North Carolina Baptists sent the largest number of messengers – 2,801 – of the 11,639 who registered for the June 13-14 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C.
Other leading states were Georgia with 1,075 messengers; South Carolina with 951 messengers; Virginia with 939 messengers; and Tennessee with 876 messengers, according to SBC registration secretary Jim Wells June 29.
Messengers were sent by 4,577 churches from 48 states.
State-by-state registration: Alaska, 2; Alabama, 610; Arkansas, 275; Arizona, 32; California, 139; Colorado, 34; District of Columbia, 8; Delaware, 4; Florida, 689; Georgia, 1,075; Hawaii, 12; Iowa, 6; Idaho 5; Illinois, 144; Indiana, 120; Kansas, 40; Kentucky, 508; Louisiana, 225; Massachusetts, 9; Maryland, 127; Maine, 5; Michigan, 26; Missouri, 243; Minnesota, 4; Mississippi, 463; North Carolina, 2,801; North Dakota, 6; Nebraska, 4; New Hampshire, 5; New Jersey, 29; New Mexico, 22; Nevada, 26; New York, 62; Ohio, 161; Oklahoma, 217; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 42; Puerto Rico, 3; South Carolina, 951; South Dakota, 3; Tennessee, 876; Texas, 540; Utah, 13; Virginia, 939; Vermont, 16; Washington, 12; Wisconsin, 9; West Virginia, 87; and Wyoming, 6.