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146th Annual Statistical Report—2008 (Revisions made – See last page for explanation ) General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists® 12501 Old Columbia Pike • Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600 Compiled by the Office of Archives and Statistics
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146th AnnualStatistical

Report—2008(Revisions made – See last page for explanation)

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists®12501 Old Columbia Pike • Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600

Compiled by the Office of Archives and Statistics

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STATISTICAL REPORTof Seventh-day Adventist® Conferences, Missions, and Institutions Throughout the World

for the Year Ending December 31, 2008

A WORD ABOUT THIS REPORT

Where We Stand Statistically.—This year marked the sixth timein Seventh-day Adventist history when more than 1,000,000 individualsjoined our communion of faith through baptism or profession of faith.The 1,033,534 accessions for 2008 meant that, on the average, everyday in 2008, 2,830 believers accepted the everlasting gospel and joinedthe Seventh-day Adventist Church. The total membership as ofDecember 31, 2008, was 15,921,408 and meant that within the totalworld population there was one baptized Seventh-day Adventist forevery 421 people in the world. The growth rate of 1.67 percent reflectedmajor church membership audits conducted primarily by the SouthAmerican Division.

India, with a baptized membership of 1,422,326 stands as thecountry having the largest number of Seventh-day Adventists within theborders of one country. It has a ratio of members to population of onefor every 808 persons. Brazil with a church membership of 1,227,005, isour second highest country and had a membership to population ratio ofone to 159. The United States, in third standing, with a baptized mem-bership of 1,021,884 improved its population per member ratio from 302to one to 298 to one. The Philippines, with 620,896 baptized members,moved from one Adventist for every 155 persons to one for every 146.

Statistics by the Day.—An annual growth rate of 1.67 percentmeant that Seventh-day Adventist membership increased an average of715 each day during the past statistical year. Additionally, an averageday in 2008 meant that five new churches were established and helpedto accommodate the 2,830 daily baptized believers. Also, the Adventistcommunity as a whole each day contributed $7,192,409 to advance thatgospel message. The total tithes and offerings for the year amounted to$2,627,027,513.

Statistical State of the Church.—The report before you providesa detailed statistical summary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church atthe end of 2008. It devotes 48 pages in its major section that give some41 items of information about church membership, contributions, andchurch workers, for each conference, mission, union, and division. Theremaining pages provide historical statistics, departmental statistics, andsummary tables.

A Seventh-day Adventist statistical archives consisting of past sta-tistical reports, tables, and documents is available on the web atwww.adventistarchives.org.

—Statistics within this report compiled by Kathleen Jones and Carole Proctor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sessions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Scheduled Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Officers of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Accessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Church Membership by World Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4General Survey of Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Summary of Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4General and Institutional Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Tithe and Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Tithe and Offerings 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Denominational Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Denominational Assets and Net Worth 2005 (updated after printing of ASR) . . . . . . . . . . 5Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5International Deployment of Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Children’s Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Women’s Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Sabbath School and Personal Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Denominationally Employed Workers Classified by Type of Employment 2008 . . . . . . . . 6Broadcast Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Healthcare Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Denominationally Employed Workers Classified by Credentials Carried 2008 . . . . . . . . . 7General Statistics by Divisions for 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Denominational Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Institutional Statistics for 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Section I–Educational Institutions and Primary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Section II–Healthcare Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Section III–Publishing Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Section IV–Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Global Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

The Church’s Presence, Outreach, and Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Table 1—Conf/Miss Where Each Church Serves More Than One Million Persons . . . 76Countries and Areas Where SDA Work is Not Currently Established. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Table 2—Seventh-day Adventist Presence in Countries and Areas of the World. . . . . 78

Languages and Dialects in Which SDA Publications are Now in Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Summary of Seventh-day Adventist World Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84A General Survey of Statistical and Financial Summaries Over a Period of Years . . . . . 85Total Tithe and Offerings From Date of Organization to the Present Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Note—Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trademarks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists®.

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008 3

Note—In the three preceding tables the dates indicate the beginning dates of the General ConferenceSessions involved, except where special elections have been held between sessions.

SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCEOF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Session Delegates Date of Session Location

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 May 20, 1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 May 18, 1864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 May 17, 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 May 16, 1866 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 May 14, 1867 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 May 12, 1868 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 May 18, 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 March 15, 1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 February 7, 1871 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 December 29, 1871 . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 March 11, 1873. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 November 14, 1873 . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 August 10, 1874 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 August 15, 1875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan1st Special . . . . . 15 March 31, 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 September 19, 1876. . . . . . . . . . . . Lansing, Michigan2nd Special . . . . 16 November 12 and 13, 1876 . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 September 20, 1877. . . . . . . . . . . . Lansing, Michigan3rd Special . . . . . 22 March 1, 1878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 October 4, 1878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan4th Special . . . . . 29 April 17 to April 21, 1879 . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 November 7, 1879 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan5th Special . . . . . 28 March 11 to March 15, 1880. . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 October 6, 1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 December 1, 1881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 December 7, 1882 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rome, New York22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 November 8, 1883 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan23 . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 October 30, 1884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 November 18, 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 November 18, 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 November 13, 1887 . . . . . . . . . . . . Oakland, California27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 October 17 to November 4, 1888 . . Minneapolis, Minnesota28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 October 18 to November 5, 1889 . . Battle Creek, Michigan29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 March 5 to March 25, 1891 . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 February 17 to March 6, 1893 . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 February 15 to March 4, 1895 . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan32 . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 February 19 to March 8, 1897 . . . . College View, Nebraska33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 February 15 to March 7, 1899 . . . . South Lancaster, Mass.34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 April 2 to April 23, 1901 . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek, Michigan35 . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 March 27 to April 13, 1903 . . . . . . . Oakland, California36 . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 May 11 to May 30, 1905 . . . . . . . . . Washington, D.C.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 May 13 to June 6, 1909 . . . . . . . . . Washington, D.C.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 May 15 to June 8, 1913 . . . . . . . . . Washington, D.C.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 March 29 to April 14, 1918 . . . . . . . San Francisco, California40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 May 11 to May 28, 1922 . . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California41 . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 May 27 to June 14, 1926 . . . . . . . . Milwaukee, Wisconsin42 . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 May 28 to June 12, 1930 . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 May 26 to June 8, 1936 . . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California44 . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 May 26 to June 7, 1941 . . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 June 5 to June 15, 1946. . . . . . . . . Washington, D.C.46 . . . . . . . . . . . . 943 July 10 to July 22, 1950 . . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California47 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 May 24 to June 5, 1954 . . . . . . . . . San Francisco, California48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 June 19 to June 28, 1958. . . . . . . . Cleveland, Ohio49 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,314 July 26 to August 4, 1962. . . . . . . . San Francisco, California50 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,495 June 16 to June 25, 1966. . . . . . . . Detroit, Michigan51 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,782 June 11 to June 20, 1970 . . . . . . . . Atlantic City, New Jersey52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,756 July 10 to July 19, 1975 . . . . . . . . . Vienna, Austria53 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,925 April 16 to April 26, 1980 . . . . . . . . Dallas, Texas54 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,044 June 27 to July 6, 1985 . . . . . . . . . New Orleans, Louisiana55 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,239 July 5 to July 14, 1990 . . . . . . . . . . Indianapolis, Indiana56 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,321 June 29 to July 8, 1995 . . . . . . . . . Utrecht, Netherlands57 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,844 June 29 to July 8, 2000 . . . . . . . . . Toronto, Canada58 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,903 June 29 to July 9, 2005 . . . . . . . . . Saint Louis, Missouri

SCHEDULED MEETINGS

Meeting Date Location

Annual Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 9 to 14, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, MarylandSpring Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 6 and 7, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland59th General Conference Session . . June 24 to July 3, 2010 . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, GeorgiaAnnual Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 8 to 14, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, MarylandSpring Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 10 and 11, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . Huntsville, Alabama

OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

Name Term of Service

Presidents 1 John Byington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20, 1863 to May 17, 1865 2 James White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17, 1865 to May 14, 1867 3 J. N. Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 14, 1867 to May 18, 1869 4 James White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18, 1869 to December 29, 1871 5 George I. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 29, 1871 to August 10, 1874 6 James White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 1874 to October 6, 1880 7 George I. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 6, 1880 to October 17, 1888 8 O. A. Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 17, 1888 to February 19, 1897 9 G. A. Irwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 19, 1897 to April 2, 190110 A. G. Daniells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2, 1901 to May 11, 192211 W. A. Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 1922 to May 28, 193012 C. H. Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 28, 1930 to May 26, 193613 J. L. McElhany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 1936 to July 10, 195014 W. H. Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10, 1950 to May 24, 195415 R. R. Figuhr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 24, 1954 to June 16, 196616 Robert H. Pierson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 16, 1966 to January 3, 197917 Neal C. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 3, 1979 to July 5, 199018 Robert S. Folkenberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 5, 1990 to March 1, 199919 Jan Paulsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 1999 to . . .

Secretaries 1 Uriah Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20, 1863 to November 14, 1873 2 S. Brownsberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 14, 1873 to August 10, 1874 3 Uriah Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 1874 to September 19, 1876 4 C. W. Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1876 to September 20, 1877 5 Uriah Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 20, 1877 to December 1, 1881 6 A. B. Oyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1, 1881 to November 8, 1883 7 Uriah Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 8, 1883 to October 17, 1888 8 Dan T. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 17, 1888 to March 5, 1891 9 W. A. Colcord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 5, 1891 to March 7, 189310 L. T. Nicola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 7, 1893 to February 19, 189711 L. A. Hoopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 19, 1897 to April 2, 190112 H. E. Osborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 2, 1901 to April 11, 190313 W. A. Spicer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 11, 1903 to May 11, 192214 A. G. Daniells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 1922 to May 27, 192615 C. K. Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 27, 1926 to October 17, 193316 M. E. Kern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 17, 1933 to May 26, 193617 E. D. Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 1936 to September 19, 195218 D. E. Rebok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1952 to May 24, 195419 W. R. Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 24, 1954 to June 11, 197020 Clyde O. Franz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 11, 1970 to April 16, 198021 G. Ralph Thompson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 16, 1980 to June 29, 200022 Matthew A. Bediako. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29, 2000 to . . .

Treasurers 1 E. S. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20, 1863 to May 17, 1865 2 I. D. Van Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17, 1865 to May 12, 1868 3 J. N. Loughborough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12, 1868 to May 18, 1869 4 E. S. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18, 1869 to March 15, 1870 5 G. H. Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 15, 1870 to February 7, 1871 6 Mrs. A. P. Van Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 7, 1871 to March 11, 1873 7 E. B. Gaskill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 11, 1873 to August 10, 1874 8 Harmon Lindsay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 10, 1874 to August 15, 1875 9 Fredericka House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 15, 1875 to September 19, 187610 Uriah Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1876 to September 20, 187711 Mrs. M. J. Chapman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 20, 1877 to November 8, 188312 A. R. Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 8, 1883 to October 17, 188813 Harmon Lindsay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 17, 1888 to February 17, 189314 W. H. Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 17, 1893 to February 19, 189715 A. G. Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 19, 1897 to October 21, 190016 H. M. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 19, 1901 to March 27, 190317 I. H. Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 27, 1903 to May 13, 190918 W. T. Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 13, 1909 to May 11, 192219 J. L. Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11, 1922 to May 26, 193620 W. E. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 1936 to July 10, 195021 C. L. Torrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10, 1950 to June 16, 196622 K. H. Emmerson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 16, 1966 to April 16, 198023 L. L. Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 16, 1980 to June 27, 198524 Donald F. Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 27, 1985 to June 29, 199525 Robert L. Rawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 29, 1995 to April 18, 200226 Robert E. Lemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 18, 2002 to . . .

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4 GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 2008

*Includes Adventist Risk Mgmt., Inc., which achieved General Conference institutional status in 1996.

Note—Prior to 1970, honorary employees were included. *Revised.

ACCESSIONS(Additions to the Church by Baptism and Profession of Faith)

Division 2006 2007 20082008

Accessions as Percent ofWorld Total

East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 150,286 182,697 149,253 14.44%Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,153 4,833 4,954 0.48%Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,298 6,249 5,631 0.55%Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,149 199,005 223,778 21.65%North American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,718 37,359 39,709 3.84%Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . 17,923 20,186 19,160 1.85%South American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222,585 226,932 213,265 20.63%South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,950 10,586 13,333 1.29%Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . . 134,729 145,520 167,593 16.22%Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,610 101,950 87,310 8.45%Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . 61,888 60,798 66,341 6.42%Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,635 4,441 3,799 0.37%West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 40,501 40,086 39,408 3.81%Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107,425 1,040,642 1,033,534 100.00%

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP BY WORLD DIVISIONS

Division 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 2,075,173 2,169,611 2,283,279 2,376,903 2,474,396Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,733 173,725 174,734 176,047 176,209Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144,558 139,307 138,581 137,676 137,593Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,525,557 2,647,711 2,807,176 2,958,485 3,127,602North American . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,317 1,024,035 1,041,685 1,062,189 1,084,838Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 546,176 559,264 575,949 590,684 607,057South American . . . . . . . . . . . 2,415,446 2,575,141 2,648,602 2,617,706 2,250,520South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378,281 390,425 397,189 399,979 407,505Southern Africa-Indian Ocean 1,863,895 1,961,735 2,064,919 2,187,125 2,325,863Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 919,782 1,069,334 1,246,848 1,345,615 1,429,172Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 1,064,375 830,946 859,110 902,394 965,608Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . 98,575 101,598 104,113 107,050 109,876West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . 727,064 756,240 773,621 798,494 825,169Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,936,932 14,399,072 15,115,806 15,660,347 15,921,408

GENERAL SURVEY OF ORGANIZATIONS

YearUnion

Conferences and Missions

Local Conferences and Missions

Churches Primary Schools Institutions Total

Organizations

1863 . . . . . . . . . 6 125 . . . 1 1321870 . . . . . . . . . 11 179 . . . 2 1921880 . . . . . . . . . 32 640 . . . 5 6771890 . . . . . . . . . 42 1,016 . . . 15 1,0731900 . . . . . . 2 87 1,892 220 65 2,2661910 . . . . . . 23 193 2,769 594 188 3,7671920 . . . . . . 46 301 4,541 928 183 5,9991930 . . . . . . 71 430 6,741 1,977 399 9,6181940 . . . . . . 69 330 8,924 2,626 521 12,4701950 . . . . . . 80 370 10,237 4,155 521 15,3631960 . . . . . . 74 356 12,975 4,453 678 18,5361970 . . . . . . 75 379 16,505 4,045 927 21,9311980 . . . . . . 80 377 21,555 3,849 1,451 27,3121990 . . . . . . 87 451 31,654 4,267 1,632 38,0912000 . . . . . . 92 489 48,987 4,809 2,072 56,4492001 . . . . . . 94 503 51,086 5,005 2,160 58,8482002 . . . . . . 94 516 53,502 4,407 2,011 60,5302003 . . . . . . 99 539 55,826 5,253 2,303 64,0202004 . . . . . . 100 555 57,850 5,322 2,351 66,1782005 . . . . . . 102 560 60,273 5,362 2,485 68,7822006 . . . . . . 102 566 61,818 5,666 2,503 70,6552007 . . . . . . 103 571 64,017 5,716 2,588 72,9952008 . . . . . . 114 564 65,961 5,763 2,692 75,094Note—As of 2008, ‘Unions of Churches’ are being counted as unions, no longer as local conferences.

SUMMARY OF INSTITUTIONS

YearTertiary Inst., Wkr. Tr. Inst.,

and Sec.Schools

Food Industries

Hospitals and

Sanitariums

Nrsng/Ret, Orphngs/Children’s

Homes

Clinics and

DispensariesMedia

Centers

Publishing Houses

and Branches

Totals

1900 . . . 25 . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 13 651920 . . . 97 . . . 33 . . . 8 . . . 45 1831930 . . . 201 25 51 . . . 55 . . . 67 3991940 . . . 251 29 90 . . . 68 . . . 83 5211950 . . . 283 32 106 . . . 57 . . . 43 5211960 . . . 370 26 108 30 102 . . . 42 6781970 . . . 512 27 139 49 152 . . . 48 9271980 . . . 882 20 153 80 266 . . . 50 1,4511990 . . . 995 28 154 71 322 4 58 1,6322000 . . . 1,255 26 174 158 393 9 56 2,072 *2004 . . . 1,523 28 167 158 407 10 57 2,351 *2005 . . . 1,604 30 167 159 449 10 65 2,485 *2006 . . . 1,618 29 168 172 442 10 63 2,503 *2007 . . . 1,726 24 168 163 433 11 62 2,588 *2008 . . . 1,834 23 171 162 429 11 61 2,692 *

GENERAL AND INSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYEES

Year GeneralEmployees

Institutional Employees

Total Active Employees

1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . 301870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . 721880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 . . . 2601900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 . . . 1,5001920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,228 4,853 13,0811940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,332 11,438 28,7701950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,067 14,860 38,9271960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,799 22,091 48,8901970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,065 35,892 65,9571980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,887 51,025 92,9121990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,606 75,294 124,9002000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,928 108,912 170,8402004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,867 133,701 203,5682005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,646 112,347 185,9932006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,784 129,673 202,4572007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,048 124,313* 201,361*2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,232 129,851 205,083

TITHE AND OFFERINGSShowing Percentages of Total

Year TitheWorld Mission Including Sabbath School, Other

General Conference, and Ingathering Funds

Intradivision andLocal Church

FundsTotal Tithe

and Offerings

US$ US$ US$ US$1863 8,000 100.0% . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,0001870 21,822 86.0% 3,553 14.0% . . . . . . 25,3751880 61,857 91.2% 5,944 8.8% . . . . . . 67,8011890 225,434 78.6% 61,431 21.4% . . . . . . 286,8651900 510,259 77.1% 151,710 22.9% . . . . . . 661,9691910 1,338,690 60.2% 458,944 20.6% 426,134 19.2% 2,223,7681920 7,195,463 60.7% 3,251,550 27.4% 1,407,391 11.9% 11,854,4041930 6,230,362 51.4% 4,020,398 33.2% 1,861,849 15.4% 12,112,6091940 8,071,654 56.7% 3,827,536 26.9% 2,327,139 16.4% 14,226,3291950 27,728,250 60.4% 9,998,658 21.8% 8,181,149 17.8% 45,908,0571960 59,132,241 59.2% 16,729,067 16.7% 24,041,047 24.1% 99,902,3551970 124,046,447 58.7% 27,222,200 12.9% 59,913,011 28.4% 211,181,6581980 398,880,407 62.1% 72,119,040 11.2% 171,444,769 26.7% 642,444,2161990 659,924,400 65.2% 78,048,177 7.7% 273,742,795 27.1% 1,011,715,3722000 1,093,239,507 65.8% 82,324,122 5.0% 487,038,563 29.3% 1,662,602,1922004 1,333,482,562 67.0% 85,662,792 4.3% 571,910,225 28.7% 1,991,055,5792005 1,492,720,001 66.7% 91,878,588 4.1% 653,847,900 29.2% 2,238,446,4892006 1,617,800,560 67.9% 93,441,053 3.9% 672,448,625 28.2% 2,383,690,2382007 1,911,649,916 71.7% 107,821,283 4.0% 648,535,365 24.3% 2,668,006,5642008 1,929,768,053 73.5% 106,705,487 4.1% 590,553,973 22.5% 2,627,027,513

Grand Totals 146 Years29,968,936,928 3,261,466,325 12,558,664,087 45,789,067,340

Percent of Grand Totals 65.5% 7.1% 27.4% 100.0%

Total Tithe and Offerings Per Capita 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $170.50

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*These funds do not include relief contributions.Note—Because of the extraordinary giving in 2007, this year’s giving shows a decrease.

Church Properties and Primary School Buildings/Equipment are not included after 1997.

TITHE AND OFFERINGS 2008*

Tithe and Offerings Amount Percentof Total

PerCapita

US$ US$Tithe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929,768,053 73.5% 125.24World Mission Fund, Including Sabbath School 69,299,763 2.6% 4.50Other General Conference Funds . . . . . . . . . . 26,363,007 1.0% 1.71Intradivision Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,721,745 2.1% 3.62Ingathering Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,042,717 0.4% 0.72Local Church Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534,832,228 20.4% 34.71

World Totals 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,627,027,513 100.0% 170.50World Totals 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,668,006,564

Decrease for 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (40,979,051)Percentage of Decrease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1.5%

DENOMINATIONAL ASSETS

Year Assets Per Capita

US$ US$1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,712 9.681885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885,382 43.091905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,799,419 54.971920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,699,461 165.541940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,704,751 128.191960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470,536,898 377.901970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,311,417,548 639.131980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,404,214,314 1,265.391990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,594,024,522 1,881.142000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,851,309,625 1,270.732003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,296,327,117 1,290.142004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,530,406,650 1,329.592005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,693,084,570 1,506.56

DENOMINATIONAL ASSETS AND NET WORTH 2005

Line of Work Assets Net Worth

US$ US$Conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,392,791,254 5,216,025,529Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,632,458,119 784,296,010Adventist Book Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,164,573 34,010,926Educational Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,521,183,778 3,855,395,078Healthcare Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,480,160,116 3,216,756,102Publishing Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,004,078 167,333,597Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274,266,513 88,280,044Media Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,816,116 86,579,125Temperance Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,680 183,216Servicemen's Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,343 5,343Totals 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,693,084,570 13,448,864,970

FOOD INDUSTRIES

YearFood Indus-tries

Employees ProductsSalesFull-

time Student Manufactured Other

US$1980 . . . . 20 2,445 589 724 1,003 161,596,6781985 . . . . 28 3,385 705 1,183 792 178,609,6011990 . . . . 28 3,142 643 967 2,017 301,718,9371995 . . . . 28 3,839 563 1,741 646 363,186,8081998 . . . . 27 3,251 587 1,545 755 369,380,6451999 . . . . 27 3,208 587 1,600 785 399,758,0472000 . . . . 26 3,438 417 2,156 934 414,134,3612001 . . . . 27 3,930 417 2,407 2,269 431,173,6262002 . . . . 27 4,223 426 2,469 2,297 522,731,3572003 . . . . 27 4,119 403 2,456 2,306 686,996,9382004 . . . . 28 4,287 374 2,151 1,034 780,212,9692005 . . . . 30 5,097 300 2,399 910 834,159,1222006 . . . . 29 4,550 180 2,440 777 835,194,4002007 . . . . 24 4,659 152 2,585 939 939,112,3732008 . . . . 23 3,369 103 1,655 909 598,373,317

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INTERNATIONAL DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

Year

Departures* Interdivision Employees

Appointees FurlougheesAdventist Volunteer Service**

Adventist Youth

ServiceTotal Permanent

Returnees

Active Interdivision Employees

958. . . . . . . . . 266 217 . . . . . . 483 . . . . . .960. . . . . . . . . 270 220 . . . 3 493 . . . . . .970. . . . . . . . . 470 488 43 82 1,083 . . . . . .980. . . . . . . . . 356 378 575 188 1,497 326 1,388990. . . . . . . . . 369 503 589 498 1,959 279 1,089995. . . . . . . . . 376 448 961 362 2,147 189 1,209999. . . . . . . . . 149 266 1,355 . . . 1,770 100 1,108000. . . . . . . . . 169 339 1,526 . . . 2,034 135 1,138001. . . . . . . . . 187 330 1,524 . . . 2,041 138 1,044002. . . . . . . . . 152 300 1,413 . . . 1,865 132 1,126003. . . . . . . . . 142 542 + 1,863 . . . 2,547 126 1,024004. . . . . . . . . 87 481 + 1,873 . . . 2,441 145 982005. . . . . . . . . 116 370 + 1,589 . . . 2,075 143 980006. . . . . . . . . 96 624 + 1,604 . . . 2,324 112 979007. . . . . . . . . 145 743 + 1,738 . . . 2,626 117 919008. . . . . . . . . 134 . . . ++ 1,052 . . . 1,186 129 864

Includes intradivision (where divisions have defined mission territories) and interdivision departures.*Beginning with 1999, Adventist Youth Service figures are included.Includes data on furloughs/optional annual leaves/annual leaves.+We no longer provide the number of interdivision employees who return from furlough/optional annual leave/annual

leave each year because the majority of interdivision employees now take annual leaves.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

Year

Children in

Congre-gations (Under Age 15)

Congre-gations*

with Children’s Ministries Coordin-

ator

Vacation Bible

Schools (VBS)

Children Attending VBS Evange-

listic Outreach Programs

for Children

Leader-Teacher Training

Seminars

ChildrenBaptized (Under Age 15)

Congre-gations*

with Baptis-

mal Classes

Outreach Service Oppor-tunitiesin which Children

Participated

SDA Non-SDA

996. . . . . . . . . . 6,492 57,134 36,529 9,887 17,341 8,366 . . . . . .997. . . . . . . . . . 8,032 95,353 66,263 10,595 3,716 8,100 . . . . . .998. . . . . . . . . . 8,853 91,537 58,523 10,823 3,726 12,044 . . . . . .999. . . . . . . . . . 9,838 155,025 95,015 10,367 6,208 22,871 . . . . . .000. . . . . . . . . . 16,437 160,525 111,551 11,872 5,154 24,669 . . . . . .002. . . . . . . . . . 9,250 165,346 105,713 17,118 8,335 25,439 . . . . . .003. . . . . . . . . . 22,104 267,344 170,924 36,552 15,437 25,145 . . . . . .004. . . . . . . 47,359 15,647 377,990 263,736 74,809 29,984 65,919 25,686 64,932005. . . . . . . 37,176 29,104 968,732 573,905 78,387 42,190 113,849 23,311 137,288006. . . . 1,648,589 43,002 23,985 374,556 237,286 72,710 16,196 97,515 32,529 39,098007. . . . 3,940,924 52,967 46,948 256,451 206,243 22,560 24,453 127,411 37,369 44,879008. . . . 4,879,305 60,864 20,807 327,363 313,632 73,449 26,850 110,653 27,686 36,945

Beginning with 2006, the heading “Churches” changed to “Congregations.” Congregations are officially organizedchurches and companies.

vangelistic Outreach Programs: e.g. Branch Sabbath Schools.

WOMEN'S MINISTRIES

Year Baptisms Reclaimed Members

Series of Evan-gelistic

Meetings

Training Seminars

Other Meetings

Retreats/ Con-

gresses

SDA Women

Attending

Non-SDA Women

Attending

Scholar-ships

Awarded

992. . . . . . . . . . 5,228 1,120 8,083 1,797 5,572 748 50,368 9,090 . . .993. . . . . . . . . . 8,449 18,091 1,555 1,818 14,826 1,152 116,061 9,415 1995. . . . . . . . . . 12,601 7,627 5,130 3,535 16,428 7,699 347,598 37,433 75997. . . . . . . . . . 38,616 8,938 33,653 12,671 77,233 8,472 535,053 61,107 50998. . . . . . . . . . 77,971 14,856 25,822 14,871 64,235 13,391 633,664 63,341 78999. . . . . . . . . . 105,241 20,401 29,726 19,755 68,186 21,125 740,343 103,834 86000. . . . . . . . . . 101,046 30,846 38,468 19,168 104,652 29,751 529,460 74,547 75002. . . . . . . . . . 108,314 21,951 51,507 27,757 125,328 15,448 855,058 158,255 85003. . . . . . . . . . 96,288 33,422 100,385 26,821 112,909 22,432 1,020,614 135,729 82004. . . . . . . . . . 131,554 32,501 62,063 27,700 134,083 17,204 1,563,084 169,875 127005. . . . . . . . . . 133,431 29,083 93,754 29,418 151,201 18,214 1,110,144 144,038 141006. . . . . . . . . . 119,234 29,578 56,282 35,890 198,599 24,506 1,318,265 269,481 126007. . . . . . . . . . 141,076 32,170 56,452 60.966 182,299 31,977 1,259,272 130,014 136008. . . . . . . . . . 125,674 32,461 59,018 54,064 139,631 18,144 1,134,166 109,177 112

aptisms: Persons baptized as a direct result of ministry by women.ther Meetings: Prayer breakfasts, women's seminars, support groups, Bible studies, prayer ministries, etc.etreats/Congresses: Women's weekend or full day retreats or congresses.cholarships Awarded: Scholarships awarded from the General Conference Women's Ministries Scholarship Fund.

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SABBATH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL MINISTRIES

YearBible

School Enrollments

Bible School

Graduates

Lay Crusades/Seminars

Lay BibleStudies Baptisms*

Pieces of LiteratureDistributed

Community Services

UnitsIngathering

FundsSabbath Schools

Sabbath School

Membership

Percent of Church

MembershipInvestment Offerings

Sabbath School Mission

Offerings

SS Mission Offerings as

Percent of Tithe

US$ US$ US$1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 11,821 75.92% . . . 2,784 4.50%1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,414 33,783 113.71% . . . 28,643 12.71%1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,334 50,804 67.05% . . . 46,794 9.17%1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,964** 4,151 101,161 96.78% . . . 138,038 10.31%1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,683 . . . . . . 686,700 6,151 195,663 105.51% . . . 1,441,962 20.04%1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,536 . . . . . . 1,290,854 9,966 382,743 121.79% 67,367 1,870,343 30.02%1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,289 . . . . . . 1,326,120 14,817 618,507 122.54% 108,350 1,765,277 21.87%1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,510 . . . . . . 4,125,463 16,694 952,229 125.82% 401,419 4,828,091 17.41%1960 . . . . 277,344 92,142 . . . . . . 90,404 . . . . . . 7,274,440 22,617 1,682,983 135.17% 786,242 8,162,705 13.80%1970 . . . . 486,235 161,467 . . . . . . 157,766 . . . . . . 10,598,152 30,601 2,607,713 127.09% 2,255,554 14,420,872 11.63%1980 . . . . 700,777 314,146 52,877 9,184,988 193,783 . . . . . . 16,356,170 41,906 4,144,386 119.07% 4,704,254 34,564,983 8.67%1990 . . . . 290,736 166,527 141,239 11,586,376 215,407 32,271,391 16,698 15,616,983 76,323 8,011,268 119.66% 4,640,765 40,388,328 6.12%2000 . . . . 1,092,963 481,160 202,263 9,308,661 486,378 74,023,800 135,787 9,622,709 120,865 14,513,424 124.18% 4,405,364 44,986,478 4.11%2005 . . . . 931,866 224,364 273,272 7,201,322 595,286 67,884,587 132,774 8,825,938 128,545 17,955,245 124.70% 3,691,451 49,432,141 3.31%2006 . . . . 855,417 273,372 309,354 6,976,773 623,605 47,929,735 133,658 10,034,443 131,892 19,199,944 127.02% 3,876,016 53,327,823 3.30%2007 . . . . 791,093 233,569 254,553 2,860,750 559,295 44,815,578 155,928 11,327,239 129,216 19,162,863 122.37% 4,269,143 59,601,995 3.12%2008 . . . . 865,023 299,673 229,765 5,544,549 535,620 65,403,361 176,180 11,042,717 133,191 20,295,344 127.47% 4,414,789 60,646,884 3.14%Total Ingathering Funds 1908-2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $ 687,947,865

*Persons baptized as a direct result of outreach by lay members. **1908-1910.

EDUCATION

YearTertiary Institutions Worker Training Institutions Secondary Schools Primary Schools

Institutions Teachers Enrollment Institutions Teachers Enrollment Schools Teachers Enrollment Schools* Teachers Enrollment*

1880 . . . . . . . . . . 1 14 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 353 2 3 991900 . . . . . . . . . . 8 100 1,590 . . . . . . . . . 18 134 810 220 250 5,0001920 . . . . . . . . . . 19 1,020 + 1,616 . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . + 7,924 966 1,273 28,5551930 . . . . . . . . . . 31 1,794 + 4,124 . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . + 10,524 2,077 2,547 78,5331940 . . . . . . . . . . 35 2,782 + 6,989 . . . . . . . . . 90 . . . + 12,196 2,752 3,752 107,5761950 . . . . . . . . . . 47 3,881 + 15,502 . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . + 20,382 4,277 6,108 187,9221960 . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,305 16,513 . . . . . . . . . 309 3,456 43,041 4,463 8,437 235,8871970 . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,917 24,540 . . . . . . . . . 398 4,392 60,952 4,045 10,235 286,6001980 . . . . . . . . . . 76 3,619 32,882 . . . + . . . + . . . + 806 + 6,156 + 111,927 + 4,127 16,079 494,4881990 . . . . . . . . . . 76 3,407 42,562 32 . . . + 2,913 887 10,662 + 150,540 4,267 27,259 540,6472000 . . . . . . . . . . 94 4,648 65,589 35 419 8,868 1,126 17,492 267,937 4,809 33,367 732,6982004 . . . . . . . . . . 101 7,143 92,554 37 415 5,195 1,385 21,974 318,733 5,322 36,178 877,2762005 . . . . . . . . . . 106 8,882 102,553 36 431 6,205 1,462 23,120 363,983 5,362 36,880 861,7452006 . . . . . . . . . . 106 9,745 106,081 42 533 7,100 1,470 24,560 378,866 5,666 40,345 944,2432007 . . . . . . . . . . 107 7,971 112,795 42 550 6,922 1,577 26,739 404,407 5,716 40,234 955,0122008 . . . . . . . . . . 111 10,199 116,171 45 582 6,857 1,678 28,638 433,397 5,763 41,414 989,039

*Prior to 1996, figures were based on Department of Education and conference secretaries’ reports. +Separate figures for tertiary institutions, worker training institutions, and secondary schools were not available.

DENOMINATIONALLY EMPLOYED WORKERS CLASSIFIED BY TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT 2008

Division

General Employees Institutional Employees Totals

Evangelisticand Pastoral Employees

Administrative, Promotional,Office, and

Miscellaneous Employees

Primary School Teach-

ers

Bible Instruc-

tors

Literature Evan-gelists

Tertiary Inst.,

Worker Training Inst., and

SecondarySchool

Teachers

Others in Educa-tional

Institu-tions

Food Industry Employ-

ees

Hospital and

Sanitar-ium

Employ-ees

Others in

Health-care

Institu-tions

Media Center

Employ-ees

Publish-ing

House and

Branch Employ-

ees

Other Institu-tional

Employ-ees*

Total Active

Employ-ees

Honor-ary/

Emeritus Creden-

tialed Employ-

eesOrdained Licensed Other Ordained Other

General Conference. . . . . . . . . 54 10 5 102 1,228 18 . . . 3 593 1,915 . . . 6,145 1,269 . . . 342 117 11,801 84East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 431 1,105 269 1,182 1,620 44 1,643 752 439 8 386 166 68 136 . . . 9,249 783Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 217 289 81 463 89 24 346 159 46 8 12 317 109 355 . . . 3,272 634Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 621 306 154 365 . . . . . . 72 14 71 . . . . . . . . . 33 53 . . . 2,090 81Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308 896 206 473 2,273 2,475 117 738 3,650 1,549 385 1,579 63 40 142 . . . 15,894 1,132North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,753 572 326 444 1,957 2,655 61 96 1,820 2,169 . . . 56,118 5,395 153 13 . . . 74,532 2,021Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 762 241 4,473 47 485 198 9 124 603 829 339 3,408 84 30 81 . . . 11,713 253South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 708 81 521 6,266 6,000 223 436 5,046 7,029 1,222 3,970 168 234 617 . . . 34,175 1,075South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 214 220 168 608 1,068 45 188 1,026 433 1,233 2,318 141 25 47 . . . 8,239 500Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 713 418 188 209 1,266 532 51 1,141 660 150 18 861 326 9 84 . . . 6,626 600Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 144 294 195 648 1,533 211 202 1,706 1,491 25 457 . . . 27 67 . . . 7,387 247Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 979 552 780 288 1,134 1,587 100 1,341 2,298 438 68 2,480 45 13 209 . . . 12,312 524Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 147 174 118 271 310 40 11 407 149 1 682 281 18 57 . . . 3,048 489West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 502 260 211 117 1,151 413 133 606 957 66 . . . 229 57 8 35 . . . 4,745 184

World Totals 2008. . . . . . . . . . . 12,157 5,431 8,658 3,186 19,297 18,498 1,058 6,947 19,691 16,774 3,307 78,645 8,312 767 2,238 117 205,083 8,607World Totals 2007** . . . . . . . . . 11,690 5,267 11,311 3,154 19,074 17,926 1,103 7,523 18,759 15,389 3,131 75,809 8,556** 697 1,843 129 201,361** 9,019*Employees of Adventist Risk Management, Incorporated. **Revised.

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008 7

BROADCAST MINISTRIES

YearRadio Stations

UsedEach Week

TV StationsUsed

Each Week

1960 . . . . . . . . . . 1,389 * 184 *1970 . . . . . . . . . . 4,476 * 435 *1980 . . . . . . . . . . 3,328 3431990 . . . . . . . . . . 1,227 1431995 . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 1,6691996 . . . . . . . . . . 2,283 1,6811997 . . . . . . . . . . 2,148 3821998 . . . . . . . . . . 2,929 3,226 *1999 . . . . . . . . . . 3,217 3,244 *2000 . . . . . . . . . . 3,456 4,372 *2001 . . . . . . . . . . 4,864 1,8292002 . . . . . . . . . . 5,274 1,8172003 . . . . . . . . . . 5,299 2,0962004 . . . . . . . . . . 5,512 2,2522005 . . . . . . . . . . 5,523 2,279*Includes number of broadcasts per week.

PUBLISHING

YearPublishing

Houses and Branches

Publishing House and

Branch Employees

Sales Periodicals Baptisms*

Literature Evangelists

Full-time Part-time Student

US$1850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1880 . . . . . . . . . . 4 128 40,000 10 . . . . . . . . . . . .1900 . . . . . . . . . . 13 600 250,000 96 . . . 2,332 ** . . . . . .1920 . . . . . . . . . . 45 1,125 5,682,972 144 . . . 3,062 ** . . . . . .1940 . . . . . . . . . . 83 1,255 4,324,907 329 . . . 3,793 ** . . . . . .1950 . . . . . . . . . . 43 1,668 12,602,590 317 . . . 4,757 ** . . . . . .1960 . . . . . . . . . . 42 2,057 23,543,133 293 . . . 5,275 ** . . . . . .1970 . . . . . . . . . . 48 2,379 46,882,360 279 . . . 6,754 ** . . . . . .1980 . . . . . . . . . . 50 2,513 134,693,433 370 19,992 11,043 3,145 6,5141990 . . . . . . . . . . 58 2,293 106,422,910 582 39,295 21,779 4,213 4,2532000 . . . . . . . . . . 56 2,027 102,041,495 307 69,724 15,850 5,371 4,0912002 . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,932 100,189,469 405 50,928 16,854 9,521 11,5732003 . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,890 110,438,827 441 37,593 14,311 10,865 13,8332004 . . . . . . . . . . 57 1,952 124,305,095 439 55,376 14,701 12,447 13,9332005 . . . . . . . . . . 65 2,133 126,175,375 369 38,835 13,482 10,775 14,5692006 . . . . . . . . . . 63 2,011 143,500,601 400 53,089 13,783 10,713 15,2692007 . . . . . . . . . . 62 2,197 172,343,230 456 46,110 13,759 11,356 15,8172008 . . . . . . . . . . 61 2,291 185,321,993 435 55,388 14,707 11,332 17,109Note—Beginning with 1987, publishing houses and branches were asked to report wholesale rather than retail sales.*Persons baptized as a direct result of outreach by literature evangelists.**Includes full-time, part-time, and student literature evangelists.

YOUTH

Year AYSocieties

AY Membership

Ambassador Clubs

Ambassador Membership

Pathfinder Clubs

Pathfinder Membership

Adventurer Clubs

Adventurer Membership

1910 . . . . . . . . 647 12,408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1920 . . . . . . . . 2,030 41,916 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1930 . . . . . . . . 3,825 84,823 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1940 . . . . . . . . 6,622 148,698 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1950 . . . . . . . . 10,892 268,354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1960 . . . . . . . . 14,064 449,996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970 . . . . . . . . 19,107 630,827 . . . . . . 2,768 58,371 . . . . . .1980 . . . . . . . . 25,100 1,044,947 . . . . . . 7,203 161,402 . . . . . .1990 . . . . . . . . 39,547 1,916,652 . . . . . . 11,425 378,538 . . . . . .1995 . . . . . . . . 55,512 2,399,841 . . . . . . 16,443 868,686 . . . . . .2000 . . . . . . . . 52,691 2,782,940 . . . . . . 22,830 634,516 . . . . . .2001 . . . . . . . . 52,040 2,915,292 . . . . . . 21,074 649,053 . . . . . .2002 . . . . . . . . 69,212 3,053,172 . . . . . . 27,872 837,774 14,906 454,8072003 . . . . . . . . 61,421 2,698,147 . . . . . . 27,374 985,762 17,529 588,3752004 . . . . . . . . 77,574 3,083,942 . . . . . . 38,368 1,238,383 24,458 655,0632005 . . . . . . . . 171,850 3,494,846 . . . . . . 34,761 1,519,177 28,960 850,1792006 . . . . . . . . 88,448 3,399,919 . . . . . . 32,125 1,557,188 19,686 827,0822007 . . . . . . . . 80,941 3,011,480 20,542 557,705 42,939 1,602,782 29,098 1,528,6742008 . . . . . . . . 103,578 2,983,402 60,715 322,193 37,599 1,345,590 27,678 1,396,354

HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS

Year

Institutions

Total Employees

Hospitalsand

Sanitariums

Clinicsand

Dispensaries

Nrsg Homes, Retr Centers, Orphanages,

Children’s Homes

1880 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 1651920 . . . . . . . 33 8 . . . 2,2251940 . . . . . . . 90 68 . . . 6,1841960 . . . . . . . 108 102 30 13,4291980 . . . . . . . 153 266 80 54,9411990 . . . . . . . 154 322 71 57,4111995 . . . . . . . 157 349 99 66,0361999 . . . . . . . 166 371 147 77,6052000 . . . . . . . 174 393 158 85,3072002 . . . . . . . 166 395 160 86,5532003 . . . . . . . 165 432 157 97,4512004 . . . . . . . 167 407 158 87,9122005 . . . . . . . 167 449 159 90,9782006 . . . . . . . 168 442 172 93,3612007 . . . . . . . 168 433 163 94,2022008 . . . . . . . 171 429 162 107,256

DENOMINATIONALLY EMPLOYED WORKERS CLASSIFIED BY CREDENTIALS CARRIED 2008

DivisionMinisterial Cred. Comm.

Minister Creden-

tial

Comm.Ministry of Teaching

Cred.

Admin-istrative

Ministries Cred.

Missionary Cred. Minis-terial

License

Comm. Minister License

Comm. Ministry of Teaching License

Admin-istrative

Ministries License

Mission-ary

License

Literature Evangelist Cred. and License

All Other Regular Employ-

ees

TotalActive

Employ-ees

Honorary/Emeritus

Cred.Empl.

Active Honorary/Emeritus Active Honorary/

Emeritus

General Conference. . . . . . . . . 305 84 13 422 308 1,547 . . . 26 2 44 26 418 . . . 8,690 11,801 84East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 1,358 441 177 185 . . . 1,107 74 551 24 701 . . . 1,329 2,086 1,731 9,249 783Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 521 105 107 . . . 802 93 227 72 50 . . . 99 325 599 3,272 634Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 78 . . . 9 . . . 225 3 660 . . . 4 . . . 134 75 416 2,090 81Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886 419 44 1,175 . . . 3,043 637 1,009 10 901 . . . 1,790 700 5,336 15,894 1,132North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,434 1,618 270 2,653 403 2,249 183 763 85 794 50 1,153 71 62,607 74,532 2,021Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 971 160 . . . 100 . . . 742 93 298 . . . 14 . . . 5,632 126 3,830 11,713 253South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,384 581 . . . . . . . . . 1,438 463 890 . . . . . . . . . 923 313 28,227 34,175 1,075South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 500 61 1,042 . . . 395 . . . 243 58 771 . . . 605 184 4,165 8,239 500Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 948 597 47 344 . . . 1,327 3 451 51 204 . . . 795 1,143 1,316 6,626 600Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 247 60 503 . . . 290 . . . 182 63 1,986 . . . 1,317 166 2,203 7,387 247Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 1,348 386 226 1,694 . . . 2,769 82 604 91 895 . . . 990 1,232 2,463 12,312 524Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 291 76 83 . . . 307 158 158 25 99 . . . 131 17 1,617 3,048 489West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 661 175 161 141 . . . 970 . . . 363 189 31 . . . 500 610 1,119 4,745 184

World Totals 2008. . . . . . . . . . . 16,615 6,098 1,240 8,458 711 17,211 1,789 6,425 670 6,494 76 15,816 7,048 124,319 205,083 8,607World Totals 2007** . . . . . . . . . 15,916 6,757 1,080 8,177 613 16,659 1,567 6,724 559 6,063 99 17,399 6,464 121,608** 201,361** 9,019**Revised.

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Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,308,185 . . . . . . . . . 17,536,111 . . . . . . . . . 29,844,296 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 EAST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 36,685 . . . 701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,386 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Central Kenya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809 600 90,993 4,764 63 957 2,618 2,157 109 766 1,373 3,870 91,120 2 3,486,918 39.24 214,254 2.41 . . . 243,482 . . . . . . 3,944,654 44.40 88,850 950 98,914 30,1753 Central Nyanza Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 159 26,236 3,053 2 231 . . . 161 32 16 43 . . . 29,270 3 523,354 20.90 14,963 0.60 . . . 277,199 . . . . . . 815,516 32.56 25,044 373 65,120 3334 Kenya Coast Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 334 13,025 648 3 95 342 66 6 86 13 256 13,686 4 418,227 34.27 31,069 2.55 . . . 31,790 . . . . . . 481,086 39.42 12,205 334 34,899 105 Kenya Lake Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 206 69,953 3,314 61 2,740 1,096 2,820 259 396 93 2,256 71,340 5 868,076 12.79 21,130 0.31 . . . 55,424 . . . . . . 944,630 13.92 67,867 694 140,000 . . .6 Nyamira Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 209 103,480 3,981 42 2,686 4,949 2,871 329 2,581 422 7,258 101,677 6 722,622 7.04 36,336 0.35 . . . 50,918 . . . . . . 809,876 7.89 102,619 655 156,810 67 Ranen Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 418 90,463 6,788 42 131 104 291 369 728 547 . . . 95,593 7 813,095 9.23 25,830 0.29 . . . 53,017 . . . . . . 891,942 10.12 88,135 418 480,000 9918 South Kenya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 276 137,151 5,319 270 387 706 1,419 514 2,783 420 30 138,667 8 808,974 6.03 39,286 0.29 . . . 55,643 . . . . . . 903,903 6.73 134,227 258 260,000 2,4139 Western Kenya Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 1,025 78,633 991 83 126 78 73 55 145 389 82 79,167 9 871,777 11.40 52,143 0.68 . . . 62,494 . . . . . . 986,414 12.90 76,484 1,718 86,973 1,981

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,946 3,227 609,934 28,858 566 7,353 9,893 9,858 1,673 7,501 3,300 13,752 620,520 8,549,728 14.36 435,712 0.73 . . . 829,967 . . . . . . 9,815,407 16.48 595,431 5,400 1,322,716 35,909

10 EAST CONGO UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6,190 . . . 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 North Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 250 40,298 2,896 52 68 2,316 233 217 248 164 2,213 42,555 11 47,846 1.15 2,840 0.07 . . . 1,793 . . . . . . 52,479 1.26 41,533 232 56,551 . . .12 South Katanga Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 150 44,091 1,829 43 264 1,765 199 187 197 120 2,710 44,579 12 149,906 3.55 8,878 0.21 . . . 3,290 . . . . . . 162,074 3.84 42,202 275 45,025 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 400 84,389 4,725 95 332 4,081 432 404 445 284 4,923 87,134 203,942 2.44 11,829 0.14 . . . 5,083 . . . . . . 220,854 2.64 83,735 507 101,576 . . .

