related to racial and ethnic information, historical studies, rural and urban church work, Royal Ambassadors, state convention studies, worship, and youth studies.  The reports contain both narrative and statistical information.  The reports range from 4 pages to over 400 pages in length.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

  • Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Information from the U.S Congregational Life Survey, 2002
  • Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Receipts Adjusted for Inflation, 1980-2003
  • Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Receipts, 1933-2003
  • Evaluation of Annie Armstrong Promotional Materials, 2001
  • Impact of Churches Promoting Only One Missions Offering, 2001
  • Promotion of Special Missions Offerings Among Southern Baptist Churches, 1995
  • Promotion Strategy for Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, 2003

Associations

  • Associational Atlas, 1986
  • Associational Atlas, 1997
  • Brief Study of Fourteen Selected Churches in Union Baptist Association Houston, Texas, 1973
  • Capital City Baptist Association Ohio Churches and People, 1972
  • Demographic Analysis of 1990 Census Data in Webster County, Mississippi, for Mission Development Council Planning, 1992
  • Descriptive Study of Baltimore Baptist Association, 1968
  • Descriptive Study of Five Associations in West Central Louisiana, 1969
  • Descriptive Study of the Associations of Garden Isle and Maui County Hawaii, 1969
  • Evaluation of the Associational Missions Week Promotional Kit, 1999
  • Profile of a Typical Association, 1981
  • Remaking of the Baptist Association - Redesigning for the Twenty-First Century, 1995
  • Special Study of Alcorn Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1970
  • Special Study of De Soto County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1970
  • Special Study of Grenada County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1970
  • Special Study of Lee County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1970
  • Special Study of Leflore County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1968
  • Special Study of Miama Baptist Association, 1969
  • Special Study of the Knox County Baptist Association, Tennessee, 1970
  • Special Study of the Yazoo County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1968
  • Special Study of Washington County Baptist Association, Mississippi, 1970
  • Study of the Churches and People in Four Baptist Associations in Metro Oklahoma City, 1974
  • Study of the Indigenous Nature of the Constituency of the Genesee District Baptist Association, 1969

Baptism

  • Adults Baptized in Southern Baptist Churches, 1993
  • Analysis of Baptisms and Population by Age Group, 2004
  • Baptism by Age Group, SBC, 1971-2003
  • Baptism Indicator, 2000
  • Number of Baptisms by Reporting Churches, 1999
  • Number of Baptisms by Reporting Churches, 2000
  • Number of Baptisms by Reporting Churches, 2001
  • Number of Baptisms by Reporting Churches, 2002
  • Profile of Low Baptism Churches and High Baptism Churches, 2004
  • Study of Adults Baptized in Southern Baptist Churches, 1993
  • Top Baptism Churches, 1980-1984
  • Total Members, Resident Members, Baptisms, and Rates, 1940-2002

Church Life

  • Analysis of Churches with Bivocational Pastors, 1991
  • Analysis of Souther Baptist Churches by Size of Church, 1998
  • Analysis of the Distributions of Southern Baptist Churches for Selected Uniform Church Letter Items, 1988
  • Assessing the Nation's Religious Composition, ca 2003
  • Church Growth and Decline in a Southern City, ca1982
  • Church Lifecycle Tables, 1972-1987
  • Comparison of Changes in Population, Southern Baptist Churches, and Resident Members, 1999
  • Comparison of Changes in Population, Southern Baptist Churches, and Resident Members, 2002
  • Conversion and Witnessing Among Southern Baptists, 2002
  • Demographic Environment and Church Membership Change, 1980
  • Disposition of Churches Removed from SBC Rolls, 1988-1989
  • Distributions of Southern Baptist Churches Based on ACP and UCL Data, 1996
  • Impact of Churches Promoting Only One Missions Offering, 2001
  • Large Convention of Small Churches, 1996
  • Mission Education Survey, 2003
  • Nonmetro County Trends, 1996
  • Population and Southern Baptist Church Trends for Non-Metropolitian County Area Classifications, 1980-1993, 1996
  • Population Per Congregation Resident Members, United States and Canada Provinces, 2000
  • Southern Baptist Constituency Study, 1990
  • Study of Church-type Missions Removed from Southern Baptist Convention Rolls During the 1990s, 2001
  • Study of Fastest Growing Churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1984
  • Study of New Churches and Churches Leaving the Associations in the SBC, 1963-1973
  • Study of the Educational Atainment of Southern Baptist Pastors, 1983
  • Survey of Church Prayer Ministry Coordinators, 2003
  • What Does an Unchurched American Look Like, 1995
  • Worshipers in Southern Baptist Congregations, 2002

