State convention annual meeting season set to begin in September
While the SBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference is the largest single gathering of Southern Baptists annually, more Southern Baptists combined participate in their state convention annual meetings every fall.
September through November are busy months in the Southern Baptist Convention as 40 of the 41 state conventions gather to worship, pray and do business. Puerto Rico holds its annual meeting in the spring.
Meeting in a variety of locations and settings, these state meetings are great times of encouragement and edification for local pastors and church members. It also is a time for entities – both state and national – to showcase their ministries to Southern Baptists across the nation.
Things get underway in New York in late September and culminate in mid-November when 17 states meet the week of November 10-14. For more information about your state annual meeting, check your state convention website.
2024 State convention annual meetings schedule
September 20-21 – Baptist Convention of New York
September 23-25 – Alaska Baptist Resource Network
October 3-4 – Montana Southern Baptist Convention
October 3-4 – Dakota Baptist Convention
October 7-8 – Baptist Resource Network of PA-S Jersey
October 14-15 – Church Forward (Kansas-Nebraska)
October 14-15 – Colorado Baptist General Convention
October 14-15 – Nevada Baptist Convention
October 21-23 – Arkansas Baptist State Convention
October 24-25 – State Convention of Baptists in Indiana
October 22-23 – Baptist Convention of New Mexico
October 22-23 – California Southern Baptist Convention
October 25-26 – MN/ WI Baptist Convention
October 25 – Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention
October 28-29 – Missouri Baptists Convention
October 29-30 – Mississippi Baptist Convention
November 1 – Baptist State Convention of Michigan
November 1-2 – Baptist Convention of Iowa
November 1-2 – Baptist Churches of New England
November 4-5 – Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
November 7-8 – Wyoming Southern Baptist Mission Network
November 7-8 – Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention
November 7-8 – West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptist
November 10-11 – Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware
November 10-12 – Baptist General Convention of Texas
November 10-12 – Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia
November 10-12 – Tennessee Baptist Mission Board
November 10-12 – Florida Baptist Convention
November 11-12 – Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
November 11-12 – Baptist State Convention of Ohio
November 11-12 – Georgia Baptist Convention
November 11-12 – Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
November 11-12 – Kentucky Baptist Convention
November 11-12 – South Carolina Baptist Convention
November 11-13 – Northwest Baptist Convention
November 11-13 – Baptist General Association of Virginia
November 12 – Louisiana Baptist Convention
November 12-13 – Illinois Baptist State Association
November 12-13 – Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions
November 14 – Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists
Hotel information for SBC25 released
NASHVILLE (BP) – Hotel information for the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference has been posted on the annual meeting website. Hotel reservations availability opens Monday, Oct. 7, at noon Eastern.
The Omni Dallas will once again serve as the convention hotel for the event held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. The Omni has the distinction as being the only hotel connected to the center – a drastic change from the setup in Indianapolis in 2024 which saw more than a dozen hotels connected to the facility.
Anticipating a need for more than 20,000 room nights for the week, the SBC Executive Committee has contracted with more than two dozen hotels for rooms across the Metroplex.
“It is always a challenge to determine how many rooms will be needed in a given city,” said Lynn Richmond, convention manager for the SBC EC. “We are grateful that Dallas has worked with us to make sure we have plenty of rooms available for our attendees.”
The last time the annual meeting was held in Dallas, in 2018, messengers totaled 9,632. More than 12,000 messengers are anticipated in 2025 with a total anticipated attendance of around 17,500.
For the full list of hotels and details on pricing, visit SBCAnnualMeeting.net/hotels.
