District of Columbia Baptist
Convention
Convention Territory
Washington DC Metropolitan Area (approximately 50% of DCBC churches are outside
DC)
Purpose
To strengthen individual churches; to act as an extension of the churches'
mission; to promote and support the work of the American Baptist Churches USA,
Southern Baptist Convention, and Progressive National Baptist Convention; and to
promote harmony of feeling and concert of action on the part of all Baptists in
the U.S. 1993-2000 Vision Churches empowered for mission.
|
Total Population in
Washington Metro Area |
4,000,000+ |
|
Unchurched (Glenmary
Report) |
1,750,000 |
|
Number of churches and
missions |
133 |
|
Number of churches |
102 |
|
Anglo churches |
48% |
|
African American
churches |
45% |
|
Language churches |
10% |
|
Total Membership |
50,306 |
|
Average membership |
519 |
|
Number of visitors to
DC |
22 million annually |
|
Number of embassies
|
167 |
|
College students in
area |
145,000 |
|
Number of campuses in
area |
18 (9 with over 5,000
students) |
|
Students per 1,000
residents |
85 (San Francisco 99;
San Diego 95; Boston 93) |
|
Living below poverty
in DC |
26% (1990) |
|
Baptists first meeting |
1801 |
|
First Baptist Church
began |
1802 |
 | The Washington Metropolitan Area is the most affluent
and educated in the U.S. |
| 45% of the population is listed in the Glenmary Report
as Catholic or Jewish (56% in Montgomery County) |
| Washington houses 100 Senators, 435 Representatives,
members of the Administration and Supreme Court and all those who serve in
these offices. It is a great ministry area. |
| A reported 42% of African American males ages 18-34 in
the District are in the criminal justice system. |
Focus Point Partners: North Carolina/Virginia
Contact:
Robert Cochran
robert.cochran@dcbaptist.org
1628 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Telephone: (202) 265-1526 Ext. 309
Fax: 202-667-8258
District of Columbia Convention -
www.dcbaptist.org
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