Every state represented at SBC annual meeting

This year for the first time in at least two decades Baptist churches in every state sent messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam also were represented among the 8,183 messengers who attended the meeting June 11–12 in Birmingham, which drew a total of 13,502 participants, including guests, staff and exhibitors, said Bill Townes, convention manager. Alabama led in messengers sent with 1,380 messengers attending from 498 churches.