13 ETHIOPIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13,123 . . . 262 . . . . . . 1,279 . . . . . . 14,664 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Central Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 49 15,278 1,546 86 107 . . . 17 83 183 74 . . . 16,660 14 308,987 21.80 9,684 0.68 . . . 21,121 . . . . . . 339,792 23.97 14,176 412 4,200 . . .15 Northwest Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 2,435 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2,485 15 27,951 11.58 835 0.35 . . . 333 . . . . . . 29,119 12.07 2,413 35 2,500 . . .16 South Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 136 66,591 2,706 143 43 . . . 169 171 283 133 . . . 68,727 16 182,408 2.86 5,341 0.08 . . . 8,900 . . . . . . 196,649 3.08 63,868 1,528 84,572 . . .17 West Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 31 78,846 859 69 . . . . . . . . . 14 72 . . . . . . 79,688 17 248,542 3.23 5,616 0.07 . . . 11,126 . . . . . . 265,284 3.45 76,856 1,350 80,620 . . .18 Tigray Attached Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 374 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 18 14,337 39.17 399 1.09 . . . 164 . . . . . . 14,900 40.71 366 14 267 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 223 163,524 5,190 298 150 . . . 186 270 538 207 . . . 167,961 795,348 5.04 22,137 0.14 . . . 42,923 . . . . . . 860,408 5.46 157,679 3,339 172,159 . . .

19 RWANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,544) . . . . . . (1,544) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Central Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 54 77,662 3,776 15 132 13 337 207 497 267 13 80,277 20 401,444 5.26 17,654 0.23 . . . 27,287 . . . 29,697 476,082 6.24 76,294 264 99,500 . . .21 East Rwanda Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 203 119,849 13,646 15 90 . . . 1,073 135 751 1,322 421 129,898 21 1,146,015 9.94 65,465 0.57 . . . 82,291 79 129,305 1,423,155 12.35 115,253 797 171,335 . . .22 North Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 109 105,440 8,910 303 1,386 2 3,588 423 1,297 1,208 97 109,428 22 1,056,757 10.01 46,198 0.44 . . . 72,029 472 7,385 1,182,841 11.21 105,526 517 171,020 . . .23 South Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 85 64,279 4,566 26 314 5 754 137 498 848 . . . 66,953 23 274,536 4.38 14,771 0.24 . . . 16,961 . . . 25,573 331,841 5.30 62,644 316 84,337 . . .24 West Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 102 56,128 4,510 75 95 337 506 205 508 424 502 59,000 24 448,419 8.15 15,275 0.28 . . . 29,065 . . . 20,815 513,574 9.34 54,993 342 90,574 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,472 553 423,358 35,408 434 2,017 357 6,258 1,107 3,551 4,069 1,033 445,556 3,327,171 8.02 159,363 0.38 . . . 226,089 551 212,775 3,925,949 9.47 414,710 2,236 616,766 . . .

25 TANZANIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10,113 . . . 179 . . . . . . (3,489) . . . . . . 6,803 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 East Tanzania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 307 52,746 4,742 117 5,387 1,360 5,518 130 337 . . . . . . 58,367 26 1,554,470 30.92 173,589 3.45 . . . 133,160 . . . 378,227 2,239,446 44.55 50,269 1,342 48,263 . . .27 Mara Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 270 93,810 7,402 47 360 513 593 247 641 1 . . . 100,650 27 515,289 5.82 64,631 0.73 . . . 46,082 . . . 175,810 801,812 9.05 88,556 1,340 60,651 . . .28 North-East Tanzania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 245 77,122 3,270 26 468 . . . 617 145 339 . . . 2,860 76,925 28 776,795 10.26 101,186 1.34 . . . 70,366 . . . 224,330 1,172,677 15.49 75,688 1,160 135,993 . . .29 South Nyanza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 478 101,921 5,471 172 399 . . . 705 105 438 192 . . . 106,523 29 658,292 6.75 110,279 1.13 . . . 65,739 . . . 254,105 1,088,415 11.16 97,566 1,251 89,674 . . .30 South-West Tanzania Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 381 26,417 2,469 14 1,263 . . . 1,502 68 302 . . . . . . 28,291 30 366,626 14.46 59,903 2.36 . . . 36,258 . . . 138,218 601,005 23.71 25,349 610 48,238 . . .31 West Tanzania Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 252 32,668 3,145 71 910 1,127 950 57 628 192 . . . 36,094 31 304,051 9.89 46,969 1.53 . . . 29,460 . . . 107,499 487,979 15.88 30,735 500 52,865 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742 1,933 384,684 26,499 447 8,787 3,000 9,885 752 2,685 385 2,860 406,850 4,185,636 11.37 556,736 1.51 . . . 377,576 . . . 1,278,189 6,398,137 17.38 368,163 6,203 435,684 . . .

32 UGANDA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . 2,560 . . . . . . 1,699 . . . . . . 4,259 . . . . . . . . . . . . 51133 Central Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 698 98,735 5,140 4 47 . . . 36 41 17 11 . . . 103,821 33 1,178,292 12.99 57,325 0.63 . . . 80,802 . . . . . . 1,316,419 14.52 90,684 996 181,015 . . .34 Eastern Uganda Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 268 16,035 584 10 7 107 14 15 47 84 . . . 16,583 34 107,451 6.98 11,457 0.74 . . . 5,516 . . . . . . 124,424 8.08 15,398 445 32,416 . . .35 Northern Uganda Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 147 7,760 714 . . . . . . 367 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 8,825 35 39,898 5.51 3,832 0.53 . . . 937 . . . 4,460 49,127 6.78 7,242 201 16,911 . . .36 Southwestern Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 401 43,972 3,517 77 226 411 433 104 259 301 82 47,024 36 224,423 5.29 17,048 0.40 . . . 6,883 . . . 17,815 266,169 6.28 42,394 689 105,190 . . .37 Western Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 295 15,821 1,167 11 91 246 147 27 50 155 . . . 16,957 37 102,691 6.77 11,528 0.76 . . . 4,541 . . . 1,800 120,560 7.95 15,173 365 31,502 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 1,809 182,323 11,122 102 371 1,131 636 197 373 551 82 193,210 1,652,755 9.67 103,750 0.61 . . . 100,378 . . . 24,075 1,880,958 11.01 170,891 2,696 367,034 511

38 WEST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15,073 . . . 280 . . . . . . 1,706 . . . . . . 17,059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Central Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 190 135,605 8,706 96 72 67 224 504 654 1,086 . . . 142,078 39 94,973 0.73 4,125 0.03 . . . 3,482 . . . 15,919 118,499 0.91 130,550 321 139,412 . . .40 Congo Equatorial Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 37 2,629 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,669 40 9,762 3.84 631 0.25 . . . 183 . . . 1,507 12,083 4.75 2,543 28 3,514 . . .41 East Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 82 20,503 918 9 . . . . . . 48 66 215 189 . . . 20,912 41 31,849 1.57 1,586 0.08 . . . 537 . . . 3,975 37,947 1.87 20,277 149 20,117 . . .42 Lower Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22 1,359 100 . . . 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1,461 42 17,772 13.51 856 0.65 . . . 292 . . . 2,023 20,943 15.93 1,315 25 21,553 . . .43 West Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 55 14,715 1,313 21 45 . . . 28 20 62 209 . . . 15,775 43 263,211 18.38 10,589 0.74 . . . 11,456 . . . 61,689 346,945 24.23 14,321 77 15,113 . . .44 West Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 166 129,787 7,953 46 458 . . . 981 556 1,710 2,571 . . . 132,426 44 88,818 0.69 34,403 0.27 . . . 2,588 . . . 5,783 131,592 1.03 128,172 299 155,603 30,732

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 552 304,598 19,030 172 578 67 1,281 1,147 2,641 4,055 . . . 315,321 521,458 1.75 52,470 0.18 . . . 20,244 . . . 90,896 685,068 2.31 297,178 899 355,312 30,732

45 ATTACHED FIELDS 4546 Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 12,066 . . . 204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 East Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 95 11,072 1,225 214 263 283 290 7 227 30 . . . 12,503 47 41,744 3.95 4,848 0.46 . . . 900 . . . 6,858 54,350 5.14 10,573 138 14,915 1,02448 North Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 84 23,291 2,750 50 394 433 400 63 257 52 . . . 26,146 48 50,565 2.32 5,711 0.26 . . . 856 . . . 8,860 65,992 3.03 21,758 150 34,750 1,65249 West Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 153 70,411 4,915 205 469 494 404 121 598 91 . . . 75,280 49 230,055 3.38 20,446 0.30 . . . 8,677 . . . 22,805 281,983 4.14 68,133 281 110,083 5,386

Totals for Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 332 104,774 8,890 469 1,126 1,210 1,094 191 1,082 173 . . . 113,929 334,430 3.33 31,209 0.31 . . . 10,433 . . . 38,523 414,595 4.13 100,464 569 159,748 8,062

50 Eritrea Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 12 516 3 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 50 22,985 44.54 1,262 2.45 . . . 406 . . . . . . 24,653 47.78 516 21 578 447

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)51 North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 7,073 . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Central Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 157 44,371 2,227 11 108 . . . 152 100 405 260 . . . 45,800 52 241,777 4.01 15,391 0.26 . . . 13,407 . . . 32,744 303,319 5.04 60,229 499 62,232 . . .53 North Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 245 46,660 3,322 37 994 291 994 128 781 467 516 48,418 53 465,366 9.20 30,418 0.60 . . . 34,166 . . . 58,004 587,954 11.62 50,598 529 77,325 . . .54 South Kivu Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 79 14,500 792 5 138 517 137 63 120 176 22 15,434 54 79,155 3.79 5,367 0.26 . . . 2,392 . . . 11,009 97,923 4.69 20,867 502 30,700 . . .55 Upper Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 87 13,272 546 5 6 106 18 37 36 37 65 13,742 55 42,450 3.28 2,908 0.22 . . . 878 . . . 6,694 52,930 4.08 12,961 185 22,727 . . .

Totals for North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . 876 568 118,803 6,887 58 1,246 914 1,301 328 1,342 940 603 123,394 835,821 5.78 54,210 0.37 . . . 50,843 . . . 108,451 1,049,325 7.25 144,655 1,715 192,984 . . .

Totals for Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 912 224,093 15,780 527 2,372 2,126 2,395 519 2,424 1,113 603 237,844 1,193,236 4.86 86,681 0.35 . . . 61,682 . . . 146,974 1,488,573 6.06 245,635 2,305 353,310 8,509

56 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 92,369 . . . 1,551 . . . . . . 92,369 . . . . . . 186,289 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 East African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,946 3,227 609,934 28,858 566 7,353 9,893 9,858 1,673 7,501 3,300 13,752 620,520 57 8,549,728 14.36 435,712 0.73 . . . 829,967 . . . . . . 9,815,407 16.48 595,431 5,400 1,322,716 35,90958 East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 400 84,389 4,725 95 332 4,081 432 404 445 284 4,923 87,134 58 203,942 2.44 11,829 0.14 . . . 5,083 . . . . . . 220,854 2.64 83,735 507 101,576 . . .59 Ethiopian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 223 163,524 5,190 298 150 . . . 186 270 538 207 . . . 167,961 59 795,348 5.04 22,137 0.14 . . . 42,923 . . . . . . 860,408 5.46 157,679 3,339 172,159 . . .60 Rwanda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,472 553 423,358 35,408 434 2,017 357 6,258 1,107 3,551 4,069 1,033 445,556 60 3,327,171 8.02 159,363 0.38 . . . 226,089 551 212,775 3,925,949 9.47 414,710 2,236 616,766 . . .61 Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,742 1,933 384,684 26,499 447 8,787 3,000 9,885 752 2,685 385 2,860 406,850 61 4,185,636 11.37 556,736 1.51 . . . 377,576 . . . 1,278,189 6,398,137 17.38 368,163 6,203 435,684 . . .62 Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 1,809 182,323 11,122 102 371 1,131 636 197 373 551 82 193,210 62 1,652,755 9.67 103,750 0.61 . . . 100,378 . . . 24,075 1,880,958 11.01 170,891 2,696 367,034 51163 West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 552 304,598 19,030 172 578 67 1,281 1,147 2,641 4,055 . . . 315,321 63 521,458 1.75 52,470 0.18 . . . 20,244 . . . 90,896 685,068 2.31 297,178 899 355,312 30,73264 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 912 224,093 15,780 527 2,372 2,126 2,395 519 2,424 1,113 603 237,844 64 1,193,236 4.86 86,681 0.35 . . . 61,682 . . . 146,974 1,488,573 6.06 245,635 2,305 353,310 8,509

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,622 9,609 2,376,903 146,612 2,641 21,960 20,655 30,931 6,069 20,158 13,964 23,253 2,474,396 20,521,643 8.79 1,430,229 0.61 . . . 1,756,311 551 1,752,909 25,461,643 10.91 2,333,422 23,585 3,724,557 75,661

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION EURO-AFRICA DIVISION1 AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 49 8 3,823 81 6 57 . . . 21 27 48 . . . . . . 3,871 1 7,349,465 1,933.05 543,624 142.98 18,206 33,703 111,692 1,834,770 9,891,460 2,601.65 3,802 60 5,800 472,951

2 BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 118 232 7,616 228 17 89 3 117 128 99 11 . . . 7,598 2 1,942,658 254.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942,658 254.08 7,646 425 8,220 . . .

3 CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22,488 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,488 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Bohemian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 8 3,008 77 5 97 194 83 55 29 . . . 141 3,073 4 2,184,548 723.12 132,061 43.71 5,566 . . . . . . . . . 2,322,175 768.68 3,021 80 3,850 87,5115 Moravia-Silesian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 14 4,547 101 10 124 61 130 60 32 . . . 22 4,599 5 2,827,062 628.52 213,001 47.35 5,647 . . . . . . . . . 3,045,710 677.13 4,498 87 5,630 141,1206 Slovakian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 12 2,222 24 1 19 29 22 20 11 . . . 53 2,189 6 1,391,044 634.31 80,941 36.91 920 . . . . . . . . . 1,472,905 671.64 2,193 53 2,720 53,629

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 34 9,777 202 16 240 284 235 135 72 . . . 216 9,861 6,425,142 661.57 426,003 43.86 12,133 . . . . . . . . . 6,863,278 706.68 9,712 220 12,200 282,260

7 FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 35,608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Belgian-Luxembourg Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . 2,090 143 47 312 34 144 130 165 4 206 1,977 8 1,602,371 822.99 65,336 33.56 9,269 . . . . . . . . . 1,676,976 861.31 1,947 46 2,090 64,2829 North France Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 12 7,623 211 59 456 135 2 11 6 5 120 8,340 9 8,154,288 1,095.86 374,200 50.29 32,349 . . . . . . . . . 8,560,837 1,150.50 7,441 26 7,623 369,970

10 South France Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 8 4,293 193 48 235 75 385 18 45 4 83 4,309 10 4,451,031 1,069.96 154,432 37.12 13,768 . . . . . . . . . 4,619,231 1,110.39 4,160 64 4,293 141,756Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 20 14,006 547 154 1,003 244 531 159 216 13 409 14,626 14,243,298 1,051.32 593,968 43.84 55,386 . . . . . . . . . 14,892,652 1,099.25 13,548 136 14,006 576,008

11 ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 107 21 8,361 282 20 350 . . . 237 51 50 . . . . . . 8,675 11 8,215,174 1,009.86 593,034 72.90 25,070 19,418 . . . 400,517 9,253,213 1,137.46 8,135 104 8,361 553,658

12 NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Berlin-Central German Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 4 7,661 134 18 204 . . . 263 141 60 6 . . . 7,547 13 8,806,386 1,146.81 430,216 56.03 278,160 265,144 64,302 1,860,371 11,704,579 1,524.23 7,679 117 5,706 330,90014 Hansa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3 2,815 30 4 64 . . . 71 38 19 6 . . . 2,779 14 3,522,555 1,258.50 180,413 64.46 108,225 103,277 16,582 716,115 4,647,167 1,660.30 2,799 33 1,511 138,48015 Lower Saxonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 2 3,790 49 10 99 . . . 126 67 23 1 . . . 3,731 15 5,032,221 1,340.85 291,437 77.65 206,180 164,830 23,416 1,002,599 6,720,683 1,790.75 3,753 50 1,984 229,54616 Northern Rhenish-Westfalian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 85 9 6,315 88 4 172 . . . 172 86 77 . . . . . . 6,244 16 7,799,942 1,231.44 485,727 76.69 301,039 321,954 31,808 1,391,448 10,331,918 1,631.18 6,334 78 5,194 382,144

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 18 20,581 301 36 539 . . . 632 332 179 13 . . . 20,301 25,161,104 1,223.49 1,387,793 67.48 893,604 855,205 136,108 4,970,533 33,404,347 1,624.33 20,565 278 14,395 1,081,070

17 PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONF . . . . . . 97 29 9,180 248 13 315 . . . 212 114 98 . . . . . . 9,332 17 7,167,896 787.42 224,351 24.65 36,221 . . . . . . 1,099,661 8,528,129 936.85 9,103 125 10,284 211,290

18 ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 155,887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155,887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Banat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 53 6,977 179 22 82 7 144 108 61 3 2 6,949 19 2,135,440 309.48 106,213 15.39 . . . . . . . . . 445,202 2,686,855 389.40 6,900 114 6,632 87,38820 Moldavia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 40 13,353 292 21 226 . . . 689 279 198 . . . . . . 12,726 20 4,057,335 300.10 202,686 14.99 . . . . . . . . . 800,652 5,060,673 374.31 13,520 230 16,159 168,24421 Muntenia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 71 19,425 546 30 390 . . . 655 697 247 . . . 12 18,780 21 6,833,407 349.73 311,448 15.94 . . . . . . . . . 1,442,854 8,587,709 439.52 19,539 259 17,301 260,33022 North Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 31 7,732 196 12 113 . . . 87 129 84 . . . 1 7,752 22 1,921,896 246.62 113,915 14.62 . . . . . . . . . 613,565 2,649,376 339.97 7,793 124 8,357 98,73423 Oltenia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 39 12,229 212 12 142 . . . 222 276 89 . . . 7 12,001 23 2,989,615 241.31 152,298 12.29 . . . . . . . . . 542,485 3,684,398 297.39 12,389 210 10,571 134,75624 South Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 38 9,144 242 14 86 111 161 132 113 . . . 6 9,185 24 3,260,816 356.72 135,342 14.81 . . . . . . . . . 610,011 4,006,169 438.26 9,141 147 9,415 112,390

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 272 68,860 1,667 111 1,039 118 1,958 1,621 792 3 28 67,393 21,354,396 308.22 1,021,902 14.75 . . . . . . . . . 4,454,769 26,831,067 387.27 69,282 1,084 68,435 861,842

25 SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Baden-Wuerttemberg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 7 6,253 115 13 265 18 271 73 41 . . . 21 6,258 26 11,683,624 1,881.42 882,886 142.17 99,113 416,224 . . . 2,122,814 15,204,661 2,448.42 6,210 85 7,886 563,47627 Central Rhenish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4 4,458 51 16 156 2 94 44 16 . . . 25 4,504 27 6,214,694 1,388.14 423,049 94.49 44,788 185,882 . . . 886,581 7,754,994 1,732.19 4,477 65 2,972 268,18728 North Bavarian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 3 2,008 27 15 106 . . . 110 32 14 . . . . . . 2,000 28 2,983,053 1,486.32 239,115 119.14 65,868 167,600 . . . 724,690 4,180,326 2,082.87 2,007 33 2,673 154,34229 South Bavarian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4 2,625 38 4 97 . . . 95 52 29 . . . . . . 2,588 29 3,977,404 1,514.62 294,295 112.07 25,538 248,541 . . . 791,563 5,337,341 2,032.50 2,626 35 3,431 201,137

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 18 15,344 231 48 624 20 570 201 100 . . . 46 15,350 24,858,775 1,622.64 1,839,345 120.06 235,307 1,018,247 . . . 4,525,648 32,477,322 2,119.93 15,320 218 16,962 1,187,142

30 SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 104 41 13,892 552 81 1,304 . . . 962 70 142 26 4 14,625 30 13,929,247 1,034.25 629,807 46.76 . . . . . . 19,253 329,332 14,907,639 1,106.89 13,468 135 15,700 586,710

31 SWISS UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 French-Italian Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 1,974 34 4 19 . . . 93 21 2 11 . . . 1,904 32 3,445,501 1,743.67 196,268 99.33 3,602 18,424 . . . 116,981 3,780,776 1,913.35 1,976 21 986 167,95433 German Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5 2,391 43 8 119 . . . 28 36 26 63 1 2,407 33 6,398,788 2,695.36 480,518 202.41 7,362 33,131 68,569 2,486,578 9,474,946 3,991.13 2,374 16 1,454 411,199

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)34 ATTACHED FIELD 3435 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 43,270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 28 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 36 16,226 507.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,226 507.06 32 2 32 . . .37 Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 140 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 37 40,565 300.48 75 0.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,640 301.04 135 8 154 7538 Turkey Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 74 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 38 35,157 595.88 1,713 29.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,870 624.92 59 5 80 1,713

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 242 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 135,218 598.31 1,788 7.91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,006 606.22 226 15 266 1,788

39 EURO-AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 21,754 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,754 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Austrian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 8 3,823 81 6 57 . . . 21 27 48 . . . . . . 3,871 40 7,349,465 1,933.05 543,624 142.98 18,206 33,703 111,692 1,834,770 9,891,460 2,601.65 3,802 60 5,800 472,95141 Bulgarian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 118 232 7,616 228 17 89 3 117 128 99 11 . . . 7,598 41 1,942,658 254.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,942,658 254.08 7,646 425 8,220 . . .42 Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 34 9,777 202 16 240 284 235 135 72 . . . 216 9,861 42 6,425,142 661.57 426,003 43.86 12,133 . . . . . . . . . 6,863,278 706.68 9,712 220 12,200 282,26043 Franco-Belgian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 20 14,006 547 154 1,003 244 531 159 216 13 409 14,626 43 14,243,298 1,051.32 593,968 43.84 55,386 . . . . . . . . . 14,892,652 1,099.25 13,548 136 14,006 576,00844 Italian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 21 8,361 282 20 350 . . . 237 51 50 . . . . . . 8,675 44 8,215,174 1,009.86 593,034 72.90 25,070 19,418 . . . 400,517 9,253,213 1,137.46 8,135 104 8,361 553,65845 North German Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 18 20,581 301 36 539 . . . 632 332 179 13 . . . 20,301 45 25,161,104 1,223.49 1,387,793 67.48 893,604 855,205 136,108 4,970,533 33,404,347 1,624.33 20,565 278 14,395 1,081,07046 Portuguese Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . 97 29 9,180 248 13 315 . . . 212 114 98 . . . . . . 9,332 46 7,167,896 787.42 224,351 24.65 36,221 . . . . . . 1,099,661 8,528,129 936.85 9,103 125 10,284 211,29047 Romanian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 272 68,860 1,667 111 1,039 118 1,958 1,621 792 3 28 67,393 47 21,354,396 308.22 1,021,902 14.75 . . . . . . . . . 4,454,769 26,831,067 387.27 69,282 1,084 68,435 861,84248 South German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 18 15,344 231 48 624 20 570 201 100 . . . 46 15,350 48 24,858,775 1,622.64 1,839,345 120.06 235,307 1,018,247 . . . 4,525,648 32,477,322 2,119.93 15,320 218 16,962 1,187,14249 Spanish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 41 13,892 552 81 1,304 . . . 962 70 142 26 4 14,625 49 13,929,247 1,034.25 629,807 46.76 . . . . . . 19,253 329,332 14,907,639 1,106.89 13,468 135 15,700 586,71050 Swiss Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5 4,365 77 12 138 . . . 121 57 28 74 1 4,311 50 9,844,289 2,263.05 676,786 155.58 10,964 51,555 68,569 2,603,559 13,255,722 3,047.29 4,350 37 2,440 579,15351 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 242 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 51 135,218 598.31 1,788 7.91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 137,006 606.22 226 15 266 1,788

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,522 706 176,047 4,440 514 5,698 669 5,596 2,895 1,824 140 704 176,209 140,648,416 802.98 7,938,401 45.32 1,286,891 1,978,128 335,622 20,218,789 172,406,247 984.30 175,157 2,837 177,069 6,393,872

EURO-ASIA DIVISION EURO-ASIA DIVISION1 BELARUS UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 76 15 5,079 256 7 80 . . . 83 42 182 . . . . . . 5,115 1 874,901 173.08 26,479 5.24 . . . 26,479 . . . 79,440 1,007,299 199.27 5,055 91 5,915 257

2 CAUCASUS UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Kubano-Chernomorskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 22 3,127 117 9 117 . . . 91 45 62 . . . . . . 3,172 3 977,144 309.81 21,774 6.90 . . . 21,336 . . . 64,008 1,084,262 343.77 3,154 79 3,240 4384 North Caucasus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23 1,868 78 4 56 . . . 69 40 44 . . . 2 1,851 4 690,627 365.60 16,661 8.82 . . . 16,093 . . . 48,279 771,660 408.50 1,889 55 1,576 5685 Rostov-Kalmykia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 14 2,842 114 7 69 . . . 72 44 68 . . . . . . 2,848 5 1,070,963 373.16 29,307 10.21 . . . 26,077 . . . 78,231 1,204,578 419.71 2,870 52 2,602 3,230

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 59 7,837 309 20 242 . . . 232 129 174 . . . 2 7,871 2,738,734 346.11 67,742 8.56 . . . 63,506 . . . 190,518 3,060,500 386.77 7,913 186 7,418 4,236

6 EAST RUSSIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Central Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5 2,050 134 14 30 . . . 29 29 51 . . . . . . 2,119 7 516,858 255.62 14,893 7.37 . . . 13,461 . . . 40,383 585,595 289.61 2,022 37 2,359 1,4328 East Siberian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 25 3,156 76 8 116 . . . 127 17 20 . . . . . . 3,192 8 546,397 175.92 11,455 3.69 . . . 10,700 . . . 32,100 600,652 193.38 3,106 70 3,192 7559 West Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 26 1,183 72 1 24 . . . 22 32 4 . . . . . . 1,222 9 380,792 324.08 4,783 4.07 . . . 6,187 . . . 18,560 410,322 349.21 1,175 32 1,222 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 56 6,389 282 23 170 . . . 178 78 75 . . . . . . 6,533 1,444,047 229.10 31,131 4.94 . . . 30,348 . . . 91,043 1,596,569 253.30 6,303 139 6,773 2,187

10 FAR EASTERN UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION . . . 60 24 3,383 128 6 140 . . . 130 35 21 . . . . . . 3,471 10 923,743 274.43 27,414 8.14 1,321 20,949 . . . 62,847 1,036,274 307.87 3,366 84 3,719 6,465

11 MOLDOVA UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 153 88 11,208 390 39 221 . . . 367 184 228 . . . . . . 11,079 11 2,022,922 176.86 36,792 3.22 . . . 36,750 . . . 110,250 2,206,714 192.93 11,438 241 11,816 42

12 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Kyrgyzstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 16 1,159 48 8 20 . . . 85 19 35 . . . . . . 1,096 13 120,374 100.90 5,371 4.50 . . . 5,367 . . . 16,100 147,212 123.40 1,193 34 721 . . .14 Northern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12 1,774 91 11 53 . . . 78 30 53 . . . 3 1,765 14 480,051 260.61 20,595 11.18 . . . 20,595 . . . 61,790 583,031 316.52 1,842 45 1,773 . . .15 Southern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20 1,412 136 6 37 2 44 14 17 . . . 5 1,513 15 405,343 286.46 17,763 12.55 . . . 17,763 . . . 53,289 494,158 349.23 1,415 38 1,038 . . .16 Tajikistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 690 15 113 1 . . . 123 12 52 . . . 1 631 16 27,097 39.85 950 1.40 . . . 970 . . . 2,910 31,927 46.95 680 11 478 . . .17 Turkmenistan Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 79 15 . . . . . . 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . 91 17 7,921 97.79 473 5.84 . . . 473 . . . 1,420 10,287 127.00 81 2 78 . . .18 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 1,236 40 3 146 . . . 184 4 15 . . . 2 1,220 18 100,832 81.71 2,569 2.08 . . . 2,569 . . . 7,710 113,680 92.12 1,234 18 1,050 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 57 6,350 345 141 257 3 517 79 173 . . . 11 6,316 1,141,618 177.13 47,721 7.40 . . . 47,737 . . . 143,219 1,380,295 214.17 6,445 148 5,138 . . .

19 TRANS-CAUCASUS UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Armenian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 14 918 26 1 27 3 38 9 12 . . . 16 900 20 86,979 95.69 646 0.71 . . . 2,882 . . . 8,646 99,153 109.08 909 32 620 . . .21 Azerbaijan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 714 8 3 88 . . . 97 9 4 . . . 2 701 21 94,754 134.59 618 0.88 . . . 2,146 . . . 6,438 103,956 147.66 704 13 480 . . .22 Georgian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 381 20 . . . 23 1 28 4 12 . . . 1 380 22 50,540 130.59 248 0.64 . . . 1,060 . . . 3,180 55,028 142.19 387 12 210 . . .

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23 UKRAINIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bukovinskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 9 7,397 233 16 139 . . . 143 153 137 . . . . . . 7,352 24 1,555,922 209.98 41,117 5.55 . . . 41,117 . . . 123,350 1,761,506 237.72 7,410 139 7,756 . . .25 Central Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 19 5,638 275 5 275 1 228 102 101 . . . . . . 5,763 25 1,169,005 210.44 30,356 5.46 . . . 30,356 . . . 91,068 1,320,785 237.77 5,555 107 6,528 . . .26 Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 19 6,977 213 22 94 2 102 85 173 . . . 12 6,936 26 1,031,019 146.14 12,457 1.77 . . . 12,457 . . . 37,371 1,093,304 154.97 7,055 151 5,145 . . .27 Eastern Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 74 9,343 282 26 145 . . . 209 190 226 . . . . . . 9,171 27 1,476,176 156.99 21,374 2.27 . . . 21,374 . . . 64,122 1,583,046 168.36 9,403 192 8,521 . . .28 Eastern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 47 4,661 180 3 95 5 105 103 116 . . . 5 4,615 28 800,934 170.16 37,184 7.90 . . . 37,184 . . . 111,552 986,854 209.66 4,707 128 3,090 . . .29 Kiev Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 5,478 118 8 113 . . . 107 75 66 . . . 1 5,468 29 1,358,177 248.02 22,934 4.19 . . . 22,934 . . . 68,802 1,472,847 268.96 5,476 25 3,600 . . .30 Podolsk Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 33 7,070 244 23 229 . . . 129 116 230 . . . . . . 7,091 30 1,492,649 211.21 41,764 5.91 . . . 41,764 . . . 125,292 1,701,469 240.76 7,067 153 5,949 . . .31 Southern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 65 7,767 398 13 174 . . . 191 140 223 . . . . . . 7,798 31 1,704,590 219.64 51,992 6.70 . . . 51,992 . . . 155,976 1,964,550 253.13 7,761 175 5,537 . . .32 Western Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 69 6,820 217 10 98 . . . 120 102 82 . . . . . . 6,841 32 1,463,621 215.02 29,313 4.31 . . . 29,313 . . . 87,939 1,610,186 236.55 6,807 178 7,080 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D) EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 WEST RUSSIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 41 3,942 146 5 69 . . . 72 58 24 . . . . . . 4,008 34 1,314,129 333.20 15,846 4.02 . . . 15,269 . . . 45,807 1,391,051 352.70 3,944 108 3,157 57735 Moscow Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5 3,517 93 9 144 . . . 105 42 15 . . . 2 3,599 35 2,058,078 586.85 50,938 14.52 . . . 50,578 . . . 151,734 2,311,328 659.06 3,507 33 2,990 36036 Northwestern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 51 3,771 89 10 140 8 111 47 141 . . . 57 3,662 36 1,279,558 332.70 26,186 6.81 . . . 26,023 . . . 78,070 1,409,837 366.57 3,846 103 2,129 . . .37 Priokskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 18 3,179 126 4 116 10 92 33 24 . . . 17 3,269 37 1,048,189 324.72 21,742 6.74 . . . 21,510 . . . 64,530 1,155,971 358.11 3,228 50 3,067 . . .38 Southern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 65 5,353 197 10 65 7 64 64 73 . . . 9 5,422 38 1,388,550 258.62 19,709 3.67 . . . 19,560 . . . 58,680 1,486,499 276.87 5,369 125 3,280 16439 Ural Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 80 5,148 120 6 122 1 140 61 192 . . . 19 4,985 39 1,308,860 251.37 21,334 4.10 . . . 21,334 . . . 64,002 1,415,530 271.85 5,207 147 3,584 . . .40 Volga Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 24 3,895 351 4 84 2 137 63 214 . . . 9 3,913 40 896,454 228.11 11,026 2.81 . . . 10,727 . . . 32,181 950,388 241.83 3,930 74 2,397 52041 Volgo-Vyatskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 42 5,461 159 12 128 3 141 63 224 . . . 1 5,334 41 1,411,117 242.25 23,906 4.10 . . . 22,191 . . . 66,573 1,523,787 261.59 5,825 107 2,949 1,715

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 326 34,266 1,281 60 868 31 862 431 907 . . . 114 34,192 10,704,935 307.12 190,687 5.47 . . . 187,192 . . . 561,577 11,644,391 334.07 34,856 747 23,553 3,336

42 EURO-ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Belarus Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 15 5,079 256 7 80 . . . 83 42 182 . . . . . . 5,115 43 874,901 173.08 26,479 5.24 . . . 26,479 . . . 79,440 1,007,299 199.27 5,055 91 5,915 25744 Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 59 7,837 309 20 242 . . . 232 129 174 . . . 2 7,871 44 2,738,734 346.11 67,742 8.56 . . . 63,506 . . . 190,518 3,060,500 386.77 7,913 186 7,418 4,23645 East Russian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 56 6,389 282 23 170 . . . 178 78 75 . . . . . . 6,533 45 1,444,047 229.10 31,131 4.94 . . . 30,348 . . . 91,043 1,596,569 253.30 6,303 139 6,773 2,18746 Far Eastern Union of Churches Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 24 3,383 128 6 140 . . . 130 35 21 . . . . . . 3,471 46 923,743 274.43 27,414 8.14 1,321 20,949 . . . 62,847 1,036,274 307.87 3,366 84 3,719 6,46547 Moldova Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 88 11,208 390 39 221 . . . 367 184 228 . . . . . . 11,079 47 2,022,922 176.86 36,792 3.22 . . . 36,750 . . . 110,250 2,206,714 192.93 11,438 241 11,816 4248 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 57 6,350 345 141 257 3 517 79 173 . . . 11 6,316 48 1,141,618 177.13 47,721 7.40 . . . 47,737 . . . 143,219 1,380,295 214.17 6,445 148 5,138 . . .49 Trans-Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 25 2,013 54 4 138 4 163 22 28 . . . 19 1,981 49 232,273 116.14 1,512 0.76 . . . 6,088 . . . 18,264 258,137 129.07 2,000 57 1,310 . . .50 Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913 335 61,151 2,160 126 1,362 8 1,334 1,066 1,354 . . . 18 61,035 50 12,052,093 196.80 288,491 4.71 . . . 288,491 . . . 865,472 13,494,547 220.35 61,241 1,248 53,206 . . .51 West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 326 34,266 1,281 60 868 31 862 431 907 . . . 114 34,192 51 10,704,935 307.12 190,687 5.47 . . . 187,192 . . . 561,577 11,644,391 334.07 34,856 747 23,553 3,336

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969 985 137,676 5,205 426 3,478 46 3,866 2,066 3,142 . . . 164 137,593 32,135,266 231.83 717,969 5.18 1,321 707,540 . . . 2,122,630 35,684,726 257.43 138,617 2,941 118,848 16,523Note—Because of the new Combined Offering Plan, many of the conferences are not reporting separate Sabbath School Mission Offerings.

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION1 BELIZE UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION. . . . . . . . . . 75 30 . . . 644 . . . 31,462 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . 32,091 1 1,009,923 32.75 48,667 1.58 4,380 85,423 5,198 146,000 1,299,591 42.15 30,835 80 34,406 45,747

2 CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 East Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 9 37,451 692 12 45 . . . 128 88 39 74 . . . 37,871 3 6,000,007 162.90 273,401 7.42 24,606 420,000 156,818 820,204 7,695,036 208.92 36,833 138 51,503 256,9974 Grenada Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2 12,369 417 5 18 . . . 50 37 49 10 . . . 12,663 4 1,562,919 127.52 68,671 5.60 6,180 109,404 54,148 206,014 2,007,336 163.78 12,256 45 16,472 64,5515 Guyana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 55 50,977 2,075 13 2 . . . 12 32 3 . . . . . . 53,020 5 1,159,856 23.06 46,454 0.92 4,181 81,190 65,988 139,362 1,497,031 29.77 50,291 197 69,184 43,6676 North Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 12 23,707 606 31 59 17 73 61 40 5 18 24,223 6 11,079,860 472.57 585,567 24.98 52,701 775,590 364,432 1,756,701 14,614,851 623.34 23,446 82 35,693 550,4337 Saint Lucia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 9 14,629 446 . . . 1 . . . 8 2 2 . . . . . . 15,064 7 1,315,997 89.08 63,527 4.30 5,717 92,120 18,831 190,581 1,686,773 114.17 14,774 46 19,752 59,7158 South Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 27 53,527 770 2 36 . . . 50 51 18 . . . 1 54,215 8 7,001,304 131.49 193,478 3.63 17,413 490,091 . . . 580,433 8,282,719 155.56 53,246 150 65,565 181,8699 Suriname Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 3,616 112 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 3,724 9 174,520 48.65 11,076 3.09 997 12,216 . . . 33,228 232,037 64.69 3,587 17 4,204 10,411

10 Tobago Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 7,746 30 . . . 5 . . . 3 5 1 . . . . . . 7,772 10 1,557,773 200.41 90,637 11.66 8,157 109,044 52,792 271,912 2,090,315 268.92 7,773 31 8,141 85,199Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 118 204,022 5,148 67 166 17 324 284 152 89 19 208,552 29,852,236 147.63 1,332,811 6.59 119,952 2,089,655 713,009 3,998,435 38,106,098 188.45 202,206 706 270,514 1,252,842

11 CENTRAL MEXICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7,085 . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 . . . . . . 7,581 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 34 . . . 287 19 16,784 . . . 28 9 39 20 . . . 16,994 12 1,169,757 72.98 73,131 4.56 13,164 81,883 . . . 219,393 1,557,328 97.16 16,028 71 20,464 68,74313 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 71 . . . 68 8 13,643 . . . 2 2 1 . . . . . . 13,714 13 983,915 74.57 52,868 4.01 9,516 68,624 . . . 158,605 1,273,528 96.52 13,194 111 16,022 49,69614 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 38 . . . 512 12 25,162 . . . 57 15 62 24 . . . 25,528 14 1,646,089 68.34 87,878 3.65 15,818 115,226 . . . 263,634 2,128,645 88.37 24,088 86 30,379 82,60515 Valley Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 60 . . . 36 6 9,193 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,235 15 651,199 75.13 36,422 4.20 3,278 45,584 . . . 109,266 845,749 97.57 8,668 101 10,158 34,237

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 203 . . . 903 45 64,782 . . . 87 26 102 44 . . . 65,471 4,458,045 71.93 250,299 4.04 41,776 311,813 . . . 750,898 5,812,831 93.79 61,978 369 77,023 235,281

16 COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 45,682 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,198 . . . . . . 48,880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Atlantic Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 72 23,017 1,634 . . . 107 . . . 224 95 568 70 . . . 23,801 17 954,227 41.81 43,362 1.90 3,903 66,796 . . . 130,085 1,198,373 52.51 22,823 167 29,925 40,76018 Caribbean Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 202 31,083 2,493 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 113 19 . . . 33,431 18 850,533 28.33 43,192 1.44 3,887 59,537 . . . 129,576 1,086,725 36.20 30,024 299 44,381 40,60019 Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 41 . . . 1,042 . . . 13,984 . . . 9 6 65 4 . . . 14,942 19 575,780 42.66 28,285 2.10 2,546 27,870 . . . 84,854 719,335 53.30 13,496 135 13,752 26,58820 Colombian Islands Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 1,300 56 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 1,352 20 229,522 179.45 7,577 5.92 682 16,067 . . . 22,731 276,579 216.25 1,279 9 1,662 7,12221 East Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 138 50,147 2,768 52 26 . . . 17,112 159 871 1,381 . . . 33,470 21 2,493,918 78.63 146,990 4.63 13,229 174,574 . . . 440,971 3,269,682 103.09 31,717 311 37,559 138,17122 Northeast Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 58 . . . 1,402 23 17,119 32 91 82 99 14 27 18,263 22 1,162,911 68.09 74,289 4.35 6,686 78,377 . . . 222,866 1,545,129 90.47 17,079 136 20,965 69,83123 Pacific Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 78 41,989 2,460 3 63 . . . 14,024 112 225 33 5 30,116 23 1,473,921 53.79 61,492 2.24 5,534 103,174 . . . 184,476 1,828,597 66.73 27,401 189 31,650 57,80324 South Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 70 31,144 1,980 110 62 . . . 69 171 775 203 . . . 32,078 24 1,244,779 40.30 72,388 2.34 6,515 87,135 . . . 217,165 1,627,982 52.71 30,887 262 36,212 68,04525 Upper Magdalena Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 75 40,045 3,828 7 16 . . . 102 54 669 211 . . . 42,860 25 2,867,091 73.21 134,086 3.42 12,068 200,696 . . . 402,257 3,616,198 92.34 39,161 246 50,050 126,04126 West Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 165 32,565 1,482 . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 298 434 196 32,980 26 1,950,000 58.72 72,271 2.18 6,504 136,500 . . . 216,813 2,382,088 71.73 33,211 328 39,396 67,935

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145 901 251,290 19,145 195 31,377 32 31,633 833 3,683 2,369 228 263,293 13,848,364 56.05 683,932 2.77 61,554 953,924 . . . 2,051,794 17,599,568 71.23 247,078 2,082 305,552 642,896

27 CUBAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Central Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 24 5,139 452 13 60 4 68 73 258 16 22 5,231 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 8,013 . . .29 East Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 112 13,521 1,519 47 126 . . . 158 108 247 . . . . . . 14,700 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 19,514 . . .30 West Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 11 8,896 700 45 124 8 150 135 317 4 2 9,165 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 11,911 . . .

