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Home Mission Board / North American Mission Board Research Reports

1963-2004

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 2004.  The topics covered by these studies include the Annie Armstrong mission offerings, associational studies, church and church life studies, demographic surveys, 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, and state convention 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, 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

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
  • 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
  • Profile of a Typical Association, 1981
  • 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 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
  • Special Study of Miama Baptist Association, 1969

Baptism

  • Adults Baptized in Southern Baptist Churches, 1993
  • Baptism Indicator, 2000
  • Study of Adults Baptized in Southern Baptist Churches, 1993

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
  • 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
  • Distributions of Southern Baptist Churches Based on ACP and UCL Data, 1996
  • 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
  • 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
  • Worshipers in Southern Baptist Congregations, 2002

Church Planting

  • New Southern Baptist Anglo Chruches, 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

Home Mission Board Programs

  • 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

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
  • 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
  • Challenge of American Hispanics, 1984
  • Hispanic Issues and Trends Demographic and Denominational, 2004
  • Partners in Ministry, 1980
  • Population Per Southern Baptist Congregation Comparisons for the Major Racial-Ethnic Groups, 2000
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1998
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1999 (by percent)
  • Racial-Ethnic ACP Data, 1999
  • 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

Rural Church Work

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

State Studies

  • Arkansas Baptist State Conveniton Planning Data, 2003
  • Brief Study of Baptists in the DC-Maryland Area, 1978
  • 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
  • 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 Souothern Baptists in North Dakota, 1967
  • Study of Southern Baptists in Montana, 1969
  • Study of Southern Baptists in South Dakota, 1967
  • Study of Southern Baptists in Wyoming, 1970
  • 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

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

Worship

  • Southern Baptist Congregations and Worshipers, 2002
  • Southern Baptist Congregations Today, 2001

Youth

  • Youth Population Trends, 1996

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