Church Planting

  • Church Index, 2000
  • Evaluation of the Church Planting Group, NAMB, 1999
  • Evaluation of the Church Planting Group, NAMB, 2000
  • Evaluation of the Church Planting Group, NAMB, 2001
  • Evaluation of the Church Planting Group, NAMB, 2002
  • Evaluation of the Church Planting Group, NAMB, 2003
  • New Southern Baptist Anglo Churches, 1992
  • Population per Southern Baptist Congregations, 2000
  • Ranking the Components of Church Planting Survey of State Directors of Mission, 2004
  • Study of Church-Type Missions Removed from SBC rolls during the 1990s, 2001
  • Survey of Southern Baptist Church-Type Mission Starts in the North Central States, 1977-1983

Cooperative Agreements

  • Evaluation of Cooperative Agreements Between the Home Mission Board and State Conventions, 1997
  • Historical Base for Home Mission Board-State Convention Cooperation, ca.1987
  • Home Mission Board / State Cooperative Agreement, 1990

Disaster Relief

  • Disaster Relief Report of the Home Mission Board SBC to the Executive Committee SBC, 1969
  • Involving Southern Baptists in Disaster Relief, ca. 1995

Evangelism

  • 1997 Soul-Winning Commitment Day Survey Evaluation, 1998
  • Evalaution of the Evangelization Group, NAMB, 1999
  • Evalaution of the Evangelization Group, NAMB, 2000
  • Evalaution of the Evangelization Group, NAMB, 2002
  • Evalaution of the Evangelization Group, NAMB, 2003
  • Ministry Evangelism Toolkit Focus Groups, 2000
  • Summary of Children's Evangelism Study Focus Group, 2004

Historical

  • Comments on Home Mission Board at Southern Baptist Conventions, 1944-1994
  • Graph of SBC Churches by Year Organized, 1989
  • HMB-NAMB Cooperative Program Receipts Adjusted for Inflation, 1980-2003
  • Literacy Missions-Combining Ministry and Evangelism for 50 Years, 1959-2009
  • Summary of Actions Taken by the Southern Baptist Convention Affecting the Home Mission Board, 1951-1994

Home Mission Board / North American Mission Board Programs

  • Abstracts of Home Mission Study Information from Recent Surveys, 1992
  • Analysis of Subscribers' Readership of the November-December 1999 Issue of On Mission, 2000
  • Examination of Response Rates to Mail Questionnaires in Studies Conducted by the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, 1976
  • Gathering, Interpreting, and Using Demographic Data, An Introduction, 1997
  • Go! Magazine Focus Group, 2002
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1989
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1990
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1991
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1993
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1994
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1995
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1996
  • Home Missions Resource Document, 1997
  • Mission Study Survey- Home Mission Study, 1981; Foreign Mission Study, 1982
  • NAMB Fact Sheet, 1999
  • NAMB Fact Sheet, 2000
  • NAMB Fact Sheet, 2001
  • NAMB Fact Sheet, 2002
  • NAMB Fact Sheet, 2007
  • NAMB Flagship Magazine Research Project, A Focus Group Approach, 1998
  • NAMB Web Site Survey, 2002
  • On Mission Readership, 2002
  • Summary of Men@Work Focus Group, 2004

