DALLAS (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Book of Reports is the paper of record for those wanting SBC entity reports and information before arriving at the SBC annual meeting. The book is available online.
“The Book of Reports is likely the most detailed, publicly available denominational reporting document in the world,” said SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg.
“It tells the story of a people on mission experiencing Gods’ supernatural blessing and guidance — for which we are grateful.”
The book is published annually and gives messengers key organizational data. It contains business reports from each entity and includes the 2025-2026 Cooperative Program Allocation Budget.
This year’s Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has been a topic of interest to many Southern Baptists.
“The Executive Committee is recommending a national 2025-26 Cooperative Program allocation budget which includes a $3 million priority allocation for future legal expenses,” Iorg told Baptist Press. “While this is a difficult recommendation to make, it provides the resources to meet these needs and move us toward a healthier financial future.”
He says the Executive Committee is “making progress on finalizing legal expenses” but totals are not yet known.
Hard copies of the Book of Reports will be available at the SBC annual meeting in June. The digital version is online now.
Individual reports are available from:
- SBC Executive Committee
- Southern Baptist Foundation
- GuideStone Financial Resources
- International Mission Board
- Lifeway Christian Resources
- North American Mission Board
- all six SBC seminaries
- Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
- Woman’s Missionary Union
The book also includes the proposed Business and Financial Plan that was approved and recommended to messengers by the Executive Committee in February.
“Creating this new plan has been a joint effort involving the Executive Committee staff and officers, entity presidents, entity chief financial officers, entity attorneys, Executive Committee attorneys and Executive Committee members,” Iorg said.
Because of the “complexity of issues in creating this plan,” Iorg said he “hopes it will be adopted without significant changes with the understanding we can and will continue to evaluate it in the future to be sure it serves our purposes.”
The SBC’s governing documents — the Charter and Constitution, Bylaws and Business and Financial Plan — are also included in the Book of Reports, which in addition to being online, is available in the 2025 SBC annual meeting app.
Should updates or changes take place, they will be noted in the Daily Bulletin made available each day before the annual meeting sessions begin.
Iorg said the Book of Reports “reflects the breadth of our work, the integrity of our governance processes, the vision of our leaders and the transparency of our public reporting.”
The 2025 SBC annual meeting is set for June 10-11 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
(EDITOR’S NOTE — Brandon Porter serves as Vice President for Communications at the SBC Executive Committee.)