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31 DOMINICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 47,889 . . . 591 . . . 53 3,352 . . . 1,774 53,659 . . . . . . . . . . . . 55632 Central Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 69 52,808 2,580 3 34 . . . 34 7 38 8 . . . 55,338 32 2,672,253 51.51 235,135 4.53 21,162 187,058 19,008 705,406 3,840,022 74.01 51,883 220 60,588 221,02733 East Dominican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 128 60,449 2,255 8 8 . . . 3 6 12 . . . . . . 62,699 33 1,544,273 25.58 152,397 2.52 13,716 108,099 9,206 457,191 2,284,882 37.85 60,365 232 66,159 143,25334 North Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 83 26,917 2,403 21 36 . . . 38 157 556 275 . . . 28,351 34 1,331,329 50.46 102,463 3.88 9,222 93,193 15,572 307,388 1,859,167 70.47 26,384 192 31,765 96,31535 Northeast Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 64 18,460 1,947 14 5 . . . 16 13 253 5 . . . 20,139 35 673,694 37.96 49,700 2.80 4,473 47,159 7,043 149,099 931,168 52.47 17,748 110 21,238 46,71836 South Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 87 32,941 1,327 . . . . . . . . . 5 83 1,610 135 . . . 32,435 36 415,521 12.75 34,561 1.06 3,111 29,087 11,861 103,684 597,825 18.35 32,582 170 34,179 32,48837 Southeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 102 50,509 3,336 . . . 47 . . . 47 . . . 104 . . . . . . 53,741 37 1,906,337 38.57 185,609 3.76 16,705 133,444 17,888 556,828 2,816,811 56.99 49,428 233 58,430 174,473

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)38 FRENCH ANTILLES-GUIANA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 French Guiana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7 2,293 57 2 8 . . . 2 . . . 1 49 . . . 2,308 39 1,032,228 453.13 45,221 19.85 4,070 72,256 . . . 135,662 1,289,437 566.04 2,278 16 2,377 42,50740 Guadeloupe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 17 11,994 285 5 108 . . . 98 57 19 184 . . . 12,034 40 6,334,358 529.67 349,367 29.21 31,443 443,405 . . . 1,048,102 8,206,675 686.23 11,959 79 14,956 328,40541 Martinique Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 15 14,721 187 2 15 . . . 52 59 90 . . . . . . 14,724 41 8,908,423 606.30 496,964 33.82 44,727 623,590 . . . 1,490,891 11,564,595 787.08 14,693 83 19,834 467,146

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 39 29,008 529 9 131 . . . 152 116 110 233 . . . 29,066 16,275,009 562.57 891,552 30.82 80,240 1,139,251 . . . 2,674,655 21,060,707 727.99 28,930 178 37,167 838,058

42 GUATEMALA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 25,362 . . . 3,913 . . . 352 1,775 . . . 11,740 43,142 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,67943 Belize Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,215 251 . . . . . . . . . 31,462 . . . 2 2 . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Central Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 15 21,288 2,551 173 5 . . . 56 21 60 211 . . . 23,669 44 598,128 28.71 34,654 1.66 3,119 41,869 29,500 103,963 811,233 38.94 20,833 83 23,669 32,57545 East Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 10 30,204 2,598 149 . . . . . . . . . 49 541 56 . . . 32,305 45 514,920 17.47 24,016 0.81 2,161 36,044 20,000 72,049 669,190 22.70 29,475 152 32,305 22,57546 Metropolitan Guatemala Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 23 21,509 2,075 142 221 . . . 247 36 323 2,620 2,200 18,521 46 880,421 41.18 46,481 2.17 4,183 61,629 30,500 139,443 1,162,657 54.38 21,380 85 22,381 43,69247 North Guatemala Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 6 25,940 2,307 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,289 47 544,513 21.79 25,798 1.03 2,322 38,116 20,000 77,393 708,142 28.34 24,989 74 28,289 24,25048 South Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 50 43,986 3,501 62 . . . . . . 19 48 544 167 . . . 46,771 48 663,103 15.55 40,584 0.95 3,653 46,417 25,500 121,753 901,010 21.13 42,642 206 46,771 38,14949 West Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 16 55,311 2,317 121 . . . . . . . . . 74 321 34 . . . 57,320 49 941,237 17.34 51,061 0.94 4,596 65,887 27,700 153,184 1,243,665 22.91 54,283 191 57,320 47,998

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 120 229,453 15,600 689 226 . . . 31,784 228 1,791 3,090 2,200 206,875 4,167,684 21.53 226,507 1.17 20,386 291,737 153,200 679,525 5,539,039 28.61 193,602 791 210,735 212,918

50 HAITIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 35,775 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,504 . . . . . . 38,279 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Central Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 106 93,639 3,969 16 60 84 66 57 104 8 263 97,270 51 1,490,115 16.05 115,422 1.24 10,388 104,308 1,711 346,266 2,068,210 22.28 92,847 229 140,805 108,49752 North Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 162 89,232 3,155 2 . . . 122 5 23 49 . . . . . . 92,434 52 523,486 5.93 47,251 0.53 4,253 36,644 313 141,752 753,699 8.53 88,334 308 140,966 44,41653 Northwest Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 150 73,484 3,328 16 47 129 71 89 256 21 39 76,528 53 451,662 6.18 47,874 0.66 4,309 31,616 911 143,621 679,993 9.31 73,067 253 129,993 45,00154 South Haiti Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 121 59,183 2,553 3 3 128 3 14 36 . . . 20 61,797 54 641,788 10.93 47,465 0.81 4,272 44,925 20 142,396 880,866 15.00 58,715 300 100,301 44,617

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 539 315,538 13,005 37 110 463 145 183 445 29 322 328,029 3,142,826 10.04 258,012 0.82 23,222 219,997 2,955 774,035 4,421,047 14.13 312,963 1,090 512,065 242,531

55 INTER-OCEANIC MEXICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 146,212 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,235 205,613 . . . 362,060 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Central Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,773 364 56 . . . . . . 9,193 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Hidalgo Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 302 29,436 2,149 171 118 . . . 269 531 4,889 2,098 . . . 24,087 57 2,467,409 83.77 141,549 4.81 12,739 172,719 . . . 424,648 3,219,064 109.28 29,456 510 32,054 133,05658 Isthmus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 137 . . . . . . . . . 17,634 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,634 58 111,055 6.09 7,831 0.43 705 7,774 . . . 23,492 150,857 8.27 18,250 214 21,475 7,36159 Oaxaca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 126 30,949 2,189 9 10 . . . 13,153 36 262 106 . . . 19,600 59 1,640,765 83.48 104,257 5.30 9,383 114,854 . . . 312,771 2,182,030 111.02 19,654 179 24,362 98,00160 Olmeca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 304 38,080 3,537 94 121 . . . 101 106 656 111 . . . 40,858 60 3,856,977 99.23 273,972 7.05 24,657 269,988 . . . 821,915 5,247,509 135.00 38,869 582 52,759 257,53361 South Pacific Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 111 21,043 1,466 64 23 . . . 30 53 401 246 . . . 21,866 61 2,193,956 103.90 119,013 5.64 10,711 153,577 . . . 357,038 2,834,295 134.22 21,116 249 26,736 111,87262 South Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 195 38,597 1,446 55 79 . . . 4,555 266 2,647 1,135 . . . 31,574 62 3,122,005 96.69 211,856 6.56 19,067 218,540 . . . 635,567 4,207,035 130.30 32,288 422 61,757 199,144

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 1,175 166,878 11,151 449 17,985 . . . 27,301 992 8,855 3,696 . . . 155,619 13,538,379 84.81 858,478 5.38 77,262 947,687 205,613 2,575,431 18,202,850 114.03 159,633 2,156 219,143 806,967

63 MID-CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 24,556 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,719 . . . . . . 26,275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Atlantic Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 48 . . . . . . . . . 44,770 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,770 64 605,935 17.39 29,066 0.83 2,616 11,477 23,000 87,199 759,293 21.79 34,838 174 44,948 27,32265 Bay Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 7 6,328 452 . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 39 . . . . . . 6,699 65 646,142 109.00 27,995 4.72 2,520 45,230 . . . 83,985 805,872 135.94 5,928 27 6,699 26,31566 Central El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 33 . . . 799 47 26,784 . . . 88 8 98 33 . . . 27,403 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,212 135 28,445 . . .67 Central Honduras Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 68 89,466 10,111 101 . . . . . . . . . 10 66 20 . . . 99,582 67 1,124,614 13.03 48,931 0.57 4,404 78,723 41,444 146,793 1,444,909 16.74 86,299 199 101,410 45,99568 East El Salvador Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 94 44,059 5,931 252 119 2,202 137 62 558 29 . . . 51,777 68 722,592 17.21 58,498 1.39 5,265 50,581 60,000 175,493 1,072,429 25.54 41,994 255 51,777 54,98869 Metropolitan El Salvador Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 35 53,945 8,142 316 236 . . . 26,959 48 400 130 . . . 35,102 69 1,328,090 49.19 78,449 2.91 7,060 92,966 52,000 235,346 1,793,911 66.45 26,998 153 35,102 73,74270 Northwest Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 65 93,876 19,663 150 . . . . . . 44,773 15 49 206 . . . 68,646 70 852,506 15.64 46,427 0.85 4,178 59,675 . . . 139,282 1,102,068 20.22 54,491 195 68,648 43,64271 Paracentral El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 15 32,802 3,178 122 206 . . . 177 45 249 30 . . . 35,807 71 516,203 17.69 42,141 1.44 3,793 36,134 20,000 126,423 744,694 25.52 29,182 120 44,963 39,61372 West El Salvador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 40 38,127 3,060 118 . . . . . . . . . 79 629 112 2,202 38,283 72 650,935 18.89 47,707 1.38 4,294 45,565 25,000 143,120 916,621 26.61 34,452 200 39,257 44,844

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 405 358,603 51,336 1,106 72,115 2,202 72,134 309 2,088 560 2,202 408,069 6,471,573 19.30 379,214 1.13 34,130 422,070 221,444 1,137,641 8,666,072 25.84 335,394 1,458 421,249 356,461

73 NORTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 63,883 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,472 . . . . . . 68,355 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,220 510 12 . . . . . . 16,742 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Baja California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 47 15,082 1,643 81 45 . . . 94 42 725 677 . . . 15,313 75 2,530,909 160.14 145,101 9.18 26,118 166,977 . . . 435,303 3,304,408 209.09 15,804 132 17,491 136,39576 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,119 585 53 2 . . . 13,636 7 41 75 . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Gulf Mexican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 58 23,418 1,176 74 37 . . . 18 7 12 13 . . . 24,655 77 2,099,878 90.77 134,779 5.83 12,130 146,991 . . . 404,338 2,798,116 120.95 23,134 148 27,976 126,69278 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,383 779 9 40 . . . 25,155 16 25 15 . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 North Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 40 14,339 699 28 2 . . . . . . 2 3 2 . . . 15,061 79 1,472,692 97.32 95,738 6.33 8,616 103,088 . . . 287,214 1,967,348 130.00 15,133 104 21,063 89,99480 Northeast Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 40 20,592 1,117 85 97 . . . 112 32 52 35 . . . 21,660 80 3,930,867 195.79 189,913 9.46 17,092 275,161 . . . 569,738 4,982,771 248.18 20,077 128 27,555 178,51881 Sinaloa Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 41 11,536 525 17 8 . . . 15 23 30 . . . . . . 12,018 81 1,202,332 105.76 67,032 5.90 6,033 84,163 . . . 201,096 1,560,656 137.27 11,369 112 15,269 63,01082 Sonora Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 50 11,132 742 30 14 . . . 13 38 65 128 . . . 11,674 82 1,265,676 114.97 68,315 6.21 6,148 88,597 . . . 204,945 1,633,681 148.40 11,009 88 13,648 64,21683 West Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 89 14,151 978 41 . . . . . . 7 8 23 22 . . . 15,110 83 1,327,064 95.91 88,409 6.39 7,957 92,894 . . . 265,227 1,781,551 128.75 13,837 135 19,225 83,105

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 365 163,972 8,754 430 245 . . . 55,792 175 976 967 . . . 115,491 13,893,301 125.89 789,287 7.15 84,094 962,343 . . . 2,367,861 18,096,886 163.98 110,363 847 142,227 741,930

84 PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 91,121 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,378 . . . . . . 97,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 East Puerto Rico Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 6 14,715 849 65 110 . . . 116 113 273 129 639 14,469 85 8,126,188 579.08 308,667 22.00 27,780 568,833 55,184 926,002 10,012,654 713.51 14,033 129 14,469 290,14786 North Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 8 5,190 166 23 93 . . . 37 21 80 29 . . . 5,305 86 1,805,635 347.84 75,278 14.50 6,775 126,394 . . . 225,835 2,239,917 431.50 5,191 49 5,305 70,76287 South Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6 2,912 204 14 77 2 72 19 67 17 17 3,017 87 978,939 353.15 30,288 10.93 2,726 68,526 . . . 90,863 1,171,342 422.56 2,772 34 3,017 28,47088 West Puerto Rico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 6 13,625 549 38 329 9 355 111 201 47 7 13,829 88 6,284,206 458.63 130,720 9.54 11,765 439,894 56,665 392,161 7,315,411 533.89 13,702 107 13,829 122,877

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 26 36,442 1,768 140 609 11 580 264 621 222 663 36,620 17,286,089 484.23 544,953 15.27 49,046 1,210,025 111,849 1,634,861 20,836,823 583.70 35,698 319 36,620 512,256

89 SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 20,134 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,409 . . . . . . 21,543 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Caribbean Costa Rica Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 15 13,443 767 25 11 . . . 11 53 68 161 . . . 13,953 90 586,516 44.50 37,228 2.82 3,350 41,056 8,016 111,683 787,849 59.77 13,181 69 15,770 34,99491 Central Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 28 11,685 1,453 173 342 . . . 301 20 275 149 . . . 12,908 91 401,942 32.98 28,158 2.31 2,534 28,136 . . . 84,474 545,244 44.74 12,186 85 14,589 26,46892 Central-South Costa Rica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 6 23,178 1,044 56 123 . . . 115 30 105 203 . . . 23,948 92 1,123,934 49.02 62,230 2.71 5,601 78,675 8,380 186,691 1,465,511 63.92 22,928 72 27,067 58,49693 East Panama Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 26 26,725 2,746 5 155 . . . 522 73 253 158 . . . 28,625 93 1,740,585 64.17 130,320 4.80 11,729 121,841 . . . 390,961 2,395,436 88.31 27,124 126 32,354 122,50194 Nicaragua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 54 92,474 10,394 5 . . . . . . 27 60 401 78 . . . 102,307 94 965,075 10.88 64,913 0.73 5,842 64,161 18,264 194,738 1,312,993 14.80 88,737 262 115,635 61,01895 North Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 25 21,026 1,452 48 48 . . . 77 9 51 . . . . . . 22,437 95 750,053 35.97 43,728 2.10 3,936 52,504 624 131,185 982,030 47.09 20,855 84 25,360 41,10596 West Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 8 43,071 2,508 6 4 . . . 14 27 106 31 . . . 45,411 96 1,283,214 30.29 101,891 2.41 9,170 89,825 21,944 305,672 1,811,716 42.77 42,359 221 51,327 95,777

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)97 SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 45,550 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,188 . . . . . . 48,738 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Central Chiapas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 321 42,321 2,379 38 33 24 11,185 275 540 92 . . . 32,703 98 2,828,795 106.72 162,133 6.12 14,592 198,016 41,713 486,398 3,731,647 140.78 26,507 460 39,859 152,40599 Mayab Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 201 29,658 1,827 . . . . . . . . . 176 452 580 580 . . . 29,697 99 2,005,662 68.50 124,068 4.24 11,166 140,396 36,115 372,203 2,689,610 91.86 29,279 322 33,106 116,624

100 North Chiapas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 335 53,204 3,565 1 73 . . . 9,067 78 1,373 230 . . . 46,095 100 2,454,841 67.06 169,176 4.62 15,226 171,839 25,895 507,527 3,344,504 91.37 36,605 499 54,452 159,025101 Quintana Roo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 148 19,112 1,852 4 25 5 17 6 129 36 . . . 20,810 101 2,069,432 110.48 139,301 7.44 12,537 144,860 32,899 417,903 2,816,932 150.39 18,731 211 23,777 130,943102 Soconusco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 453 54,861 2,877 16 15 . . . 2,368 85 528 144 . . . 54,644 102 2,437,984 45.04 173,669 3.21 15,630 170,659 23,250 521,008 3,342,200 61.75 54,125 632 64,356 163,249103 Tabasco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 224 36,596 2,965 22 35 . . . 30 72 905 100 . . . 38,511 103 3,573,511 97.60 241,628 6.60 21,747 250,146 74,151 724,884 4,886,067 133.45 36,614 395 46,660 227,130104 Upper Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 399 30,938 2,690 . . . . . . . . . 3 23 737 100 . . . 32,765 104 1,083,083 25.24 55,072 1.28 4,956 75,816 8,002 165,215 1,392,144 32.44 42,917 456 40,319 51,767105 West Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 231 . . . 2,694 9 22,471 . . . 19 28 337 75 . . . 24,715 105 1,300,698 64.40 110,640 5.48 9,958 91,049 . . . 331,919 1,844,264 91.32 20,196 324 30,638 104,001

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 2,312 266,690 20,849 90 22,652 29 22,865 1,019 5,129 1,357 . . . 279,940 17,799,556 67.17 1,175,687 4.44 105,812 1,245,969 242,025 3,527,057 24,096,106 90.94 264,974 3,299 333,167 1,105,144

106 VENEZUELA-ANTILLES UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 617,021 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,191 . . . . . . 660,212 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Aruba Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 673 15 . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . 10 2 . . . 676 107 316,961 539.05 20,840 35.44 1,876 22,187 . . . 62,521 424,385 721.74 588 8 847 19,590108 Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 34 20,599 1,323 45 . . . . . . 2 18 104 . . . . . . 21,843 108 1,243,187 60.97 79,875 3.92 7,189 87,023 1,633 239,626 1,658,533 81.34 20,391 101 39,431 75,083109 East Venezuela Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 110 18,682 4,219 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 16 3 . . . 22,878 109 807,575 43.65 64,374 3.48 5,794 56,530 . . . 193,123 1,127,396 60.94 18,501 205 26,299 60,512110 Netherlands Antilles Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 7 5,455 415 11 61 . . . 46 25 36 1 . . . 5,834 110 1,233,495 240.59 59,837 11.67 5,385 86,345 . . . 179,511 1,564,573 305.16 5,127 32 8,317 56,247111 North Central Venezuela Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 52 17,202 1,707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 18,907 111 820,997 48.46 52,143 3.08 4,693 57,470 5,558 156,428 1,097,289 64.77 16,942 142 21,647 49,014112 South Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 50 16,271 1,480 55 3 . . . 6 2 5 . . . 20 17,776 112 787,330 49.90 56,197 3.56 5,058 55,113 1,503 168,591 1,073,792 68.06 15,777 134 19,467 52,825113 Southeast Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 66 27,509 3,695 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,204 113 836,057 31.48 69,697 2.62 6,273 57,690 2,422 209,091 1,181,230 44.47 26,560 172 36,513 65,515114 Southwest Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 44 19,494 2,098 17 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 327 21,277 114 681,155 35.76 45,153 2.37 4,064 47,681 490 135,460 914,003 47.99 19,047 124 27,107 42,444115 West Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 81 31,962 3,238 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 33 4 . . . 35,154 115 1,308,588 41.34 80,376 2.54 7,234 91,601 10,785 241,128 1,739,712 54.95 31,658 221 36,729 75,553116 West Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 42 25,811 2,747 129 3 . . . 29 81 362 . . . . . . 28,218 116 1,014,244 40.19 57,209 2.27 5,149 70,997 3,226 171,627 1,322,452 52.40 25,238 159 28,315 53,777

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 487 183,658 20,937 258 69 . . . 85 145 568 10 347 203,767 9,666,610 53.75 585,701 3.26 52,715 675,828 25,617 1,757,106 12,763,577 70.98 179,829 1,298 244,672 550,560

117 WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 347,412 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,319 . . . . . . 371,731 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Bahamas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . 14,426 808 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 4 . . . 15,212 118 4,383,605 308.16 213,648 15.02 19,228 306,852 72,928 640,945 5,637,206 396.29 14,225 57 25,181 200,830119 Cayman Islands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 3,692 245 4 12 . . . 71 18 18 . . . . . . 3,846 119 3,319,046 932.84 132,523 37.25 11,927 232,333 27,566 397,568 4,120,963 1,158.22 3,558 15 3,506 124,571120 Central Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 21 71,136 3,682 17 82 . . . 100 142 95 30 . . . 74,550 120 5,484,725 77.98 168,926 2.40 15,203 383,931 86,205 506,777 6,645,767 94.49 70,336 245 101,421 158,790121 East Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 14 65,231 2,683 4 74 . . . 107 117 72 . . . . . . 67,696 121 6,510,231 100.73 232,774 3.60 20,950 388,916 98,958 698,324 7,950,153 123.01 64,630 143 90,200 218,808122 North Bahamas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 2,248 184 . . . 14 . . . 21 3 12 . . . 46 2,364 122 1,227,703 574.77 76,730 35.92 6,906 85,939 13,568 230,189 1,641,035 768.27 2,136 11 2,500 72,126123 North Jamaica Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 18 24,448 1,722 13 47 . . . 60 105 135 . . . . . . 25,930 123 1,157,689 48.47 48,194 2.02 4,337 81,038 70,629 144,583 1,506,470 63.07 23,887 136 35,140 45,303124 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 1,622 178 . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,804 124 601,385 392.81 22,691 14.82 2,042 42,097 . . . 68,073 736,288 480.92 1,531 9 1,873 21,329125 West Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 10 68,780 3,576 25 69 . . . 80 226 292 30 . . . 71,822 125 4,780,339 70.05 175,560 2.57 15,800 334,624 155,477 526,680 5,988,480 87.76 68,240 215 78,267 165,026

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 64 251,583 13,078 63 302 . . . 439 626 627 64 46 263,224 27,812,135 111.90 1,071,046 4.31 96,393 1,880,049 525,331 3,213,139 34,598,093 139.20 248,543 831 338,088 1,006,783

126 INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 106 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 126 661,835 . . . 2,891 . . . 260 655,217 . . . 8,673 1,328,876 . . . 108 . . . . . . 2,718127 Belize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 30 . . . 644 . . . 31,462 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . 32,091 127 1,009,923 32.75 48,667 1.58 4,380 85,423 5,198 146,000 1,299,591 42.15 30,835 80 34,406 45,747128 Caribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 118 204,022 5,148 67 166 17 324 284 152 89 19 208,552 128 29,852,236 147.63 1,332,811 6.59 119,952 2,089,655 713,009 3,998,435 38,106,098 188.45 202,206 706 270,514 1,252,842129 Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 203 . . . 903 45 64,782 . . . 87 26 102 44 . . . 65,471 129 4,458,045 71.93 250,299 4.04 41,776 311,813 . . . 750,898 5,812,831 93.79 61,978 369 77,023 235,281130 Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,145 901 251,290 19,145 195 31,377 32 31,633 833 3,683 2,369 228 263,293 130 13,848,364 56.05 683,932 2.77 61,554 953,924 . . . 2,051,794 17,599,568 71.23 247,078 2,082 305,552 642,896131 Cuban Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 147 27,556 2,671 105 310 12 376 316 822 20 24 29,096 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 39,438 . . .132 Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 533 242,084 13,848 46 130 . . . 143 266 2,573 423 . . . 252,703 132 8,591,296 36.04 760,456 3.19 68,442 601,392 80,578 2,281,370 12,383,534 51.95 238,390 1,157 272,359 714,830133 French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 39 29,008 529 9 131 . . . 152 116 110 233 . . . 29,066 133 16,275,009 562.57 891,552 30.82 80,240 1,139,251 . . . 2,674,655 21,060,707 727.99 28,930 178 37,167 838,058134 Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 120 229,453 15,600 689 226 . . . 31,784 228 1,791 3,090 2,200 206,875 134 4,167,684 21.53 226,507 1.17 20,386 291,737 153,200 679,525 5,539,039 28.61 193,602 791 210,735 212,918135 Haitian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 539 315,538 13,005 37 110 463 145 183 445 29 322 328,029 135 3,142,826 10.04 258,012 0.82 23,222 219,997 2,955 774,035 4,421,047 14.13 312,963 1,090 512,065 242,531136 Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 1,175 166,878 11,151 449 17,985 . . . 27,301 992 8,855 3,696 . . . 155,619 136 13,538,379 84.81 858,478 5.38 77,262 947,687 205,613 2,575,431 18,202,850 114.03 159,633 2,156 219,143 806,967137 Mid-Central American Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,035 405 358,603 51,336 1,106 72,115 2,202 72,134 309 2,088 560 2,202 408,069 137 6,471,573 19.30 379,214 1.13 34,130 422,070 221,444 1,137,641 8,666,072 25.84 335,394 1,458 421,249 356,461138 North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 365 163,972 8,754 430 245 . . . 55,792 175 976 967 . . . 115,491 138 13,893,301 125.89 789,287 7.15 84,094 962,343 . . . 2,367,861 18,096,886 163.98 110,363 847 142,227 741,930139 Puerto Rican Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 26 36,442 1,768 140 609 11 580 264 621 222 663 36,620 139 17,286,089 484.23 544,953 15.27 49,046 1,210,025 111,849 1,634,861 20,836,823 583.70 35,698 319 36,620 512,256140 South Central American Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 628 162 231,602 20,364 318 683 . . . 1,067 272 1,259 780 . . . 249,589 140 6,871,453 30.22 468,468 2.06 42,162 477,607 57,228 1,405,404 9,322,322 41.00 227,370 919 282,102 440,359141 South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 2,312 266,690 20,849 90 22,652 29 22,865 1,019 5,129 1,357 . . . 279,940 141 17,799,556 67.17 1,175,687 4.44 105,812 1,245,969 242,025 3,527,057 24,096,106 90.94 264,974 3,299 333,167 1,105,144142 Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 487 183,658 20,937 258 69 . . . 85 145 568 10 347 203,767 142 9,666,610 53.75 585,701 3.26 52,715 675,828 25,617 1,757,106 12,763,577 70.98 179,829 1,298 244,672 550,560143 West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682 64 251,583 13,078 63 302 . . . 439 626 627 64 46 263,224 143 27,812,135 111.90 1,071,046 4.31 96,393 1,880,049 525,331 3,213,139 34,598,093 139.20 248,543 831 338,088 1,006,783

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,981 7,626 2,958,485 219,730 4,048 243,354 2,766 244,907 6,054 29,816 13,953 6,051 3,127,602 195,346,314 67.88 10,327,961 3.59 961,826 14,169,987 2,344,047 30,983,885 254,134,020 88.31 2,877,894 18,018 3,776,527 9,708,281

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Bermuda Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1 3,947 63 1 45 15 87 51 25 123 78 3,707 2 5,607,173 1,426.76 168,640 42.91 40,229 901,200 42,352 2,304,481 9,064,075 2,306.38 3,930 11 1,012 162,0233 Greater New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 19 23,778 1,002 288 440 336 628 103 183 606 481 23,843 3 23,044,109 986.06 624,609 26.73 50,472 186,480 258,882 10,189,029 34,353,581 1,469.99 23,370 165 17,482 609,4444 New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1 5,122 97 80 83 62 101 39 19 2 33 5,250 4 4,104,612 819.12 107,572 21.47 23,675 452,303 5,037 1,732,013 6,425,212 1,282.22 5,011 58 2,033 100,9745 Northeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 20 47,100 1,714 233 1,039 1,064 1,314 323 252 2,103 . . . 47,158 5 36,207,440 766.33 852,845 18.05 17,391 139,912 158,094 13,786,880 51,162,562 1,082.85 47,248 . . . . . . 845,0076 Northern New England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4 5,068 142 19 196 . . . 186 66 33 53 . . . 5,087 6 5,534,837 1,105.42 161,294 32.21 46,817 341,895 8,478 4,124,563 10,217,884 2,040.72 5,007 64 1,358 148,3647 Southern New England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 22 14,512 610 107 516 . . . 440 73 78 102 43 15,009 7 14,939,931 1,031.69 385,739 26.64 78,034 432,954 4,802 8,793,950 24,635,410 1,701.22 14,481 126 31,182 376,255

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 67 99,527 3,628 728 2,319 1,477 2,756 655 590 2,989 635 100,054 89,438,102 902.99 2,300,699 23.23 256,618 2,454,744 477,645 40,930,916 135,858,724 1,371.66 99,047 424 53,067 2,242,067

8 CANADA, SDA CHURCH IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,145 360 . . . . . . 22,505 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Alberta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 14 9,495 266 21 453 7 352 63 14 45 4 9,764 9 11,584,390 1,228.46 494,186 52.41 55,598 1,671,169 40,564 7,351,014 21,196,921 2,247.82 9,430 68 3,965 458,326

10 British Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 20 10,381 195 24 458 27 404 97 57 4 . . . 10,523 10 10,704,219 1,036.03 588,252 56.93 73,639 1,055,025 86,189 6,545,003 19,052,327 1,844.01 10,332 98 6,502 562,64311 Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2 3,224 34 14 201 . . . 142 45 2 . . . 3 3,281 11 3,190,655 989.66 138,287 42.89 21,844 459,296 43,107 1,327,568 5,180,757 1,606.93 3,224 32 1,377 134,52012 Maritime Conference of the SDA Church, Inc . . . . . . . . 24 5 1,564 31 2 51 . . . 26 15 6 1 3 1,597 12 1,539,059 991.66 76,465 49.27 10,012 309,743 25,827 1,278,903 3,240,009 2,087.63 1,552 28 790 72,24913 Ontario Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 21 27,195 1,419 114 577 (64) 583 181 136 249 67 28,025 13 24,909,205 920.31 647,498 23.92 88,592 1,477,016 116,213 13,980,077 41,218,601 1,522.89 27,066 140 18,361 610,55614 Quebec Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 13 5,237 295 17 92 72 90 34 52 44 7 5,486 14 4,065,980 787.68 124,662 24.15 6,751 418,220 1,495 2,258,858 6,875,966 1,332.04 5,162 . . . . . . 120,91215 SDA Church in Newfoundland and Labrador . . . . . . . . . 8 3 674 11 2 5 . . . 8 6 . . . . . . . . . 678 15 499,615 751.30 17,900 26.92 2,129 47,717 3,901 227,081 798,343 1,200.52 665 11 26 17,090

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)16 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16,114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Allegheny East Conference Corporation of SDA . . . . . . 106 22 32,130 925 115 301 552 344 108 13 18 . . . 33,540 17 30,277,063 948.71 377,039 11.81 35,026 1,041,009 10,686 . . . 31,740,823 994.57 31,914 . . . . . . 373,13818 Allegheny West Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 6 12,527 212 30 47 95 67 45 15 32 17 12,735 18 6,519,062 524.63 75,128 6.05 2,910 (34,586) 100 1,628,735 8,191,349 659.21 12,426 . . . . . . 74,64419 Chesapeake Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 9 12,771 300 63 562 4 510 90 77 75 8 12,940 19 14,695,327 1,164.36 422,324 33.46 96,889 526,792 47,189 . . . 15,788,521 1,250.97 12,621 . . . . . . 404,23320 Mountain View Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3 2,355 90 10 75 1 58 38 11 21 6 2,397 20 2,286,288 957.01 79,231 33.16 15,395 176,674 45,852 1,154,621 3,758,061 1,573.07 2,389 36 905 75,38421 New Jersey Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 14 12,083 666 96 282 . . . 365 61 105 230 74 12,292 21 10,166,509 858.88 296,022 25.01 38,345 351,857 20,502 1,108,586 11,981,821 1,012.23 11,837 93 4,619 287,08322 Ohio Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 7 11,420 283 59 339 . . . 317 124 172 29 . . . 11,459 22 9,424,675 820.18 262,539 22.85 44,163 347,088 8,619 . . . 10,087,084 877.82 11,491 . . . . . . 247,98923 Pennsylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 3 10,162 369 41 491 (19) 391 110 150 101 . . . 10,292 23 10,503,455 1,029.95 323,054 31.68 43,763 444,757 26,331 . . . 11,341,360 1,112.12 10,198 47 3,261 312,09924 Potomac Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 25 31,155 1,237 264 1,083 74 952 185 200 370 . . . 32,106 24 29,886,074 971.87 534,639 17.39 67,396 (231,225) 39,202 . . . 30,296,086 985.21 30,751 161 13,126 517,468

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 89 124,603 4,082 678 3,180 707 3,004 761 743 876 105 127,761 113,774,567 920.31 2,369,976 19.17 343,887 2,622,366 198,481 3,891,942 123,201,219 996.56 123,627 337 21,911 2,292,038

25 LAKE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10,887 . . . 3,043 . . . 108 26 . . . . . . 14,064 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,01426 Illinois Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 16 12,747 350 49 484 9 430 104 72 147 . . . 12,886 26 11,667,882 914.84 273,933 21.48 60,684 609,494 31,966 5,647,650 18,291,609 1,434.19 12,754 114 7,179 255,22127 Indiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 8 7,177 205 59 230 (11) 208 76 30 25 . . . 7,321 27 7,625,492 1,080.25 249,541 35.35 33,798 365,772 14,590 5,031,987 13,321,180 1,887.12 7,059 73 3,221 240,11628 Lake Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 2 28,739 472 58 233 25 368 89 364 22 . . . 28,684 28 11,532,470 411.65 129,054 4.61 16,783 572,987 . . . 3,818,961 16,070,255 573.63 28,015 108 . . . 126,69329 Michigan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 20 25,028 716 77 649 27 638 203 148 85 5 25,418 29 30,350,162 1,212.55 1,291,826 51.61 253,292 3,084,867 513,578 17,833,693 53,327,418 2,130.54 25,030 186 . . . 1,231,45830 Wisconsin Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 6 7,000 260 15 217 (3) 225 72 15 5 . . . 7,172 30 6,552,298 952.23 257,693 37.45 46,895 546,424 8,917 3,747,520 11,159,747 1,621.82 6,881 69 3,596 246,991

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 52 80,691 2,003 258 1,813 47 1,869 544 629 284 5 81,481 67,739,191 849.51 2,205,090 27.65 411,560 5,179,570 569,051 36,079,811 112,184,273 1,406.89 79,739 550 13,996 2,103,493

31 MID-AMERICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Central States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 14 11,948 177 18 64 . . . 62 26 1 12 1 12,105 32 5,112,803 434.17 69,409 5.89 2,674 849 1,545 3,180,916 8,368,196 710.61 11,776 39 . . . 69,40933 Dakota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 2 4,258 116 10 287 4 292 68 21 2 . . . 4,292 33 4,113,531 967.21 180,406 42.42 23,851 20,755 3,567 1,885,111 6,227,221 1,464.19 4,253 52 1,560 175,96334 Iowa-Missouri Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 5 10,639 234 44 307 3 308 101 76 39 5 10,698 34 10,164,515 958.28 335,231 31.60 78,684 43,229 42,395 6,867,713 17,531,767 1,652.85 10,607 . . . . . . 318,24935 Kansas-Nebraska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 6 11,352 205 30 404 . . . 430 102 101 100 15 11,243 35 10,404,365 912.58 335,300 29.41 92,693 48,879 23,944 6,102,409 17,007,590 1,491.76 11,401 104 . . . 309,30936 Minnesota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 12 7,251 325 64 238 3 229 61 71 28 7 7,485 36 6,308,254 893.65 211,904 30.02 56,989 34,647 9,826 4,818,550 11,440,170 1,620.65 7,059 74 . . . 190,67237 Rocky Mountain Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 20 15,967 311 45 743 10 655 125 58 22 3 16,213 37 17,732,200 1,119.32 435,820 27.51 111,747 59,332 3,060 8,717,673 27,059,832 1,708.11 15,842 . . . . . . 412,409

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 59 61,415 1,368 211 2,043 20 1,976 483 328 203 31 62,036 53,835,668 883.45 1,568,070 25.73 366,638 207,691 84,337 31,572,372 87,634,776 1,438.10 60,938 269 1,560 1,476,011

38 NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 164,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Alaska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5 3,629 173 28 65 . . . 68 20 16 162 9 3,620 39 3,522,247 944.05 94,293 25.27 33,925 81,202 699 1,797,091 5,529,457 1,482.03 3,731 29 225 85,23940 Idaho Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3 6,354 122 19 111 . . . 54 54 78 42 7 6,371 40 5,494,812 870.40 175,903 27.86 46,264 211,978 3,877 3,632,410 9,565,244 1,515.17 6,313 45 . . . 167,54941 Montana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7 3,970 104 14 113 2 64 53 66 25 2 3,993 41 3,728,472 935.86 102,599 25.75 37,302 141,268 1,522 1,766,574 5,777,737 1,450.24 3,984 44 . . . 94,41742 Oregon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 17 34,540 902 131 393 8 355 361 109 137 22 34,990 42 31,508,374 918.80 1,083,214 31.59 221,567 1,427,474 11,794 19,874,837 54,127,260 1,578.38 34,293 145 . . . 1,034,97543 Upper Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 17 24,557 561 58 381 56 279 261 37 61 1 24,974 43 22,829,855 938.30 779,747 32.05 187,540 1,110,465 39,527 11,356,977 36,304,111 1,492.09 24,331 . . . . . . 688,97644 Washington Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 16 20,237 584 117 294 1 224 118 86 54 21 20,730 44 18,162,576 904.29 405,508 20.19 161,673 759,163 5,583 339,202 19,833,705 987.49 20,085 96 3,112 345,748

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 65 93,287 2,446 367 1,357 67 1,044 867 392 481 62 94,678 85,410,916 921.00 2,641,264 28.48 688,271 3,731,550 63,002 38,767,091 131,302,094 1,415.85 92,737 359 3,337 2,416,904

45 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Arizona Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 20 16,404 786 111 668 42 671 94 30 93 50 17,073 46 10,484,621 653.86 305,104 19.03 68,331 37,658 8,902 4,532,144 15,436,760 962.69 16,035 94 6,442 295,08347 Central California Conference of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 9 33,630 1,124 162 763 . . . 942 264 73 131 . . . 34,269 47 25,122,383 760.32 667,101 20.19 200,879 121,096 5,027 14,076,780 40,193,266 1,216.43 33,042 . . . . . . 626,55048 Hawaii Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 5,756 78 9 137 . . . 139 53 57 19 . . . 5,712 48 5,437,769 949.17 153,735 26.83 48,192 30,045 21,547 2,721,065 8,412,353 1,468.38 5,729 . . . . . . 145,47549 Nevada-Utah Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 20 7,901 392 88 268 16 253 36 37 15 30 8,294 49 6,494,685 832.12 161,899 20.74 25,348 15,420 2,376 3,102,784 9,802,512 1,255.93 7,805 51 . . . 151,66150 Northern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 17 40,414 989 145 1,261 . . . 1,279 369 84 266 . . . 40,811 50 38,975,443 968.05 1,204,361 29.91 269,800 133,627 25,778 17,005,573 57,614,582 1,430.99 40,262 . . . . . . 645,30851 Southeastern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 16 66,653 1,781 515 1,486 104 1,465 459 636 208 168 67,603 51 47,997,681 723.06 1,241,412 18.70 257,563 103,816 8,229 30,049,873 79,658,574 1,200.02 66,381 151 . . . 1,192,88152 Southern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 20 42,189 1,452 299 1,287 22 1,499 260 73 1,068 56 42,293 52 32,610,668 768.72 698,304 16.46 116,135 72,693 27,047 12,588,042 46,112,889 1,087.00 42,422 . . . . . . 680,345

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 103 212,947 6,602 1,329 5,870 184 6,248 1,535 990 1,800 304 216,055 167,123,250 789.52 4,431,916 20.94 986,248 514,355 98,906 84,076,261 257,230,936 1,215.21 211,676 296 6,442 3,737,303

53 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Carolina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 16 18,824 730 158 793 . . . 692 168 110 63 32 19,440 54 21,016,505 1,147.13 597,846 32.63 74,446 148,509 42,543 . . . 21,879,849 1,194.25 18,321 134 4,020 568,64555 Florida Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 46 57,672 1,928 453 2,613 66 2,411 413 177 887 . . . 58,844 55 49,457,661 869.26 1,128,311 19.83 230,358 166,294 83,390 21,313,312 72,379,326 1,272.13 56,896 195 37,486 1,085,07156 Georgia-Cumberland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 30 33,387 1,149 253 2,172 (38) 1,629 317 170 191 . . . 34,616 56 38,824,236 1,194.70 995,478 30.63 153,827 266,086 71,801 11,128,435 51,439,863 1,582.91 32,497 186 25,300 944,84057 Gulf States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 17 9,631 420 46 435 . . . 366 101 90 50 11 9,914 57 8,928,765 950.27 295,315 31.43 43,889 54,337 20,006 2,402,285 11,744,597 1,249.96 9,396 89 9,631 285,91658 Kentucky-Tennessee Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 9 13,013 394 76 487 7 586 144 78 18 3 13,148 58 13,311,834 1,032.49 374,297 29.03 101,720 92,176 36,717 4,798,497 18,715,241 1,451.58 12,893 104 3,482 348,54559 South Atlantic Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 16 37,799 1,298 101 600 1,889 409 97 36 138 . . . 41,007 59 21,292,220 585.74 345,409 9.50 15,180 35,431 1,298 2,063,067 23,752,605 653.42 36,351 172 3,500 303,20160 South Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 10 33,460 1,063 66 579 . . . 454 283 308 56 (32) 34,099 60 17,480,926 527.23 268,180 8.09 3,697 24,451 47,623 3,937,627 21,762,504 656.37 33,156 136 3,896 188,16461 Southeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 6 36,008 576 130 252 859 269 47 62 19 278 37,150 61 18,975,987 540.52 315,474 8.99 16,378 17,804 30 2,395,932 21,721,605 618.73 35,107 163 19,328 279,270

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 150 239,794 7,558 1,283 7,931 2,783 6,816 1,570 1,031 1,422 292 248,218 189,288,134 806.80 4,320,310 18.41 639,495 805,088 303,408 48,039,155 243,395,590 1,037.42 234,617 1,179 106,643 4,003,652

62 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 30,693 . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . . . . . . . 30,796 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Arkansas-Louisiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 7 10,611 408 68 392 3 404 94 55 1 18 10,910 63 9,304,914 883.74 257,245 24.43 48,692 327,381 59,341 5,993,814 15,991,387 1,518.79 10,529 105 4,800 245,42464 Oklahoma Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 2 7,385 329 74 389 3 375 68 53 43 10 7,631 64 6,458,765 900.68 207,861 28.99 55,354 361,049 24,223 5,198,174 12,305,426 1,716.00 7,171 77 2,889 197,54865 Southwest Region Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 16 22,718 688 112 254 . . . 232 59 18 241 . . . 23,222 65 10,586,825 473.58 125,016 5.59 10,676 93,414 5,091 7,425,404 18,246,426 816.21 22,355 112 6,843 118,23766 Texas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 40 41,017 2,096 348 1,844 16 1,542 209 274 551 62 42,683 66 37,316,944 931.36 975,387 24.34 212,986 148,489 48,779 16,142,522 54,845,107 1,368.83 40,067 258 14,942 934,55167 Texico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 6 10,424 501 99 234 1 290 67 53 30 64 10,755 67 6,165,830 600.02 154,310 15.02 44,654 204,938 13,154 5,371,440 11,954,326 1,163.32 10,276 74 4,785 146,424

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 71 92,155 4,022 701 3,113 23 2,843 497 453 866 154 95,201 69,863,971 772.85 1,719,819 19.02 372,465 1,135,271 150,588 40,131,354 113,373,468 1,254.16 90,398 626 34,259 1,642,184

68 NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 172,341 . . . 130,449 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302,790 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,08769 Atlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 67 99,527 3,628 728 2,319 1,477 2,756 655 590 2,989 635 100,054 69 89,438,102 902.99 2,300,699 23.23 256,618 2,454,744 477,645 40,930,916 135,858,724 1,371.66 99,047 424 53,067 2,242,06770 Canada, SDA Church in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 78 57,770 2,251 194 1,837 42 1,605 441 267 343 84 59,354 70 56,493,123 983.67 2,087,250 36.34 280,710 5,438,546 317,296 32,968,504 97,585,429 1,699.18 57,431 377 31,021 1,976,29671 Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 89 124,603 4,082 678 3,180 707 3,004 761 743 876 105 127,761 71 113,774,567 920.31 2,369,976 19.17 343,887 2,622,366 198,481 3,891,942 123,201,219 996.56 123,627 337 21,911 2,292,03872 Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 52 80,691 2,003 258 1,813 47 1,869 544 629 284 5 81,481 72 67,739,191 849.51 2,205,090 27.65 411,560 5,179,570 569,051 36,079,811 112,184,273 1,406.89 79,739 550 13,996 2,103,49373 Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 59 61,415 1,368 211 2,043 20 1,976 483 328 203 31 62,036 73 53,835,668 883.45 1,568,070 25.73 366,638 207,691 84,337 31,572,372 87,634,776 1,438.10 60,938 269 1,560 1,476,01174 North Pacific Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 65 93,287 2,446 367 1,357 67 1,044 867 392 481 62 94,678 74 85,410,916 921.00 2,641,264 28.48 688,271 3,731,550 63,002 38,767,091 131,302,094 1,415.85 92,737 359 3,337 2,416,90475 Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 103 212,947 6,602 1,329 5,870 184 6,248 1,535 990 1,800 304 216,055 75 167,123,250 789.52 4,431,916 20.94 986,248 514,355 98,906 84,076,261 257,230,936 1,215.21 211,676 296 6,442 3,737,30376 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 150 239,794 7,558 1,283 7,931 2,783 6,816 1,570 1,031 1,422 292 248,218 76 189,288,134 806.80 4,320,310 18.41 639,495 805,088 303,408 48,039,155 243,395,590 1,037.42 234,617 1,179 106,643 4,003,65277 Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 71 92,155 4,022 701 3,113 23 2,843 497 453 866 154 95,201 77 69,863,971 772.85 1,719,819 19.02 372,465 1,135,271 150,588 40,131,354 113,373,468 1,254.16 90,398 626 34,259 1,642,184

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 CHINESE UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7,976 . . . 631 . . . 950 . . . . . . . . . 9,557 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5032 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,079 3,021 360,822 8,561 3,361 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,427 . . . 370,317 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352,916 4,100 370,317 . . .3 Hong Kong-Macao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 4,539 106 15 47 . . . 48 35 1 12 . . . 4,611 3 2,052,521 456.42 132,772 29.52 15,956 . . . . . . 587,225 2,788,474 620.07 4,497 21 2,506 103,6604 Taiwan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 29 5,391 210 2 . . . . . . . . . 40 3 12 . . . 5,548 4 1,732,129 328.24 54,569 10.34 9,094 . . . . . . 1,002,660 2,798,452 530.31 5,277 81 4,337 51,861

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149 3,053 370,752 8,877 3,378 47 . . . 48 75 4 2,451 . . . 380,476 3,792,626 10.46 187,972 0.52 26,000 . . . . . . 1,589,885 5,596,483 15.43 362,690 4,202 377,160 156,024

5 JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 88,605 . . . 266 . . . 292 8,296 522 . . . 97,981 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2626 East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 16 7,959 149 17 197 . . . 186 91 16 12 . . . 8,017 6 7,369,072 928.68 311,562 39.26 73,803 630,767 120,765 3,790,644 12,296,613 1,549.67 7,935 104 5,837 286,6777 Okinawa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4 2,162 41 9 40 . . . 41 27 . . . . . . . . . 2,184 7 1,364,288 631.32 53,508 24.76 13,597 142,589 75,361 716,464 2,365,807 1,094.77 2,161 24 1,131 171,3668 West Japan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 19 5,092 69 23 131 . . . 125 60 11 21 . . . 5,098 8 3,501,536 694.34 183,008 36.29 39,396 359,093 29,422 2,498,518 6,610,973 1,310.92 5,043 82 3,781 49,435

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 39 15,213 259 49 368 . . . 352 178 27 33 . . . 15,299 12,323,501 814.02 548,344 36.22 127,088 1,140,745 226,070 7,005,626 21,371,374 1,411.68 15,139 210 10,749 507,740

9 KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 43,766 . . . 3,636 . . . 662 . . . 12,672 . . . 60,736 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,49310 East Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 47 65,419 1,844 2 31 . . . 3 8 . . . . . . . . . 67,285 10 14,391,121 223.72 635,235 9.88 76,809 295,640 78,930 . . . 15,477,735 240.61 64,327 262 33,999 631,71811 Middlewest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 32 24,501 817 42 141 . . . 107 54 6 20 . . . 25,314 11 6,040,683 251.52 347,319 14.46 38,087 148,306 9,183 1,934,479 8,518,057 354.67 24,017 159 17,708 342,92112 North Korean Mission* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 866 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 . . . . . . . . .13 Southeast Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 58 27,382 838 . . . 12 . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,222 13 6,430,768 239.22 231,227 8.60 21,032 154,145 37,720 1,901,817 8,776,709 326.49 26,882 187 11,827 229,19614 Southwest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 41 18,375 712 . . . 6 . . . 14 15 10 18 . . . 19,036 14 4,949,930 275.18 241,267 13.41 24,996 199,733 22,169 1,935,714 7,373,809 409.93 17,988 152 14,003 237,14215 West Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 26 66,974 2,162 1 28 . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . 69,160 15 14,887,449 226.07 735,489 11.17 105,532 315,290 65,721 6,365,277 22,474,758 341.29 65,852 193 31,142 721,941

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 204 203,517 6,373 45 218 . . . 137 79 16 38 . . . 209,883 46,743,717 233.80 2,194,173 10.97 267,118 1,113,114 226,395 12,137,287 62,681,804 313.52 199,932 953 108,679 2,166,411*As last reported in 1959.

