Baptist General Conference Identity Statement

The Baptist General Conference is a fellowship of Baptist Churches whose theology is Biblically evangelical, whose character is multi-ethnic, and whose spirit is positive and affirmative, and whose people celebrate openness and freedom in the context of Christ’s Lordship.

Our Mission

The mission of the Baptist General Conference is to glorify God by helping member churches to fulfill Christ’s mission for His church in all the communities God calls them to serve. The mission of the Great Lakes Baptist Conference (and each district Conference) is the same.

Some Vital Statistics

• The Baptist General Conference is comprised of 900 churches throughout the United States, and nearly 2000 churches worldwide, with world mission ministries in 15 nations of the world
• The Baptist General Conference is one of the fastest growing evangelical denominations in America.  During the past five years, nearly 150 new churches have been planted.  In the eight reporting world mission agencies, BGC world churches grew by 9.3 percent this past year.
• The Baptist General Conference has a national service center in Arlington Heights, IL, and has 13 district offices throughout the United States.  Each geographic district has its own Executive Minister, and its own Board of Overseers who direct the district ministries.
• The Baptist General Conference owns and operates Bethel College and Seminary in St. Paul, MN; Bethel Seminary West in San Diego, CA; and Bethel Seminary East offering classes in several eastern seaboard locations.  There are currently 2,103 students enrolled in the College in over 50 academic majors, and 514 students enrolled in the Seminary (St. Paul and Bethel West)
• Harvest Publications is the name of the Baptist General Conference publishing and resource center.  Along with distributing curriculum and more than 6,000 Bibles, Harvest also offers popular Christian books at discount prices, workshops, seminars, telephone consultations and more.  The Baptist General conference also publishes a bi-monthly periodical called BGC World.

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