State convention annual meeting season set to begin in September

While the Southern Baptist Convention (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 SBC 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

Sept. 20-21 — Baptist Convention of New York

Sept. 23-25 — Alaska Baptist Resource Network

Oct. 3-4 — Montana Southern Baptist Convention

Oct. 3-4 — Dakota Baptist Convention

Oct. 7-8 — Baptist Resource Network of PA-S Jersey

Oct. 14-15 — Church Forward (Kansas-Nebraska)

Oct. 14-15 — Colorado Baptist General Convention

Oct. 14-15 — Nevada Baptist Convention

Oct. 21-23 — Arkansas Baptist State Convention

Oct. 24-25 — State Convention of Baptists in Indiana

Oct. 22-23 — Baptist Convention of New Mexico

Oct. 22-23 — California Southern Baptist Convention

Oct. 25-26 — MN/ WI Baptist Convention

Oct. 25 — Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention

Oct. 28-29 — Missouri Baptists Convention

Oct. 29-30 — Mississippi Baptist Convention

Nov. 1 — Baptist State Convention of Michigan

Nov. 1-2 — Baptist Convention of Iowa

Nov. 1-2 — Baptist Churches of New England

Nov. 4-5 — Baptist State Convention of North Carolina

Nov. 7-8 — Wyoming Southern Baptist Mission Network

Nov. 7-8 — Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention

Nov. 7-8 — West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptist

Nov. 10-11 — Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware

Nov. 10-12 — Baptist General Convention of Texas

Nov. 10-12 — Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia

Nov. 10-12 — Tennessee Baptist Mission Board

Nov. 10-12 — Florida Baptist Convention

Nov. 11-12 — Southern Baptists of Texas Convention

Nov. 11-12 — Baptist State Convention of Ohio

Nov. 11-12 — Georgia Baptist Convention

Nov. 11-12 — Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

Nov. 11-12 — Kentucky Baptist Convention

Nov. 11-12 — South Carolina Baptist Convention

Nov. 11-13 — Northwest Baptist Convention

Nov. 11-13 — Baptist General Association of Virginia

Nov. 12 — Louisiana Baptist Convention

Nov. 12-13 — Illinois Baptist State Association

Nov. 12-13 — Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions

Nov. 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.