Interfaith Witness Department

  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 01-Front Material
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 02-Section 1
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 03-Section 2
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 04-Section 3
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 05-Section 4
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 06-Section 5
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 07-Section 6
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 08-Section 7
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 09-Section 8
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 10-Section 9
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 11-Section 10
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 12-Section 11
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 13-Section 12
  • Freemasonry and the Southern Baptist Convention, 1992 - 14-Section 13
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 01-Front Material
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 02-Chapter 1-Introduction
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 03-Chapter 2-Conclusions About A Study of Freemasonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 04-Chapter 3-Early Concerns About HMB Freemasonry Study
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 05-Chapter 4-Is Dr. Gary Leazer Biased
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 06-Chapter 5-Meeting With Interfaith Witness Department
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 07-Chapter 6-Prejudice Proved
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 08-Chapter 7-A Study of Freemasonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 09-Chapter 8-Scottish Rite Freemasonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 10-Chapter 9-Leazer's Principles of Interpreting Information About Masonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 11-Chapter 10-A Modern Mason Looks At His Craft
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 12-Chapter 11-Critique of Sections 5 and 6
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 13-Chapter 12-Critique of Section 7, The Ritual
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 14-Chapter 13-The Masonic Concept of God
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 15-Chapter 14-Scottish Rite Freemasonry, 26th Degree
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 16-Chapter 15-The Bible and the Lodge
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 17-Chapter 16-Salvation and Future Life
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 18-Chapter 17-Pike and Masonic Search for Truth
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 19-Chapter 18-A Study of Freemasonry, Conclusions
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 20-Chapter 19-Anti-Freemasonry Movements Among Baptists
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 21-Chapter 20-A Report on Freemasonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 22-Appendix A-Initiation and Communication, A Personal Perspective on the SBC Study of Freemasonry
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 23-Appendix B-William Gordon's Critique of The SBC and Freemasonry Volume 1
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 24-Index to Volumes 1, 2, and 3
  • The Southern Baptist Convention and Freemasonry, Vol. 3, 1994 - 25-Back Material

Maps

  • Location of Southern Baptist Churches by Counties, 1976
  • Location of Southern Baptist Churches, 2001
  • Location of Southern Baptist Membership by Counties, 1976
  • Total North American Missions Personnel, 2003

Mega Focus Cities

  • Church Trends in Mega Focus City Associations, 1981-1995, 1996
  • Data for Stratagey Planning in the Hampton Roads Region, Virginia, 1997
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Central Baptist Association, Phoenix, Arizona, 1996
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the East Bay Baptist Association, California, 1997
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Golden Spike Baptist Association, Utah, 1997
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Jacksonville Baptist Association, Florida, 1997
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Redwood Empire Baptist Association, California, 1999
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Salt Lake Baptist Association, Utah, 1999
  • Data for Strategy Planning for the Santa Clara Valley Baptist Association, California, 1997
  • Mega Focus Cities, Summary of Data, 1996
  • Population Data for Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1988
  • Population Data for Stragegy Planning in Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987
  • Population Data for Strategey Planning in Greater Nashville, Tennessee, 1988
  • Population Data for Strategy Planning in Honolulu County, Hawaii, 1989
  • Population Data for Strategy Planning in Metropolitan Birmingham, Alabama, 1986
  • Population Data for Strategy Planning in the Salt Lake City Baptist Association, Utah, 1988
  • Population Study for Greater Dayton, Ohio, Mega Focus City Area, 1988
  • Review of San Diego, California, Population Data, ca1980
  • San Francisco, California, Peninsula, 1997

Metropolitan Missions

  • America's 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas Population and Southern Baptist Presence, 1990-2000
  • America's 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas Recent Trends in Population and Southern Baptist Presence, 2000
  • America's Mid-Level Metropolitan Areas Population and Southern Baptist Presence, 1990-2000
  • Descriptive Study of the Metropolitan Chicago Baptist Association, Illinois, 1968
  • Growth Trends in New Congregations in the Metropolitan South, ca.1970
  • Metropolitan Distribution of the 17 Largest U.S. Religions Bodies, 1988
  • SBC Membership Change in the Metropolitan South, 1981
  • Study of Churches in Communities in Crisis in Metropolitan Associations in SBC in 1973, 1974
  • Study of the Downtown Church, ca.1967

Missionaries

  • Missions Personnel Deployment Survey, 2003
  • Southern Baptist Volunteerism, 2003
  • Volunteer Mobilization Survey, 1998

Racial and Ethnic Work

  • African American Issues and Trends 1980-2000 and Beyond, 2001
  • America's Racial Pluralism and SBC Growth, 1981
  • American Mosaic Series-Deaf, 1989
  • American Mosaic Series-Europeans, 1991
  • American Mosaic Series-Internationals, 1987
  • American Mosaic Series-Pacific Rim, 1988
  • Brief Study for Southern Baptists in Puerto Rico, 1968
  • Census 2000, Race and Ethnic Overview, 2001
  • Challenge of American Hispanics, 1984
  • Facts of Importance Related to the Chinese Situation of Our Convention, ca 1950
  • Hispanic Issues and Trends Demographic and Denominational, 2004
  • Net and Percent Change in Congregations by Racial-Ethnic Group, 2001-2002
  • Partners in Ministry, 1980
  • Population Per Southern Baptist Congregation Comparisons for the Major Racial-Ethnic Groups, 2000
  • Puerto Rican Churches and Missions, 2000
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1998
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1999
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1999 (by percent)
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 2000
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 2001
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 2002
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 2003
  • Racial-Ethnic Breakdowns of Population and ACP Data, 1997
  • Suvey of the Lauguage Groups in California, ca. 1947