16 ATTACHED FIELD 1617 Mongolia Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 1,202 179 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1,399 17 45,172 42.70 2,032 1.92 . . . 571 . . . . . . 47,775 45.16 1,058 27 727 1,313

18 NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Chinese Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,149 3,053 370,752 8,877 3,378 47 . . . 48 75 4 2,451 . . . 380,476 19 3,792,626 10.46 187,972 0.52 26,000 . . . . . . 1,589,885 5,596,483 15.43 362,690 4,202 377,160 156,02420 Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 39 15,213 259 49 368 . . . 352 178 27 33 . . . 15,299 20 12,323,501 814.02 548,344 36.22 127,088 1,140,745 226,070 7,005,626 21,371,374 1,411.68 15,139 210 10,749 507,74021 Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 204 203,517 6,373 45 218 . . . 137 79 16 38 . . . 209,883 21 46,743,717 233.80 2,194,173 10.97 267,118 1,113,114 226,395 12,137,287 62,681,804 313.52 199,932 953 108,679 2,166,41122 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 1,202 179 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1,399 22 45,172 42.70 2,032 1.92 . . . 571 . . . . . . 47,775 45.16 1,058 27 727 1,313

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970 3,302 590,684 15,688 3,472 633 26 537 332 47 2,522 8 607,057 62,905,016 108.68 2,932,521 5.07 420,206 2,254,430 452,465 20,732,798 89,697,436 154.97 578,819 5,392 497,315 2,831,488

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 AUSTRAL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Buenos Aires Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 53 26,489 1,543 138 170 . . . 152 135 326 73 12 27,642 2 4,670,351 182.33 114,046 4.45 8,217 107,441 . . . 1,055,967 5,956,022 232.52 25,615 235 21,506 114,0463 Central Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 90 26,282 1,415 60 722 3 707 252 530 64 3 26,926 3 4,673,664 184.60 102,374 4.04 16,092 202,414 . . . 1,177,908 6,172,452 243.80 25,318 300 2,342 101,0514 North Argentine Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 85 24,518 1,593 24 43 1 94 81 412 38 2 25,552 4 2,632,083 111.56 53,239 2.26 4,008 39,173 . . . 585,964 3,314,467 140.49 23,593 245 5,465 52,0975 Northwest Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 23 11,620 617 15 28 91 51 72 417 54 100 11,677 5 856,978 77.53 16,935 1.53 1,752 15,893 . . . 68,721 960,279 86.87 11,054 69 5,142 16,6496 Paraguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 56 14,545 927 6 2 . . . 14 24 85 39 . . . 15,318 6 1,266,604 91.64 23,950 1.73 3,529 44,174 . . . 23,568 1,361,825 98.53 13,821 190 1,883 23,9507 South Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 55 10,346 635 20 90 20 65 86 374 53 10 10,523 7 2,243,739 227.33 46,060 4.67 3,716 516,614 . . . 538,352 3,348,481 339.26 9,870 186 6,554 45,7368 Uruguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 26 6,877 377 5 37 . . . 32 51 169 12 77 6,955 8 1,057,550 158.67 24,864 3.73 274 21,681 . . . 71,548 1,175,917 176.43 6,665 80 2,218 24,327

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 388 120,677 7,107 268 1,092 115 1,115 701 2,313 333 204 124,593 17,400,969 150.09 381,468 3.29 37,588 947,390 . . . 3,522,028 22,289,443 192.26 115,936 1,305 45,110 377,856

9 BOLIVIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Central Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 225 59,575 5,069 6 13 60 12 28 109 737 3 63,834 10 1,130,307 19.44 35,541 0.61 140 4,180 . . . 13,580 1,183,748 20.36 58,151 530 34,604 35,54111 East Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 95 44,488 3,867 11 9 . . . 276 66 442 1,781 . . . 45,810 11 1,223,137 29.21 58,793 1.40 229 4,394 . . . 11,875 1,298,428 31.01 41,870 385 25,486 58,79312 West Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 346 94,196 6,622 30 38 . . . 29 115 746 510 . . . 99,486 12 1,146,202 12.54 37,242 0.41 184 5,115 . . . 10,905 1,199,648 13.13 91,390 728 31,689 37,242

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 666 198,259 15,558 47 60 60 317 209 1,297 3,028 3 209,130 3,499,646 18.28 131,576 0.69 553 13,689 . . . 36,360 3,681,824 19.24 191,411 1,643 91,779 131,576

13 CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Central Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 153 44,632 2,732 80 739 82 575 234 1,132 57 135 46,132 14 15,762,100 368.45 429,942 10.05 27,754 348,043 292,386 3,553,727 20,413,952 477.18 42,780 435 52,260 429,94215 East Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 65 28,590 1,752 92 384 58 414 157 966 419 132 28,788 15 9,186,648 325.41 323,373 11.45 20,346 240,591 169,964 2,808,657 12,749,579 451.62 28,231 213 38,215 323,37316 Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 99 30,295 2,351 73 610 75 478 145 709 187 129 31,756 16 13,422,618 463.71 383,445 13.25 31,542 315,118 251,162 3,196,524 17,600,409 608.04 28,946 238 40,951 383,44517 Sao Paulo Paraiba Valley Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 113 24,278 1,989 73 463 80 305 129 707 280 148 25,314 17 7,175,413 306.69 208,826 8.93 14,694 170,168 132,019 1,666,356 9,367,476 400.39 23,396 239 35,472 208,82618 South Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 96 41,471 3,029 93 242 28 388 154 927 69 106 43,219 18 12,144,512 299.16 327,748 8.07 22,725 265,392 226,166 2,425,854 15,412,397 379.66 40,595 245 64,215 327,74819 West Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 121 24,094 1,841 32 308 61 303 165 1,074 58 77 24,659 19 8,472,743 371.79 320,518 14.06 21,443 257,591 156,188 1,792,224 11,020,707 483.60 22,789 280 27,095 320,518

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 647 193,360 13,694 443 2,746 384 2,463 984 5,515 1,070 727 199,868 66,164,034 354.32 1,993,852 10.68 138,504 1,596,903 1,227,885 15,443,342 86,564,520 463.56 186,737 1,650 258,208 1,993,852

20 CHILE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Austral Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 42 8,993 646 24 3 . . . 77 91 125 422 15 8,936 21 796,257 92.04 15,054 1.74 5,697 50,446 . . . 75,670 943,124 109.02 8,651 112 3,383 15,05422 Central Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 35 9,162 397 20 3 . . . 15 25 171 29 89 9,253 22 837,812 86.39 18,648 1.92 5,858 61,612 . . . 92,419 1,016,349 104.80 9,698 88 2,677 18,64823 Metropolitan Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 40 30,904 2,012 131 625 . . . 630 122 361 490 42 32,027 23 4,565,233 146.90 88,339 2.84 33,760 268,538 . . . 402,807 5,358,677 172.43 31,078 190 13,105 88,33924 North Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 26 18,937 773 48 128 1 128 49 147 280 13 19,270 24 1,648,650 84.71 40,442 2.08 12,782 121,541 . . . 182,312 2,005,727 103.06 19,462 95 5,517 40,44225 Pacific Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 47 15,317 584 34 20 5 48 99 286 200 21 15,306 25 1,570,869 101.98 33,308 2.16 11,390 110,015 . . . 165,022 1,890,604 122.73 15,404 141 4,391 33,30826 South Chile Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 81 40,099 1,871 87 398 9 345 161 368 925 37 40,628 26 3,639,241 85.22 73,505 1.72 25,696 239,863 . . . 359,794 4,338,099 101.59 42,702 314 7,434 73,505

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 271 123,412 6,283 344 1,177 15 1,243 547 1,458 2,346 217 125,420 13,058,062 102.82 269,296 2.12 95,183 852,015 . . . 1,278,024 15,552,580 122.47 126,995 940 36,507 269,296

27 EAST BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Central Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 218 33,845 2,099 89 1,134 74 1,149 140 1,078 249 108 34,517 28 7,871,704 238.70 193,614 5.87 10,873 14,708 . . . 1,720,601 9,811,500 297.52 32,978 391 49,204 193,61429 East Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 134 14,797 1,052 51 88 18 136 68 737 79 22 14,964 29 3,177,390 218.29 90,737 6.23 4,828 7,010 . . . 752,372 4,032,337 277.02 14,556 236 18,489 90,73730 Espirito Santo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 176 40,286 2,970 93 1,632 . . . 1,634 154 1,203 96 2,975 38,919 30 9,584,989 244.16 251,271 6.40 14,779 16,676 . . . 1,868,911 11,736,626 298.97 39,257 470 40,572 251,27131 Rio de Janeiro Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 54 13,720 785 16 376 19 361 85 239 39 62 14,130 31 5,189,231 383.96 157,609 11.66 9,301 11,829 . . . 1,081,769 6,449,739 477.23 13,515 131 15,923 157,60932 Rio Fluminense Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 121 15,995 875 15 625 17 531 155 588 25 54 16,174 32 4,461,319 285.54 127,585 8.17 7,998 9,896 . . . 909,272 5,516,070 353.05 15,624 201 15,349 127,58533 South Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 164 15,543 1,218 34 122 4 149 61 302 39 . . . 16,370 33 3,547,466 235.49 130,939 8.69 7,757 9,913 . . . 932,605 4,628,680 307.27 15,064 258 19,014 130,93934 South Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 86 22,183 1,395 23 127 1 127 149 514 122 38 22,779 34 6,088,186 276.86 194,321 8.84 11,263 13,791 . . . 1,303,782 7,611,343 346.13 21,990 253 23,626 194,321

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 953 156,369 10,394 321 4,104 133 4,087 812 4,661 649 3,259 157,853 39,920,285 260.94 1,146,076 7.49 66,799 83,823 . . . 8,569,312 49,786,295 325.43 152,984 1,940 182,177 1,146,076

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)35 ECUADOR UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 North Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 179 35,161 3,074 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 16 . . . . . . 38,208 36 1,473,302 43.48 60,144 1.77 572 88,300 . . . 189,494 1,811,812 53.47 33,885 255 11,798 60,14437 South Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 170 38,935 2,806 23 2,367 . . . 2,399 207 1,545 1,740 11 38,229 37 1,468,320 39.30 70,761 1.89 709 74,689 . . . 224,068 1,838,547 49.21 37,360 242 29,176 70,761

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 349 74,096 5,880 23 2,367 . . . 2,410 207 1,561 1,740 11 76,437 2,941,622 41.29 130,905 1.84 1,281 162,989 . . . 413,562 3,650,359 51.24 71,245 497 40,974 130,905

38 NORTH BRAZIL UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Amazonas-Roraima Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 224 61,530 7,971 364 1,338 657 1,048 229 11,244 13,139 1,141 45,059 39 5,725,609 64.02 176,154 1.97 7,191 20,853 25,921 1,476,334 7,432,062 83.10 89,433 457 31,620 176,15440 Central Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 72 51,139 4,487 102 1,495 467 1,781 379 8,797 13,192 724 32,817 40 5,183,994 81.16 148,796 2.33 7,801 15,494 19,277 1,315,362 6,690,724 104.74 63,877 481 115,498 148,79641 Lower Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 227 95,793 5,063 59 1,191 1,688 861 226 11,686 30,024 948 60,049 41 6,953,989 64.29 131,385 1.21 7,347 23,038 29,615 1,371,809 8,517,183 78.74 108,169 648 65,456 131,38542 Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 234 50,897 9,000 293 993 324 1,050 291 8,171 1,163 304 50,528 42 4,630,918 74.20 69,378 1.11 4,941 10,102 12,508 905,640 5,633,487 90.27 62,409 616 19,353 69,37843 South Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 168 35,598 4,470 284 700 15 736 204 7,171 1,755 . . . 31,201 43 3,014,255 85.11 61,061 1.72 3,006 504 630 589,577 3,669,033 103.59 35,418 185 20,701 61,06144 South Para Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 281 103,518 7,744 131 315 149 688 240 21,571 41,839 114 47,405 44 6,011,425 54.27 115,707 1.04 6,823 21,805 26,371 1,317,955 7,500,086 67.70 110,778 467 138,552 115,70745 South Rondonia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 73 . . . 1,610 49 221 17,242 312 136 1,695 226 150 16,603 45 3,652,294 205.47 125,610 7.07 5,784 13,212 16,336 598,371 4,411,607 248.19 17,775 175 8,133 125,61046 West Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 98 45,586 2,186 143 146 88 207 117 1,664 1,236 17,555 27,370 46 3,346,661 115.40 121,130 4.18 5,419 12,305 15,278 779,505 4,280,298 147.59 29,001 241 23,413 121,130

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662 1,377 444,061 42,531 1,425 6,399 20,630 6,683 1,822 71,999 102,574 20,936 311,032 38,519,145 74.53 949,221 1.84 48,312 117,313 145,936 8,354,553 48,134,480 93.13 516,860 3,270 422,726 949,221

47 NORTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 North Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 267 82,058 5,410 79 . . . . . . 312 911 5,963 2,940 . . . 77,421 48 3,112,930 34.08 89,627 0.98 4,540 89,053 . . . 267,159 3,563,309 39.01 91,336 562 50,466 89,62749 North Pacific Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 510 82,206 6,957 17 11 . . . 16 1,013 5,958 5,554 . . . 76,650 49 1,976,000 22.18 52,231 0.59 2,718 52,452 . . . 425,186 2,508,587 28.16 89,096 752 91,307 52,23150 North Peru Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 570 83,512 8,061 101 . . . . . . 1,866 1,718 11,898 8,724 . . . 67,468 50 1,818,749 19.31 57,739 0.61 2,665 57,435 . . . 172,305 2,108,893 22.39 94,179 612 40,657 57,73951 Northeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 231 74,174 5,699 49 12 . . . 730 233 4,132 992 32,332 41,515 51 1,146,436 12.75 32,693 0.36 1,694 69,970 . . . 275,401 1,526,194 16.97 89,930 531 24,578 32,693

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1,578 321,950 26,127 246 23 . . . 2,924 3,875 27,951 18,210 32,332 263,054 8,054,115 22.09 232,290 0.64 11,617 268,910 . . . 1,140,051 9,706,983 26.63 364,541 2,457 207,008 232,290

52 NORTHEAST BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Bahia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 206 36,730 4,552 113 202 47 171 225 1,698 109 65 39,376 53 8,186,633 238.71 184,956 5.39 6,693 289,923 . . . 434,885 9,103,090 265.43 34,295 352 40,313 184,95654 Central Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 433 40,102 4,079 35 175 1 279 207 1,972 50 56 41,828 54 5,882,847 150.44 191,489 4.90 148 307,212 . . . 460,819 6,842,515 174.99 39,103 630 43,781 191,48955 Central Pernambuco Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 196 . . . 3,410 78 74 22,980 57 66 1,054 2 360 25,003 55 3,300,980 143.08 163,527 7.09 . . . 309,708 . . . 464,562 4,238,777 183.73 23,071 286 26,058 163,52756 North Coast Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 323 46,082 6,567 102 43 46 93 149 2,737 50 49 49,762 56 4,513,238 104.26 117,368 2.71 . . . 188,417 . . . 282,625 5,101,648 117.86 43,287 487 50,406 117,36857 Northeast Brazil Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 174 35,049 4,195 16 43 348 60 80 2,317 36 2,495 34,663 57 3,460,911 102.56 154,785 4.59 4,649 242,674 . . . 364,011 4,227,030 125.26 33,746 292 35,783 154,78558 Pernambuco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 122 46,599 2,364 28 242 13 144 176 1,736 77 22,818 24,295 58 4,060,595 183.18 174,792 7.89 4,265 273,373 . . . 410,060 4,923,085 222.09 22,167 283 29,623 174,79259 Sergipe-Alagoas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 191 38,003 4,360 93 104 202 109 222 3,529 812 212 37,878 59 4,805,307 125.99 130,017 3.41 4,054 207,565 . . . 311,347 5,458,290 143.11 38,140 352 40,073 130,01760 South Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 208 44,102 4,519 87 183 81 255 164 2,235 122 120 46,076 60 6,525,628 153.77 177,887 4.19 5,505 28,161 . . . 422,462 7,159,643 168.71 42,438 400 47,749 177,887

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290 1,853 286,667 34,046 552 1,066 23,718 1,168 1,289 17,278 1,258 26,175 298,881 40,736,139 147.46 1,294,821 4.69 25,314 1,847,033 . . . 3,150,771 47,054,078 170.33 276,247 3,082 313,786 1,294,821

61 SOUTH BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Central Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 107 19,804 2,643 63 186 8 164 107 703 26 50 21,654 62 5,383,500 271.94 139,767 7.06 6,634 153,156 22,307 1,018,191 6,723,555 339.62 19,797 204 27,790 139,76763 North Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 203 34,737 2,580 98 296 2 389 228 1,278 1,129 3 34,686 63 8,757,767 259.11 270,370 8.00 14,175 230,793 79,090 2,056,550 11,408,745 337.54 33,800 368 27,834 270,37064 Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 147 24,884 2,114 86 124 11 191 102 708 348 29 25,841 64 6,596,760 266.36 174,733 7.06 8,479 191,655 22,683 1,118,406 8,112,716 327.57 24,766 255 4,005 174,73365 Santa Catarina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 146 29,486 2,972 52 419 15 216 180 2,229 291 47 29,981 65 10,002,840 352.82 267,207 9.42 13,515 224,858 91,711 2,060,595 12,660,726 446.57 28,351 330 38,558 267,20766 South Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 176 37,623 2,900 117 1,336 26 1,257 250 1,488 689 29 38,289 66 12,714,423 343.43 368,111 9.94 27,296 377,411 52,954 6,067,355 19,607,550 529.62 37,022 389 36,453 368,11167 Western Rio Grande do Sul Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 103 10,353 1,275 14 87 15 115 74 547 369 3 10,636 67 2,280,613 228.22 56,151 5.62 2,795 50,197 17,608 375,254 2,782,618 278.46 9,993 160 11,476 56,151

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 882 156,887 14,484 430 2,448 77 2,332 941 6,953 2,852 161 161,087 45,735,903 297.51 1,276,339 8.30 72,894 1,228,070 286,353 12,696,351 61,295,910 398.73 153,729 1,706 146,116 1,276,339

68 SOUTH PERU UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Central Andina Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 227 61,713 5,261 110 18 . . . 192 88 1,448 1,899 33,131 30,344 69 842,912 13.81 16,707 0.27 721 17,425 . . . 52,276 930,041 15.24 61,031 371 18,853 16,70770 East Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 123 64,549 2,875 . . . . . . . . . 69 38 225 165 47,700 19,227 70 828,924 13.22 25,053 0.40 1,412 26,127 . . . 78,380 959,896 15.31 62,696 348 31,656 25,05371 Lake Titicaca Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 553 139,393 5,017 27 . . . . . . 264 1,059 10,227 15,996 43,318 73,573 71 1,078,091 7.87 33,422 0.24 1,656 34,933 . . . 104,800 1,252,902 9.15 136,943 820 26,697 33,42272 South Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 135 68,334 5,556 10 79 . . . 599 62 625 236 32,194 40,263 72 2,576,772 38.66 87,813 1.32 4,371 91,805 . . . 275,415 3,036,176 45.55 66,650 387 57,552 87,81373 South Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 369 114,041 5,856 15 33 3,700 157 215 1,994 9,824 49,981 61,474 73 1,825,580 16.73 63,329 0.58 2,959 65,718 . . . 197,155 2,154,741 19.75 109,099 617 71,601 63,329

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 1,407 448,030 24,565 162 130 3,700 1,281 1,462 14,519 28,120 206,324 224,881 7,152,279 16.39 226,324 0.52 11,119 236,008 . . . 708,026 8,333,756 19.10 436,419 2,543 206,359 226,324

74 WEST CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Central Brazil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 169 21,163 1,982 26 198 21 164 82 537 4 121 22,482 75 5,819,729 289.19 151,282 7.52 2,611 113,835 . . . 1,142,421 7,229,878 359.27 20,124 253 18,436 151,25476 Central Planalto Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 167 30,347 2,566 138 190 80 125 65 596 245 162 32,128 76 9,425,820 328.11 206,204 7.18 3,750 618,377 . . . 2,668,821 12,922,972 449.84 28,728 226 36,463 206,08777 Mato Grosso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 173 24,048 1,778 134 227 55 221 115 1,013 23 111 24,759 77 6,519,957 277.63 206,909 8.81 6,575 158,247 . . . 1,739,371 8,631,059 367.53 23,484 301 29,594 206,73678 South Mato Grosso Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 85 18,380 1,651 60 132 2 145 83 989 89 4 18,915 78 5,320,875 292.23 161,522 8.87 5,584 179,993 . . . 959,257 6,627,231 363.97 18,208 222 17,584 161,135

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 594 93,938 7,977 358 747 158 655 345 3,135 361 398 98,284 27,086,381 299.15 725,917 8.02 18,520 1,070,452 . . . 6,509,870 35,411,140 391.09 90,544 1,002 102,077 725,212

79 SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Austral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 388 120,677 7,107 268 1,092 115 1,115 701 2,313 333 204 124,593 80 17,400,969 150.09 381,468 3.29 37,588 947,390 . . . 3,522,028 22,289,443 192.26 115,936 1,305 45,110 377,85681 Bolivia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 666 198,259 15,558 47 60 60 317 209 1,297 3,028 3 209,130 81 3,499,646 18.28 131,576 0.69 553 13,689 . . . 36,360 3,681,824 19.24 191,411 1,643 91,779 131,57682 Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 914 647 193,360 13,694 443 2,746 384 2,463 984 5,515 1,070 727 199,868 82 66,164,034 354.32 1,993,852 10.68 138,504 1,596,903 1,227,885 15,443,342 86,564,520 463.56 186,737 1,650 258,208 1,993,85283 Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 271 123,412 6,283 344 1,177 15 1,243 547 1,458 2,346 217 125,420 83 13,058,062 102.82 269,296 2.12 95,183 852,015 . . . 1,278,024 15,552,580 122.47 126,995 940 36,507 269,29684 East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 953 156,369 10,394 321 4,104 133 4,087 812 4,661 649 3,259 157,853 84 39,920,285 260.94 1,146,076 7.49 66,799 83,823 . . . 8,569,312 49,786,295 325.43 152,984 1,940 182,177 1,146,07685 Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 349 74,096 5,880 23 2,367 . . . 2,410 207 1,561 1,740 11 76,437 85 2,941,622 41.29 130,905 1.84 1,281 162,989 . . . 413,562 3,650,359 51.24 71,245 497 40,974 130,90586 North Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,662 1,377 444,061 42,531 1,425 6,399 20,630 6,683 1,822 71,999 102,574 20,936 311,032 86 38,519,145 74.53 949,221 1.84 48,312 117,313 145,936 8,354,553 48,134,480 93.13 516,860 3,270 422,726 949,22187 North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1,578 321,950 26,127 246 23 . . . 2,924 3,875 27,951 18,210 32,332 263,054 87 8,054,115 22.09 232,290 0.64 11,617 268,910 . . . 1,140,051 9,706,983 26.63 364,541 2,457 207,008 232,29088 Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290 1,853 286,667 34,046 552 1,066 23,718 1,168 1,289 17,278 1,258 26,175 298,881 88 40,736,139 147.46 1,294,821 4.69 25,314 1,847,033 . . . 3,150,771 47,054,078 170.33 276,247 3,082 313,786 1,294,82189 South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 882 156,887 14,484 430 2,448 77 2,332 941 6,953 2,852 161 161,087 89 45,735,903 297.51 1,276,339 8.30 72,894 1,228,070 286,353 12,696,351 61,295,910 398.73 153,729 1,706 146,116 1,276,33990 South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 1,407 448,030 24,565 162 130 3,700 1,281 1,462 14,519 28,120 206,324 224,881 90 7,152,279 16.39 226,324 0.52 11,119 236,008 . . . 708,026 8,333,756 19.10 436,419 2,543 206,359 226,32491 West Central Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 594 93,938 7,977 358 747 158 655 345 3,135 361 398 98,284 91 27,086,381 299.15 725,917 8.02 18,520 1,070,452 . . . 6,509,870 35,411,140 391.09 90,544 1,002 102,077 725,212

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION1 AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Greater Sydney Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 9 8,417 152 38 278 . . . 294 50 40 43 . . . 8,458 2 9,780,373 1,176.23 508,129 61.11 126,801 94,415 216,389 3,724,786 14,450,893 1,737.93 8,315 68 5,250 487,1673 North New South Wales Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 13 10,602 170 17 298 . . . 273 105 10 11 . . . 10,688 3 10,395,114 985.79 710,983 67.42 118,511 146,249 179,656 3,606,498 15,157,011 1,437.36 10,545 76 5,500 684,7484 Northern Australian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8 2,228 60 5 85 . . . 63 11 3 7 . . . 2,294 4 2,294,669 1,042.56 144,444 65.63 34,197 26,609 36,794 839,080 3,375,793 1,533.75 2,201 32 1,051 139,4255 South Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6 2,895 53 9 69 . . . 75 39 16 . . . . . . 2,896 5 2,301,693 803.38 132,798 46.35 21,116 28,597 68,762 714,066 3,267,032 1,140.33 2,865 33 1,500 128,2076 South New South Wales Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 2,618 20 1 239 . . . 239 24 1 (8) . . . 2,622 6 2,027,957 779.98 154,500 59.42 30,826 38,016 41,439 1,200,728 3,493,466 1,343.64 2,600 36 1,637 147,4607 South Queensland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 11 10,663 266 33 364 . . . 280 83 13 54 . . . 10,896 7 9,776,473 929.50 643,411 61.17 134,038 119,115 222,417 7,926,313 18,821,767 1,789.48 10,518 91 8,000 619,2768 Tasmanian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 1,151 13 3 14 . . . 25 12 8 1 . . . 1,135 8 835,846 707.15 66,919 56.62 18,546 16,311 15,521 250,176 1,203,319 1,018.04 1,182 15 700 64,3179 Victorian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 10 9,473 209 95 406 . . . 376 94 14 51 . . . 9,648 9 8,884,160 944.52 493,919 52.51 112,863 89,416 128,508 3,774,866 13,483,732 1,433.52 9,406 92 4,227 472,266

10 Western Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 13 5,471 109 13 170 . . . 147 57 15 8 . . . 5,536 10 5,261,177 967.48 359,546 66.12 71,819 88,081 131,623 1,840,058 7,752,304 1,425.58 5,438 57 6,850 344,683Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 79 53,518 1,052 214 1,923 . . . 1,772 475 120 167 . . . 54,173 51,557,462 971.50 3,214,649 60.57 668,717 646,809 1,041,109 23,876,571 81,005,317 1,526.39 53,070 500 34,715 3,087,549

11 NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Cook Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 706 61 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 769 12 306,764 455.82 30,159 44.81 1,084 6,857 . . . 45,266 390,130 579.69 673 15 996 29,12513 French Polynesia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 19 4,833 149 2 50 . . . 33 16 70 10 . . . 4,905 13 3,395,192 708.81 214,676 44.82 10,379 65,768 . . . 451,366 4,137,381 863.75 4,790 52 2,935 204,76514 New Caledonia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 665 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 . . . . . . 678 14 560,629 844.32 21,722 32.71 1,739 5,675 . . . 35,960 625,725 942.36 664 8 247 20,86815 North New Zealand Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 23 9,366 214 50 279 . . . 312 72 44 781 . . . 8,700 15 6,306,675 668.29 281,590 29.84 44,349 68,523 . . . 4,332,461 11,033,598 1,169.18 9,437 60 . . . 270,90816 South New Zealand Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 1,847 58 7 64 . . . 67 28 4 8 . . . 1,869 16 1,313,718 723.01 66,897 36.82 13,261 17,965 . . . 705,793 2,117,634 1,165.46 1,817 21 700 64,19417 Pitcairn Island Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 17 5,668 257.64 715 32.50 148 298 . . . 1,496 8,325 378.41 22 1 9 682

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 49 17,439 507 62 393 . . . 412 119 127 800 . . . 16,943 11,888,646 683.14 615,759 35.38 70,960 165,086 . . . 5,572,342 18,312,793 1,052.28 17,403 157 4,887 590,542

18 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Bougainville Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 123 5,113 471 6 16 . . . 6 13 1 133 . . . 5,453 19 273,258 56.04 18,225 3.74 847 12,191 . . . 36,575 341,096 69.95 4,876 174 11,786 14,68420 Central Papua Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 125 26,526 558 88 36 . . . 16 19 85 5 . . . 27,083 20 1,968,152 74.26 149,500 5.64 7,087 94,121 . . . 274,649 2,493,509 94.09 26,502 175 38,192 123,05021 Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 629 73,472 1,236 424 73 . . . 59 88 85 972 . . . 74,001 21 1,064,235 14.52 64,251 0.88 2,926 45,153 . . . 147,490 1,324,055 18.06 73,304 1,198 125,000 50,81322 Madang Manus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 155 9,258 225 . . . . . . . . . 8 121 . . . 334 . . . 9,020 22 354,966 39.65 26,155 2.92 1,235 16,698 . . . 54,045 453,099 50.61 8,952 206 10,351 21,42923 Morobe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 192 17,976 783 55 31 . . . 8 33 . . . 248 . . . 18,556 23 555,044 31.53 37,808 2.15 1,763 25,037 . . . 87,426 707,078 40.16 17,606 211 23,176 30,57424 New Britain New Ireland Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 139 15,403 481 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 15,878 24 1,000,998 64.69 64,237 4.15 2,960 43,794 . . . 139,708 1,251,697 80.90 15,473 245 19,050 51,40125 North East Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 119 8,971 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,061 25 184,141 20.80 13,637 1.54 644 8,689 . . . 30,323 237,434 26.81 8,855 302 10,623 11,18126 Sepik Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 199 9,492 345 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,853 26 335,243 35.90 22,596 2.42 1,051 15,036 . . . 52,691 426,617 45.68 9,339 261 50,000 18,24127 South West Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 72 10,673 231 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,904 27 132,298 12.41 7,077 0.66 315 5,300 . . . 13,630 158,620 14.88 10,658 98 12,000 5,45328 Western Highlands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 869 60,336 1,531 261 198 . . . 165 241 536 897 . . . 60,487 28 1,473,649 24.25 104,553 1.72 4,905 67,919 . . . 212,880 1,863,906 30.67 60,767 186 40,588 85,135

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 2,622 237,220 5,951 850 354 . . . 262 521 707 2,589 . . . 240,296 7,341,984 31.07 508,039 2.15 23,733 333,938 . . . 1,049,417 9,257,111 39.17 236,332 3,056 340,766 411,961

29 TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Fiji Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 146 27,050 1,221 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 28,241 30 1,625,203 62.34 83,863 3.22 4,581 61,518 . . . 198,680 1,973,845 75.72 26,068 331 28,000 79,49131 Kiribati Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 1,978 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2,076 31 130,129 69.40 1,734 0.92 94 3,209 . . . 4,942 140,108 74.72 1,875 28 2,300 1,64432 Samoas-Tokelau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 36 7,086 511 11 . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 7,584 32 1,001,523 145.89 65,758 9.58 3,591 42,785 . . . 156,645 1,270,302 185.04 6,865 74 12,000 62,33033 Solomon Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 238 36,654 2,598 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,252 33 1,556,178 43.19 55,649 1.54 3,040 50,373 . . . 139,446 1,804,686 50.09 36,031 384 52,547 52,74734 Tonga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 25 2,239 64 . . . . . . . . . 2 7 6 . . . . . . 2,288 34 265,839 121.00 17,005 7.74 926 11,196 . . . 40,301 335,267 152.60 2,197 29 2,900 16,12035 Vanuatu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 149 16,650 155 28 3 . . . . . . 14 29 294 . . . 16,499 35 1,287,201 79.24 37,258 2.29 2,034 38,634 . . . 86,863 1,451,990 89.39 16,244 645 16,000 35,31836 Niue Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 6 4 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 36 7,600 1,266.67 781 130.17 44 419 . . . 1,580 10,424 1,737.33 6 1 14 74137 Tuvalu Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 37 16,230 120.22 2,183 16.17 122 1,078 . . . 5,401 25,014 185.29 135 3 139 2,070

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 608 91,802 4,652 45 7 . . . 4 80 35 294 . . . 96,093 5,889,903 65.87 264,231 2.95 14,432 209,212 . . . 633,858 7,011,636 78.41 89,421 1,495 113,900 250,461

38 SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 447,723 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447,723 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Australian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 79 53,518 1,052 214 1,923 . . . 1,772 475 120 167 . . . 54,173 39 51,557,462 971.50 3,214,649 60.57 668,717 646,809 1,041,109 23,876,571 81,005,317 1,526.39 53,070 500 34,715 3,087,54940 New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 49 17,439 507 62 393 . . . 412 119 127 800 . . . 16,943 40 11,888,646 683.14 615,759 35.38 70,960 165,086 . . . 5,572,342 18,312,793 1,052.28 17,403 157 4,887 590,54241 Papua New Guinea Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 2,622 237,220 5,951 850 354 . . . 262 521 707 2,589 . . . 240,296 41 7,341,984 31.07 508,039 2.15 23,733 333,938 . . . 1,049,417 9,257,111 39.17 236,332 3,056 340,766 411,96142 Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 608 91,802 4,652 45 7 . . . 4 80 35 294 . . . 96,093 42 5,889,903 65.87 264,231 2.95 14,432 209,212 . . . 633,858 7,011,636 78.41 89,421 1,495 113,900 250,461

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865 3,358 399,979 12,162 1,171 2,677 . . . 2,450 1,195 989 3,850 . . . 407,505 77,125,718 194.65 4,602,678 11.62 777,842 1,355,045 1,041,109 31,132,188 116,034,580 292.85 396,226 5,208 494,268 4,340,513

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION1 ANGOLA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Central Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 800 136,588 5,327 18 246 414 245 245 711 161 2,082 139,149 2 2,449,055 19.24 98,614 0.77 . . . 29,520 . . . . . . 2,577,189 20.25 127,259 1,190 235,143 98,6143 East Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 207 55,564 2,963 56 11 621 5 35 94 11 . . . 59,070 3 408,164 7.47 12,944 0.24 . . . 3,893 . . . . . . 425,001 7.78 54,633 302 87,762 12,9444 North Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 256 84,548 4,163 126 87 . . . 28 92 255 5 . . . 88,544 4 3,379,433 41.35 125,963 1.54 . . . 38,470 . . . . . . 3,543,866 43.36 81,735 540 280,359 125,9635 Sao Tome and Principe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 2,188 59 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2,261 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,188 30 3,050 . . .6 South Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 246 50,378 3,121 32 23 . . . 11 50 130 . . . . . . 53,363 6 1,301,585 27.11 57,612 1.20 . . . 16,241 . . . . . . 1,375,438 28.65 48,016 251 105,227 57,612

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 1,523 329,266 15,633 248 367 1,035 289 424 1,190 177 2,082 342,387 7,538,237 24.02 295,133 0.94 . . . 88,124 . . . . . . 7,921,494 25.24 313,831 2,313 711,541 295,133

7 BOTSWANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . 13,139 . . . . . . 13,161 . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 North Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 80 13,591 914 7 24 13 46 11 5 16 405 14,066 8 629,959 46.80 18,579 1.38 . . . 6,871 . . . 62,720 718,129 53.34 13,462 142 18,147 15,6109 South Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 36 14,330 472 5 17 . . . 3 . . . . . . 8 278 14,535 9 1,420,382 99.75 28,022 1.97 . . . 46,111 . . . 24,520 1,519,035 106.67 14,240 89 17,462 22,873

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 116 27,921 1,386 12 41 13 49 11 5 24 683 28,601 2,050,341 74.01 46,623 1.68 . . . 66,121 . . . 87,240 2,250,325 81.23 27,702 231 35,609 38,505

10 INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 30,713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Antsiranana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 274 21,775 1,240 5 46 . . . 71 52 91 86 . . . 22,766 11 213,565 9.88 20,166 0.93 . . . 10,082 . . . . . . 243,813 11.28 21,617 285 49,936 20,16612 Central Malagasy Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 362 46,127 3,532 58 213 756 215 37 108 28 . . . 50,298 12 1,076,538 24.59 13,117 0.30 . . . 6,558 . . . . . . 1,096,213 25.04 43,773 370 100,738 13,11713 Mahajanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 172 18,085 531 2 11 . . . 5 5 8 5 300 18,306 13 164,030 9.75 8,746 0.52 . . . 4,373 . . . . . . 177,149 10.53 16,823 313 30,700 8,74614 Mauritius Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 9 3,953 381 . . . 13 . . . 23 13 4 4 30 4,273 14 763,165 193.89 26,726 6.79 . . . 13,363 . . . . . . 803,254 204.08 3,936 40 6,270 26,72615 Reunion Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 1,397 19 . . . 13 1 16 6 5 . . . 10 1,393 15 1,051,430 754.80 54,829 39.36 . . . 27,415 . . . . . . 1,133,674 813.84 1,393 20 2,515 54,82916 Seychelles Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 827 25 2 3 24 8 2 1 . . . 18 852 16 236,010 283.33 12,213 14.66 . . . 6,107 . . . . . . 254,330 305.32 833 9 840 12,21317 South Malagasy Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 231 16,145 1,147 3 45 . . . 190 33 190 136 95 16,696 17 219,277 13.91 6,890 0.44 . . . 3,446 . . . . . . 229,613 14.56 15,766 375 20,313 6,890

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)18 MALAWI UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21,665 . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . 21,711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Central Malawi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 417 45,659 6,056 228 857 255 633 238 1,007 679 1,132 49,366 19 1,039,609 23.67 70,880 1.61 2,414 9,279 . . . . . . 1,122,182 25.55 43,922 574 88,319 69,51820 North Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 397 35,238 4,721 187 158 602 68 99 223 126 . . . 40,390 20 333,112 9.73 10,723 0.31 641 2,714 . . . . . . 347,190 10.14 34,241 470 72,260 10,03521 South Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 735 197,855 22,448 494 1,186 . . . 1,615 1,359 1,693 1,982 . . . 215,334 21 1,464,127 7.53 88,528 0.46 2,649 10,780 . . . . . . 1,566,084 8.05 194,479 2,506 385,244 83,732

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262 1,549 278,752 33,225 909 2,201 857 2,316 1,696 2,923 2,787 1,132 305,090 2,858,513 10.48 170,131 0.62 5,704 22,819 . . . . . . 3,057,167 11.21 272,642 3,550 545,823 163,285

22 MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5,734 . . . 2 . . . . . . 76 . . . . . . 5,812 . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Central Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 757 34,402 1,739 20 10 . . . 12 128 116 3 . . . 35,912 23 123,039 3.67 7,093 0.21 187 5,635 . . . . . . 135,954 4.05 33,556 855 58,817 7,09324 North Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 672 172,277 6,376 120 99 . . . 199 372 402 220 . . . 177,679 24 82,116 0.50 8,617 0.05 345 5,109 . . . . . . 96,187 0.58 165,734 1,487 295,649 8,58525 North-East Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 91 6,010 836 1 4 . . . . . . 19 32 112 . . . 6,688 25 24,500 4.34 747 0.13 15 1,236 . . . . . . 26,498 4.69 5,648 119 7,088 74726 South Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 66 15,774 825 2 14 . . . 5 33 96 20 . . . 16,461 26 111,322 6.88 9,761 0.60 1,077 7,384 . . . . . . 129,544 8.01 16,178 118 27,431 9,483

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 1,586 228,463 9,776 143 127 . . . 216 552 646 355 . . . 236,740 346,711 1.57 26,220 0.12 1,624 19,440 . . . . . . 393,995 1.78 221,116 2,579 388,985 25,910

27 SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Cape Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 166 30,332 1,316 . . . 43 . . . 36 47 16 13 . . . 31,579 28 6,064,258 206.89 137,435 4.69 . . . 108,137 . . . . . . 6,309,830 215.27 29,311 519 63,158 137,43529 KwaZulu Natal-Free State Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 85 13,153 517 41 183 . . . 133 35 18 4 2 13,702 29 2,886,778 227.56 74,807 5.90 . . . 63,747 . . . . . . 3,025,332 238.48 12,686 239 10,000 74,80730 Lesotho Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 17 5,757 673 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 6,428 30 249,396 44.10 6,261 1.11 . . . 5,485 . . . . . . 261,142 46.18 5,655 76 15,517 6,26131 Namibia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 44 16,625 642 77 40 . . . 49 54 66 111 . . . 17,104 31 810,383 48.74 23,662 1.42 . . . 20,338 . . . . . . 854,383 51.39 16,626 200 16,878 23,66232 Swaziland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14 4,748 135 22 5 . . . 6 3 4 3 . . . 4,894 32 527,163 113.47 9,541 2.05 . . . 9,452 . . . . . . 546,156 117.55 4,646 53 5,560 9,54133 Trans-Orange Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 48 29,022 1,793 20 161 . . . 52 81 76 2,203 . . . 28,584 33 3,493,791 138.14 30,628 1.21 . . . 29,296 . . . . . . 3,553,715 140.51 25,292 302 29,514 30,62834 Transvaal Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 13 12,095 710 42 385 2 201 114 43 78 26 12,772 34 5,149,398 434.55 77,350 6.53 4,978 61,121 . . . . . . 5,292,847 446.65 11,850 103 10,800 77,350

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 387 111,732 5,786 202 817 2 477 336 223 2,412 28 115,063 19,181,167 180.84 359,684 3.39 4,978 297,576 . . . . . . 19,843,405 187.09 106,066 1,492 151,427 359,684

35 ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 2,949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Central Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532 651 177,165 19,712 66 3,686 . . . 5,534 558 1,657 17 . . . 192,863 36 3,697,752 21.90 301,208 1.78 91,808 35,039 . . . . . . 4,125,807 24.44 168,831 1,183 193,952 288,92537 Copperbelt Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 535 97,444 6,963 96 1,251 . . . 1,635 293 449 21 . . . 103,356 37 1,629,015 17.21 91,060 0.96 13,543 14,795 . . . . . . 1,748,413 18.47 94,672 903 76,843 85,34438 East Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 201 12,566 1,118 8 93 1,795 343 12 56 25 1,790 13,354 38 189,707 13.56 7,078 0.51 2,177 1,005 . . . . . . 199,967 14.29 13,994 103 13,993 6,42039 Luapula Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 443 58,973 3,533 22 1,131 . . . 1,481 285 133 153 . . . 61,607 39 319,257 5.53 16,223 0.28 3,618 2,054 . . . . . . 341,152 5.91 57,702 619 78,320 13,24740 North Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 450 35,646 3,375 5 968 . . . 723 44 149 14 . . . 39,064 40 306,810 9.05 23,517 0.69 1,077 3,284 . . . . . . 334,688 9.87 33,920 650 61,500 20,78141 South Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 1,087 147,049 14,543 73 1,723 26 2,414 388 109 . . . . . . 160,503 41 1,138,242 8.11 109,353 0.78 29,572 14,662 . . . . . . 1,291,829 9.21 140,328 1,680 206,214 96,99642 West Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 271 39,038 3,285 8 117 12 122 53 224 164 . . . 41,897 42 326,046 8.83 23,063 0.62 6,722 1,825 . . . . . . 357,656 9.69 36,920 371 43,864 17,434

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 3,638 567,881 52,529 278 8,969 1,833 12,252 1,633 2,777 394 1,790 612,644 7,609,778 13.93 571,502 1.05 148,517 72,664 . . . . . . 8,402,461 15.38 546,367 5,509 674,686 529,147

43 ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Central Zimbabwe Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 1,032 181,952 9,658 20 475 169 865 506 660 1,606 . . . 188,637 44 7,677,286 43.02 385,717 2.16 . . . 96,429 . . . . . . 8,159,432 45.72 178,479 1,408 419,410 385,71745 East Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 365 202,169 17,984 66 716 86 407 123 145 748 . . . 219,598 45 10,438,405 52.90 1,069,564 5.42 . . . 267,391 . . . . . . 11,775,360 59.68 197,312 837 1,518,734 1,069,56446 West Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 728 150,680 12,709 84 790 . . . 1,445 168 114 17 . . . 162,519 46 8,979,821 61.24 796,277 5.43 . . . 199,069 . . . . . . 9,975,167 68.03 146,635 899 593,519 796,277

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 2,125 534,801 40,351 170 1,981 255 2,717 797 919 2,371 . . . 570,754 27,095,512 51.86 2,251,558 4.31 . . . 562,889 . . . . . . 29,909,959 57.25 522,426 3,144 2,531,663 2,251,558

47 SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 31,950 . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5048 Angola Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 1,523 329,266 15,633 248 367 1,035 289 424 1,190 177 2,082 342,387 48 7,538,237 24.02 295,133 0.94 . . . 88,124 . . . . . . 7,921,494 25.24 313,831 2,313 711,541 295,13349 Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 116 27,921 1,386 12 41 13 49 11 5 24 683 28,601 49 2,050,341 74.01 46,623 1.68 . . . 66,121 . . . 87,240 2,250,325 81.23 27,702 231 35,609 38,50550 Indian Ocean Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 1,054 108,309 6,875 70 344 781 528 148 407 259 453 114,584 50 3,754,728 36.05 142,687 1.37 . . . 71,344 . . . . . . 3,968,759 38.11 104,141 1,412 211,312 142,68751 Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,262 1,549 278,752 33,225 909 2,201 857 2,316 1,696 2,923 2,787 1,132 305,090 51 2,858,513 10.48 170,131 0.62 5,704 22,819 . . . . . . 3,057,167 11.21 272,642 3,550 545,823 163,28552 Mozambique Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 1,586 228,463 9,776 143 127 . . . 216 552 646 355 . . . 236,740 52 346,711 1.57 26,220 0.12 1,624 19,440 . . . . . . 393,995 1.78 221,116 2,579 388,985 25,91053 Southern Africa Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 387 111,732 5,786 202 817 2 477 336 223 2,412 28 115,063 53 19,181,167 180.84 359,684 3.39 4,978 297,576 . . . . . . 19,843,405 187.09 106,066 1,492 151,427 359,68454 Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,787 3,638 567,881 52,529 278 8,969 1,833 12,252 1,633 2,777 394 1,790 612,644 54 7,609,778 13.93 571,502 1.05 148,517 72,664 . . . . . . 8,402,461 15.38 546,367 5,509 674,686 529,14755 Zimbabwe Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,063 2,125 534,801 40,351 170 1,981 255 2,717 797 919 2,371 . . . 570,754 55 27,095,512 51.86 2,251,558 4.31 . . . 562,889 . . . . . . 29,909,959 57.25 522,426 3,144 2,531,663 2,251,558

