Information

Information

	Baptisms (Total)	Sunday School (Average)	Sunday School (High Attendance)	Discipleship Training (Average)	V.B.S. (Average)	Offerings (Total)
1996	34	157	215	112	227	$248,831.00
1997	22	210	340	126	261	$340,666.00
1998	44	295	542	128	315	$415,658.00
1999	31	304	559	132	330	$412,305.00
2000	33	313	641	141	352	$497,119.00
2001	57	328	683	148	386	$514,505.00
2002	66	357	861	151	386	$513,155.00
2003	51	369	962	210	411	$522,626.00

ATCO BAPTIST CHURCH
Cartersville, Georgia
Church Growth 1995 - 2003

March 2004: Sunday School Average: 416
March 30, 2003 Sunday School High Attendance: 962
March 26, 2003 Discipleship Training Highest Attendance: 260

Brother Wayne is known as "Mr. Church Builder", having taken several churches that were running 50
to a little over 100 in Sunday School to an average attendance of 300 to 545. The New Antioch Baptist
Church, in Shannon, went from 48 in Sunday School to an average of 545, with a high attendance of
879, and from 19 in Church Training to an average of 201. The highest Church Training attendance
was 294, and 122 were baptized during the last associational year. Over 200 professions of faith were
recorded during the last year.

Brother Wayne’s last pastorate was at the Atco Baptist Church, in Cartersville. They went from 119 in
Sunday School to an average of 369, with a high attendance of 962. Discipleship Training averaged
210, with the highest attendance of 260, and 51 were baptized the last associational year.

"The Sunday School Challenger" for January, February and March, 2004, published by Sunday
School/Open Group Ministries of the Georgia Baptist Convention listed names of churches that have
had consistent growth in average attendance and baptisms for the past five years (1997-2002). Atco
Baptist was listed as one of thirty-seven churches, out of 3500.

Wayne Hamrick Ministries, Inc.
P.O. Box 200337
Cartersville, GA 30120-9006
Phone: (770) 386-7710
E-Mail: waynehamrick@bellsouth.net
www.waynehamrickministries.com