Royal Ambassadors

  • Royal Ambassadors Field Test Focus Group Report, 2002
  • Survey of Royal Ambassador Leaders and Parents of Royal Ambassadors, 2003
  • Survey of State Convention Royal Ambassador Leaders, 1998

Rural Church Work

  • Rural Population and Rural SBC Trends, 1950-1990
  • Rural Population and Rural SBC Trends, 1950-1990, 1997

State Studies

  • Arkansas Baptist State Conveniton Planning Data, 2003
  • Brief Study of Baptists in the DC-Maryland Area, 1978
  • Brief Study of Hawaii Baptists, 1972
  • Classification of State Conventions, 1995
  • Data for Arizona Southern Baptist Convention Churches by Size in 1997, 1999
  • Descriptive Study of Southern Baptists in Southwestern Virginia, 1968
  • Fields are White Unto Harvest Demographic Study of Florida, 1996
  • Iowa Planning Data by County, 2000
  • Mississippi Churches and People, 1972
  • North Central States Recent Trends in Population and Key Southern Baptist Statistics, 1990-2000
  • North Central States Update of Church and Population Data, 1997
  • Planning Data for the Alaska Baptist Convention, 1989
  • Planning Data for the Appalachian Mountain Ministry Region, 1999
  • Planning Data for the Appalachian Regional Ministry Area in 2000, 2002
  • Planning Data for the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, 1997
  • Planning Data Update for the Nevada Baptist Convention, 1997
  • Significant Religious Findings of the York County Religious Survey, South Carolina, 1965
  • Southern Baptist in the Portland, Oregon Area, 1970
  • Southern Baptists in Brevard County, Florida, 1973
  • Southern Baptists in Broward County, Florida, 1972
  • Southern Baptists in Hillsborough County, Florida, 1972
  • Southern Baptists in Iowa, 1970
  • Southern Baptists in Pinellas County, Florida, 1973
  • Southern Baptists in the Greater San Francisco, California, Bay Area, 1969
  • Special Study of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention, 1966
  • Statistical Study of the Baptist Convention of New York, 1969
  • Study of Hawaii Baptists on Hawaii Island, 1967
  • Study of Hawaiian Baptists on Oaho, 1966
  • Study of Louisiana Pastors-Their Educational Background and the Nature of Their Ministry, 1973
  • Study of Southern Baptists in Montana, 1969
  • Study of Southern Baptists in North Dakota, 1967
  • Study of Southern Baptists in South Dakota, 1967
  • Study of Southern Baptists in Wyoming, 1970
  • Study of the Churches and People in Georgia - Vol. 1, 1975
  • Study of the Florida Baptist Convention - Vol. 1 - Churches, Members, Baptisms, Other Additions, Population, 1967
  • Study of the Florida Baptist Convention - Vol. 2 - Church Organizations, Convention Finances, Special Ministries, Population Characteristics, Regional Developments, 1967
  • Survey of State Convention Executives, 2004
  • Understanding Kentucky Baptist Churches I, 2001
  • Understanding Kentucky Baptist Churches II, 2001
  • Understanding Kentucky Baptist Churches III, 2001
  • Understanding Kentucky Baptist Churches IV, 2001
  • Update of Demographic Data for the Hawaii Baptist Convention, 1997
  • Virginia's Urban Corridor - Churches and People - Vol. 1, 1972
  • Virginia's Urban Corridor - Churches and People - Vol. 2, 1972

Strategic Focus Cities

  • Data for Boston, Massachusetts, City Reaching Process, 1999
  • Data for Puget Sound, Washington, Strategic Focus Area, 2000
  • Data for Strategy Planning Clark County and Las Vegas, Nevada, 2004
  • Data for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City Reaching Process, 2000
  • New York, 2002
  • Strategic Focus Cities Evaluation Guide, 2001

Worship

  • Southern Baptist Congregations and Worshipers, 2002
  • Southern Baptist Congregations and Worshipers- Supplement to A Field Guide to U.S., 2000
  • Southern Baptist Congregations Today, 2001
  • Worship Survey Results, First Baptist Church, Duluth, Georgia, 2000
  • Worshipers in Southern Baptist Congregations, 2002

Youth

  • Youth Population Trends, 1996

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