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,627 11,978 2,187,125 165,561 2,032 14,847 4,776 18,844 5,597 9,090 8,779 6,168 2,325,863 70,466,937 33.33 3,863,588 1.83 160,823 1,200,977 . . . 87,240 75,779,565 35.84 2,114,291 20,230 5,251,046 3,805,959

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION1 EAST-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,236 . . . 38,236 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Guntur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 48 55,000 4,372 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 59,354 2 15,860 0.29 101 0.00 14 . . . . . . 217 16,192 0.30 54,050 200 48,110 873 Hyderabad Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 67 4,650 584 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 5,229 3 53,302 12.45 825 0.19 118 . . . . . . 1,768 56,013 13.08 4,282 110 7,000 7074 North Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 339 145,036 8,127 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 153,155 4 113,744 0.79 3,446 0.02 492 . . . . . . 7,384 125,066 0.87 143,667 575 230,210 2,9545 North Orissa Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 54 4,573 548 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5,119 5 7,009 1.63 127 0.03 18 . . . . . . 272 7,426 1.72 4,310 76 5,600 1096 North Rayalaseema Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 62 53,222 4,258 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 57,462 6 36,033 0.71 254 0.01 36 . . . . . . 545 36,868 0.73 50,554 260 60,000 2187 Northeast Andhra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 115 41,562 2,277 3 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 43,831 7 28,810 0.72 132 0.00 19 . . . . . . 282 29,243 0.73 40,014 261 50,200 1138 Northwest Andhra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 175 56,441 2,532 . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 6 110 . . . 58,768 8 32,829 0.60 376 0.01 54 . . . . . . 806 34,065 0.62 55,099 270 60,000 3229 Orissa Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 230 42,423 553 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 42,972 9 24,734 0.59 256 0.01 37 . . . . . . 548 25,575 0.61 41,664 475 48,000 219

10 South Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 177 103,605 4,393 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 107,995 10 93,799 0.93 1,204 0.01 172 . . . . . . 2,580 97,755 0.97 100,378 620 225,396 1,03211 South Rayalaseema Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 40 58,704 5,481 2 . . . . . . . . . 32 52 217 . . . 63,886 11 25,985 0.45 212 0.00 30 . . . . . . 455 26,682 0.46 57,648 260 90,852 18212 Southeast Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 218 116,665 4,858 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 121,495 12 38,627 0.34 445 0.00 64 . . . . . . 953 40,089 0.36 112,711 460 123,500 38113 Vishaka Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 30 8,195 546 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 8,733 13 19,171 2.41 610 0.08 87 . . . . . . 1,307 21,175 2.66 7,962 50 10,000 52314 West Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 144 107,496 8,797 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 116,284 14 21,065 0.21 173 0.00 25 . . . . . . 371 21,634 0.21 101,143 425 100,000 148

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120 1,699 797,572 47,326 5 . . . . . . . . . 235 58 327 . . . 844,283 510,968 0.66 8,161 0.01 1,166 . . . 38,236 17,488 576,019 0.74 773,482 4,042 1,058,868 6,995

15 NORTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 308 33 . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 16 8,093 30.09 412 1.53 59 . . . . . . 883 9,447 35.12 269 8 370 35317 Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 56 4,417 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . 4,502 17 9,692 2.23 666 0.15 95 . . . . . . 1,428 11,881 2.73 4,349 85 6,501 57118 Garo Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 76 9,108 790 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 . . . . . . 9,886 18 91,937 10.69 6,926 0.81 686 . . . . . . 12,412 111,961 13.02 8,597 109 11,567 6,24019 Khasi Jaintia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 68 5,360 290 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8 . . . . . . 5,627 19 182,956 34.94 13,968 2.67 1,203 . . . . . . 20,735 218,862 41.80 5,236 84 8,584 9,90720 Manipur Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 54 7,990 129 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 . . . . . . 8,108 20 151,281 19.09 6,453 0.81 855 . . . . . . 13,294 171,883 21.69 7,924 98 13,809 5,59821 Mizo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 48 18,346 1,179 1 38 238 17 15 41 13 . . . 19,716 21 542,796 30.80 23,550 1.34 2,493 . . . . . . 43,495 612,334 34.75 17,623 256 27,085 21,05722 Nagaland Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 701 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 736 22 30,524 45.02 1,694 2.50 227 . . . . . . 3,513 35,958 53.04 678 18 2,000 1,467

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)23 NORTHERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,617 . . . 54,617 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Chhattisgarh Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 52 5,631 814 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 19 68 . . . 6,337 24 3,223 0.59 504 0.09 72 . . . . . . 1,079 4,878 0.89 5,481 58 7,437 43225 Delhi Metro Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 27 1,598 309 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1,906 25 39,673 26.75 2,687 1.81 384 . . . . . . 5,757 48,501 32.70 1,483 38 2,145 2,30326 East Jharkhand Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 81 6,264 504 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11 23 2 6,720 26 10,366 1.70 1,052 0.17 150 . . . . . . 2,255 13,823 2.27 6,091 106 9,131 90227 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 180 18,286 4,355 . . . 14 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 22,653 27 16,990 1.03 469 0.03 67 . . . . . . 1,004 18,530 1.12 16,516 221 24,012 40228 Haryana Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 126 5,962 1,100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,062 28 3,804 0.73 1,229 0.23 176 . . . . . . 2,634 7,843 1.50 5,240 72 9,016 1,05329 Jharkhand-Bihar Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 197 14,340 1,362 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 4 . . . 15,683 29 57,869 4.24 2,766 0.20 368 . . . . . . 5,712 66,715 4.88 13,659 271 19,037 2,39830 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 125 11,876 1,682 . . . . . . . . . 3 10 . . . 12 . . . 13,533 30 28,361 2.51 824 0.07 118 . . . . . . 1,765 31,068 2.75 11,292 110 15,104 70631 North Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 63 11,352 1,443 8 2 . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 12,780 31 39,303 3.75 2,744 0.26 367 . . . . . . 5,677 48,091 4.59 10,483 115 15,223 2,37732 North India Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 243 20,350 1,640 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 20 21 20 21,904 32 85,454 4.35 3,557 0.18 508 . . . . . . 7,623 97,142 4.95 19,639 298 23,176 3,04933 South Bengal Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 171 33,644 3,216 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 36,848 33 37,692 1.35 691 0.02 99 . . . . . . 1,481 39,963 1.43 27,855 280 3,703 59234 Upper Ganges Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 216 18,193 2,514 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 507 . . . 20,193 34 30,155 1.75 1,109 0.06 158 . . . . . . 2,377 33,799 1.96 17,220 264 22,125 95135 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 229 16,269 2,557 . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 122 . . . 18,666 35 14,667 1.08 822 0.06 117 . . . . . . 1,762 17,368 1.27 13,623 202 22,174 705

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 1,710 163,765 21,496 8 16 . . . 3 163 55 757 22 184,285 367,557 2.47 18,454 0.12 2,584 . . . 54,617 39,126 482,338 3.25 148,582 2,035 172,283 15,870

36 SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,259 . . . 39,259 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Bangalore Metro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 24 11,909 483 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 12,379 37 220,342 18.66 16,402 1.39 2,324 . . . . . . 34,998 274,066 23.21 11,806 72 6,500 14,07838 Goa-West Karnataka Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 85 19,875 852 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,727 38 17,397 0.91 1,036 0.05 148 . . . . . . 2,220 20,801 1.09 19,023 148 15,270 88839 Kolar-Chinthamani Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 68 8,880 736 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 9,608 39 3,798 0.45 768 0.09 110 . . . . . . 1,645 6,321 0.75 8,428 97 16,750 65840 North Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 57 17,274 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 17,590 40 11,865 0.70 1,330 0.08 190 . . . . . . 2,850 16,235 0.95 17,052 160 24,250 1,14041 Raichur-Bellary Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 28 6,082 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6,115 41 2,616 0.44 321 0.05 46 . . . . . . 687 3,670 0.61 6,002 32 5,250 27542 South Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 18 3,658 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3,695 42 38,054 10.57 2,055 0.57 294 . . . . . . 4,403 44,806 12.45 3,599 45 3,887 1,761

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 280 67,678 2,480 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 70,114 294,072 4.46 21,912 0.33 3,112 . . . 39,259 46,803 405,158 6.15 65,910 554 71,907 18,800

43 SOUTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,373 . . . 62,373 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Chennai Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 40 7,856 2,097 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 9,937 44 209,919 29.59 12,672 1.79 1,778 . . . . . . 26,895 251,264 35.42 7,094 165 7,300 10,89445 Erode Nilgiris Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 69 7,404 432 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . . . . . 7,825 45 51,067 7.19 3,159 0.44 451 . . . . . . 6,769 61,446 8.66 7,099 105 6,996 2,70846 Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 28 1,462 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1,615 46 27,345 19.89 1,918 1.39 272 . . . . . . 4,093 33,628 24.46 1,375 31 1,836 1,64647 North Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 339 31,744 2,063 . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . 15 . . . 33,759 47 309,341 9.89 20,778 0.66 2,968 . . . . . . 44,525 377,612 12.08 31,269 480 34,094 17,81048 Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12 480 173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 48 8,794 33.82 937 3.60 134 . . . . . . 2,007 11,872 45.66 260 14 765 80349 Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 78 16,233 358 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 77 82 . . . 16,423 49 16,386 1.02 1,328 0.08 190 . . . . . . 2,845 20,749 1.29 16,050 94 16,970 1,13850 South Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 158 33,042 1,001 . . . . . . . . . 7 36 23 25 60 33,892 50 281,550 8.69 19,539 0.60 2,783 . . . . . . 41,803 345,675 10.67 32,400 265 38,761 16,75651 Thanjavur-Karaikal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 32 9,172 583 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 327 546 890 7,975 51 51,859 5.32 2,990 0.31 427 . . . . . . 6,407 61,683 6.33 9,741 79 7,876 2,56352 Theni-Periyakulam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 2,926 316 . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,274 52 10,087 3.91 541 0.21 77 . . . . . . 1,159 11,864 4.60 2,577 20 2,630 46453 Villupuram-Thindivanam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 26 1,869 191 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2,057 53 12,038 7.09 547 0.32 78 . . . . . . 1,173 13,836 8.15 1,698 29 1,628 469

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 798 112,188 7,370 . . . 32 . . . 7 124 431 668 950 117,410 978,386 8.93 64,409 0.59 9,158 . . . 62,373 137,676 1,252,002 11.43 109,563 1,282 118,856 55,251

54 SOUTHWEST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,593 . . . 15,593 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 1,560 55 1 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 1,606 55 31,159 20.58 2,319 1.53 331 . . . . . . 4,969 38,778 25.61 1,514 35 2,350 1,98856 Idukki Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 24 3,550 233 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3,782 56 17,605 5.16 895 0.26 128 . . . . . . 1,918 20,546 6.03 3,409 54 3,758 76757 Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 14 1,309 33 5 . . . 20 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1,365 57 7,787 6.38 514 0.42 71 . . . . . . 1,079 9,451 7.74 1,221 25 2,650 44358 North Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 29 7,151 48 34 3 . . . 2 13 . . . 19 2 7,200 58 95,209 13.42 5,530 0.78 790 . . . . . . 11,850 113,379 15.98 7,096 74 9,904 4,74059 South Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 49 19,753 181 7 2 5 1 19 3 39 . . . 19,886 59 83,450 4.26 8,144 0.42 1,163 . . . . . . 17,451 110,208 5.62 19,609 164 21,168 6,981

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 126 33,323 550 47 5 25 3 45 3 58 2 33,839 235,210 7.16 17,402 0.53 2,483 . . . 15,593 37,267 307,955 9.37 32,849 352 39,830 14,919

60 WESTERN INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,491 . . . 56,491 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Central Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 23 16,688 1,163 8 . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 17,831 61 150,127 9.38 10,223 0.64 1,409 . . . . . . 21,498 183,257 11.45 16,001 210 25,560 8,81462 Gujarat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 148 25,480 873 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 26,348 62 94,201 3.86 2,991 0.12 396 . . . . . . 6,159 103,747 4.25 24,433 202 26,956 2,59563 Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 54 9,652 356 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 10,000 63 38,020 4.01 1,718 0.18 245 . . . . . . 3,682 43,665 4.61 9,470 78 19,822 1,47364 North Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 68 38,867 1,043 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 39,905 64 32,451 0.85 363 0.01 52 . . . . . . 778 33,644 0.88 38,294 216 36,054 31165 Saurashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 60 5,735 349 30 30 16 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,151 65 3,874 0.73 455 0.09 64 . . . . . . 964 5,357 1.00 5,334 48 8,936 39166 South Gujarat Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 401 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 66 3,229 6.47 181 0.36 26 . . . . . . 388 3,824 7.66 499 4 455 15567 South Maharashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 65 11,055 425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,480 67 20,995 1.97 1,329 0.12 190 . . . . . . 2,848 25,362 2.38 10,674 83 12,647 1,13968 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 48 10,752 361 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 11,111 68 10,607 1.10 1,345 0.14 188 . . . . . . 2,852 14,992 1.55 9,660 68 9,799 1,157

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 467 118,630 4,591 38 30 16 9 43 5 . . . . . . 123,248 353,504 3.09 18,605 0.16 2,570 . . . 56,491 39,169 470,339 4.11 114,365 909 140,229 16,035

69 ATTACHED FIELDS 6970 Andaman and Nicobar Island Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 220 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 70 2,392 10.97 101 0.46 14 . . . . . . 1,742 4,249 19.49 218 3 223 8771 Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 26 6,009 837 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,846 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,357 40 6,846 . . .

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72 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 East-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,120 1,699 797,572 47,326 5 . . . . . . . . . 235 58 327 . . . 844,283 73 510,968 0.66 8,161 0.01 1,166 . . . 38,236 17,488 576,019 0.74 773,482 4,042 1,058,868 6,99574 Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 313 46,230 2,558 1 38 246 17 59 53 20 . . . 48,924 74 1,017,279 22.77 53,669 1.20 5,618 . . . . . . 95,760 1,172,326 26.24 44,676 658 69,916 45,19375 Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 1,710 163,765 21,496 8 16 . . . 3 163 55 757 22 184,285 75 367,557 2.47 18,454 0.12 2,584 . . . 54,617 39,126 482,338 3.25 148,582 2,035 172,283 15,87076 South-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 280 67,678 2,480 . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 70,114 76 294,072 4.46 21,912 0.33 3,112 . . . 39,259 46,803 405,158 6.15 65,910 554 71,907 18,80077 Southeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 798 112,188 7,370 . . . 32 . . . 7 124 431 668 950 117,410 77 978,386 8.93 64,409 0.59 9,158 . . . 62,373 137,676 1,252,002 11.43 109,563 1,282 118,856 55,25178 Southwest India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 126 33,323 550 47 5 25 3 45 3 58 2 33,839 78 235,210 7.16 17,402 0.53 2,483 . . . 15,593 37,267 307,955 9.37 32,849 352 39,830 14,91979 Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 467 118,630 4,591 38 30 16 9 43 5 . . . . . . 123,248 79 353,504 3.09 18,605 0.16 2,570 . . . 56,491 39,169 470,339 4.11 114,365 909 140,229 16,03580 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 28 6,229 840 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,069 80 2,392 0.43 101 0.02 14 . . . . . . 1,742 4,249 0.76 5,575 43 7,069 87

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 BANGLADESH UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 27,956 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 28,437 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 East Bangladesh Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 66 5,775 328 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 6,102 2 36,682 6.47 3,060 0.54 . . . . . . . . . 7,458 47,200 8.32 5,671 91 7,113 . . .3 North Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 73 6,435 814 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 7,247 3 24,772 4.09 806 0.13 . . . . . . . . . 2,483 28,061 4.64 6,052 78 6,598 . . .4 South Bangladesh Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 61 7,880 571 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 10 . . . 8,412 4 52,772 7.03 1,867 0.25 . . . . . . . . . 6,176 60,815 8.10 7,505 95 9,224 . . .5 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 98 7,106 330 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 7,432 5 16,934 2.44 689 0.10 . . . . . . . . . 2,098 19,721 2.84 6,932 119 7,123 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 298 27,196 2,043 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 17 10 . . . 29,193 159,116 6.08 6,422 0.25 . . . . . . . . . 18,696 184,234 7.04 26,160 383 30,058 . . .

6 CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 39,548 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,548 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Central Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 153 32,473 2,688 18 2 . . . 5 13 3 11 . . . 35,149 7 1,019,326 32.10 36,373 1.15 . . . . . . 6,000 69,020 1,130,719 35.60 31,758 364 58,145 . . .8 East Visayan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 138 22,250 1,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 24,022 8 699,280 32.09 17,052 0.78 . . . . . . 10,748 37,662 764,742 35.10 21,790 323 33,521 . . .9 Negros Occidental Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 125 26,419 2,308 19 18 . . . 28 64 96 331 . . . 28,245 9 819,974 31.69 31,680 1.22 . . . . . . 6,705 52,644 911,003 35.21 25,874 396 49,012 . . .

10 Negros Oriental-Siquijor Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 50 10,680 653 11 1 . . . 1 24 3 4 . . . 11,313 10 297,791 29.76 10,447 1.04 . . . 1,627 3,565 22,601 336,031 33.58 10,008 181 14,952 . . .11 Romblon Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 14 5,351 245 6 1 . . . 4 14 9 4 . . . 5,572 11 242,703 45.69 8,889 1.67 . . . . . . . . . 16,863 268,455 50.54 5,312 76 7,150 . . .12 West Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 138 24,528 1,961 19 9 164 1 50 105 54 . . . 26,471 12 965,982 39.99 41,174 1.70 . . . 25,628 2,091 42,694 1,077,569 44.61 24,155 412 38,441 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134 618 121,701 9,655 73 31 164 39 193 216 404 . . . 130,772 4,084,604 34.35 145,615 1.22 . . . 27,255 29,109 241,484 4,528,067 38.08 118,897 1,752 201,221 . . .

13 EAST INDONESIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Central Sulawesi Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 17 6,910 88 . . . 5 . . . . . . 10 2 . . . . . . 6,991 14 116,834 17.17 5,573 0.82 . . . . . . . . . 3,650 126,057 18.53 6,804 63 6,050 . . .15 Maluku Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 26 5,627 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 5,733 15 178,132 32.07 9,296 1.67 . . . 423 . . . 4,137 191,988 34.57 5,554 70 4,636 . . .16 North Minahasa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 38 16,720 1,061 28 17 . . . 7 34 29 21 . . . 17,735 16 1,029,603 63.47 51,065 3.15 . . . 20,924 . . . 29,555 1,131,147 69.73 16,222 181 16,287 . . .17 Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 105 16,896 716 44 . . . . . . . . . 42 8 . . . . . . 17,606 17 932,199 56.25 53,527 3.23 . . . 376 . . . 20,045 1,006,147 60.72 16,571 192 20,502 . . .18 Sangihe Talaud Island Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 28 2,640 190 8 10 . . . 9 26 . . . . . . . . . 2,813 18 112,670 44.50 8,467 3.34 . . . 2,105 . . . 3,667 126,909 50.12 2,532 77 3,825 . . .19 South Minahasa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 13 40,122 1,300 4 23 . . . 6 37 3 . . . . . . 41,403 19 683,793 17.41 34,765 0.89 . . . . . . . . . 13,626 732,184 18.64 39,278 192 42,027 . . .20 South Sulawesi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6 3,549 166 5 6 . . . 23 13 3 5 . . . 3,682 20 359,827 103.19 19,383 5.56 . . . . . . . . . 6,981 386,191 110.75 3,487 56 4,529 . . .21 Bolaang Mongondow and Gorontalo Attached Field . . . 52 7 3,679 305 4 5 . . . 2 12 3 2 . . . 3,974 21 157,993 44.68 9,320 2.64 . . . . . . . . . 11,453 178,766 50.56 3,536 59 4,081 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 240 96,143 3,945 93 66 . . . 47 187 48 28 . . . 99,937 3,571,051 38.00 191,396 2.04 . . . 23,828 . . . 93,114 3,879,389 41.28 93,984 890 101,937 . . .

22 MYANMAR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 33,881 . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 34,056 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Ayeyarwady Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 21 6,618 240 3 47 13 75 36 20 7 8 6,775 23 59,642 9.20 3,230 0.50 . . . . . . . . . 4,229 67,101 10.35 6,486 94 8,615 . . .24 Central Myanmar Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 23 5,841 211 . . . 55 9 55 10 22 10 . . . 6,019 24 33,758 5.90 1,603 0.28 . . . . . . . . . 2,084 37,445 6.54 5,725 87 6,912 . . .25 South East Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 14 4,344 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 4,459 25 68,890 16.15 2,830 0.66 . . . . . . . . . 3,705 75,425 17.68 4,265 44 4,140 . . .26 Upper Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 44 6,254 522 19 157 13 157 31 21 67 . . . 6,689 26 128,596 20.81 4,657 0.75 . . . . . . . . . 6,103 139,356 22.55 6,180 135 6,779 . . .27 Yangon Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 2,729 163 . . . 12 2 10 12 4 17 8 2,855 27 90,646 35.13 4,874 1.89 . . . . . . . . . 6,382 101,902 39.50 2,580 26 2,280 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 108 25,786 1,257 22 271 37 297 95 67 101 16 26,797 415,413 16.46 17,272 0.68 . . . . . . . . . 22,600 455,285 18.04 25,236 386 28,726 . . .

28 NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 16,354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996 . . . 17,350 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Central Luzon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 78 108,250 3,621 382 245 30 185 229 90 270 . . . 111,754 29 3,702,515 34.73 131,983 1.24 . . . 135,045 16,398 250,083 4,236,024 39.73 106,611 434 124,261 . . .30 Mountain Provinces Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 44 5,888 487 8 7 11,631 14 13 . . . . . . . . . 17,994 30 438,974 87.85 14,340 2.87 . . . 14,767 6,850 27,346 502,277 100.52 4,997 147 5,764 . . .31 Northern Luzon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 135 26,036 2,601 . . . . . . . . . 11 41 . . . . . . . . . 28,585 31 941,451 37.39 47,006 1.87 1,031 47,983 7,724 89,502 1,134,697 45.06 25,182 407 29,751 . . .32 South-Central Luzon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 115 43,075 6,607 29 94 . . . 78 73 132 332 . . . 49,190 32 1,272,440 30.05 42,906 1.01 16,942 44,428 14,631 82,272 1,473,619 34.80 42,347 412 50,055 . . .33 Southern Luzon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 26 14,555 1,168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,723 33 388,355 27.26 13,006 0.91 . . . 13,131 2,534 24,501 441,527 30.99 14,247 207 15,835 . . .34 Palawan Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 33 15,068 651 . . . 2 . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 15,703 34 361,681 24.16 14,573 0.97 . . . 15,035 2,121 27,841 421,251 28.14 14,968 137 18,930 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308 431 212,872 15,135 419 348 11,661 288 374 222 602 . . . 238,949 7,121,770 34.18 263,814 1.27 17,973 270,389 51,254 501,545 8,226,745 39.48 208,352 1,744 244,596 . . .

35 SOUTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 21,334 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,334 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Davao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 199 40,044 5,796 67 43 371 126 93 219 687 371 44,825 36 1,654,039 45.02 68,630 1.87 . . . 190 18,415 155,314 1,896,588 51.63 36,737 499 41,914 . . .37 Northeastern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 223 59,005 3,614 186 134 189 129 96 252 799 977 60,875 37 946,814 16.00 45,174 0.76 . . . 27,262 16,633 78,805 1,114,688 18.84 59,180 435 63,174 . . .38 Northern Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 115 39,865 5,140 87 39 1,987 268 88 568 1,687 1,987 42,520 38 2,215,926 58.62 67,981 1.80 . . . 8,441 16,938 43,568 2,352,854 62.24 37,802 577 46,514 . . .39 Southern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 181 49,609 3,281 13 7 708 189 153 340 660 708 51,568 39 1,031,995 22.07 31,923 0.68 . . . 23,935 12,840 59,838 1,160,531 24.82 46,751 505 57,863 . . .40 Western Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 204 29,149 3,164 211 24 656 123 77 361 217 656 31,770 40 985,965 35.35 30,134 1.08 . . . 34,346 23,923 103,800 1,178,168 42.24 27,890 479 32,165 . . .41 Zamboanga Peninsula Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 10 19,408 1,562 . . . . . . 659 162 43 327 821 659 19,617 41 556,267 29.39 14,735 0.78 . . . . . . 7,470 30,204 608,676 32.16 18,926 272 15,905 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851 932 237,080 22,557 564 247 4,570 997 550 2,067 4,871 5,358 251,175 7,412,340 32.61 258,577 1.14 . . . 94,174 96,219 471,529 8,332,839 36.66 227,286 2,767 257,535 . . .

42 SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 43 5,520 782 3 . . . . . . 1 14 127 228 . . . 5,935 43 122,799 21.67 5,437 0.96 . . . . . . . . . 4,731 132,967 23.47 5,666 49 5,399 . . .44 Peninsular Malaysia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 4,697 152 5 40 . . . 18 10 . . . . . . . . . 4,866 44 1,136,206 246.63 38,759 8.41 . . . . . . . . . 301,504 1,476,469 320.48 4,607 31 1,672 . . .45 Sabah Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 88 26,093 1,833 3 441 . . . 1,269 20 21 44 . . . 27,016 45 2,115,627 83.45 77,496 3.06 . . . . . . . . . 228,000 2,421,123 95.50 25,351 223 13,607 . . .46 Sarawak Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 50 18,064 635 3 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 18,687 46 513,404 29.45 28,780 1.65 . . . . . . . . . 74,970 617,154 35.40 17,434 142 12,301 . . .47 Singapore Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 2,486 41 10 27 . . . 12 9 1 . . . . . . 2,542 47 1,644,470 681.22 59,717 24.74 46,967 . . . . . . 748,252 2,499,406 1,035.38 2,414 7 773 . . .48 Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 82 12,083 721 40 59 . . . 76 17 149 110 . . . 12,551 48 1,590,923 135.84 49,375 4.22 . . . . . . . . . 146,322 1,786,620 152.55 11,712 124 9,253 . . .49 Vietnam Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 31 9,077 394 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,471 49 110,482 12.39 3,885 0.44 . . . . . . . . . 15,942 130,309 14.62 8,915 38 3,976 . . .50 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 1,467 402 . . . 1 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1,865 50 17,039 12.76 417 0.31 . . . . . . . . . 368 17,824 13.35 1,335 4 853 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 306 79,487 4,960 64 568 . . . 1,376 90 298 382 . . . 82,933 7,250,950 93.64 263,866 3.41 46,967 . . . . . . 1,520,089 9,081,872 117.29 77,434 618 47,834 . . .

51 WEST INDONESIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Central Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 71 9,902 576 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,478 52 571,539 59.39 26,875 2.79 7,511 23,786 . . . 31,297 661,008 68.68 9,624 155 9,974 . . .53 East Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 24 6,429 507 10 9 11 8 16 16 25 52 6,849 53 783,039 127.72 40,539 6.61 11,298 34,911 . . . 46,209 915,996 149.40 6,131 89 7,444 . . .54 East Kalimantan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 47 6,629 189 7 18 . . . 15 11 19 23 550 6,225 54 4,199,055 645.51 141,430 21.74 9,946 31,497 . . . 41,443 4,423,371 680.00 6,505 90 6,909 . . .55 Jakarta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 48 24,795 1,107 12 45 . . . 10 48 4 4 . . . 25,893 55 517,034 22.27 37,384 1.61 38,915 123,229 . . . 162,144 878,706 37.85 23,218 169 25,662 . . .56 North Sumatra Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 56 12,886 1,209 29 48 27 181 53 72 183 382 13,328 56 620,132 49.73 27,582 2.21 7,658 24,250 . . . 31,908 711,530 57.06 12,470 226 14,950 . . .57 Nusa Tenggara Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 33 10,690 316 1 5 . . . 10 19 4 1 . . . 10,978 57 305,250 29.04 19,898 1.89 5,543 17,553 . . . 23,096 371,340 35.33 10,511 106 13,018 . . .58 South Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 49 7,525 208 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 232 . . . 7,495 58 296,542 39.18 12,929 1.71 3,534 11,192 . . . 14,726 338,923 44.78 7,569 106 7,988 . . .59 West Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 9 8,568 374 3 33 . . . 43 12 . . . . . . . . . 8,923 59 678,526 80.42 25,593 3.03 7,054 22,339 . . . 29,393 762,905 90.42 8,437 43 9,121 . . .60 Central Java Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 24 4,005 240 3 8 . . . 8 8 . . . . . . 35 4,205 60 304,425 78.58 12,362 3.19 3,412 10,804 . . . 14,216 345,219 89.11 3,874 54 5,381 . . .61 West Kalimantan Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 38 2,833 480 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3,310 61 55,349 19.97 3,188 1.15 839 3,133 . . . 3,972 66,481 23.99 2,771 50 3,450 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 399 94,262 5,206 65 166 38 275 174 117 468 1,019 97,684 8,330,891 91.44 347,780 3.82 95,710 302,694 . . . 398,404 9,475,479 104.00 91,110 1,088 103,897 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D)62 ATTACHED FIELDS 6263 Guam-Micronesia Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12 4,033 105 2 15 60 15 16 2 . . . 1 4,181 63 1,559,357 388.96 68,163 17.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,627,520 405.97 4,009 30 4,012 . . .64 Sri Lanka Mission of SDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 23 3,626 71 . . . 1 . . . 1 4 12 . . . . . . 3,681 64 197,123 55.47 6,664 1.88 683 853 . . . 11,122 216,445 60.90 3,554 59 2,274 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 35 7,659 176 2 16 60 16 20 14 . . . 1 7,862 1,756,480 232.25 74,827 9.89 683 853 . . . 11,122 1,843,965 243.81 7,563 89 6,286 . . .

65 SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 208 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 306 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 11 315 . . .66 Bangladesh Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 298 27,196 2,043 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 17 10 . . . 29,193 66 159,116 6.08 6,422 0.25 . . . . . . . . . 18,696 184,234 7.04 26,160 383 30,058 . . .67 Central Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134 618 121,701 9,655 73 31 164 39 193 216 404 . . . 130,772 67 4,084,604 34.35 145,615 1.22 . . . 27,255 29,109 241,484 4,528,067 38.08 118,897 1,752 201,221 . . .68 East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 240 96,143 3,945 93 66 . . . 47 187 48 28 . . . 99,937 68 3,571,051 38.00 191,396 2.04 . . . 23,828 . . . 93,114 3,879,389 41.28 93,984 890 101,937 . . .69 Myanmar Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 108 25,786 1,257 22 271 37 297 95 67 101 16 26,797 69 415,413 16.46 17,272 0.68 . . . . . . . . . 22,600 455,285 18.04 25,236 386 28,726 . . .70 North Philippine Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308 431 212,872 15,135 419 348 11,661 288 374 222 602 . . . 238,949 70 7,121,770 34.18 263,814 1.27 17,973 270,389 51,254 501,545 8,226,745 39.48 208,352 1,744 244,596 . . .71 South Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851 932 237,080 22,557 564 247 4,570 997 550 2,067 4,871 5,358 251,175 71 7,412,340 32.61 258,577 1.14 . . . 94,174 96,219 471,529 8,332,839 36.66 227,286 2,767 257,535 . . .72 Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 306 79,487 4,960 64 568 . . . 1,376 90 298 382 . . . 82,933 72 7,250,950 93.64 263,866 3.41 46,967 . . . . . . 1,520,089 9,081,872 117.29 77,434 618 47,834 . . .73 West Indonesia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 399 94,262 5,206 65 166 38 275 174 117 468 1,019 97,684 73 8,330,891 91.44 347,780 3.82 95,710 302,694 . . . 398,404 9,475,479 104.00 91,110 1,088 103,897 . . .74 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 35 7,659 176 2 16 60 16 20 14 . . . 1 7,862 74 1,756,480 232.25 74,827 9.89 683 853 . . . 11,122 1,843,965 243.81 7,563 89 6,286 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,356 3,374 902,394 65,039 1,302 1,713 16,530 3,335 1,702 3,073 6,866 6,394 965,608 40,102,615 45.77 1,569,569 1.79 161,333 719,193 176,582 3,278,583 46,007,875 52.51 876,197 9,728 1,022,405 . . .Note—Because of the new Combined Offering Plan, there are no separate Sabbath School Mission Offerings to report for the Southern-Asia Pacific Division.

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION1 ADRIATIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Albanian Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 301 10 5 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 2 27,163 94.64 595 2.07 23 . . . . . . 668 28,449 99.13 287 6 95 5723 Croatian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11 3,015 53 8 48 . . . 82 53 10 9 . . . 2,970 3 1,640,468 511.21 71,523 22.29 . . . . . . 26,185 220,402 1,958,578 610.34 3,209 94 3,790 64,3234 Slovenian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 533 24 2 20 . . . 15 6 . . . . . . . . . 558 4 534,564 1,026.03 27,609 52.99 . . . . . . 1,055 128,121 691,349 1,326.97 521 15 573 23,648

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 16 3,849 87 15 74 . . . 97 59 10 9 . . . 3,850 2,202,195 548.22 99,727 24.83 23 . . . 27,240 349,191 2,678,376 666.76 4,017 115 4,458 88,543

5 BALTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Estonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 1,711 26 3 16 . . . 27 28 10 8 . . . 1,683 6 698,755 408.39 29,745 17.38 545 . . . . . . . . . 729,045 426.09 1,711 19 1,610 25,7027 Latvian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . 3,928 101 7 39 . . . 42 44 39 . . . . . . 3,950 7 1,015,439 258.97 33,883 8.64 421 . . . . . . . . . 1,049,743 267.72 3,921 52 2,730 25,0188 Lithuanian Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 884 16 . . . 13 . . . 29 5 . . . 3 . . . 876 8 294,611 325.18 6,104 6.74 98 . . . . . . . . . 300,813 332.02 906 27 740 5,361

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . 6,523 143 10 68 . . . 98 77 49 11 . . . 6,509 2,008,805 307.25 69,732 10.67 1,064 . . . . . . . . . 2,079,601 318.08 6,538 98 5,080 56,081

9 BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921,233 . . . 921,233 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Irish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 424 24 12 32 . . . 7 4 4 . . . . . . 477 10 755,563 1,898.40 32,418 81.45 181 . . . . . . . . . 788,162 1,980.31 398 18 550 28,02411 North England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 10 7,874 195 20 94 37 25 44 19 12 14 8,106 11 6,468,834 843.28 236,657 30.85 13,578 . . . . . . . . . 6,719,069 875.91 7,671 114 4,863 183,35712 Scottish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 402 9 4 26 . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 426 12 461,416 1,214.25 25,166 66.23 876 . . . . . . . . . 487,458 1,282.78 380 11 420 21,31213 South England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 13 18,920 531 57 451 4 282 79 29 42 . . . 19,531 13 15,987,001 869.38 464,664 25.27 22,223 . . . . . . . . . 16,473,888 895.86 18,389 150 9,500 396,80414 Welsh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 484 14 2 45 . . . 24 10 4 1 2 504 14 471,005 975.17 17,925 37.11 2,397 . . . . . . . . . 491,327 1,017.24 483 15 250 15,851

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 35 28,104 773 95 648 41 343 147 56 55 16 29,044 24,143,819 883.71 776,830 28.43 39,255 . . . 921,233 . . . 25,881,137 947.30 27,321 308 15,583 645,348

15 DANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 46 1 2,585 16 13 14 . . . 4 58 21 2 . . . 2,543 15 3,945,184 1,519.72 242,932 93.58 766 25,954 272,428 41,505 4,528,769 1,744.52 2,596 43 1,500 222,418

16 FINLAND UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Finland Finnish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 3 4,764 56 14 42 . . . 35 104 45 1 . . . 4,691 17 3,421,122 719.03 173,356 36.43 5,583 289,875 161,889 421,190 4,473,015 940.10 4,758 58 1,860 111,19118 Finland Swedish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 205 1 4 6 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 212 18 194,767 945.47 12,191 59.18 1,550 11,805 9,574 15,337 245,224 1,190.41 206 12 165 11,54719 North Finland Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 171 9 3 . . . . . . 2 4 6 . . . . . . 171 19 194,208 1,122.59 9,575 55.35 312 16,890 7,176 30,410 258,571 1,494.63 173 7 63 4,639

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 5 5,140 66 21 48 . . . 37 112 51 1 . . . 5,074 3,810,097 741.70 195,122 37.98 7,445 318,570 178,639 466,937 4,976,810 968.82 5,137 77 2,088 127,377

20 HUNGARIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 41,544 . . . 765 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,309 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5121 Duna Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 14 2,579 43 7 77 . . . 58 30 12 14 4 2,588 21 1,220,507 475.09 44,559 17.34 3,427 . . . . . . 193,982 1,462,475 569.28 2,569 57 2,560 25,78622 Tisza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 18 2,136 40 . . . 19 . . . 21 35 18 15 . . . 2,106 22 738,738 347.81 27,778 13.08 3,541 . . . . . . 173,677 943,734 444.32 2,124 55 2,116 20,805

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 32 4,715 83 7 96 . . . 79 65 30 29 4 4,694 2,000,789 426.33 73,102 15.58 6,968 . . . . . . 367,659 2,448,518 521.74 4,693 112 4,676 46,642

23 MIDDLE EAST UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Cyprus Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 71 2 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 24 61,344 828.97 9,585 129.53 . . . 3,003 . . . 13,987 87,919 1,188.09 74 2 60 8,16325 East Mediterranean Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 558 9 . . . 11 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 25 191,546 344.51 14,546 26.16 1,776 2,847 . . . 13,985 224,700 404.14 556 8 827 9,82526 Egypt Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 740 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 26 123,919 145.10 4,891 5.73 . . . 2,424 . . . 9,432 140,666 164.71 854 20 800 4,01727 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 264 15 2 8 . . . 1 . . . . . . 11 . . . 277 27 358,810 1,418.22 29,776 117.69 . . . 10,964 . . . 62,258 461,808 1,825.33 253 3 277 19,56828 Gulf Section South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 322 7 . . . 20 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 28 460,850 1,510.98 33,825 110.90 . . . 26,820 . . . 128,027 649,522 2,129.58 305 6 368 15,56029 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 172 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 29 21,058 123.15 414 2.42 . . . . . . . . . 431 21,903 128.09 171 1 173 41430 South Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 59 7,409 241 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,650 30 72,857 10.68 5,733 0.84 . . . . . . . . . 1,924 80,514 11.81 6,820 93 7,650 4,23631 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 83 7,265 431 20 4 . . . 6 2 8 . . . . . . 7,704 31 102,489 15.06 9,014 1.32 852 . . . . . . 358 112,713 16.57 6,804 130 9,731 4,874

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32 NETHERLANDS UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . 54 13 4,524 29 6 277 100 45 15 3 . . . 30 4,843 32 4,219,554 932.70 195,525 43.22 1,877 . . . 318,101 . . . 4,735,057 1,046.65 4,524 55 4,500 37,751

33 NORWEGIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 East Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 2,923 52 2 432 . . . 407 58 13 . . . . . . 2,931 34 3,900,206 1,334.77 278,909 95.45 10,775 315,676 320,955 391,338 5,217,859 1,785.71 2,922 34 1,250 260,64135 North Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 566 3 1 44 . . . 49 11 3 . . . . . . 551 35 588,507 1,050.91 56,937 101.67 2,079 52,686 42,781 52,910 795,900 1,421.25 560 13 250 53,98936 West Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 1,167 18 5 23 . . . 12 20 10 . . . . . . 1,171 36 1,255,680 1,070.49 120,178 102.45 3,749 118,389 132,002 76,805 1,706,803 1,455.08 1,173 12 500 115,446

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (CONT’D) TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)37 PAKISTAN UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Northern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 118 8,173 733 . . . 143 37 . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . 9,029 38 52,882 7.12 4,889 0.66 58 . . . . . . 1,703 59,532 8.02 7,427 49 2,200 3,53639 Southern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 48 3,223 324 2 . . . . . . 2 36 . . . . . . 107 3,404 39 61,837 19.62 3,078 0.98 . . . . . . . . . 1,020 65,935 20.92 3,152 84 3,800 2,176

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 166 11,396 1,057 2 143 37 2 93 . . . . . . 107 12,433 114,719 10.84 7,967 0.75 58 . . . . . . 2,723 125,467 11.86 10,579 133 6,000 5,712

40 POLISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 6,044 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,044 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 East Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14 1,789 48 2 20 . . . 14 12 10 4 . . . 1,819 41 771,379 437.04 34,926 19.79 . . . 45,566 . . . . . . 851,871 482.65 1,765 48 2,487 32,02342 South Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 8 2,286 43 2 29 . . . 43 30 7 10 37 2,233 42 864,647 380.23 49,195 21.63 . . . 53,337 . . . . . . 967,179 425.32 2,274 59 2,711 43,96543 West Polish Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 12 1,687 60 5 41 2 45 20 22 8 4 1,696 43 690,204 408.65 28,886 17.10 . . . 42,797 . . . . . . 761,887 451.09 1,689 48 2,149 26,966

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 34 5,762 151 9 90 2 102 62 39 22 41 5,748 2,332,274 407.17 113,007 19.73 . . . 141,700 . . . . . . 2,586,981 451.64 5,728 155 7,347 102,954

44 SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Macedonian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 591 28 3 18 32 1 6 54 10 14 587 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 18 510 . . .46 North Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . 3,629 84 10 20 30 33 80 15 7 56 3,582 46 917,776 250.96 23,883 6.53 1,221 . . . . . . . . . 942,880 257.83 3,657 105 3,050 21,74247 South Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . 3,418 55 10 34 27 33 59 69 21 32 3,330 47 827,833 245.36 26,125 7.74 27 . . . . . . . . . 853,985 253.11 3,374 95 2,850 21,17648 West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 695 28 4 10 2 24 13 3 2 6 691 48 274,201 392.28 6,967 9.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . 281,168 402.24 699 26 520 6,829

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 . . . 8,333 195 27 82 91 91 158 141 40 108 8,190 2,019,810 243.03 56,975 6.86 1,248 . . . . . . . . . 2,078,033 250.03 8,311 244 6,930 49,747

49 SWEDISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 2,763 50 4 27 . . . 2 40 13 . . . . . . 2,789 49 1,932,722 699.25 136,668 49.45 6,092 3,132 271,923 . . . 2,350,537 850.41 2,764 40 1,900 130,051

50 ATTACHED FIELDS 5051 Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 505 23 . . . 18 . . . 30 3 4 . . . . . . 509 51 451,764 901.72 41,509 82.85 6,403 . . . . . . . . . 499,676 997.36 501 28 535 26,94852 Iceland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 561 10 . . . 1 . . . 4 7 . . . . . . . . . 561 52 291,585 518.83 19,517 34.73 388 506 14,520 . . . 326,516 580.99 562 8 118 17,97853 Israel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 833 47 38 15 . . . 28 1 . . . 21 . . . 883 53 411,957 477.35 12,314 14.27 . . . 497 . . . 36,943 461,711 535.01 863 23 722 8,808

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 22 1,899 80 38 34 . . . 62 11 4 21 . . . 1,953 1,155,306 599.85 73,340 38.08 6,791 1,003 14,520 36,943 1,287,903 668.69 1,926 59 1,375 53,734

54 TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Adriatic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 16 3,849 87 15 74 . . . 97 59 10 9 . . . 3,850 55 2,202,195 548.22 99,727 24.83 23 . . . 27,240 349,191 2,678,376 666.76 4,017 115 4,458 88,54356 Baltic Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . 6,523 143 10 68 . . . 98 77 49 11 . . . 6,509 56 2,008,805 307.25 69,732 10.67 1,064 . . . . . . . . . 2,079,601 318.08 6,538 98 5,080 56,08157 British Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 35 28,104 773 95 648 41 343 147 56 55 16 29,044 57 24,143,819 883.71 776,830 28.43 39,255 . . . 921,233 . . . 25,881,137 947.30 27,321 308 15,583 645,34858 Danish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1 2,585 16 13 14 . . . 4 58 21 2 . . . 2,543 58 3,945,184 1,519.72 242,932 93.58 766 25,954 272,428 41,505 4,528,769 1,744.52 2,596 43 1,500 222,41859 Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 5 5,140 66 21 48 . . . 37 112 51 1 . . . 5,074 59 3,810,097 741.70 195,122 37.98 7,445 318,570 178,639 466,937 4,976,810 968.82 5,137 77 2,088 127,37760 Hungarian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 32 4,715 83 7 96 . . . 79 65 30 29 4 4,694 60 2,000,789 426.33 73,102 15.58 6,968 . . . . . . 367,659 2,448,518 521.74 4,693 112 4,676 46,64261 Middle East Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 155 16,801 719 22 47 . . . 15 2 8 11 . . . 17,553 61 1,392,873 87.95 107,784 6.81 2,628 46,058 . . . 230,402 1,779,745 112.38 15,837 263 19,886 66,65762 Netherlands Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 13 4,524 29 6 277 100 45 15 3 . . . 30 4,843 62 4,219,554 932.70 195,525 43.22 1,877 . . . 318,101 . . . 4,735,057 1,046.65 4,524 55 4,500 37,75163 Norwegian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2 4,656 73 8 499 . . . 468 89 26 . . . . . . 4,653 63 5,744,393 1,234.03 456,024 97.96 16,603 486,751 495,738 521,053 7,720,562 1,658.55 4,655 59 2,000 430,07664 Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 166 11,396 1,057 2 143 37 2 93 . . . . . . 107 12,433 64 114,719 10.84 7,967 0.75 58 . . . . . . 2,723 125,467 11.86 10,579 133 6,000 5,71265 Polish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 34 5,762 151 9 90 2 102 62 39 22 41 5,748 65 2,332,274 407.17 113,007 19.73 . . . 141,700 . . . . . . 2,586,981 451.64 5,728 155 7,347 102,95466 South-East European Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 . . . 8,333 195 27 82 91 91 158 141 40 108 8,190 66 2,019,810 243.03 56,975 6.86 1,248 . . . . . . . . . 2,078,033 250.03 8,311 244 6,930 49,74767 Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 2,763 50 4 27 . . . 2 40 13 . . . . . . 2,789 67 1,932,722 699.25 136,668 49.45 6,092 3,132 271,923 . . . 2,350,537 850.41 2,764 40 1,900 130,05168 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 22 1,899 80 38 34 . . . 62 11 4 21 . . . 1,953 68 1,155,306 599.85 73,340 38.08 6,791 1,003 14,520 36,943 1,287,903 668.69 1,926 59 1,375 53,734

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384 483 107,050 3,522 277 2,147 271 1,445 988 451 201 306 109,876 57,022,540 545.01 2,604,735 24.90 90,818 1,023,168 2,499,822 2,016,413 65,257,496 623.72 104,626 1,761 83,323 2,063,091Note—The following unions have blocked currency: Adriatic, Hungarian, Polish, and South-East European.

