The Annual Church Profile or ACP

It is important for Missouri Baptist Convention to know what is happening “statistically” in our churches and missions. The data gathered from our churches and missions provide assistance to the Missouri Baptist Convention and Associations in planning how to best serve churches, and it guides Southern Baptist Convention agencies in funding Missouri church resources.  (Some examples of things the statistics are used for is to prioritize areas of the state where evangelism and new churches are most needed; to help us look for trends in membership, worship attendance, giving, etc.; and to identify churches that are doing a good job in certain areas so we can see how they are doing a particular ministry at that church.)

Every church and mission is asked to complete once a year an Annual Church Profile (ACP) providing statistics on the “short” LifeWay form and Missouri Baptist Convention Supplemental Survey form. Also needed are the names of church leaders in each congregation. Once the Annual Church Profile (ACP) worksheet is completed your church secretary or ACP clerk can enter your statistics online or mail it to your Associational office or Missouri Baptist Convention to enter for you. The church leadership information can be updated all year long from the online website. And this church leadership information is where the mailing lists for the Missouri Baptist Convention are updated from.

Your churches information is important, and it assists us all as we, Missouri Baptists, serve together to grow Great Commission churches for the glory of God.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Marcia Patridge
Ministry Assistant/ACP
mpatridge@mobaptist.org
800-736-6227 or (573) 636-0400 ext 351

Or

Jody Burkett
Information Technology Specialist
jburkett@mobaptist.org
800-736-6227 or (573)636-0400 ext 350

ACP Updates

We have been recently notified by LifeWay of some massive changes coming this year to the 2011 Annual Church Profile or ACP. It looks like they are offering us a much shorter form without a lot of the questions we have had in the past.

They have also informed us that we will received the ACP forms later this year than normal. Currently LifeWay does not plan to start printing the ACPs until after the Southern Baptist Convention's Annual Meeting, June 15.

We will keep you updated on any additional information we find out.

Thanks for your assistance with this process.