American Baptist Regions

Every one of the 34 American Baptist regions in the United States and Puerto Rico is autonomous, yet each region is intimately related to others and to the national boards as part of the American Baptist family. Territories covered by regions range widely, from the fourteen-state area covered by the American Baptist Churches of the South, to the Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico to the Los Angeles Baptist City Mission Society.

Each region is committed to serving the churches within the region, and to providing an essential channel of communication through which the churches talk to the denomination and the denomination talks to the churches.

The regions play a vital role in raising the mission funds–more than $40 million each year–which undergird all American Baptist mission at home and overseas. The region offers essential support for the local church in many ways: resources for evangelism and social witness ministries, guidance for pastoral search committees, counseling and advocacy for pastors and their spouses, Christian education resources, program resources for congregations, program ideas for different age groups, continuing education opportunities for pastors, leadership development programs and resources, camping programs, women’s and men’s work programs, and many others.

American Baptist Regions Listing