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 14,864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Central African Republic Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 45 9,032 488 10 . . . 4 . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 9,521 2 25,452 2.94 1,579 0.18 9 43 . . . 695 27,778 3.20 8,671 95 9,521 1,5033 Central-South Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 202 24,342 1,748 65 35 . . . 13 55 50 18 965 25,089 3 516,774 21.60 15,579 0.65 1,693 123 162 23,942 558,273 23.33 23,926 470 25,089 15,4294 Chad Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 11 3,276 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,393 4 49,852 15.76 1,758 0.56 175 294 . . . 1,376 53,455 16.89 3,164 54 3,393 1,7585 East Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 128 26,191 1,445 66 100 2 460 559 243 252 4 26,286 5 124,548 4.79 3,822 0.15 90 310 . . . 1,774 130,544 5.02 26,025 338 26,191 3,8166 Equatorial Guinea Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 2,208 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,268 6 101,080 46.30 4,387 2.01 950 1,083 . . . 59,603 167,103 76.55 2,183 20 2,268 4,3877 Gabon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 3,183 172 . . . 17 1 8 . . . 7 . . . 100 3,258 7 131,134 42.26 4,621 1.49 560 570 . . . 7,393 144,278 46.50 3,103 28 3,258 4,5828 North Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 175 44,206 1,604 . . . 11 23 1 21 27 80 . . . 45,715 8 144,229 3.33 20,710 0.48 609 1,415 . . . 22,272 189,235 4.38 43,250 487 45,715 18,1419 West Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 46 10,423 405 2 10 28 2 . . . . . . . . . 10 10,856 9 197,003 18.25 5,890 0.55 7 272 . . . 11,534 214,706 19.89 10,793 103 10,856 5,890

10 Republic of Congo Attached Mission Station . . . . . . . . . 12 5 595 20 13 8 14 9 1 4 . . . . . . 636 10 51,114 85.76 2,717 4.56 479 585 . . . 2,999 57,894 97.14 596 17 636 2,717Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 626 123,456 6,059 156 181 72 493 649 331 350 1,079 127,022 1,356,050 11.14 61,063 0.50 4,572 4,695 162 131,588 1,558,130 12.80 121,711 1,612 126,927 58,223

11 EASTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5,562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Anambra-Imo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 76 8,311 364 . . . 4 . . . 14 40 11 . . . . . . 8,614 12 139,749 17.14 1,422 0.17 . . . 202 . . . 99,713 241,086 29.57 8,153 120 9,648 1,41413 East Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 107 16,022 728 2 16 . . . 146 89 119 . . . . . . 16,414 13 287,894 18.77 5,513 0.36 . . . 969 . . . 146,979 441,355 28.78 15,334 168 18,523 5,51314 East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 92 79,554 3,729 230 308 . . . 744 530 551 1,274 . . . 80,722 14 903,103 11.24 24,163 0.30 2,724 5,676 1,516 544,621 1,481,803 18.44 80,344 311 103,243 23,82215 Rivers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 212 41,312 2,268 8 67 . . . 63 99 47 36 . . . 43,410 15 960,946 24.78 84,489 2.18 . . . . . . . . . 383,248 1,428,683 36.84 38,776 389 102,288 84,48916 South East Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 52 6,465 238 20 . . . 25 6 14 3 . . . . . . 6,725 16 118,478 18.64 10,037 1.58 67 138 67 89,326 218,113 34.31 6,357 100 8,447 10,029

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 539 151,664 7,327 260 395 25 973 772 731 1,310 . . . 155,885 2,415,732 16.22 125,624 0.84 2,791 6,985 1,583 1,263,887 3,816,602 25.62 148,964 1,088 242,149 125,267

17 GHANA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16,913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 320 92,098 4,753 181 184 . . . 810 329 231 532 27 95,287 18 1,088,083 11.97 61,796 0.68 9,132 5,973 . . . 154,005 1,318,989 14.51 90,881 573 100,928 59,47919 East Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 233 30,206 1,715 14 80 2 275 128 138 326 . . . 31,150 19 398,844 13.62 16,198 0.55 3,705 2,155 . . . 44,590 465,492 15.89 29,286 381 52,592 15,85320 Mid-West Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 243 51,285 2,030 591 174 . . . 683 209 100 . . . . . . 53,088 20 515,827 10.13 17,195 0.34 991 2,379 . . . 44,550 580,942 11.40 50,941 405 99,720 16,76921 North Ghana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 67 7,713 197 46 12 6 27 . . . 24 90 . . . 7,833 21 78,565 10.75 3,806 0.52 506 493 . . . 9,187 92,557 12.66 7,309 87 26,920 3,74622 South Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 253 69,321 3,360 41 247 . . . 660 230 61 62 . . . 71,956 22 855,580 12.52 42,293 0.62 5,470 4,627 . . . 105,520 1,013,490 14.83 68,350 476 119,582 41,08823 South Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 280 55,264 3,397 61 397 . . . 447 105 54 267 . . . 58,246 23 1,750,017 32.46 74,461 1.38 6,402 3,422 . . . 176,992 2,011,294 37.30 53,921 442 71,725 73,91524 South West Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 180 29,558 1,470 39 189 . . . 1,054 126 307 523 124 29,122 24 336,831 11.82 2,541 0.09 485 256 . . . 6,420 346,533 12.16 28,494 315 37,546 2,450

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2008 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)25 NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 8,709 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,709 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Edo-Delta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 46 11,838 649 . . . 5 . . . 7 11 . . . . . . . . . 12,474 26 330,982 28.78 3,850 0.33 1,558 311 10 203,582 540,293 46.97 11,502 82 14,574 3,69427 North East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 89 22,726 792 14 32 . . . 25 10 5 . . . . . . 23,524 27 559,205 25.87 8,956 0.41 15,091 1,129 1,078 75,092 660,551 30.56 21,613 169 42,404 8,61828 North West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 174 16,576 755 33 108 903 261 50 114 7 157 17,786 28 263,120 15.83 8,196 0.49 1,913 466 202 523,054 796,951 47.94 16,625 248 33,585 8,12929 South West Nigeria Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 141 28,667 1,033 24 38 . . . 46 25 8 . . . . . . 29,683 29 1,316,064 46.47 30,097 1.06 27 . . . 27 624,565 1,970,780 69.59 28,319 219 36,159 30,09630 West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 185 26,472 897 . . . . . . . . . 4 11 . . . 1 . . . 27,353 30 1,193,330 45.59 34,451 1.32 . . . . . . . . . 121,500 1,349,282 51.54 26,178 271 37,403 34,451

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 635 106,279 4,126 71 183 903 343 107 127 8 157 110,820 3,671,410 35.22 85,550 0.82 18,589 1,906 1,317 1,547,793 5,326,566 51.10 104,237 989 164,125 84,988

31 SAHEL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13,984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Benin Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 44 4,238 216 . . . 6 . . . 7 5 9 6 . . . 4,433 32 80,290 19.56 2,192 0.53 655 362 . . . 16,357 99,856 24.33 4,105 38 4,821 2,19233 Burkina Faso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 63 3,305 176 . . . 13 . . . 9 4 1 . . . . . . 3,480 33 183,970 56.38 4,398 1.35 720 287 . . . 10,857 200,232 61.36 3,263 122 3,200 4,39834 Cape Verde Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 6,019 355 . . . . . . . . . 8 5 53 . . . 100 6,208 34 404,108 70.75 27,367 4.79 4,159 4,604 . . . 80,973 521,211 91.25 5,712 64 1,385 27,35135 Cote d'Ivoire Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 88 11,186 397 2 77 . . . 57 11 7 7 6 11,574 35 257,455 23.84 23,585 2.18 1,958 2,516 . . . 60,848 346,362 32.07 10,799 137 7,928 23,58536 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 23 1,096 155 . . . . . . 37 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1,287 36 17,809 16.90 677 0.64 1,272 48 . . . 4,018 23,824 22.60 1,054 14 477 67737 Guinea-Bissau Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22 1,964 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 1,967 37 45,123 25.81 924 0.53 . . . . . . . . . 2,628 48,675 27.85 1,748 30 1,898 92438 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22 1,440 39 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 22 . . . . . . 1,452 38 16,550 11.70 3,074 2.17 602 32 . . . 2,518 22,776 16.11 1,414 20 1,215 3,07339 Niger Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 213 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 39 7,058 32.98 230 1.07 52 73 . . . 713 8,126 37.97 214 9 195 23040 Senegal/Mauritania Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 476 13 . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 40 53,568 117.47 2,510 5.50 166 146 . . . 2,973 59,363 130.18 456 19 174 2,51041 Togo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 99 10,272 422 1 14 . . . 7 21 87 115 5 10,474 41 178,424 17.91 9,340 0.94 1,571 1,254 . . . 54,808 245,397 24.63 9,962 137 9,510 9,340

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 404 40,209 1,793 3 112 38 92 48 182 128 111 41,594 1,258,339 32.49 74,297 1.92 11,155 9,322 . . . 236,693 1,589,806 41.05 38,727 590 30,803 74,280

42 WEST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 2,973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Gambia Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 1,102 69 . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1,203 43 8,668 8.18 605 0.57 163 274 . . . 1,468 11,178 10.55 1,060 11 1,180 60544 Liberia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 59 23,484 1,064 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 24,530 44 101,977 4.38 10,326 0.44 116 123 . . . 28,758 141,300 6.06 23,303 130 40,020 10,22045 Sierra Leone Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 42 16,855 584 1 . . . 31 . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . 17,433 45 77,342 4.64 717 0.04 1,478 580 . . . 60,655 140,772 8.45 16,652 65 31,748 660

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 109 41,441 1,717 1 . . . 64 . . . 56 . . . . . . 1 43,166 190,960 4.66 11,648 0.28 1,757 977 . . . 90,881 296,223 7.22 41,015 206 72,948 11,485

46 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 85,041 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,041 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Central African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 626 123,456 6,059 156 181 72 493 649 331 350 1,079 127,022 47 1,356,050 11.14 61,063 0.50 4,572 4,695 162 131,588 1,558,130 12.80 121,711 1,612 126,927 58,22348 Eastern Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 539 151,664 7,327 260 395 25 973 772 731 1,310 . . . 155,885 48 2,415,732 16.22 125,624 0.84 2,791 6,985 1,583 1,263,887 3,816,602 25.62 148,964 1,088 242,149 125,26749 Ghana Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089 1,576 335,445 16,922 973 1,283 8 3,956 1,127 915 1,800 151 346,682 49 5,040,660 15.31 218,290 0.66 26,691 19,305 . . . 541,264 5,846,210 17.76 329,182 2,679 509,013 213,30050 North-Western Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 635 106,279 4,126 71 183 903 343 107 127 8 157 110,820 50 3,671,410 35.22 85,550 0.82 18,589 1,906 1,317 1,547,793 5,326,565 51.10 104,237 989 164,125 84,98851 Sahel Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 404 40,209 1,793 3 112 38 92 48 182 128 111 41,594 51 1,258,339 32.49 74,296 1.92 11,155 9,322 . . . 236,693 1,589,805 41.05 38,727 590 30,803 74,28052 West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 109 41,441 1,717 1 . . . 64 . . . 56 . . . . . . 1 43,166 52 190,960 4.66 11,648 0.28 1,757 977 . . . 90,881 296,223 7.22 41,015 206 72,948 11,485

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162 3,889 798,494 37,944 1,464 2,154 1,110 5,857 2,759 2,286 3,596 1,499 825,169 14,018,192 17.88 576,471 0.74 65,555 43,190 3,062 3,812,106 18,518,576 23.63 783,836 7,164 1,145,965 567,543

WORLD SUMMARY WORLD SUMMARY1 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12,308,185 . . . . . . . . . 17,536,111 . . . . . . . . . 29,844,296 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 East-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,622 9,609 2,376,903 146,612 2,641 21,960 20,655 30,931 6,069 20,158 13,964 23,253 2,474,396 2 20,521,643 8.79 1,430,229 0.61 . . . 1,756,311 551 1,752,909 25,461,643 10.91 2,333,422 23,585 3,724,557 75,661

3 Euro-Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,522 706 176,047 4,440 514 5,698 669 5,596 2,895 1,824 140 704 176,209 3 140,648,416 802.98 7,938,401 45.32 1,286,891 1,978,128 335,622 20,218,789 172,406,247 984.30 175,157 2,837 177,069 6,393,872

4 Euro-Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,969 985 137,676 5,205 426 3,478 46 3,866 2,066 3,142 . . . 164 137,593 4 32,135,266 231.83 717,969 5.18 1,321 707,540 . . . 2,122,630 35,684,726 257.43 138,617 2,941 118,848 16,523

5 Inter-American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,981 7,626 2,958,485 219,730 4,048 243,354 2,766 244,907 6,054 29,816 13,953 6,051 3,127,602 5 195,346,314 67.88 10,327,961 3.59 961,826 14,169,987 2,344,047 30,983,885 254,134,020 88.31 2,877,894 18,018 3,776,527 9,708,281

6 North American Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,224 734 1,062,189 33,960 5,749 29,463 5,350 28,161 7,353 5,423 9,264 1,672 1,084,838 6 893,139,263 850.44 23,774,843 22.64 4,345,892 22,089,181 2,262,714 356,457,406 1,302,069,299 1,239.82 1,050,210 4,417 272,236 21,917,035

7 Northern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,970 3,302 590,684 15,688 3,472 633 26 537 332 47 2,522 8 607,057 7 62,905,016 108.68 2,932,521 5.07 420,206 2,254,430 452,465 20,732,798 89,697,436 154.97 578,819 5,392 497,315 2,831,488

8 South American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,553 10,965 2,617,706 208,646 4,619 22,359 48,990 26,678 13,194 158,640 162,541 290,747 2,250,520 8 310,268,580 115.61 8,758,085 3.26 527,684 8,424,595 1,660,174 61,822,250 391,461,368 145.87 2,683,648 22,035 2,052,827 8,753,768

9 South Pacific Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865 3,358 399,979 12,162 1,171 2,677 . . . 2,450 1,195 989 3,850 . . . 407,505 9 77,125,718 194.65 4,602,678 11.62 777,842 1,355,045 1,041,109 31,132,188 116,034,580 292.85 396,226 5,208 494,268 4,340,513

10 Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,627 11,978 2,187,125 165,561 2,032 14,847 4,776 18,844 5,597 9,090 8,779 6,168 2,325,863 10 70,466,937 33.33 3,863,588 1.83 160,823 1,200,977 . . . 87,240 75,779,565 35.84 2,114,291 20,230 5,251,046 3,805,959

11 Southern Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,726 5,421 1,345,615 87,211 99 121 287 39 713 605 1,830 974 1,429,172 11 3,759,368 2.90 202,713 0.16 26,705 . . . 266,569 415,031 4,670,386 3.61 1,295,002 9,875 1,678,958 173,150

12 Southern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,356 3,374 902,394 65,039 1,302 1,713 16,530 3,335 1,702 3,073 6,866 6,394 965,608 12 40,102,615 45.77 1,569,569 1.79 161,333 719,193 176,582 3,278,583 46,007,875 52.51 876,197 9,728 1,022,405 . . .

13 Trans-European Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,384 483 107,050 3,522 277 2,147 271 1,445 988 451 201 306 109,876 13 57,022,540 545.01 2,604,735 24.90 90,818 1,023,168 2,499,822 2,016,413 65,257,496 623.72 104,626 1,761 83,323 2,063,091

14 West-Central Africa Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162 3,889 798,494 37,944 1,464 2,154 1,110 5,857 2,759 2,286 3,596 1,499 825,169 14 14,018,192 17.88 576,471 0.74 65,555 43,190 3,062 3,812,106 18,518,576 23.63 783,836 7,164 1,145,965 567,543

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,961 62,430 15,660,347 1,005,720 27,814 350,604 101,476 372,646 50,917 235,544 227,506 337,940 15,921,408 1,929,768,053 125.24 69,299,763 4.50 26,363,007 55,721,745 11,042,717 534,832,228 2,627,027,513 170.50 15,407,945 133,191 20,295,344 60,646,884

WORLD TOTALS 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,017 61,700 15,115,806 1,011,174 29,468 157,875 70,588 169,617 48,982 210,602 130,507 164,856 15,660,347 1,911,649,916 129.80 65,995,632 4.48 30,498,412 62,893,995 11,327,239 585,641,370 2,668,006,564 181.16 14,727,425 129,216 19,162,863 59,601,995

Net Increase (Decrease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944 730 544,541 (5,454) (1,654) 192,729 30,888 203,029 1,935 24,942 96,999 173,084 261,061 18,118,137 (4.56) 3,304,131 0.02 (4,135,405) (7,172,250) (284,522) (50,809,142) (40,979,051) (10.66) 680,520 3,975 1,132,481 1,044,889

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GENERAL CONFERENCE1 General Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 5 2 125 358 10 2 . . . 9 85 . . . 3 737 842 General Conference Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 8 420 183 1,189 16 . . . 44 17 333 . . . 8,687 11,064 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 13 422 308 1,547 26 2 44 26 418 . . . 8,690 11,801 84

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 EAST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 9 40 3682 Central Kenya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 50 . . . . . . 14 . . . 10 316 . . . 67 128 25 746 . . .3 Central Nyanza Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 5 11 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 34 . . .4 Kenya Coast Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4 5 . . . 12 8 . . . 4 . . . 21 60 . . . 135 . . .5 Kenya Lake Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 1 3 . . . 26 14 4 4 . . . 10 14 2 119 . . .6 Nyamira Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . 5 . . . 16 . . . 2 6 . . . 4 31 6 127 . . .7 Ranen Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . 3 . . . 6 26 . . . 3 . . . . . . 54 26 170 . . .8 South Kenya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 1 . . . . . . 17 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 110 238 . . .9 Western Kenya Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 6 . . . . . . 10 3 . . . 207 . . . 9 183 144 644 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 62 16 . . . 126 70 16 540 . . . 119 506 322 2,253 368

10 EAST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5811 North Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5 19 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 63 . . .12 South Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8 15 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 71 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 13 34 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 139 58

13 ETHIOPIAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 85 . . . 34 35 . . . 20 . . . 42 . . . 160 394 9714 Central Ethiopia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 31 8 . . . 5 . . . 5 112 . . . . . . 1 155 335 . . .15 Northwest Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 10 . . . 9 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 91 . . .16 South Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 17 . . . 19 16 1 20 . . . 15 . . . 115 246 . . .17 West Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 3 . . . 12 20 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 43 113 . . .18 Tigray Attached Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 14 7 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 72 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 60 130 . . . 82 76 6 152 . . . 67 1 585 1,251 97

19 RWANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 29 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 5 47 7120 Central Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 39 25 . . . . . . . . . 31 4 46 159 . . .21 East Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 49 33 . . . . . . . . . 5 21 30 163 . . .22 North Rwanda Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 52 28 . . . . . . . . . 1 44 238 396 . . .23 South Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 42 78 . . .24 West Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 35 25 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 15 94 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 . . . . . . . . . 207 125 . . . . . . . . . 49 76 376 937 71

25 TANZANIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 123 2 . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . 29 248 6026 East Tanzania Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 20 21 . . . . . . . . . 6 317 16 403 . . .27 Mara Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 19 14 . . . . . . . . . 17 135 19 229 . . .28 North-East Tanzania Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 23 12 . . . . . . . . . 44 167 15 292 . . .29 South Nyanza Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 1 . . . 19 179 36 295 . . .30 South-West Tanzania Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 27 18 . . . . . . . . . 12 139 14 229 . . .31 West Tanzania Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 30 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 140 10 221 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 257 91 . . . 1 . . . 181 1,077 139 1,917 60

32 UGANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 70 2 . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . 75 245 10333 Central Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . 9 26 . . . . . . . . . 638 86 52 869 . . .34 Eastern Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 3 65 27 122 . . .35 Northern Uganda Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 4 16 . . . . . . . . . 23 38 26 116 . . .36 Southwestern Uganda Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 9 15 . . . . . . . . . 5 49 42 168 . . .37 Western Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . 14 25 31 119 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 106 81 . . . . . . . . . 765 263 253 1,639 103

38 WEST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 17 . . .39 Central Kasai Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 5 9 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 49 . . .40 Congo Equatorial Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 7 . . .41 East Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 28 . . .42 Lower Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 10 . . .43 West Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . 35 . . .44 West Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 5 14 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . 69 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 . . . . . . . . . 28 45 . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . 215 . . .

45 ATTACHED FIELDS46 Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 21 . . .47 East Burundi Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 14 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 46 148 North Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 31 349 West Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 15 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 117 6 165 18

Totals for Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 35 . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 146 18 263 22

50 Eritrea Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 8 . . . 1 . . . 2 17 1

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EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)51 North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 24 . . .52 Central Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 5 18 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 53 . . .53 North Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 69 . . .54 South Kivu Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 33 . . .55 Upper Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 11 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 36 . . .

Totals for North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . 22 42 . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . 215 . . .

Totals for Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 35 . . . . . . 40 45 2 8 . . . 43 146 20 495 23

56 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 5 . . . 261 12 . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . 29 403 357 East African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 62 16 . . . 126 70 16 540 . . . 119 506 322 2,253 36858 East Congo Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 13 34 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 139 5859 Ethiopian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 60 130 . . . 82 76 6 152 . . . 67 1 585 1,251 9760 Rwanda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 . . . . . . . . . 207 125 . . . . . . . . . 49 76 376 937 7161 Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 257 91 . . . 1 . . . 181 1,077 139 1,917 6062 Uganda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 106 81 . . . . . . . . . 765 263 253 1,639 10363 West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 . . . . . . . . . 28 45 . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . 215 . . .64 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 35 . . . . . . 40 45 2 8 . . . 43 146 20 495 23

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,358 177 185 . . . 1,107 551 24 701 . . . 1,329 2,086 1,731 9,249 783

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION1 AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE. . . 30 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . 20 322 380 20

2 BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . 34 10 . . . . . . 15 25 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . 66 154 6

3 CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 91 444 Bohemian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 11 21 6 73 . . .5 Moravia-Silesian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 29 7 80 . . .6 Slovakian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 32 7 58 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 . . . . . . 21 82 96 302 44

7 FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 11 698 Belgian-Luxembourg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . .9 North France Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 1 . . . 7 16 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 1 51 . . .

10 South France Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 42 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 2 1 . . . 18 25 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 4 116 69

11 ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . . 55 7 . . . . . . 43 21 10 1 . . . 10 4 12 163 20

12 NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 19713 Berlin-Central German Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 8 . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 88 . . .14 Hansa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . .15 Lower Saxonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 3 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 37 . . .16 Northern Rhenish-Westfalian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7 . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 54 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 21 . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 234 197

17 PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 27 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 62 22

18 ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 4 . . . 41 1 . . . 3 . . . 1 9 . . . 79 10419 Banat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 46 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 97 . . .20 Moldavia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 72 9 6 . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . 178 . . .21 Muntenia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . 93 18 9 . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 196 . . .22 North Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . 69 12 5 . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . 179 . . .23 Oltenia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 70 16 8 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 152 . . .24 South Transylvania Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 102 13 4 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 160 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 8 4 . . . 493 76 34 3 . . . 1 180 . . . 1,041 104

25 SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 . . . . . . 14 1 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 4 37 11926 Baden-Wuerttemberg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 7 9 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 51 . . .27 Central Rhenish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 37 . . .28 North Bavarian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 18 . . .29 South Bavarian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . 25 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 4 . . . . . . 27 22 . . . . . . . . . 18 3 4 168 119

30 SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 62 6 75 . . . 40 15 . . . 31 . . . . . . 27 6 262 29

31 SWISS UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 French-Italian Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 . . . . . . 2 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 27 . . .33 German Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 2 . . . 14 6 . . . . . . . . . 7 9 31 86 . . .

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EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)34 ATTACHED FIELD35 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 2 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 9 236 Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 3 137 Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 . . .38 Turkey Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 9 1

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . 4 3 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 30 4

39 EURO-AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 18 25 . . . 92 9 12 15 . . . 30 . . . 15 247 . . .40 Austrian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . 20 322 380 2041 Bulgarian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10 . . . . . . 15 25 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . 66 154 642 Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 . . . . . . 21 82 96 302 4443 Franco-Belgian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 2 1 . . . 18 25 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 4 116 6944 Italian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 7 . . . . . . 43 21 10 1 . . . 10 4 12 163 2045 North German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 21 . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 234 19746 Portuguese Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . 27 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 62 2247 Romanian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 8 4 . . . 493 76 34 3 . . . 1 180 . . . 1,041 10448 South German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 4 . . . . . . 27 22 . . . . . . . . . 18 3 4 168 11949 Spanish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 6 75 . . . 40 15 . . . 31 . . . . . . 27 6 262 2950 Swiss Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4 2 . . . 16 14 . . . . . . . . . 7 9 33 113 . . .51 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . 4 3 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 30 4

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 105 107 . . . 802 227 72 50 . . . 99 325 599 3,272 634

EURO-ASIA DIVISION1 BELARUS UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 10 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 73 11

2 CAUCASUS UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 15 213 Kubano-Chernomorskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 49 . . .4 North Caucasus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 20 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 44 . . .5 Rostov-Kalmykia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 8 19 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 3 49 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 16 59 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 25 157 21

6 EAST RUSSIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 14 . . .7 Central Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 29 . . .8 East Siberian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 27 . . .9 West Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 22 . . .

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10 FAR EASTERN UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 9 48 1

11 MOLDOVA UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 4 41 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 19 105 . . .

12 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 14 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 35 1313 Kyrgyzstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . 8 1 . . . 21 . . .14 Northern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 16 52 . . .15 Southern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 17 . . .16 Tajikistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 2 12 . . .17 Turkmenistan Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . .18 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 36 23 . . . . . . . . . 18 1 43 161 13

19 TRANS-CAUCASUS UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 7 220 Armenian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 4 2 18 . . .21 Azerbaijan Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 6 . . . . . . . . . 1 3 1 14 . . .22 Georgian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 10 . . .

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23 UKRAINIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 30 57 2624 Bukovinskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 8 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 15 99 . . .25 Central Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 8 63 . . .26 Dnieper Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 8 1 13 83 . . .27 Eastern Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 1 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 76 . . .28 Eastern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 15 22 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 16 80 . . .29 Kiev Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 1 . . . 2 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 31 . . .30 Podolsk Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 85 . . .31 Southern Ukrainian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 15 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 90 . . .32 Western Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 3 41 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 76 . . .

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008 43

EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 WEST RUSSIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 8 28 634 Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 7 50 . . .35 Moscow Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 31 . . .36 Northwestern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 1 17 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 1 46 . . .37 Priokskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 2 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 31 . . .38 Southern Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 8 38 . . .39 Ural Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 8 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 47 . . .40 Volga Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 3 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 6 48 . . .41 Volgo-Vyatskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 3 48 34 132 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . 29 137 . . . . . . . . . 33 48 82 451 6

42 EURO-ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 8 . . . 53 9 . . . 4 . . . 27 . . . 88 214 143 Belarus Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 10 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 73 1144 Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 16 59 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 25 157 2145 East Russian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 17 27 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 11 92 . . .46 Far Eastern Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 9 48 147 Moldova Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 4 41 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 19 105 . . .48 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 36 23 . . . . . . . . . 18 1 43 161 1349 Trans-Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 16 . . . . . . . . . 4 10 6 49 250 Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 . . . 1 . . . 57 282 . . . . . . . . . 26 12 133 740 2651 West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . 29 137 . . . . . . . . . 33 48 82 451 6

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 . . . 9 . . . 225 660 . . . 4 . . . 134 75 416 2,090 81

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION1 BELIZE UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 181 . . . 4 3 . . . 55 . . . 3 3 40 298 6

2 CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 175 4 . . . . . . . . . 141 . . . 328 670 913 East Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 132 12 . . . . . . . . . 12 2 45 230 . . .4 Grenada Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 2 29 . . .5 Guyana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 15 9 . . . . . . . . . 27 1 7 82 . . .6 North Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 76 10 . . . . . . . . . 33 1 76 232 . . .7 Saint Lucia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 43 10 . . . . . . . . . 18 5 47 130 . . .8 South Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 100 29 . . . . . . . . . 24 16 28 241 . . .9 Suriname Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . .

10 Tobago Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 42 2 . . . . . . . . . 17 6 42 119 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . 596 80 . . . . . . . . . 275 32 575 1,743 91

11 CENTRAL MEXICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 18 . . .12 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 22 4 . . . 1 . . . 10 4 3 59 . . .13 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 6 . . . . . . . . . 26 13 . . . 63 . . .14 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 18 9 . . . . . . . . . 14 6 2 64 . . .15 Valley Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . 59 23 . . . 1 . . . 52 23 5 215 . . .

16 COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 54 2 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 282 377 4617 Atlantic Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 9 13 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 20 64 . . .18 Caribbean Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 49 . . .19 Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 21 . . .20 Colombian Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . .21 East Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 38 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 58 141 . . .22 Northeast Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 19 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 80 . . .23 Pacific Colombian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 15 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 111 . . .24 South Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 50 12 . . . . . . . . . 33 6 10 127 . . .25 Upper Magdalena Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 38 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 72 156 . . .26 West Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 11 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 42 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 . . . . . . . . . 246 69 . . . . . . . . . 74 8 582 1,175 46

27 CUBAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 32 2 . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . 82 2828 Central Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 53 . . .29 East Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 26 21 . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . 89 . . .30 West Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 25 28 . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . 145 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . 98 65 . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . 369 28

31 DOMINICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 31 . . . 67 1 . . . 18 . . . 19 22 311 476 7832 Central Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . 39 . . . 11 14 . . . 7 . . . 6 12 1 118 . . .33 East Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 66 . . . 9 15 . . . 39 . . . 2 6 143 298 . . .34 North Dominican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 45 . . . 27 19 . . . 29 . . . 6 1 64 207 . . .35 Northeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 23 . . . 10 9 . . . 19 . . . 5 2 102 175 . . .36 South Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 20 . . . 3 7 . . . 13 . . . 3 . . . 2 55 . . .37 Southeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . 42 . . . 15 10 . . . 36 . . . 5 1 14 147 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 200844

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)38 FRENCH ANTILLES-GUIANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 17 9239 French Guiana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 20 32 . . .40 Guadeloupe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 44 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 62 137 . . .41 Martinique Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 38 5 . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 135 241 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . 94 10 . . . . . . . . . 40 4 221 427 92

42 GUATEMALA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . 9 1543 Belize Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Central Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 15 . . .45 East Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 14 . . .46 Metropolitan Guatemala Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 9 . . . . . . 9 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . 4 39 . . .47 North Guatemala Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . .48 South Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 1 6 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 19 . . .49 West Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 1 . . . 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 6 10 . . . 12 39 . . . 4 . . . 6 2 4 131 15

50 HAITIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 14 . . . 85 . . . . . . 52 . . . 40 . . . 420 617 10251 Central Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 15 . . . 17 14 . . . 257 . . . 3 145 . . . 477 . . .52 North Haiti Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 23 . . . 17 17 . . . 11 . . . 3 13 254 364 . . .53 Northwest Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 1 15 8 6 . . . 5 61 . . . 115 . . .54 South Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 4 . . . 14 15 . . . 10 . . . 6 20 334 429 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . 56 . . . 134 61 8 336 . . . 57 239 1,008 2,002 102

55 INTER-OCEANIC MEXICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . 28 4256 Central Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Hidalgo Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 22 16 . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . . 68 . . .58 Isthmus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 8 11 . . . . . . . . . 19 1 . . . 46 . . .59 Oaxaca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 2 33 . . .60 Olmeca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 34 18 . . . . . . . . . 14 6 1 100 . . .61 South Pacific Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 24 6 . . . . . . . . . 109 16 1 183 . . .62 South Veracruz Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 27 14 . . . . . . . . . 9 35 . . . 113 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . . . . . . 132 74 . . . . . . . . . 167 67 4 571 42

63 MID-CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 2 14 4864 Atlantic Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 8 . . . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 6 3 30 . . .65 Bay Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 37 . . . 4 3 . . . 9 . . . 4 . . . 34 96 . . .66 Central El Salvador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 . . . 2 8 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . 19 . . .67 Central Honduras Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1 18 . . . 9 3 1 6 . . . 18 . . . 1 74 . . .68 East El Salvador Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 7 . . . 11 5 . . . . . . . . . 11 5 10 57 . . .69 Metropolitan El Salvador Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 29 . . . 9 7 . . . 17 . . . 2 . . . . . . 72 . . .70 Northwest Honduras Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 27 . . . 10 9 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 48 106 . . .71 Paracentral El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 2 . . . 2 3 . . . 10 . . . 1 10 8 42 . . .72 West El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 6 . . . 3 3 . . . 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . 23 . . .

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73 NORTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 51 2 . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . 109 4474 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Baja California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 37 13 . . . . . . . . . 92 23 . . . 188 . . .76 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Gulf Mexican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 8 16 . . . . . . . . . 5 14 . . . 62 . . .78 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 North Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 10 8 . . . . . . . . . 10 14 . . . 56 . . .80 Northeast Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 38 8 . . . . . . . . . 11 3 . . . 92 . . .81 Sinaloa Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 23 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 15 3 69 . . .82 Sonora Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 15 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 19 2 63 . . .83 West Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 9 7 . . . 44 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . 187 68 . . . . . . . . . 184 95 5 683 44

84 PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 65 3 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 717 817 4585 East Puerto Rico Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . 25 . . . 50 15 . . . 19 . . . 11 . . . 105 267 . . .86 North Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 12 . . . 8 5 . . . 11 . . . 1 . . . 32 83 . . .87 South Puerto Rico Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 14 . . . . . . 4 . . . 18 . . . 6 . . . 12 66 . . .88 West Puerto Rico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . 45 . . . 39 10 . . . 20 . . . 6 . . . 100 262 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . 96 . . . 162 37 . . . 68 . . . 45 . . . 966 1,495 45

89 SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE 6 . . . 20 . . . 15 . . . . . . 1 . . . 21 . . . . . . 63 6690 Caribbean Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 9 . . . 5 5 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 1 29 . . .91 Central Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 5 . . . 4 7 . . . 5 . . . 1 . . . 2 31 . . .92 Central-South Costa Rica Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 22 . . . 14 9 . . . 2 . . . 7 3 . . . 68 . . .93 East Panama Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 20 . . . 12 10 . . . 9 . . . 9 . . . 12 89 . . .94 Nicaragua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 79 . . . 14 14 . . . 112 . . . 4 . . . 9 250 . . .95 North Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 1 . . . 4 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3 25 . . .96 West Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 48 . . . 10 4 . . . 10 . . . 6 1 . . . 92 . . .

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)97 SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 . . . . . . 228 5998 Central Chiapas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 25 17 . . . . . . . . . 9 1 . . . 79 . . .99 Mayab Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . . . . . . . 6 20 . . . 72 . . .

100 North Chiapas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 20 18 . . . . . . . . . 4 12 2 76 . . .101 Quintana Roo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 16 8 . . . . . . . . . 8 9 . . . 63 . . .102 Soconusco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 18 29 . . . . . . . . . 5 11 . . . 81 . . .103 Tabasco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 35 20 . . . . . . . . . 5 14 . . . 96 . . .104 Upper Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 5 19 . . . . . . . . . 13 27 . . . 71 . . .105 West Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 7 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . 35 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . 246 136 . . . . . . . . . 160 96 2 801 59

106 VENEZUELA-ANTILLES UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 235 67107 Aruba Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . .108 Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 16 11 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 134 185 . . .109 East Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 22 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 101 . . .110 Netherlands Antilles Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 . . .111 North Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 83 109 . . .112 South Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 46 79 . . .113 Southeast Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 53 75 . . .114 Southwest Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 4 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 66 98 . . .115 West Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 24 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 160 215 . . .116 West Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 139 185 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . 157 86 . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . 907 1,313 67

117 WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 12 90 . . . 81 1 1 60 . . . 89 . . . 185 539 183118 Bahamas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1 . . . . . . 21 8 . . . . . . . . . 73 1 7 130 . . .119 Cayman Islands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . 28 . . .120 Central Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . 43 25 . . . . . . . . . 47 10 10 174 . . .121 East Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . 3 . . . 58 14 . . . . . . . . . 25 17 17 162 . . .122 North Bahamas Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 9 . . . 2 . . . . . . 6 . . . 3 1 5 31 . . .123 North Jamaica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 16 15 . . . . . . . . . 41 15 18 118 . . .124 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 7 . . .125 West Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1 . . . . . . 61 17 . . . . . . . . . 38 15 3 167 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 15 102 . . . 290 82 1 66 . . . 327 59 247 1,356 183

126 INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 8 125 . . . 349 3 . . . 20 . . . 93 . . . . . . 659 120127 Belize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 181 . . . 4 3 . . . 55 . . . 3 3 40 298 6128 Caribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . 596 80 . . . . . . . . . 275 32 575 1,743 91129 Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . 59 23 . . . 1 . . . 52 23 5 215 . . .130 Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 . . . . . . . . . 246 69 . . . . . . . . . 74 8 582 1,175 46131 Cuban Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . 98 65 . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . 369 28132 Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . 266 . . . 142 75 . . . 161 . . . 46 44 637 1,476 78133 French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . 94 10 . . . . . . . . . 40 4 221 427 92134 Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 6 10 . . . 12 39 . . . 4 . . . 6 2 4 131 15135 Haitian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . 56 . . . 134 61 8 336 . . . 57 239 1,008 2,002 102136 Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . . . . . . 132 74 . . . . . . . . . 167 67 4 571 42137 Mid-Central American Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 15 135 . . . 57 42 1 50 . . . 42 23 106 533 48138 North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . 187 68 . . . . . . . . . 184 95 5 683 44139 Puerto Rican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . 96 . . . 162 37 . . . 68 . . . 45 . . . 966 1,495 45140 South Central American Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . 204 . . . 78 56 . . . 140 . . . 52 5 27 647 66141 South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . 246 136 . . . . . . . . . 160 96 2 801 59142 Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 . . . . . . . . . 157 86 . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . 907 1,313 67143 West Indies Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 15 102 . . . 290 82 1 66 . . . 327 59 247 1,356 183

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 10 4 59 . . . . . . 5 . . . 11 . . . 9 114 2642 Bermuda Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 11 . . . 14 5 . . . 3 . . . 6 . . . 19 66 . . .3 Greater New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 . . . 39 . . . 25 22 . . . 11 . . . 10 23 3 209 . . .4 New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 12 1 7 8 . . . 9 . . . 2 . . . . . . 57 . . .5 Northeastern Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 2 66 . . . 33 20 . . . 72 . . . 20 . . . . . . 334 . . .6 Northern New England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . 21 3 3 11 . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . 268 339 . . .7 Southern New England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . 28 5 10 26 . . . 10 1 7 . . . 8 149 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 4 187 13 151 92 . . . 116 1 59 23 307 1,268 264

8 CANADA, SDA CHURCH IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 22 53 . . . 72 1 . . . 7 . . . 26 . . . 5 196 689 Alberta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2 37 . . . 7 16 2 5 . . . 11 . . . 184 295 . . .

10 British Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 73 . . . 20 18 . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 132 314 . . .11 Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 6 . . . 1 6 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 335 365 . . .12 Maritime Conference of the SDA Church, Inc . . . . . . . . . 8 2 8 . . . 2 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 92 114 . . .13 Ontario Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 10 51 . . . 13 27 3 21 . . . 8 . . . 243 484 . . .14 Quebec Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5 5 . . . 7 3 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 5 56 . . .15 SDA Church in Newfoundland and Labrador . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 12 . . .

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)16 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 3 20 168 64 3 4 1 30 . . . 10,705 11,025 10317 Allegheny East Conference Corporation of SDA . . . . . . . 116 5 34 . . . 22 18 2 23 . . . 3 . . . 12 235 . . .18 Allegheny West Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . 8 1 3 4 . . . 3 . . . 5 1 . . . 59 . . .19 Chesapeake Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 4 23 . . . 29 9 3 32 . . . 15 . . . 22 181 . . .20 Mountain View Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 3 1 3 6 . . . 2 . . . 4 . . . 5 35 . . .21 New Jersey Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . 6 1 7 2 . . . 10 . . . 2 . . . . . . 63 . . .22 Ohio Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 20 . . . 13 4 4 24 . . . 8 . . . 26 137 . . .23 Pennsylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 28 3 18 8 . . . 18 1 9 1 7 131 . . .24 Potomac Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 3 76 8 23 17 . . . 29 . . . 14 . . . 32 268 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 17 201 34 286 132 12 145 2 90 2 10,809 12,134 103

25 LAKE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 3,672 3,693 9426 Illinois Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . 28 2 8 8 1 6 . . . 12 . . . 9 119 . . .27 Indiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 27 4 9 12 . . . 5 1 4 2 1 88 . . .28 Lake Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 1 17 2 12 18 . . . 11 2 11 . . . . . . 119 . . .29 Michigan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 3 79 19 40 27 14 19 1 31 . . . . . . 334 . . .30 Wisconsin Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . 16 1 10 7 1 3 . . . 5 . . . . . . 72 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 4 167 34 87 72 16 44 4 66 2 3,682 4,425 94

31 MID-AMERICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 . . . 3 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 5,314 5,342 7832 Central States Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2 8 5 4 2 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . .33 Dakota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 2 2 4 7 . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . 13 48 . . .34 Iowa-Missouri Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . 14 2 12 11 . . . 19 . . . 14 . . . . . . 114 . . .35 Kansas-Nebraska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6 25 5 29 6 1 . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . 139 . . .36 Minnesota Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1 23 2 8 9 . . . 4 . . . 6 . . . 9 88 . . .37 Rocky Mountain Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 4 49 4 21 5 . . . 11 1 21 . . . 10 180 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 15 121 23 85 40 5 36 1 82 . . . 5,346 5,960 78

38 NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12 95 60 90 2 . . . 22 27 88 . . . 2,155 2,579 22039 Alaska Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 2 1 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . . . . 27 . . .40 Idaho Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 22 4 10 3 . . . 8 . . . 3 . . . 5 77 . . .41 Montana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 17 . . . 5 . . . . . . 5 1 . . . . . . 2 48 . . .42 Oregon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 6 143 12 22 14 2 22 3 23 . . . 50 413 . . .43 Upper Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1 77 11 29 8 3 23 . . . 31 . . . 17 285 . . .44 Washington Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 5 72 3 26 15 1 19 . . . 20 . . . 22 257 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 27 428 91 182 43 6 105 31 168 . . . 2,251 3,686 220

45 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 29 156 1 270 8 1 7 . . . 34 . . . 11,491 12,057 47646 Arizona Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1 13 3 10 6 3 3 . . . 14 9 . . . 100 . . .47 Central California Conference of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 12 107 . . . 24 15 4 11 . . . 41 . . . 5 303 . . .48 Hawaii Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 29 1 13 3 . . . 5 . . . 7 . . . 19 96 . . .49 Nevada-Utah Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1 7 1 5 9 1 . . . . . . 9 . . . 18 77 . . .50 Northern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 8 183 13 60 10 1 19 3 75 . . . 18 530 . . .51 Southeastern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 30 6 38 286 30 1 . . . . . . 86 . . . 95 749 . . .52 Southern California Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 3 110 8 55 23 . . . 13 . . . 20 . . . 37 399 . . .

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53 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 6 90 37 174 1 . . . 38 . . . 100 . . . 24,657 25,144 54754 Carolina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1 59 14 17 18 1 3 . . . 19 8 7 224 . . .55 Florida Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 42 115 . . . 72 52 19 55 . . . 36 3 39 596 . . .56 Georgia-Cumberland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 2 143 23 41 15 . . . 20 3 22 16 26 435 . . .57 Gulf States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . 34 3 6 10 . . . . . . 1 6 5 7 104 . . .58 Kentucky-Tennessee Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 2 35 . . . 17 4 . . . 7 . . . 19 3 70 201 . . .59 South Atlantic Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 1 65 . . . 15 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 . . .60 South Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . 1 8 13 1 47 . . . 5 . . . . . . 146 . . .61 Southeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . 23 2 12 21 . . . 16 1 5 . . . 24 178 . . .

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62 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 40 11 53 . . . . . . 7 . . . 25 . . . 2,611 2,759 15963 Arkansas-Louisiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1 6 . . . 15 3 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 30 102 . . .64 Oklahoma Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1 3 . . . 7 16 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 61 . . .65 Southwest Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 2 7 . . . 12 8 7 2 . . . 4 . . . 8 91 . . .66 Texas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 6 79 13 17 30 2 21 . . . 35 . . . 47 376 . . .67 Texico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . 4 . . . . . . 5 . . . 9 . . . 6 . . . . . . 55 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 12 139 24 104 62 9 40 . . . 90 . . . 2,700 3,444 159

68 NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2 2 39 145 1 . . . . . . 3 45 . . . 3 291 1269 Atlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 4 187 13 151 92 . . . 116 1 59 23 307 1,268 26470 Canada, SDA Church in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 51 233 . . . 124 75 5 64 . . . 55 . . . 996 1,836 6871 Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 17 201 34 286 132 12 145 2 90 2 10,809 12,134 10372 Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 4 167 34 87 72 16 44 4 66 2 3,682 4,425 9473 Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 15 121 23 85 40 5 36 1 82 . . . 5,346 5,960 7874 North Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 27 428 91 182 43 6 105 31 168 . . . 2,251 3,686 22075 Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674 84 611 65 723 104 11 58 3 286 9 11,683 14,311 47676 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 54 564 80 362 142 21 186 5 212 35 24,830 27,177 54777 Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 12 139 24 104 62 9 40 . . . 90 . . . 2,700 3,444 159

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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 CHINESE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 71 13 . . . . . . . . . 211 . . . 1,584 1,898 212 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,082 . . . . . . 4,184 . . .3 Hong Kong-Macao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 18 24 . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . 186 317 . . .4 Taiwan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 2 31 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 39 118 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 . . . . . . . . . 91 68 . . . . . . . . . 4,383 . . . 1,809 6,517 21

5 JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 100 . . . 397 2 . . . 14 . . . 97 . . . 776 1,403 676 East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 52 . . .7 Okinawa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . .8 West Japan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . 100 . . . 398 30 . . . 14 . . . 98 . . . 778 1,504 67

9 KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 . . . . . . . . . 89 30 . . . . . . . . . 866 . . . 1,013 2,138 16510 East Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 . . . . . . . . . 65 53 . . . . . . . . . 122 53 61 505 . . .11 Middlewest Korean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . 17 15 . . . . . . . . . 38 13 70 248 . . .12 North Korean Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Southeast Korean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . . . . 12 16 . . . . . . . . . 8 12 34 167 . . .14 Southwest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . 14 13 . . . . . . . . . 36 17 19 170 . . .15 West Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . 33 62 . . . . . . . . . 64 31 25 376 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 . . . . . . . . . 230 189 . . . . . . . . . 1,134 126 1,222 3,604 165

16 ATTACHED FIELD17 Mongolia Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 21 48 . . .

18 NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 17 1 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . 40 . . .19 Chinese Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 . . . . . . . . . 91 68 . . . . . . . . . 4,383 . . . 1,809 6,517 2120 Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . 100 . . . 398 30 . . . 14 . . . 98 . . . 778 1,504 6721 Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 . . . . . . . . . 230 189 . . . . . . . . . 1,134 126 1,222 3,604 16522 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 21 48 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971 . . . 100 . . . 742 298 . . . 14 . . . 5,632 126 3,830 11,713 253

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 AUSTRAL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . 182 7 . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . 1,837 2,114 3782 Buenos Aires Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 22 22 . . . . . . . . . 11 2 133 233 . . .3 Central Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 16 20 . . . . . . . . . 10 7 187 274 . . .4 North Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 30 16 . . . . . . . . . 10 10 150 239 . . .5 Northwest Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 5 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 97 . . .6 Paraguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 7 3 79 115 . . .7 South Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 7 8 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 82 121 . . .8 Uruguay Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 3 8 30 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . 271 93 . . . . . . . . . 94 27 2,553 3,223 378

9 BOLIVIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 171 212 310 Central Bolivia Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 246 280 . . .11 East Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 4 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 257 290 . . .12 West Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 2 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 349 384 . . .

