Southern Baptists to Plant Hundreds of Churches in New York City

Southern Baptists are planning to plant between 50 and 100 churches in the New York City area over the next five years as part of a larger movement to accommodate the ethnically diverse city and its ever-shifting population.

According to the North American Mission Board, a church planting initiative by the Southern Baptist Convention, 45 churches have been established in New York City over the last decade.

The group cites the ratio of one Southern Baptist congregation for every 6,828 people in North America as the motivation for the initiative.

The ratio in New York City is one SBC church for every 52,760 New Yorkers.

With over 22 million people in the New York City tri-state area, organizations like NAMB and the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association endeavor into a traditionally unyielding, if not stubborn, culture of people.

“While many still travel half-way around the world to witness to ‘the unreached,’ less is being done to reach many of the same peoples right here in NYC,” MNYBA said in a statement. To read more and to view the video, click here.