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13 CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . . 235 20 . . . . . . . . . 121 . . . 1,879 2,311 19714 Central Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . 53 11 . . . . . . . . . 16 15 607 774 . . .15 East Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 47 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 7 339 460 . . .16 Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . . . 39 10 . . . . . . . . . 20 10 802 950 . . .17 Sao Paulo Paraiba Valley Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 28 14 . . . . . . . . . 15 21 523 642 . . .18 South Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . . . . 55 14 . . . . . . . . . 17 16 1,131 1,293 . . .19 West Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . 26 7 . . . . . . . . . 17 34 589 720 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 . . . . . . . . . 483 85 . . . . . . . . . 216 103 5,870 7,150 197

20 CHILE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 22 5 . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . 459 551 13121 Austral Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 10 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 93 124 . . .22 Central Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 112 . . .23 Metropolitan Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . 25 17 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 268 355 . . .24 North Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 12 8 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 281 334 . . .25 Pacific Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 14 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 177 222 . . .26 South Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . 29 10 . . . . . . . . . 31 5 555 672 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 . . . . . . . . . 116 62 . . . . . . . . . 104 6 1,918 2,370 131

27 EAST BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 42 1 . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . 1,130 1,225 7428 Central Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . 12 14 . . . . . . . . . 6 3 93 182 . . .29 East Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 4 7 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 169 209 . . .30 Espirito Santo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 4 179 263 . . .31 Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 15 7 . . . . . . . . . 7 11 201 271 . . .32 Rio Fluminense Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 209 262 . . .33 South Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 2 12 . . . . . . . . . 5 14 2 57 . . .34 South Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 3 9 . . . . . . . . . 9 8 184 253 . . .

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)35 ECUADOR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 12 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 112 134 . . .36 North Ecuador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 3 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 260 . . .37 South Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 17 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 125 163 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 18 31 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 462 557 . . .

38 NORTH BRAZIL UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 25 6 . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 1,448 1,515 1739 Amazonas-Roraima Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 3 20 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 349 406 . . .40 Central Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 275 323 . . .41 Lower Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 9 28 . . . . . . . . . 13 3 599 687 . . .42 Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 2 20 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 193 246 . . .43 South Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 11 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 140 176 . . .44 South Para Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 5 20 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 281 343 . . .45 South Rondonia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 6 12 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 173 210 . . .46 West Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 6 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 178 223 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 . . . . . . . . . 61 147 . . . . . . . . . 68 13 3,636 4,129 17

47 NORTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 54 1 . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . 1,079 1,209 6348 North Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 10 18 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 248 322 . . .49 North Pacific Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 6 16 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 85 141 . . .50 North Peru Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 3 20 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 155 209 . . .51 Northeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 4 19 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 104 148 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . 77 74 . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . 1,671 2,029 63

52 NORTHEAST BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . 279 349 1053 Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 6 13 . . . . . . . . . 12 4 685 760 . . .54 Central Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 186 243 . . .55 Central Pernambuco Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 4 16 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 151 195 . . .56 North Coast Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 5 12 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 92 148 . . .57 Northeast Brazil Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 68 110 . . .58 Pernambuco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 5 6 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 191 233 . . .59 Sergipe-Alagoas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 3 10 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 146 201 . . .60 South Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . 3 8 . . . . . . . . . 5 1 232 288 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 . . . . . . . . . 34 92 . . . . . . . . . 77 12 2,030 2,527 10

61 SOUTH BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 212 265 12162 Central Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 9 15 . . . . . . . . . 7 10 412 481 . . .63 North Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . 14 17 . . . . . . . . . 10 13 654 765 . . .64 Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 17 18 . . . . . . . . . 10 6 554 645 . . .65 Santa Catarina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . 14 26 . . . . . . . . . 15 24 484 625 . . .66 South Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . . . . 24 23 . . . . . . . . . 19 8 1,071 1,212 . . .67 Western Rio Grande do Sul Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 12 239 280 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 . . . . . . . . . 89 106 . . . . . . . . . 73 73 3,626 4,273 121

68 SOUTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 879 959 1969 Central Andina Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 4 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 168 202 . . .70 East Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 66 99 . . .71 Lake Titicaca Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 5 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 6 56 . . .72 South Central Peru Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 20 18 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 240 316 . . .73 South Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 5 18 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 255 311 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . 84 69 . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 1,614 1,943 19

74 WEST CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 16 28 6275 Central Brazil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 16 6 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 309 377 . . .76 Central Planalto Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 16 9 . . . . . . . . . 19 9 569 671 . . .77 Mato Grosso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 13 11 . . . . . . . . . 12 10 419 502 . . .78 South Mato Grosso Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 4 8 305 364 . . .

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79 SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 39 144 . . .80 Austral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . 271 93 . . . . . . . . . 94 27 2,553 3,223 37881 Bolivia Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . 21 26 . . . . . . . . . 25 1 1,023 1,166 382 Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 . . . . . . . . . 483 85 . . . . . . . . . 216 103 5,870 7,150 19783 Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 . . . . . . . . . 116 62 . . . . . . . . . 104 6 1,918 2,370 13184 East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 . . . . . . . . . 93 70 . . . . . . . . . 80 46 2,167 2,722 7485 Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 18 31 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 462 557 . . .86 North Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 . . . . . . . . . 61 147 . . . . . . . . . 68 13 3,636 4,129 1787 North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . 77 74 . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . 1,671 2,029 6388 Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 . . . . . . . . . 34 92 . . . . . . . . . 77 12 2,030 2,527 1089 South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 . . . . . . . . . 89 106 . . . . . . . . . 73 73 3,626 4,273 12190 South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . 84 69 . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 1,614 1,943 1991 West Central Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . . . . . . . 53 35 . . . . . . . . . 44 32 1,618 1,942 62

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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION1 AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 16 . . . 15 1 . . . 6 . . . 9 . . . . . . 58 2712 Greater Sydney Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . 43 . . . 26 5 1 63 . . . 19 7 37 249 . . .3 North New South Wales Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 3 133 . . . 18 13 . . . 50 . . . 17 . . . 56 352 . . .4 Northern Australian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 4 . . . 1 7 . . . 7 . . . 7 . . . 11 45 . . .5 South Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 18 . . . 1 2 . . . 13 . . . 3 4 25 78 . . .6 South New South Wales Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 4 . . . 1 4 . . . 9 . . . 3 . . . 4 38 . . .7 South Queensland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 1 85 . . . 26 7 4 33 . . . 35 . . . 14 259 . . .8 Tasmanian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 5 . . . . . . 1 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 11 37 . . .9 Victorian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . 48 . . . 7 4 7 40 . . . 14 . . . 97 254 . . .

10 Western Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 15 . . . 6 3 . . . 13 . . . 11 . . . 27 101 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 4 371 . . . 101 47 12 239 . . . 124 11 282 1,471 271

11 NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 4 1 . . . 11 . . . 19 . . . . . . 46 2812 Cook Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 5 . . . 1 2 . . . 6 . . . 1 . . . 2 20 . . .13 French Polynesia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 9 . . . 16 6 . . . . . . . . . 13 13 12 78 . . .14 New Caledonia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 10 . . .15 North New Zealand Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2 26 . . . . . . 19 . . . 29 . . . 1 7 80 194 . . .16 South New Zealand Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 7 . . . 1 2 . . . 6 . . . 2 3 5 35 . . .17 Pitcairn Island Attached Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 2 53 . . . 22 31 . . . 52 . . . 38 23 102 384 28

18 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 47 . . . 26 2 3 33 . . . 52 2 3 183 10819 Bougainville Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 1 . . . 1 8 . . . 50 . . . 8 3 . . . 77 . . .20 Central Papua Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 1 37 . . . 9 34 2 8 . . . 19 35 10 189 . . .21 Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 2 21 . . . 3 18 4 40 . . . 31 19 . . . 178 . . .22 Madang Manus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 61 . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 9 4 3 97 . . .23 Morobe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 12 . . . 2 12 1 1 . . . 16 13 14 86 . . .24 New Britain New Ireland Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 50 . . . 5 10 1 27 . . . 1 14 5 138 . . .25 North East Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 9 . . . 1 6 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . .26 Sepik Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 31 . . . . . . 6 3 6 . . . . . . 1 23 83 . . .27 South West Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 2 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 16 . . .28 Western Highlands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . 20 . . . 2 . . . 1 66 . . . . . . 8 . . . 149 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 6 291 . . . 51 107 15 236 . . . 138 99 59 1,226 108

29 TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 15 . . . 22 . . . . . . 15 . . . 99 . . . 10 174 9330 Fiji Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 31 . . . 3 11 8 56 . . . 4 18 36 201 . . .31 Kiribati Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 72 . . .32 Samoas-Tokelau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 13 . . . 4 11 4 38 . . . 7 8 . . . 106 . . .33 Solomon Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 19 155 . . . 15 26 8 84 . . . 1 25 13 378 . . .34 Tonga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 22 . . . 8 5 6 11 . . . 2 . . . 8 68 . . .35 Vanuatu Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 7 . . . 12 4 . . . 15 . . . 1 . . . 37 96 . . .36 Niue Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .37 Tuvalu Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 44 248 . . . 64 57 30 221 . . . 114 51 161 1,100 93

38 SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 5 79 . . . 157 1 1 23 . . . 191 . . . 3,561 4,058 . . .39 Australian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 4 371 . . . 101 47 12 239 . . . 124 11 282 1,471 27140 New Zealand Pacific Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 2 53 . . . 22 31 . . . 52 . . . 38 23 102 384 2841 Papua New Guinea Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 6 291 . . . 51 107 15 236 . . . 138 99 59 1,226 10842 Trans Pacific Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 44 248 . . . 64 57 30 221 . . . 114 51 161 1,100 93

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 61 1,042 . . . 395 243 58 771 . . . 605 184 4,165 8,239 500

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION1 ANGOLA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 2 . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . 77 1372 Central Association Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . 15 29 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 125 . . .3 East Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 34 . . .4 North Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 12 39 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . 96 . . .5 Sao Tome and Principe Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 21 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 30 . . .6 South Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . 10 14 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 73 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . 101 99 2 . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . 435 137

7 BOTSWANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 19 38 North Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . 1 8 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 5 24 . . .9 South Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . 1 12 1 . . . . . . 2 2 11 36 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 . . . . . . 3 22 3 . . . . . . 7 4 22 79 3

10 INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 . . . . . . 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 20 141 10511 Antsiranana Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1 . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 5 38 . . .12 Central Malagasy Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4 68 . . . 34 18 11 17 . . . 2 15 12 214 . . .13 Mahajanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 1 . . . 7 3 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 9 46 . . .14 Mauritius Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 . . . . . . 3 2 3 . . . . . . 2 3 2 27 . . .15 Reunion Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 13 . . .16 Seychelles Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 7 . . .17 South Malagasy Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 2 . . . 28 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 13 80 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 15 71 . . . 164 56 14 17 . . . 38 29 62 566 105

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)18 MALAWI UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 38 . . . 414 2 . . . 43 . . . 181 . . . 319 1,012 12919 Central Malawi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . 17 . . . 11 17 . . . 7 . . . 15 24 15 142 . . .20 North Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 9 14 . . . . . . . . . 10 14 5 83 . . .21 South Malawi Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . 34 . . . 22 27 . . . 8 . . . 27 44 13 228 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . 89 . . . 456 60 . . . 58 . . . 233 82 352 1,465 129

22 MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 9 32 2723 Central Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 6 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . .24 North Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 8 6 9 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 44 . . .25 North-East Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 4 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 16 . . .26 South Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 25 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . 35 6 24 20 . . . 10 . . . 9 163 27

27 SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . 18 6 19 . . . 84 . . . 1 . . . . . . 90 . . . 143 361 11428 Cape Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 5 100 . . . 51 26 . . . 48 . . . 29 1 209 518 . . .29 KwaZulu Natal-Free State Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 3 . . . 16 5 . . . 3 . . . 9 1 8 66 . . .30 Lesotho Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . 1 3 2 . . . . . . 1 1 96 109 . . .31 Namibia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 27 2 50 . . .32 Swaziland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 13 . . . 1 3 . . . 26 . . . 3 10 2 66 . . .33 Trans-Orange Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2 . . . . . . 8 23 . . . 7 . . . 8 . . . 2 76 . . .34 Transvaal Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 20 . . . 64 17 3 25 . . . 34 9 48 256 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 19 155 . . . 225 85 6 109 . . . 178 49 510 1,502 114

35 ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 1 29 . . . 143 9 . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 272 522 3036 Central Zambia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 16 22 . . . . . . . . . 10 375 . . . 456 . . .37 Copperbelt Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 194 . . . 235 . . .38 East Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 19 2 35 . . .39 Luapula Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 18 . . . 38 . . .40 North Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 6 . . . . . . . . . 5 27 . . . 43 . . .41 South Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 10 3 . . . . . . . . . 8 85 . . . 134 . . .42 West Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 138 . . . 162 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 1 29 . . . 188 53 . . . . . . . . . 57 856 274 1,625 30

43 ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 99 1 . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . . . . 253 5544 Central Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 10 24 . . . . . . . . . 13 34 60 169 . . .45 East Zimbabwe Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 1 . . . . . . 27 18 . . . . . . . . . 45 17 26 171 . . .46 West Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 7 27 . . . . . . . . . 14 72 . . . 154 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 1 . . . . . . 143 70 . . . . . . . . . 207 123 86 747 55

47 SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION. . . . . . 11 8 . . . . . . 12 . . . 2 . . . . . . 10 . . . 1 44 . . .48 Angola Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . 101 99 2 . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . 435 13749 Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 . . . . . . 3 22 3 . . . . . . 7 4 22 79 350 Indian Ocean Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 15 71 . . . 164 56 14 17 . . . 38 29 62 566 10551 Malawi Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 . . . 89 . . . 456 60 . . . 58 . . . 233 82 352 1,465 12952 Mozambique Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 . . . . . . . . . 35 6 24 20 . . . 10 . . . 9 163 2753 Southern Africa Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 19 155 . . . 225 85 6 109 . . . 178 49 510 1,502 11454 Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 1 29 . . . 188 53 . . . . . . . . . 57 856 274 1,625 3055 Zimbabwe Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 1 . . . . . . 143 70 . . . . . . . . . 207 123 86 747 55

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 47 344 . . . 1,327 451 51 204 . . . 795 1,143 1,316 6,626 600

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION1 EAST-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 . . . 65 487 602 Guntur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 1 . . . 5 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 21 . . .3 Hyderabad Metro Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 1 . . . . . . 4 . . . 10 28 . . .4 North Andhra Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . 6 . . . 5 . . . 1 2 . . . 4 2 5 53 . . .5 North Orissa Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 . . . 4 7 1 1 . . . 13 . . . 5 39 . . .6 North Rayalaseema Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 23 . . .7 Northeast Andhra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 3 . . . 6 4 2 2 . . . 3 3 5 40 . . .8 Northwest Andhra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 8 9 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . 13 41 . . .9 Orissa Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 1 2 . . . 2 . . . 4 24 . . .

10 South Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . 14 . . . 7 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 7 4 67 . . .11 South Rayalaseema Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 10 20 . . .12 Southeast Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 . . . . . . 5 7 4 1 . . . 10 . . . 5 48 . . .13 Vishaka Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 2 . . . . . . 2 1 5 20 . . .14 West Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 2 . . . . . . 4 . . . 18 37 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 12 25 . . . 92 34 20 10 . . . 440 13 155 948 60

15 NORTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 2 15 2216 Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . 8 . . .17 Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . 12 . . .18 Garo Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 1 3 . . . 4 . . . 2 5 11 33 . . .19 Khasi Jaintia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 21 . . . 5 5 . . . 26 . . . 5 5 3 77 . . .20 Manipur Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 10 . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 6 2 5 48 . . .21 Mizo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 8 . . . 3 18 . . . 38 . . . 21 3 11 123 . . .22 Nagaland Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 2 12 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1 42 . . . 15 35 . . . 78 . . . 44 20 34 328 22

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)23 NORTHERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 9 28 5824 Chhattisgarh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 8 . . .25 Delhi Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 2 14 . . .26 East Jharkhand Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 6 . . . 2 2 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . 4 22 . . .27 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 10 . . .28 Haryana Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 7 . . .29 Jharkhand-Bihar Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 38 . . . 5 4 2 10 . . . 10 15 17 112 . . .30 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 11 . . . 4 5 1 6 . . . 6 3 7 52 . . .31 North Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 28 . . . 5 3 2 8 . . . 4 5 14 80 . . .32 North India Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 24 . . . 3 4 2 6 . . . 5 11 10 84 . . .33 South Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 17 . . . 3 . . . 1 9 . . . 5 . . . 10 53 . . .34 Upper Ganges Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 54 . . . 6 6 1 14 . . . 7 1 23 127 . . .35 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 19 . . . 2 1 1 4 . . . 1 1 13 45 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 26 209 . . . 35 27 11 57 . . . 47 43 114 642 58

36 SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 . . . 322 460 1037 Bangalore Metro Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 22 49 . . .38 Goa-West Karnataka Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 2 15 . . .39 Kolar-Chinthamani Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . .40 North Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 6 16 . . .41 Raichur-Bellary Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 10 . . .42 South Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 8 18 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 12 371 577 10

43 SOUTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 1 34 5644 Chennai Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 17 6 . . . 102 . . . 8 6 49 198 . . .45 Erode Nilgiris Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 . . . 4 . . . 1 98 . . .46 Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . 23 . . . 8 . . . 5 41 . . .47 North Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 3 13 . . . 389 . . . 9 3 63 508 . . .48 Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . .49 Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 11 . . . 1 . . . 7 25 . . .50 South Tamil Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . 413 . . . 6 7 67 537 . . .51 Thanjavur-Karaikal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . 21 . . . 1 1 17 52 . . .52 Theni-Periyakulam Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 7 . . . 5 27 . . .53 Villupuram-Thindivanam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . 17 . . . 1 . . . 7 29 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . 37 35 . . . 1,075 . . . 55 17 222 1,553 56

54 SOUTHWEST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 12 . . . 21 5 . . . 223 . . . 160 . . . 526 971 2055 Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 10 . . .56 Idukki Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . .57 Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . .58 North Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 4 38 . . .59 South Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 4 12 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 7 44 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 15 12 . . . 28 26 . . . 224 . . . 168 . . . 538 1,076 20

60 WESTERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 80 . . . 3 1 25 14 . . . 71 . . . 357 558 1161 Central Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 2 . . . 12 . . .62 Gujarat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 6 14 . . .63 Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . 1 2 1 13 . . .64 North Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 16 . . .65 Saurashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 . . .66 South Gujarat Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .67 South Maharashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 6 16 . . .68 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 6 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 80 . . . 6 11 27 14 . . . 78 13 376 640 11

69 ATTACHED FIELDS70 Andaman and Nicobar Island Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .71 Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 2 3 5 3 . . . 5 5 . . . 30 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 4 3 5 3 . . . 5 5 . . . 32 . . .

72 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 1 135 . . . 68 11 . . . 525 . . . 337 43 393 1,591 1073 East-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 12 25 . . . 92 34 20 10 . . . 440 13 155 948 6074 Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1 42 . . . 15 35 . . . 78 . . . 44 20 34 328 2275 Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 26 209 . . . 35 27 11 57 . . . 47 43 114 642 5876 South-Central India Union Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 12 371 577 1077 Southeast India Union Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . 37 35 . . . 1,075 . . . 55 17 222 1,553 5678 Southwest India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 15 12 . . . 28 26 . . . 224 . . . 168 . . . 538 1,076 2079 Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 80 . . . 6 11 27 14 . . . 78 13 376 640 1180 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 4 3 5 3 . . . 5 5 . . . 32 . . .

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 BANGLADESH UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 26 . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 38 116 112 East Bangladesh Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 29 . . .3 North Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 7 . . . . . . 3 4 6 . . . 4 . . . 4 42 . . .4 South Bangladesh Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 23 . . . 14 3 . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 10 76 . . .5 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 25 . . . . . . 1 . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 33 99 . . . 43 7 4 35 . . . 8 1 52 310 11

6 CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . 18 . . . 61 . . . 101 2 . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . 195 459 457 Central Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 39 . . . 31 7 . . . 7 . . . 4 15 17 146 . . .8 East Visayan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 12 . . . 12 8 . . . 6 . . . 10 45 9 118 . . .9 Negros Occidental Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 33 . . . 28 14 . . . 11 . . . . . . 22 2 131 . . .

10 Negros Oriental-Siquijor Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 4 . . . 6 2 . . . 2 . . . 3 6 3 40 . . .11 Romblon Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . 5 3 . . . 3 . . . 1 4 . . . 25 . . .12 West Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . 26 . . . 17 9 . . . 15 . . . 6 36 15 148 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 . . . 178 . . . 200 45 . . . 44 . . . 106 128 241 1,067 45

13 EAST INDONESIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . 90 6814 Central Sulawesi Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 14 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 30 . . . 70 . . .15 Maluku Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 13 . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 29 1 77 . . .16 North Minahasa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 78 . . . 20 21 4 . . . . . . 9 37 . . . 219 . . .17 Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 17 . . . . . . 24 . . . 43 . . . 14 38 . . . 158 . . .18 Sangihe Talaud Island Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 9 . . . . . . 1 4 3 . . . . . . 2 1 32 . . .19 South Minahasa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 11 76 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 5 188 10 348 . . .20 South Sulawesi Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 8 33 . . . . . . 11 3 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 103 . . .21 Bolaang Mongondow and Gorontalo Attached Field . . . . 12 . . . 16 . . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 69 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 32 256 . . . 73 71 11 46 . . . 56 357 28 1,166 68

22 MYANMAR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 17 4 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 17 74 7623 Ayeyarwady Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . 13 4 7 44 . . .24 Central Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 11 39 . . .25 South East Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 8 38 . . .26 Upper Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 11 21 . . . . . . . . . 7 6 13 80 . . .27 Yangon Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 8 30 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . 36 42 . . . . . . . . . 63 16 64 305 76

28 NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 35 165 . . . 665 4 1 47 . . . 111 . . . 155 1,231 5129 Central Luzon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . 140 . . . 67 35 . . . 28 . . . 10 131 9 482 . . .30 Mountain Provinces Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 22 . . . 24 9 . . . 12 . . . 12 40 7 139 . . .31 Northern Luzon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 67 . . . 27 16 . . . 16 . . . 9 92 13 257 . . .32 South-Central Luzon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 1 109 . . . 36 7 . . . 66 . . . 6 68 . . . 330 . . .33 Southern Luzon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 31 . . . 12 3 . . . 3 . . . 3 36 9 111 . . .34 Palawan Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 14 . . . 7 3 . . . 11 . . . 2 6 1 53 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 38 548 . . . 838 77 1 183 . . . 153 373 194 2,603 51

35 SOUTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 2 56 736 Davao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4 . . . . . . 20 10 . . . 47 . . . 6 11 17 142 . . .37 Northeastern Mindanao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 23 . . . 23 4 . . . 2 . . . 3 11 18 111 . . .38 Northern Mindanao Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 3 71 . . . 224 14 . . . 1 . . . 123 36 . . . 522 . . .39 Southern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 48 . . . 69 7 . . . 35 . . . 8 30 . . . 236 . . .40 Western Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 18 23 . . . 19 8 . . . . . . . . . 9 14 . . . 95 . . .41 Zamboanga Peninsula Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 16 4 . . . 45 . . . 9 18 . . . 108 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 25 165 . . . 395 47 . . . 130 . . . 176 120 37 1,270 7

42 SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 106 2 . . . . . . . . . 83 . . . 1,527 1,726 3043 Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 29 8 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 19 78 . . .44 Peninsular Malaysia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 10 50 . . .45 Sabah Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 61 24 . . . . . . . . . 21 4 . . . 133 . . .46 Sarawak Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 31 17 . . . . . . . . . 8 1 11 88 . . .47 Singapore Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 14 . . . 9 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 37 . . .48 Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 168 34 . . . 29 . . . 107 3 55 432 . . .49 Vietnam Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 101 . . .50 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 13 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . 14 . . . 408 202 . . . 29 . . . 236 15 1,630 2,658 30

51 WEST INDONESIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1 98 . . . 343 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 20852 Central Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . 26 . . . 8 16 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . . . 95 . . .53 East Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7 33 . . . 6 5 5 . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 120 . . .54 East Kalimantan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 10 20 . . . 13 . . . 14 3 . . . 1 57 54 195 . . .55 Jakarta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 35 115 . . . 117 30 56 105 . . . 28 22 . . . 604 . . .56 North Sumatra Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 94 . . . 12 8 . . . 281 . . . 1 18 3 455 . . .57 Nusa Tenggara Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 14 14 . . . 13 10 . . . 5 . . . 6 21 96 201 . . .58 South Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 10 . . . 9 11 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . 55 . . .59 West Java Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6 2 . . . 14 7 . . . 28 . . . . . . 41 . . . 128 . . .60 Central Java Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5 21 . . . 31 10 . . . 3 . . . . . . 2 17 101 . . .61 West Kalimantan Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 21 7 51 . . .

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D)62 ATTACHED FIELDS63 Guam-Micronesia Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 98 4 . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . 183 764 Sri Lanka Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 43 11 . . . . . . . . . 54 6 40 166 5

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 141 15 . . . . . . . . . 123 6 40 349 12

65 SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 6 . . . . . . 66 1 . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . 114 1666 Bangladesh Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 33 99 . . . 43 7 4 35 . . . 8 1 52 310 1167 Central Philippine Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 . . . 178 . . . 200 45 . . . 44 . . . 106 128 241 1,067 4568 East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 32 256 . . . 73 71 11 46 . . . 56 357 28 1,166 6869 Myanmar Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . 36 42 . . . . . . . . . 63 16 64 305 7670 North Philippine Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 38 548 . . . 838 77 1 183 . . . 153 373 194 2,603 5171 South Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 25 165 . . . 395 47 . . . 130 . . . 176 120 37 1,270 772 Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . 14 . . . 408 202 . . . 29 . . . 236 15 1,630 2,658 3073 West Indonesia Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 92 434 . . . 569 97 75 428 . . . 47 216 177 2,470 20874 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 141 15 . . . . . . . . . 123 6 40 349 12

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 226 1,694 . . . 2,769 604 91 895 . . . 990 1,232 2,463 12,312 524

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION1 ADRIATIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 5 182 Albanian Mission of Seventh-day Adventist . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . .3 Croatian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 32 . . .4 Slovenian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 53 18

5 BALTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 296 Estonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . .7 Latvian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 10 . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 47 . . .8 Lithuanian Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 . . . . . . 3 7 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 26 . . . . . . 17 7 3 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 101 29

9 BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 10 . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 64 117 16210 Irish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 13 . . .11 North England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 2 10 . . . 10 8 1 2 . . . 13 . . . 13 101 . . .12 Scottish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 7 . . .13 South England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 1 25 . . . 12 16 5 33 . . . 28 . . . 18 214 . . .14 Welsh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . .

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15 DANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . . 18 1 . . . . . . 18 5 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 47 21

16 FINLAND UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 47 1 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 25 89 9917 Finland Finnish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5 1 . . . 8 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . .18 Finland Swedish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .19 North Finland Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .

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20 HUNGARIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 1 . . . 10 . . . . . . 1 . . . 12 . . . 38 71 1821 Duna Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 28 . . .22 Tisza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 22 . . .

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23 MIDDLE EAST UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 3 . . . 20 3 . . . 1 . . . 5 . . . . . . 39 524 Cyprus Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .25 East Mediterranean Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . 29 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 120 157 . . .26 Egypt Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 10 . . . 10 1 . . . 4 . . . 9 . . . . . . 39 . . .27 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . .28 Gulf Section South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .29 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 4 . . .30 South Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 3 . . . 1 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 4 26 . . .31 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 16 . . . 66 19 . . . 5 . . . 19 . . . 124 283 5

32 NETHERLANDS UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 18 48 23

33 NORWEGIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 . . . . . . 15 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 192 233 1434 East Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 78 96 . . .35 North Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 34 . . .36 West Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22 33 . . .

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TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)37 PAKISTAN UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 7 1 54 . . . . . . . . . 808 875 . . .38 Northern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . .39 Southern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 3 38 1 54 . . . . . . . . . 808 922 . . .

40 POLISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 112 941 East Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 4 23 . . .42 South Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 4 . . . . . . 7 1 5 32 . . .43 West Polish Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . 2 1 3 23 . . .

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44 SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . 8 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 41 6645 Macedonian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . .46 North Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 29 . . .47 South Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 32 . . .48 West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1 . . . . . . 2 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 123 66

49 SWEDISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 . . . . . . 29 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 80 19

50 ATTACHED FIELDS51 Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 5 11 552 Iceland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 153 Israel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . .

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54 TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 14 . . . 32 1 . . . 4 . . . 11 . . . 2 82 . . .55 Adriatic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 53 1856 Baltic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 26 . . . . . . 17 7 3 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 101 2957 British Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 5 47 . . . 45 29 6 35 . . . 52 1 96 459 16258 Danish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1 . . . . . . 18 5 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 47 2159 Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 5 . . . 56 2 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 25 120 9960 Hungarian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 10 1 . . . 12 4 . . . 1 . . . 15 . . . 38 121 1861 Middle East Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 16 . . . 66 19 . . . 5 . . . 19 . . . 124 283 562 Netherlands Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 18 48 2363 Norwegian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 13 . . . . . . 17 3 . . . . . . . . . 7 3 320 396 1464 Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 3 38 1 54 . . . . . . . . . 808 922 . . .65 Polish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 5 4 11 . . . . . . 9 3 113 190 966 South-East European Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1 . . . . . . 2 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 123 6667 Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 . . . . . . 29 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 80 1968 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 6 23 6

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 76 83 . . . 307 158 25 99 . . . 131 17 1,617 3,048 489

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 14 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 7 30 792 Central African Republic Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 2 23 . . .3 Central-South Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4 . . . . . . 21 14 2 . . . . . . 10 . . . 129 211 . . .4 Chad Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 42 58 . . .5 East Cameroon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1 6 . . . 4 1 4 12 . . . 2 . . . 124 166 . . .6 Equatorial Guinea Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 9 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 18 . . .7 Gabon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 38 50 . . .8 North Cameroon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 6 . . . . . . 3 . . . 9 . . . 9 15 9 72 . . .9 West Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 . . . . . . 2 2 3 5 . . . 5 5 3 45 . . .

10 Republic of Congo Attached Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 5 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 19 12 . . . 57 29 9 26 . . . 37 37 355 678 79

11 EASTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 103 . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 82 267 . . .12 Anambra-Imo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 22 . . . 51 . . .13 East Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 8 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 21 . . . 61 . . .14 East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . 18 25 . . . . . . . . . 3 45 10 147 . . .15 Rivers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 14 21 . . . . . . . . . 6 35 . . . 110 . . .16 South East Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 11 4 29 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . 103 . . . 103 66 . . . . . . . . . 36 134 96 665 . . .

17 GHANA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 42 2818 Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 22 32 . . . . . . . . . 2 28 . . . 121 . . .19 East Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 12 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . . . 51 . . .20 Mid-West Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 9 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 71 . . .21 North Ghana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 20 2 53 . . .22 South Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 15 20 . . . . . . . . . 7 40 . . . 122 . . .23 South Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 37 29 . . . . . . . . . 36 130 . . . 277 . . .24 South West Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 11 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 31 . . . 64 . . .

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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)25 NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 3 28 6526 Edo-Delta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 10 13 52 . . . . . . 2 56 4 150 . . .27 North East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 31 . . . . . . 9 14 61 . . . . . . 6 18 32 196 . . .28 North West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 22 . . . . . . 4 21 12 . . . . . . 4 12 3 95 . . .29 South West Nigeria Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 35 . . . . . . 185 29 24 . . . . . . 113 9 142 565 . . .30 West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 41 . . . . . . 248 27 31 . . . . . . 165 31 255 840 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 129 . . . . . . 464 104 180 . . . . . . 299 126 439 1,874 65

31 SAHEL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16 332 Benin Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 8 8 24 . . .33 Burkina Faso Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 73 89 . . .34 Cape Verde Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 19 . . .35 Cote d'Ivoire Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 50 75 . . .36 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . .37 Guinea-Bissau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . .38 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 . . .39 Niger Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .40 Senegal/Mauritania Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 7 15 . . .41 Togo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 42 28 1 83 . . .

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42 WEST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 18 943 Gambia Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 7 . . .44 Liberia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . 10 10 . . . 5 . . . 3 . . . 24 61 . . .45 Sierra Leone Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 20 42 . . .

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46 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 9 21 . . . 163 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 245 . . .47 Central African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 19 12 . . . 57 29 9 26 . . . 37 37 355 678 7948 Eastern Nigeria Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . 103 . . . 103 66 . . . . . . . . . 36 134 96 665 . . .49 Ghana Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 . . . . . . . . . 133 119 . . . . . . . . . 60 271 16 801 2850 North-Western Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 129 . . . . . . 464 104 180 . . . . . . 299 126 439 1,874 6551 Sahel Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 4 . . . . . . 33 20 . . . . . . . . . 49 42 164 354 352 West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 5 . . . 17 25 . . . 5 . . . 12 . . . 49 128 9

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WORLD SUMMARY1 General Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 13 422 308 1,547 26 2 44 26 418 . . . 8,690 11,801 84

2 East-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,358 177 185 . . . 1,107 551 24 701 . . . 1,329 2,086 1,731 9,249 783

3 Euro-Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 105 107 . . . 802 227 72 50 . . . 99 325 599 3,272 634

4 Euro-Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 . . . 9 . . . 225 660 . . . 4 . . . 134 75 416 2,090 81

5 Inter-American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886 44 1,175 . . . 3,043 1,009 10 901 . . . 1,790 700 5,336 15,894 1,132

6 North American Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,434 270 2,653 403 2,249 763 85 794 50 1,153 71 62,607 74,532 2,021

7 Northern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971 . . . 100 . . . 742 298 . . . 14 . . . 5,632 126 3,830 11,713 253

8 South American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,384 . . . . . . . . . 1,438 890 . . . . . . . . . 923 313 28,227 34,175 1,075

9 South Pacific Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715 61 1,042 . . . 395 243 58 771 . . . 605 184 4,165 8,239 500

10 Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 47 344 . . . 1,327 451 51 204 . . . 795 1,143 1,316 6,626 600

11 Southern Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617 60 503 . . . 290 182 63 1,986 . . . 1,317 166 2,203 7,387 247

12 Southern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 226 1,694 . . . 2,769 604 91 895 . . . 990 1,232 2,463 12,312 524

13 Trans-European Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535 76 83 . . . 307 158 25 99 . . . 131 17 1,617 3,048 489

14 West-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 161 141 . . . 970 363 189 31 . . . 500 610 1,119 4,745 184

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,615 1,240 8,458 711 17,211 6,425 670 6,494 76 15,816 7,048 124,319 205,083 8,607

WORLD TOTALS 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,916 1,080 8,177 613 16,659 6,724 559 6,063 99 17,399 6,464 121,608* 201,361* 9,019

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SECTION I—EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLSCategory Enrollment and Teachers and Other Category Enrollment and Teachers and Other

56 INSTITUTIONAL STATISTICS FOR 2008

Division and Institution(SDA

Yearbook 2009 ed. p.453)

Graduates EmployeesSDA

Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

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SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

PART I—Tertiary Institutions

Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of tertiary institutions in the divisions.

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdventist University at Lukanga. . . . . . . C 402 618 85 41 41 30Adventist University of Central Africa . . . C 684 2,420 846 35 57 24Bugema University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,079 1,570 460 61 70 101Ethiopian Adventist College (2007) . . . . C 210 860 157 29 31 12The University of Arusha . . . . . . . . . . . . C 474 1,060 117 29 29 78University of Eastern Africa, Baraton . . . G 1,175 2,102 467 116 116 174Totals (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,024 8,630 2,132 311 344 419

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBogenhofen Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 32 32 12 8 8 17Bulgarian Theological Seminary. . . . . . . JC 50 50 5 19 21 3Friedensau Adventist University (2007) . G 108 140 . . . 16 19 33Italian Adventist College Villa Aurora . . . C 24 24 . . . 10 12 14Romanian Adv School of Nursing . . . . . JC 33 118 38 18 24 5Romanian Adv Theological Institute. . . . C 233 237 84 23 44 36Saleve Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 77 77 35 15 15 3Sazava Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . C 62 64 . . . 24 24 7Spanish Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . . C 146 150 11 13 14 1Totals (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 892 185 146 181 119

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONUkrainian Inst of Arts and Sciences . . . . C 527 754 94 36 58 47Zaoksky Theological Seminary . . . . . . . G 764 772 71 27 27 27Totals (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,291 1,526 165 63 85 74

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAntillean Adventist University . . . . . . . . . G 615 932 138 41 42 88Belize Adventist Junior College . . . . . . . JC 34 63 . . . 9 9 2Central American Adventist University . . C 488 523 142 37 52 14Colombia Adventist University . . . . . . . . C 1,153 1,320 207 47 93 55Cuba Adventist Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . JC 102 102 20 9 9 20Dominican Adventist University . . . . . . . C 1,196 1,966 247 98 112 20Haitian Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . C 403 571 30 60 90 57Inter-American Adv Theo Seminary . . . . G 337 337 46 36 36 4Linda Vista University (2007) . . . . . . . . . C 428 565 68 55 55 50Montemorelos University . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2,240 2,455 260 236 244 160Navojoa University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 215 234 58 48 49 45Northern Caribbean University . . . . . . . . G 2,565 5,354 1,010 229 335 336Univ of the Southern Caribbean (2007) . C 798 1,268 193 80 90 142Venezuelan Adventist University (2006). C 292 434 97 35 39 72Totals (14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,866 16,124 2,516 1,020 1,255 1,065

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAndrews University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3,034 3,419 702 295 327 553Atlantic Union College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 302 388 126 56 76 72Canadian University College . . . . . . . . . C 300 352 61 46 47 68Columbia Union College. . . . . . . . . . . . . G 407 994 . . . 43 147 . . .Florida Hosp Coll of Health Sciences. . . C 388 3,693 645 135 135 110Griggs University*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,258 1,258 15 37 37 40Kettering College of Medical Arts . . . . . . C 80 821 281 20 66 46La Sierra University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,300 1,899 266 139 183 239Loma Linda University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,901 4,115 1,561 836 1,627 1,219Oakwood University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,581 1,865 258 94 155 . . .Pacific Union College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,023 1,453 294 100 103 165Southern Adventist University . . . . . . . . G 2,427 2,777 482 246 263 326Southwestern Adventist University. . . . . G 716 823 172 74 80 77Union College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 873 914 166 83 96 137Walla Walla University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,318 1,800 418 150 171 197Totals (15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,908 26,571 5,447 2,354 3,513 3,249

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONHong Kong Adventist College . . . . . . . . C 22 45 17 10 13 15Sahmyook Health College . . . . . . . . . . . JC 418 1,208 463 33 33 29Sahmyook University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2,890 5,945 863 169 169 170Saniku Gakuin College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 78 204 79 27 39 20Taiwan Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . C 34 67 16 24 25 13Totals (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,442 7,469 1,438 263 279 247

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONBolivia Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 623 888 263 109 137 6Brazil Adventist University Engenheiro Coelho Campus . . . . . . . C 1,731 2,142 398 166 185 14 Hortolandia Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 509 1,179 123 36 54 16 Sao Paulo Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 823 2,364 483 121 172 26Brazil-Parana College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 297 312 291 54 82 7

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Chile Adventist University. . . . . . . . . . . . G 699 1,479 203 116 139 8Ecuador Adv Superior Tech Institute . . . C 89 95 19 61 66 15Latin-American Adv Theo Seminary. . . . G 227 227 49 37 37 . . .Minas Gerais Adventist Institute . . . . . . . C 79 412 . . . 18 23 34Northeast Brazil College. . . . . . . . . . . . . G 935 1,363 278 74 104 12Northern Argentina Adventist Institute . . C 73 112 20 36 36 3Peruvian Union University (Lima) . . . . . . G 2,107 2,712 421 153 191 28 Juliaca Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 829 1,171 . . . 136 179 6 Tarapoto Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 125 315 . . . 28 35 14River Plate Adventist University . . . . . . . G 2,083 2,476 315 439 593 291Totals (15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,229 17,247 2,863 1,584 2,033 480

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAvondale College Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . G 871 1,294 304 63 70 70Fulton College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 201 214 101 17 17 9Pacific Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 468 571 121 46 46 . . .Sonoma Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . C 325 385 138 28 28 5Totals (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865 2,464 664 154 161 84

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventist University Zurcher. . . . . . . . . . C 122 141 34 17 19 9Helderberg College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 192 277 . . . 27 39 37Malawi Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . C 188 246 . . . 13 13 7Solusi University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 927 2,640 629 46 46 232Zambia Adventist University (2005) . . . . C 247 352 24 17 17 9Totals (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,676 3,656 687 120 134 294

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONFlaiz Adventist College (2007) . . . . . . . . C 102 228 80 12 27 6Lowry Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 130 272 43 15 49 9Metas of SDA College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 135 941 195 42 70 24 Metas of SDA College (Nuzvid). . . . . C 20 60 . . . 4 10 6 Metas of SDA College (Ranchi). . . . . C 10 40 . . . 5 10 2Northeast Adventist College (2007) . . . . C 28 193 . . . 22 25 16Roorkee Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . JC 56 144 19 3 16 8SDA College of Education (Vellore) . . . . C 25 100 . . . 6 20 4Spicer Memorial College (2007) . . . . . . . G 689 1,169 . . . 77 95 77Totals (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195 3,147 337 186 322 152

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdv Intl Inst of Advanced Studies* . . . . . G 423 425 139 41 41 86Adventist College of Nursing . . . . . . . . . C 66 199 60 4 16 4Adventist University of the Philippines . . G 2,551 3,599 385 216 216 182Bangladesh Adv Sem and College. . . . . C 169 174 35 15 15 . . .Central Philippine Adventist College . . . C 1,216 1,430 163 80 80 30Indonesian Adventist University . . . . . . . C 1,049 1,181 355 80 80 40Klabat University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,160 2,318 324 96 96 25Manila Adv Medical Ctr and Colleges. . . C 522 904 158 66 68 27Mindanao Sanitarium and Hosp College C 526 1,876 497 72 127 24Mission College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 443 925 147 65 91 81Mountain View College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 2,276 2,489 265 138 138 56Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary . . . C 410 411 116 26 26 18Naga View College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 170 179 18 20 20 5Northern Luzon Adventist College . . . . . G 664 772 105 52 53 25South Philippine Adventist College. . . . . C 257 280 36 35 35 15Surya Nusantara Adventist College . . . . JC 156 168 42 27 28 11Totals (16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,058 17,330 2,845 1,033 1,130 629

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdriatic Union College (Croatia) (2007) . C 10 10 . . . 21 21 3Belgrade Theological Seminary . . . . . . . C 29 30 6 32 32 5Hungarian Theological Seminary . . . . . . C 53 68 5 5 5 4Middle East University (2007). . . . . . . . . C 61 220 57 10 27 9Newbold College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 203 229 56 24 26 28Pakistan Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . . C 250 456 16 39 45 37Polish Coll of Theol and Human (2007) . C 385 2,137 958 32 152 31Sudan Adventist Seminary (2006) . . . . . C 12 12 . . . 2 2 . . .Totals (8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003 3,162 1,098 165 310 117

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdventist University Cosendai . . . . . . . . C 235 438 99 41 70 25Babcock University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,235 4,456 932 187 233 289Valley View University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,336 3,059 194 104 149 170Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806 7,953 1,225 332 452 484

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (111) . . . . . . . . . 69,128 116,171 21,602 7,731 10,199 7,413*General Conference institutions are listed in the division where the home campus is located.

Division and Institution(SDA

Yearbook 2009 ed. p.453)

Graduates EmployeesSDA

Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

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Total Teachers

Other Em-

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Division and Union Schools

Enrollment andGraduates

Teachers and Other Employees

SDA Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

Grad-uates

SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

PART 2—Worker Training Institutions

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission . . . . . . . . 4 619 1,904 640 91 91 73Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 54 120 32 11 12 10Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 673 2,024 672 102 103 83

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONItalian Union of Churches Conference 1 30 30 . . . 14 18 14North German Union Conference. . . . 1 8 66 . . . 3 5 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 38 96 . . . 17 23 14

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONUkrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . 1 26 26 20 18 21 3West Russian Union Conference . . . . 1 31 34 22 27 27 27Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 57 60 42 45 48 30

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONTrans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . 2 724 724 . . . 27 27 . . .

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAngola Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . 1 15 15 . . . 6 6 . . .Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 1 53 170 . . . 16 34 53Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 94 233 . . . 23 27 54Mozambique Union Mission . . . . . . . . 1 17 17 . . . 5 5 15Southern Africa Union Conference. . . 2 23 218 . . . 7 9 7Zambia Union Conference (2004) . . . 1 26 35 . . . 5 7 10Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 228 688 . . . 62 88 139

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONEast-Central India Union (2007). . . . . 5 200 210 20 21 27 8Northeast India Union (2007) . . . . . . . 1 35 60 10 11 12 2Northern India Union (2007). . . . . . . . 2 125 200 20 17 20 2South-Central India Union (2007). . . . 2 55 175 20 12 13 2Southeast India Union (2007) . . . . . . 2 290 310 25 22 23 10Southwest India Union (2007) . . . . . . 1 30 50 5 3 8 1Western India Union (2007) . . . . . . . . 2 130 160 15 11 12 7Totals (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 865 1,165 115 97 115 32

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdriatic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 1 47 47 . . . 8 8 1Danish Union of Churches Conference 2 22 54 . . . 2 6 2Middle East Union Mission (2007) . . . 1 5 126 . . . 3 24 2Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . 2 310 583 18 42 56 38South-East European Un Conference 1 8 10 26 2 2 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 392 820 44 57 96 43

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONCentral African Union Mission (2006). 1 26 64 12 1 1 . . .Ghana Union Conference (2007) . . . . 2 297 892 295 22 60 55North-Western Nigeria Un Miss (2006) 1 70 151 50 10 12 30Sahel Union Mission (2006) . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 173 . . . . . . 9 3Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 393 1,280 357 33 82 88

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3,370 6,857 1,230 440 582 429

Division and Institution

Category (SDA

Yearbook 2009 ed. p.453)

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Total Teachers

Other Em-

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PART 3—Secondary Schools

Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of secondary schools in the divisions.

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAkaki SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 240 1,839 177 42 52 125Baraton Secondary School . . . . . . . . CSB 130 160 10 10 10 5Bomani Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 72 85 5 5 5 2Bugema Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 614 1,116 394 47 55 30Bupandagila Secondary School . . . . . CS 475 808 51 20 25 27Busegwe Girls High School . . . . . . . . CSB 22 27 . . . 4 4 4Bwasi Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 320 502 . . . 8 8 18Changamwe Secondary School . . . . . CS 83 109 9 9 9 6Chebwai Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 120 179 7 6 7 6Chome Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 280 536 36 7 7 13Gimbe Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 136 331 . . . 5 7 6Gitwe Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 785 1,088 . . . 19 35 6

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d)Ikizu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 858 1,085 110 22 22 40Iringa Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 18 86 . . . 3 5 4Kabokyek Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 192 279 16 16 16 12Kagwathi Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 226 323 13 13 13 5Kamagambo High Sch and Tchrs Coll CSB 143 173 16 16 16 3Kameya Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 48 48 . . . 2 2 2Karura Church School . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 181 232 18 18 18 11Katikamu SDA Secondary School . . . CS 755 1,960 486 41 64 45Kebena SDA School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 88 748 . . . 23 26 12Kimolwet Secondary School. . . . . . . . CS 75 107 8 8 8 5Kiriiria SDA Secondary School . . . . . . CSB 83 132 9 8 9 7Kitui Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 120 177 10 10 10 7Kuyera Adventist Academy (2007) . . . CSB 118 1,126 134 13 22 4Luzira Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 430 1,700 582 18 52 45Masii SDA Secondary School. . . . . . . CSB 198 309 12 11 12 10Matutu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 100 123 9 9 9 6Maxwell Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 76 81 29 14 14 33Mekele SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 430 . . . 7 19 10Mugonero Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 308 492 . . . 3 11 7Mutitu SDA Secondary School . . . . . . CSB 170 259 8 8 8 7Mwein Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 76 106 8 8 8 6Ndembela Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 375 758 135 21 27 26Nyabehore Secondary School . . . . . . CS 404 600 . . . 14 14 15Nyabikaye Secondary School. . . . . . . CS 71 95 9 8 8 9Nyabola Girls' Secondary School . . . . CS 70 97 10 9 10 10Nyanchwa Adv Secondary School . . . CS 180 240 15 15 15 8Nyansincha Secondary School. . . . . . CS 377 677 . . . 12 12 17Nyanza Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 188 228 . . . 9 9 7P J Mwangola Girls' Sec School. . . . . CS 41 57 6 5 6 3Parane Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CSB 413 611 113 16 19 20Raneni Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 120 161 12 12 12 10Rift Valley Adv Secondary School . . . CSB 107 186 8 7 8 5Rwankeri Adv Secondary School . . . . CS 681 1,042 . . . 22 31 6Segero Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 197 329 19 19 19 14South Ethiopia Adventist Academy . . CS 80 702 114 4 24 11Suji Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 547 713 198 17 17 22Tanzania Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 250 337 60 14 14 22Wollega Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 184 523 15 6 13 12Other Secondary Schools (371) . . . . . CS 35,730 60,135 . . . 2,533 3,934 493Totals (421). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,563 84,247 2,871 3,196 4,780 1,239

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBogenhofen Senior High School . . . . CS 94 99 20 17 21 17Marienhoehe College . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 123 689 70 34 62 40Sagunto Adv Secondary School. . . . . CSB 137 326 61 28 36 14Saleve Adventist Secondary School. . CSB 49 124 11 12 18 4Other Secondary Schools (7) . . . . . . . CS 688 923 192 69 86 74Totals (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 2,161 354 160 223 149

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONLight School (Abhazia) . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 3 104 . . . 2 16 9Source of Knowledge School . . . . . . . CS 20 50 11 7 12 1Tula City School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 29 134 12 9 19 8Zaoksky Settlement School . . . . . . . . CS 45 147 11 24 25 2Totals (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 435 34 42 72 20

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Atlantic Secondary School . CS 146 225 40 8 8 6Adventist Edu Center (Cali) . . . . . . . . CS 111 225 29 9 9 8Adventist Edu Center (El Limon) . . . . CS 81 213 29 11 15 7Adventist Edu Center (Hatillo) . . . . . . CS 69 415 207 20 20 14Adventist Edu Center (Pena Blanca) . CS 72 231 40 14 14 6Adventist Edu Center (Santiago) . . . . CS 87 207 39 7 7 10Adventist Edu Inst (NW Honduras). . . CS 68 128 35 10 12 2Adventist School From Apartado . . . . CS 55 180 21 11 13 2Adventist School From Turbo . . . . . . . CS 70 170 15 9 17 3Adventist Trng Sch of El Salvador . . . CS 64 382 54 22 22 6Adventist Voc School of Nicaragua . . CS 45 180 18 10 10 3Ahome School (Sinaloa). . . . . . . . . . . CS 75 160 53 15 16 3Alejandro Oropeza Castillo Academy. CS 20 190 30 5 14 9Amado Nervo SDA School (2007) . . . CS 120 188 30 12 12 5Andres Bello Academy (El Limon) . . . CS 62 167 42 8 15 6Andres Bello Academy (Guanare) . . . CS 35 215 42 8 12 6Andres Bello School (Puerto Ordaz) . CS 59 112 39 8 15 6Angel de Campo Institute (2007) . . . . CS 88 134 45 8 8 1Antigua SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 191 243 41 15 15 7B P Marcio School (Hermosillo) . . . . . CS 68 146 56 12 12 3B P Marcio School (Maturin). . . . . . . . CS 65 438 56 9 28 5Bahamas Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 177 430 59 25 25 12Baluarte Interamerican Adv Academy CS 52 180 12 11 16 2Barbados SDA Secondary School . . . CS 217 347 37 24 24 11Bates Memorial High School . . . . . . . CS 31 76 30 11 11 4

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Belize Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 214 428 . . . 26 26 17Bella Vista Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 64 132 22 9 9 9Bequia SDA Secondary School . . . . . CS 86 143 19 9 9 1Betel Adv Center (Puerto Tejada). . . . CS 98 165 23 12 12 2Bethania Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 42 260 . . . 5 5 1Bethel Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 88 359 43 11 11 9Bluefields Adventist College. . . . . . . . CS 153 255 . . . 10 10 2Braulio Perez Marcio Adv School. . . . CS 37 135 25 7 11 3British Virgin Islands Sec School . . . . CS 55 111 6 8 8 4CEI Elena Harmon Secondary School CS 64 146 52 12 13 3Canaan High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 91 181 . . . 14 14 5Carare Adv Academy (Cimitarra) . . . . CS 36 90 12 7 9 2Cartagena Adventist School. . . . . . . . CS 156 261 38 5 9 2Cecilio Acosta Adventist Academy. . . CS 42 235 23 5 14 9Ceibano Adventist Educational Center CS 128 228 32 10 10 5Central Adv Acad (Caguas) . . . . . . . . CS 52 131 11 9 9 8Central Adv Acad (San Sebastian). . . CS 74 139 21 6 7 2Central Adv Sch (San Salvador) . . . . CS 161 261 38 10 10 5Central American Adv Univ Academy CS 72 222 30 16 16 3Chalatenango Adventist Academy . . . CS 9 185 12 8 8 1Changuinola Adventist Academy . . . . CS 48 187 22 11 11 1Chimendega Adventist Academy . . . . CS 75 132 7 6 6 2Cinco de Febrero Adventist School . . CS 139 370 110 18 19 8Cinco de Mayo SDA School (2007) . . CS 95 116 18 11 11 6Climaco Giron-Barinas Academy . . . . CS 77 276 27 7 14 3Cojutepeque Adventist Academy . . . . CS 252 373 25 16 16 4Colombia Adv Univ Sec School . . . . . CS 114 371 34 14 14 4Colombian Islands Mission Sec Sch . CS 31 211 42 8 10 11Colon Adventist Secondary School . . CS 23 128 13 8 8 3Constitucion Mexicana Academy . . . . CS 52 130 34 11 11 4Cucuta Adventist Institute . . . . . . . . . CS 135 230 28 6 9 3Culiacan School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 85 338 127 23 24 5David Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 168 402 56 25 25 4Dominica SDA Secondary School . . . CS 151 234 32 16 16 1Dominican Adv Univ Sec School . . . . CS 218 352 13 21 21 8Dr Dennis Soto Academy (Ponce) . . . CS 18 85 42 6 6 7E B Carapita Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 18 172 35 10 13 2East Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 62 174 30 8 8 8Eben-Ezer Adventist School . . . . . . . CS 49 185 18 9 9 4Eden High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 164 327 . . . 21 21 3El Alba Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 15 145 9 6 10 2El Llano Adv Vocational Institute . . . . CSB 96 168 30 16 16 6El Progreso Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 131 219 35 20 20 6Elena de White Adventist Academy . . CS 3 100 . . . 5 10 . . .Eligio Contreras Adv School (2007) . . CS 28 197 43 8 8 6Emmanuel Adv Sch (Nueva Concep). CS 9 160 54 3 8 1Emmanuel Adv Secondary School. . . CS 163 329 44 12 14 5Enriquillo Adv Sch (Jababa) (2007) . . CS 27 140 26 8 9 6Esteli Adventist College (Nicaragua) . CS 20 123 47 6 6 1Fanny Lopez Adventist School (2007) CS 60 237 29 11 11 10Francisco I Madero SDA School . . . . CS 111 224 73 17 17 7French Harbour Adventist Institute. . . CS 121 295 37 16 17 9Gen Ignacio Zaragoza Adv School . . CS 140 261 25 16 16 5General Rafael Adv Educational Unit. CS 50 211 20 12 14 7Getsemani Las Cruces Sch (Peten). . CS 13 170 16 4 13 1Gilberto Velazauez SDA School. . . . . CS 196 395 82 32 32 20Gran Sabana School (2005) . . . . . . . CS 131 186 43 18 18 8Granada Adventist Academy (Meta) . CS 60 186 21 9 13 1Grand Bahamas Academy (2007) . . . CS 28 72 7 7 8 4Grenada SDA Comprehensive Sch . . CS 201 442 46 16 22 5Guanaja Adventist Insitute . . . . . . . . . CS 28 114 23 7 7 1Haitian Union Schools (3). . . . . . . . . . CS 1,725 3,266 192 339 461 130Harmon High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 201 318 57 24 24 6Harrison Memorial High School . . . . . CS 182 351 55 20 22 7Ibague Adventist Secondary School . CS 114 371 26 11 11 2Ideal Adv Edu Center (Honduras) . . . CS 117 571 87 14 22 8Ignacio Allende Adventist School . . . . CS 69 93 24 19 19 5Ignacio Comonfort SDA Sch (2007) . . CS 139 218 37 15 15 7Ignacio de la Llave Adv School . . . . . CS 143 207 57 10 10 4Ignacio M Altamirano Edu Cntr (2007) CS 175 247 78 14 16 5Ignacio Ravon-Quintana Roo Adv Sch CS 86 143 . . . 10 12 7Integral Education Institute (Choco) . . CS 40 92 15 6 10 2Itsmo Matias Romero Adv School . . . CS 94 167 48 17 17 1Jose Antonio Paez Adv Acad (Valera) CS 13 54 13 5 6 4Jose Maria Pino Suarez Sec School . CS 61 272 25 18 20 7Juan de la Barrera School . . . . . . . . . CS 46 67 23 7 7 1Juan Escutia Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 40 175 50 10 11 8Juan Pablo Duarte Sch (Barahona) . . CS 17 156 17 6 6 4Juan Pablo Duarte Sch (San Juan) . . CS 15 155 46 7 7 4Juan Pablo Duarte Sec Sch (Macoris) CS 227 611 110 26 26 14Kingsway High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 225 440 20 25 27 4

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)La Paz Adventist School (2005) . . . . . CS 100 207 27 8 8 6Las Americas School (Azua) . . . . . . . CS 16 350 58 9 10 5Las Margaritas Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 99 278 27 9 9 2Lazaro Cardenas Del Rio Adv School CS 56 210 40 15 15 5Lazaro Cardenas School (Chiapas) . . CS 87 162 14 10 14 4Libertad Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 297 486 68 16 16 10Libertador Adv School (Cabimas). . . . CS 26 382 95 9 22 15Linda Vista Academy (2007) . . . . . . . CSB 124 187 7 14 15 . . .Los Girasoles Adventist School . . . . . CS 30 129 26 8 8 4M M Ponce Adv Sch (Toluca) (2007) . CS 14 52 6 9 9 2Mangrove Bight Adventist Institute . . . CS 27 48 8 5 5 . . .Manuel Sanchez Marmol Sch (2007) . CS 118 172 15 12 13 10Maracas Adventist High School . . . . . CS 242 490 78 27 27 8Maranatha Adv Sch (Cent Honduras) CS 41 230 45 10 15 5Maranatha Adv Sch (Guatemala) . . . . CS 72 140 . . . 12 12 1Maranatha Adv Sch (Higuey-Este) . . . CS 65 525 82 21 22 12Maranatha Adv Sch (Las Coles). . . . . CS 15 70 3 1 8 . . .Maranatha Adv Sch (San Felix) . . . . . CS 52 368 . . . 13 21 7Maranatha Adv Sch (Valencia) . . . . . . CS 66 145 25 6 12 4Maranatha Adv Sec Sch (San Fran). . CS 18 151 24 3 11 . . .Maranatha Bilingual Institute . . . . . . . CS 6 121 20 10 10 5Maria T Sanchez Sec School (2007) . CS 83 275 56 20 21 13Mariscal de Ayacucho-Coro Adv Acad CS 21 178 21 2 9 9Matagalpa Adv School (Nicaragua) . . CS 46 194 24 8 8 6Mayab Adventist School (Merida). . . . CS 130 192 . . . 19 19 5Metropolitan Academy (Nicaragua) . . CS 45 120 5 5 5 1Metropolitan Adv Acad (Panama). . . . CS 127 212 25 20 20 3Metropolitan Adv Acad (Puerto Rico) . CS 144 283 47 14 14 10Metropolitan Adv Acad (S Domingo) . CS 290 572 54 21 23 11Metropolitan Adv Inst (Barquismeto) . CS 120 398 81 14 22 4Metropolitan Adv Inst (Honduras). . . . CS 80 138 13 7 10 4Metropolitan Adv Inst (San Cristobal). CS 77 241 36 8 13 12Modelo de Zacatecoluca Adv Sch . . . CS 91 150 . . . 9 9 1Modelo Scandia Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 47 137 26 5 5 2Moises Tahay Adventist Academy . . . CS 85 217 . . . 16 16 3Moria Adventist School (Japala). . . . . CS 33 151 16 10 10 5Mountain View Adventist Academy . . CS 185 272 32 15 15 3Moutachy Adventist School . . . . . . . . CS 182 422 75 21 29 27Nicanor G Mendoza Sec Sch (2007) . CS 215 358 30 18 18 8Nicolas Bravo Adv School (Cuautla) . CS 62 113 74 15 16 3Ninos Heroes SDA Sch (Pichuaco) . . CS 68 116 8 8 10 2Ninos Heroes SDA School (Sinaloa) . CS 32 77 26 7 9 2Ninos Heroes School (Pueblo Nuevo) CS 65 84 7 11 13 . . .Ninos Heroes School (Veracruz) . . . . CS 81 120 31 13 15 1Nogales School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 59 191 68 13 13 4North Adv Academy (Arecibo) . . . . . . CS 16 136 17 7 7 5North Adv Academy (Bogota). . . . . . . CS 143 203 24 8 8 4North Adv Reg Academy (Vega Baja) CS 65 163 20 7 7 7Northwestern Adventist Academy . . . CS 69 176 28 8 8 5Obregon SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 75 141 39 13 13 3Olga Priego de Ceintron Academy . . . CS 128 223 16 13 13 2Orion Adventist School (Tecun) . . . . . CS 15 192 55 16 16 3Ozama Adventist Secondary School . CS 103 256 38 9 9 12Pacific School (Navojoa) . . . . . . . . . . CS 130 165 59 19 19 5Panama Adventist Institute. . . . . . . . . CS 223 308 78 18 18 6Perseverance Boissard School . . . . . CS 195 366 80 16 36 21Peten Adventist Acad (San Benito) . . CS 10 64 20 2 7 2Port Maria High School. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 48 190 18 9 10 1Portland High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 93 290 33 16 16 3Puerto Cabeza Adv Sch (Nicaragua) . CS 124 264 35 7 8 4R Eubanks Sec Sch (Nicarag) (2007) CS 38 51 5 6 6 1Rama Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 274 545 138 33 51 27Ramon Mella Adv School (2007) . . . . CS 106 207 35 6 6 . . .Reparto Schick Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 33 108 . . . 5 5 2Richard Greenidge Academy . . . . . . . CS 156 390 64 16 20 3Rosario Castellanos SDA School . . . . CS 113 121 25 10 10 8Salud y Saber School (Tijuana) . . . . . CS 99 194 57 12 12 3San Cristobal Adventist Sec School . . CS 86 228 47 10 10 10San Jose del Guaviare Adv Acad. . . . CS 50 260 . . . 12 12 1San Miguel Academy (El Salvador) . . CS 71 109 16 7 7 4San Vicente Adventist Academy . . . . CS 86 146 9 12 12 1Saravena-Bethel Adventist School . . . CS 71 156 15 11 11 4Savanna-La-Mar High School . . . . . . CS 46 210 18 12 13 6Sierra Maestra Adv Educational Unit . CS 98 430 25 15 21 11Simon Bolivar Adv Acad (Medellin) . . CS 93 163 25 8 10 2Soganmoso Commercial College . . . . CS 58 135 16 8 11 2Soledad Acevedo de los Reyes Sch . CS 159 188 67 17 17 5South Adventist Academy (Guayama) CS 11 66 38 5 5 6Southern Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 105 326 73 20 20 8Southern Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 64 189 16 14 14 5St Ann's Bay High School. . . . . . . . . . CS 46 195 25 10 11 3St Croix SDA Secondary School . . . . CS 67 79 27 9 9 6St Lucia SDA Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 194 254 33 18 18 5

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)St Thomas-St John SDA Sec School . CS 89 115 15 10 10 . . .Utila Adventist Institute (Bay Islands). CS 50 150 1 7 8 . . .Valentin Gomez Farias Adv School . . CS 78 188 61 14 16 6Valley of Peace Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 44 87 . . . 7 7 . . .Venezuela-Ciudad Bolivar Academy . CS 112 138 15 10 13 7Venezuela Vocational Institute . . . . . . CS 101 340 48 17 24 2Vicente Guerrero Sch (Chiapas) . . . . CS 49 100 8 10 10 . . .Vicente Guerrero Sch (Guadalajara) . CS 54 169 54 9 9 2Vicente Suarez Institute . . . . . . . . . . . CS 113 129 36 13 13 5Victor Dixon High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 124 275 39 24 26 3Villa Cuba Adv Acad (Nicaragua). . . . CS 43 125 . . . 5 5 7Villa Esperanza Adventist School. . . . CS 38 129 25 6 6 . . .Villavicencio Adv Academy (Meta) . . . CS 50 145 21 9 11 2Western Adv Academy (Mayaguez). . CS 96 293 65 17 17 13Willowdene Group of School . . . . . . . CS 224 350 48 24 24 7Yaritagua Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 43 210 41 6 11 5Zaragoza Adv Academy (Antioquia). . CS 40 51 5 6 7 1Other Secondary Schools (114) . . . . . CS 2,835 5,931 232 702 799 147Totals (322) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,867 53,716 7,380 3,474 4,046 1,329

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAndrews Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 261 280 56 20 20 6Armona Union Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 53 9 11 11 4Atlanta Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 98 124 19 17 17 6Auburn Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 246 317 72 29 29 16Bakersfield Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 49 57 12 13 13 7Bass Memorial Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 98 102 37 12 12 7Battle Creek Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 38 51 14 15 15 3Bermuda Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 80 131 20 37 37 7Blue Mountain Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 210 229 69 30 30 16Burton Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 97 111 34 25 25 5Calexico Adventist Mission School. . . CS 14 127 17 21 21 13Campion Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 159 160 45 24 27 10Cariboo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 9 17 3 12 12 6Cascade Christian Academy . . . . . . . CS 41 55 9 19 20 6Central Valley Christian Academy . . . CS 85 95 23 21 21 8Central Vermont Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 17 22 13 6 6 . . .Chinook Winds Adventist Academy . . CS 52 57 8 15 15 4Chisholm Trail Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 172 189 31 18 18 2College View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 77 83 23 21 22 5Collegedale Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 368 384 96 30 30 3Columbia Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 103 107 24 17 17 4Crawford Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 149 159 39 37 37 9Dakota Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 46 55 12 12 12 4Deer Lake SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 26 48 . . . 16 16 8El Dorado Adventist School . . . . . . . . CS 48 62 15 13 13 5Escondido Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 75 89 36 21 21 6Forest Lake Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 416 433 110 33 33 19Fraser Valley Adventist Academy. . . . CS 81 105 43 20 20 9Fresno Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 76 84 13 25 25 9Gem State Adventist Academy . . . . . CSB 104 115 27 14 14 6Georgia-Cumberland Academy . . . . . CSB 260 269 57 27 27 17Glendale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 196 262 52 43 43 17Great Lakes Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 224 229 78 25 25 9Great Plains Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 40 41 15 15 15 4Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy . . CS 154 160 43 17 17 4Greater Boston Academy. . . . . . . . . . CSB 37 38 10 16 16 . . .Greater Miami Adventist Academy. . . CS 143 150 50 26 26 10Greater New York Academy. . . . . . . . CS 161 177 45 14 14 2Griggs International Academy*. . . . . . CS 441 988 478 31 32 . . .Hawaiian Mission Academy . . . . . . . . CS 82 112 37 22 22 9Highland Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 108 108 32 15 15 6Highland View Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 115 127 26 16 16 9Hinsdale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 66 66 22 20 20 3Holbrook Adventist Indian School . . . CSB 16 46 5 24 24 11Indiana Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 88 98 17 14 14 7Kingsway College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 168 188 52 26 26 14La Sierra Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 221 286 58 49 49 29Livingstone Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 63 68 19 20 20 7Lodi Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 74 92 29 13 13 19Loma Linda Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 425 519 127 99 99 48Los Angeles Adventist Academy . . . . CS 57 106 25 16 16 4Madison Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 85 90 24 16 16 3Maplewood Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 91 95 28 15 15 6Mesa Grande Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 119 133 37 30 30 36Miami Union Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 70 18 15 26 27 6Midland Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 55 56 15 14 14 2Mile High Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 79 86 19 20 20 2Milo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 108 128 33 17 17 9Minnetonka Christian Academy . . . . . CS 39 47 13 14 14 5

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Monterey Bay Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 153 209 70 24 24 17Mount Ellis Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 67 75 14 12 12 9Mount Pisgah Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 159 169 28 18 18 10Mount Vernon Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 136 142 30 24 25 . . .Mountain View Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 115 161 42 14 14 4Napa Christian Campus of Education CS 27 31 11 14 14 6Newbury Park Adventist Academy . . . CS 127 201 48 15 15 5Northeastern Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 146 155 34 16 16 4Oakwood Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 99 99 22 22 22 4Okanagan Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 33 41 15 11 11 4Orangewood Adventist Academy . . . . CS 63 83 20 23 23 7Orcas Christian School. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 3 31 4 17 17 2Ozark Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 114 126 . . . 16 16 11Pacific Un Coll Preparatory School . . CS 74 79 18 8 8 3Paradise Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 73 78 20 19 19 4Parkview Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 100 116 34 21 21 . . .Peterson-Warren Academy . . . . . . . . CS 41 43 13 13 13 1Pine Forge Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 177 179 57 36 36 . . .Pine Hills Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 58 63 9 13 13 7Pine Tree Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 43 53 17 16 16 6Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy . . . . CS 77 90 25 17 17 9Portland Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 192 237 54 24 24 8Puget Sound Adventist Academy . . . . CS 85 100 16 11 11 2Redding Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 46 58 12 13 13 9Redlands Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 132 140 38 37 37 10Redwood Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 42 52 10 11 11 3Richmond Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 23 39 7 6 8 10Rio Lindo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CSB 121 170 38 25 25 10Rogue Valley Adventist School. . . . . . CS 48 54 15 12 12 6Sacramento Adventist Academy . . . . CS 106 113 26 24 24 9San Diego Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 85 117 18 22 22 9San Fernando Valley Academy . . . . . CS 38 72 12 15 15 21San Gabriel Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 147 201 58 25 25 6Sandia View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 41 49 12 12 12 3Sandy Lake Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 15 19 2 8 8 2Shenandoah Valley Academy. . . . . . . CSB 141 225 35 22 22 20Skagit Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 32 33 10 16 17 2South Lancaster Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 79 84 26 23 23 8South Texas Christian Academy. . . . . CS 43 79 14 18 18 2Spencerville Adventist Academy . . . . CS 145 151 33 26 26 5Spring Valley Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 76 101 21 28 29 . . .Sunnydale Adventist Academy. . . . . . CSB 104 111 28 12 12 13Takoma Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 219 242 51 22 22 3Thunderbird Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 118 147 36 22 22 5Tidewater Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 3 3 3 9 9 2Union Springs Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 79 79 22 15 15 . . .Upper Columbia Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 255 270 99 23 23 17Valley Grande Adventist Academy . . . CS 72 82 18 20 20 6Walla Walla Valley Academy . . . . . . . CS 202 207 . . . 24 24 4Wisconsin Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 94 99 30 21 21 6Totals (109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,783 14,242 3,665 2,219 2,231 825*General Conference institution is listed in the division where the home campus is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONDonghae Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 33 158 53 22 22 4Hahnkook Senior Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 1,221 1,238 414 80 80 10Hiroshima Saniku Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 244 321 97 44 44 18Honam Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 312 665 221 44 44 6Kowloon Sam Yuk Sec School . . . . . . CS 33 860 123 21 52 20Macao Sam Yuk Middle School . . . . . CS 13 551 18 22 45 14Seohae Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 116 350 120 33 33 5Seoul Senior Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 654 1,744 590 100 100 13Tai Po Sam Yuk Secondary School . . CS 56 1,037 291 27 64 30Taiwan Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CSB 15 201 54 7 15 9Taiwan Adventist International School CSB 13 42 . . . 11 16 2Taiwan Adventist Prep Academy . . . . CSB . . . 117 21 14 16 8Wonju Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 184 728 240 49 49 6Yungnam Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 354 501 167 28 28 5Other Secondary Schools (3) . . . . . . . CS 205 417 101 44 44 11Totals (17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,453 8,930 2,510 546 652 161

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION28 de Julio Adv Academy (Tacna) . . . CS 238 316 63 17 17 5Achacachi Adv Center (Omasuyos) . . CS 10 52 10 2 6 . . .Adv Agricultural-Industrial Academy. . CSB 93 138 34 10 10 8Agro-Ind Adv Trans-Amazon Acad. . . CSB 72 73 20 2 3 46Alborada Adv Academy (Callao) . . . . CS 38 80 18 12 12 4Alta Gracia Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 68 197 15 14 16 3Altamira Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 16 77 23 7 12 11Alto Mayo Adv Academy (Rioja). . . . . CS 52 90 11 7 8 2Amazonas Adv Academy (Iquitos) . . . CS 96 182 33 8 10 6Ambato Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 7 300 42 14 29 4

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Americana Adv Academy (Juliaca) . . CS 91 267 62 20 23 3Americana Union Adv Academy. . . . . CS 55 164 34 10 13 5Ananundeua Adventist Academy . . . . CS 28 97 23 14 15 23Antofagasta Adventist Academy . . . . CS 168 313 64 4 8 20Araguaina Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 6 80 17 5 9 9Arica Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . PS 114 142 27 8 13 18Aroma-Patacamaya Adv Acad (2007) CS 55 89 25 3 11 3Arturo Carcagno-Azangaro Adv Acad CS 55 80 13 11 12 1Asuncion Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 51 84 30 22 24 6Avellaneda Adventist Institute . . . . . . CS 88 132 22 20 27 2Bahia Blanca Adventist Academy . . . CS 71 150 21 18 25 2Balcarce Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 224 231 40 20 22 27Belen-San Raman Adv Academy. . . . CS 65 140 25 15 15 2Belo Horizonte Adventist Academy . . CS 41 68 18 9 9 11Bethel Adv Acad (Chanchamayo) . . . CS 57 142 26 6 8 4Bolivia Adv University Academy. . . . . CSB 215 304 61 29 30 3Braganca Paulista Adv Academy. . . . CS 13 69 26 5 10 14Brasil Adv Academy (Jesus Maria) . . CS 77 130 23 11 11 6Brasilia Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 59 167 50 11 19 26Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Eng Coelho) . . CSB 252 316 118 22 22 18Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Hortolandia) . . CSB 155 273 83 24 26 . . .Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Sao Paulo) . . . CSB 267 401 123 24 24 9Buen Pastor Adv Academy (Nana) . . CS 106 139 12 11 12 3Buenaventura Adventist Academy . . . CS 56 178 28 9 11 10Caceres Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 12 57 25 2 13 10Calama Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 115 336 64 12 15 19Campinas Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 42 115 33 7 12 10Campo Grandense Adv Academy . . . CS 52 110 25 28 32 14Campo Limpo Adventist Academy . . . CS 33 127 33 13 14 38Campo Mourao SDA School . . . . . . . CS 14 60 16 5 13 12Capao Redondo/Ellen White Acad. . . CS 113 302 75 14 14 38Capiapo Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 86 286 74 12 13 15Caracollo Adv Acad (Oruro)(2007). . . CS 12 22 3 4 7 1Caranavi Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 39 112 32 10 12 3Carreno Ortuno Adventist Academy. . CS 18 94 23 7 8 2Cascavel SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 73 19 3 9 14Castelo Branco Adventist Academy. . CS 32 149 47 15 18 27Central Brazil Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 107 150 44 13 13 9Chiclayo Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 151 175 33 13 13 13Chile Adventist University Academy. . CS 298 644 145 31 32 13Chulumani Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 20 79 23 8 12 4Cidade Ademar Adventist Academy. . CS 20 103 28 9 10 34Cochabamba Adventist Academy . . . CS 11 19 2 7 12 2Concepcion Adv Academy (Chile) . . . CS 162 315 70 17 19 11Cordoba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 92 277 24 25 34 4Corumba Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 12 83 15 7 11 4Cotia Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 94 31 12 13 21Cruzeiro Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 5 65 19 5 11 18Cruzeiro do Sul Adventist Academy. . CSB 333 525 184 18 18 92Cuiaba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 27 98 18 17 22 20Curitiba/Alto Boqueirao Adv Academy CS 28 116 28 7 9 26Curitiba/Boa Vista Adv Academy . . . . CS 34 96 23 10 13 32Curitiba/Boqueiao Adv Academy . . . . CS 35 155 15 15 15 46Curitiba/Centenario Adv Academy . . . CS 43 146 44 14 17 34Curitibano Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 75 152 42 16 18 31D F Sarmiento Adventist Academy . . CS 91 133 30 14 14 4Daniel A Carrion Adv Acad (Trujillo). . CS 100 179 31 12 12 3Diadema Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 36 122 35 10 10 25East Paraguay Adventist Academy . . CSB 44 75 18 10 12 1Eben Ezer Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 38 41 4 5 6 1Ecuador Adv Sup Tech Inst Sec Sch . CSB 18 278 56 19 20 13Eduardo Forga Acad (Chosica) . . . . . CS 66 95 13 8 8 1Eduardo Forge Acad (Hunter-Areq) . . CS 133 146 24 14 14 1El Buen Maestro Adventist Academy. CS 75 107 16 9 10 2El Buen Pastor Adv Acad (Satipo) . . . CS 60 132 16 5 7 2El Buen Pastor Adventist Academy . . CS 130 148 23 14 14 3El Mantaro Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 120 169 28 10 12 4El Porvenir Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 147 197 34 6 6 5El Salvador Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 161 269 52 18 19 7El Santa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 95 187 31 10 11 2Ellen G White Adventist Academy . . . CS 80 209 57 11 17 2Elmer Bottsford Adventist Academy. . CS 34 100 28 3 8 1Emanuel Adv Academy (Ecuador) . . . CS 9 91 13 3 8 2Entre Rios Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 28 33 8 5 10 2Espaady Adv Academy (Yucuiba) . . . CS 41 111 17 3 10 2Espana Adv Academy (Lima-Brena) . CS 212 250 43 11 11 4Espinar Adventist Academy (Yauri) . . CS 76 114 23 6 9 2Espirito Santo Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 127 148 36 10 11 17Estados Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 32 104 21 7 11 16Esteban Lopez Adventist Academy . . CS 37 81 12 3 9 . . .

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Esteio SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 38 92 25 11 12 18Eunapolis Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 14 44 15 4 9 10Fernando Stahl Acad (Moquegua) . . . CS 39 102 13 7 9 3Fernando Stahl Acad (Pampa Silva) . CS 61 79 15 10 11 . . .Fernando Stahl Academy (Plateria) . . CS 25 43 5 6 9 . . .Fernando Stahl Academy (Tocache) . CS 25 103 12 5 12 2Florianopolis/Centro Adv Academy . . CS 50 121 28 14 19 29Florianopolis/Estreito Adv Academy. . CS 40 83 17 16 20 52Florida Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 144 312 41 32 33 17Formosa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 49 374 52 16 25 12Fortaleza Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 49 91 25 10 14 15Foz do Iguacu SDA School . . . . . . . . CS 23 91 20 6 13 . . .Franz Tamayo Adventist Academy‘ . . CS 153 390 95 18 24 3Gama Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 43 190 38 11 20 29Gedeon Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 62 163 10 13 15 3Goiania/Jardim Europa Adv Academy CS 31 69 32 10 13 10Goiania/Setor Pedro Ludovico Acad . CS 22 57 20 12 15 9Goianiense-Goiania Adv Academy. . . CS 29 136 35 12 16 17Grao Para Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 111 428 86 21 26 67Gravatai SDA School (Monte Belo) . . CS 28 95 22 10 14 21Guarapuava Adventist Academy . . . . CS 22 68 25 7 14 9Guarulhos/Gopouva Adv Academy . . CS 34 124 30 13 14 24Guarulhos/Vila Galvao Adv Academy CS 27 147 60 9 12 28Harry Pittman Adventist Academy . . . CS 84 231 49 21 24 3Hortolandia Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 43 75 20 8 11 13Imperatriz Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 36 118 35 22 25 17Indaial Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 12 60 10 7 12 11Interlagos Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 37 119 33 13 13 31Ipatinga Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 13 116 45 8 14 12Iquique Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 98 319 69 14 14 13Itabuna Adventist Secondary School . CS 27 73 16 8 13 12Itapagipe/Salvador Adv Academy . . . CS 26 145 33 11 16 23Itapecerica da Serra Adv Academy . . CS 33 172 48 12 12 34Itarare Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 17 85 23 4 10 61Jacarei Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 24 73 28 8 10 20Jacarepagua Adventist Academy . . . . CS 23 62 11 13 13 16Jaime White Adv Acad (Tambopata) . CS 29 215 25 16 20 21Jesus el Sembrador Adv Academy . . CS 81 102 17 11 11 2Ji-Parana Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 16 64 12 5 8 11Joinville Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 44 134 37 20 28 21Jorge Chavez Adventist Academy . . . CS 45 71 11 7 9 2Jose de San Martin Acad (P-Areq). . . CS 175 199 40 13 13 4Jose de San Martin Acad (Tarapoto) . CS 119 162 26 13 15 4Jose de San Martin Acad (Trujillo) . . . CS 147 197 34 6 6 5Jose Pardo Adv Academy (Cusco). . . CS 95 165 35 9 11 5Juan Bautista Alberdi Adv Institute. . . CS 237 289 64 27 27 5La Asunta Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 20 74 15 3 6 4La Serena Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 156 424 106 16 22 17Lahuachaca Adventist Academy . . . . CS 15 33 10 6 9 1Las Americas Adv Acad (Tumbes) . . . CS 58 127 20 11 13 4Las Condes Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 33 130 26 9 11 10Liberdade Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 53 207 53 13 22 37Loma Linda Academy (Ecuador) . . . . CS 85 95 5 27 28 4Londrina SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 54 237 83 10 26 40Lorena Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 34 124 30 13 14 24Los Andes Adv Academy (Huancane) CS 35 43 12 8 10 . . .Los Andes Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 160 405 91 19 23 4Los Angeles Adv Academy (Chile) . . . CSB 287 804 189 33 35 55Los Polvorines Adventist Academy . . CS 182 362 54 28 31 17Luciano Chambi Adventist Academy . CS 20 148 21 8 9 2Maceio Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 93 335 94 12 14 62Manaus Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 35 162 43 14 16 2Manaus Adventist Institute . . . . . . . . . CS 116 289 61 12 17 30Manuel Cevallos Adv Academy . . . . . CS 33 48 10 7 13 . . .Maraba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 12 65 19 4 13 20Marechal Rondon SDA School. . . . . . CS 90 249 72 15 17 42Mariano Moreno Adventist Academy . CS 71 201 21 20 21 6Maringa SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 50 110 24 6 9 21Mariscal Castilla Adventist Academy . CS 50 76 15 11 12 2Mendoza Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 65 154 . . . 21 29 1Miguel de Unamuno Adv Academy . . CS 40 77 6 4 8 3Minas Gerais Adventist Academy. . . . CSB 135 178 57 18 18 30Miraflores Adv Academy (La Paz) . . . CS 108 214 57 23 25 6Miraflores Adventist Academy (Lima). CS 328 455 88 30 30 12Mogi das Cruzes Adventist Academy. CS 32 134 32 8 15 21Molina Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 28 195 27 7 12 5Montero Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 49 101 22 3 13 1Moron Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 135 176 24 26 27 7Moyobamba Adventist Academy . . . . CS 73 112 10 4 7 2North Santiago Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 47 115 20 8 9 6Northeast Brazil Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 310 461 158 22 24 7Novo Hamburgo SDA School . . . . . . . CS 43 132 32 11 11 15Novo Mundo Adventist Academy . . . . CS 15 94 19 7 15 14

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Nueva Cajamarca Adv Academy . . . . CS 54 109 17 7 8 2Nuevo Horizonte Adventist Academy. CS 28 59 2 10 11 2Osasco/Vila Yara Adv Academy. . . . . CS 52 153 39 12 12 26Pacajes Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 172 216 64 10 14 4Pacific Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 113 213 36 16 16 5Palos Blancos Adventist Academy. . . CS 8 51 9 8 9 3Panamericana Adventist Academy . . CS 40 90 15 7 9 1Parana Adv Institute (Argentina) . . . . CS 48 188 11 15 21 4Paranaense/Ivatuba Adv Academy . . CS 224 293 97 22 23 13Partenon SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 4 14 14 11 11 15Paulinia Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 15 77 20 8 11 8Pedro Kalbermater Adv Academy . . . CS 29 55 8 7 7 . . .Peruvian Union Academy. . . . . . . . . . CSB 211 312 59 21 22 7Petropolis Adventist Academy . . . . . . CSB 204 275 73 13 13 54Piracicaba Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 18 54 11 7 11 13Plan 3000 Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 116 145 25 9 10 2Planaltina Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 8 101 32 8 13 16Poniente Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 77 152 30 11 14 11Portales del Saber Adv Academy. . . . CS 98 156 26 10 10 4Portao Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 37 171 40 11 16 35Porto Alegre SDA School . . . . . . . . . . CS 65 302 73 15 16 30Porto Velho Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 17 95 23 20 22 25Porvenir Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 194 339 84 15 15 14Presidente Prudente Adv Academy . . CS 15 146 35 8 12 9Puerto Iguazu Adventist Academy . . . CS 25 318 33 11 13 7Puerto Quijarro Adventist Academy . . CS 35 167 28 5 12 2Puno/Central Adventist Academy. . . . CS 241 345 58 22 24 3Quilpue Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 91 165 42 16 19 10Quito Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 155 514 88 23 28 6Recife/Arruda Adventist Academy . . . CS 44 157 38 10 13 28Recife/Central Adventist Academy. . . CS 76 171 44 14 17 20Resistencia Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 57 373 57 24 26 7Ribeirao Preto Adventist Academy. . . CS 34 115 42 9 14 10Ricardo Bustamante Adv Academy . . CS 5 25 10 9 9 1Ricardo Palma Adventist Academy . . CS 53 94 15 9 10 . . .Rio Branco Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 21 55 18 3 10 5Rio de Janeiro Adventist Academy . . CS 48 93 20 12 13 9River Plate Adv University Academy . CSB 252 297 42 44 44 5Rondonopolis Adventist Academy . . . CS 2 38 8 4 8 17Salomon Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 24 135 31 5 14 . . .Salta Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 120 345 41 24 35 6Salvador/Central Adventist Academy. CS 108 337 97 18 26 10Salvador/Liberdade Adv Academy. . . CS 20 134 41 15 16 26San Jose Adv Academy (Mazamari) . CS 48 112 18 13 15 3San Jose Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 71 111 21 10 12 4San Marcos Adv Academy (2007) . . . CS 22 31 8 5 7 1San Miguel Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 92 155 32 10 11 4Santa Cruz de la Sierra Adv Academy CS 54 129 25 9 12 2Santa Fe Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 83 154 20 21 27 2Santa Maria Adventist Academy . . . . CS 14 46 12 1 8 6Santo Amaro Adventist Academy. . . . CS 40 148 39 12 14 31Santo Andre/Central Adv Academy . . CS 52 280 95 13 14 44Santo Domingo Adventist Academy. . CS 110 176 18 11 15 2Santos Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 20 72 24 4 11 15Sao Borja Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 4 57 16 3 10 12Sao Caetano do Sul Adv Academy . . CS 16 82 24 11 11 14Sao Carlos Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 33 81 20 5 12 17Sao Francisco do Sul Adv Academy . CS 19 70 23 8 16 11Sao Jose do Rio Preto Adv Academy CS 35 117 21 1 8 10Sao Jose dos Campos Adv Academy CS 41 136 46 15 23 37Sao Jose dos Pinhais Adv Academy . CS 26 129 22 2 3 29Sao Luiz Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 75 326 100 15 26 5Sao Miguel Paulista Adv Academy . . CS 65 127 27 10 11 21Septimo Dia-Baua Adv Academy. . . . CS 28 93 16 8 13 1Shalom Adv Educational Center . . . . CS 71 124 22 5 13 7SINOP Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 12 78 13 3 14 5Sorocaba Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 33 79 22 8 10 . . .South Santiago Adventist Academy. . CS 81 283 66 19 20 6Taboao da Serra Adventist Academy. CS 31 168 45 13 13 57Taguatinga Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 39 151 34 31 34 11Talcahuano Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 187 330 74 15 16 12Tatui Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 38 . . . 9 11 11Taubate-Tremembe Adv Academy. . . CS 24 66 26 5 8 16Telemaco Borba Adventist Academy . CS 16 115 20 4 14 24Temuco Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 136 290 65 16 16 14Titicaca Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 183 268 46 19 19 2Trinidad Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 19 131 32 4 9 3Tucuma Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 12 47 12 6 11 11Tucuruvi Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 53 191 65 14 14 27Tupa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 58 18 2 8 4

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Ucayali Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 84 196 38 10 13 5Uruguay Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 72 173 14 17 25 12Varzea Grande/Central Adv Acad . . . CS 80 316 115 14 18 28Viacha Adventist Academy (Ingavi) . . CS 27 226 61 10 14 3Viamao SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 48 156 41 12 12 28Vila Alpina Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 22 84 22 10 12 21Vila Nova Cachoeirinha Adv Academy CS 24 81 28 14 15 37Villa Regina Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 46 111 . . . 16 22 1Vitoria Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 70 97 25 13 13 10Votuporanga Adventist Academy . . . . CS 35 69 29 10 13 12West Amazon Adventist Academy . . . CSB 100 105 38 9 10 4Yapacani Adventist Academy (Ichilo) . CS 45 133 24 3 11 2Other Secondary Schools (22) . . . . . . CS 483 1,052 14 116 155 109Total (287). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,111 43,801 9,466 3,244 4,130 3,539

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAore Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 122 194 52 14 14 . . .Auckland SDA High School . . . . . . . . CS 289 289 87 25 25 9Avondale School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 242 587 59 66 74 26Bekabeka Junior High School . . . . . . CS 283 283 . . . . . . . . . . . .Betikama Adventist College . . . . . . . . CSB 489 489 110 29 29 . . .Beulah College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 138 348 15 20 22 7Blue Hills College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 30 71 . . . 18 24 9Border Christian College . . . . . . . . . . PS 17 62 6 8 13 4Brisbane Adventist College . . . . . . . . CS 221 323 53 37 37 13Burns Creek Jr High School . . . . . . . . CS 342 342 . . . 17 17 . . .Buruku Jr High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 158 158 . . . 13 13 . . .Carlisle Christian College . . . . . . . . . . PS 7 19 . . . 4 4 . . .Carmel Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . CSB 85 252 37 30 36 10Central Coast Adventist School . . . . . CS 105 464 72 59 80 32Christchurch Adventist School . . . . . . CS 61 90 24 17 17 . . .Darling Downs Christian School . . . . . PS 33 94 10 10 10 3Gilson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 37 372 23 37 48 18Heritage College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 39 140 8 26 34 10Iakina SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 50 50 7 . . . . . . . . .Jones Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 282 322 50 19 19 . . .Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School . CSB 458 649 124 24 24 . . .Kambubu Adv Secondary School. . . . CSB 449 449 73 21 21 . . .Kauma Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 112 160 12 20 20 6Kempsy School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 124 . . . 21 28 9Kopiu School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 153 166 83 . . . . . . . . .Kukele Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 60 60 . . . 7 14 . . .Kukudu Adventist College . . . . . . . . . CS 355 422 66 26 26 . . .Lilydale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 96 210 29 35 39 11Longburn Adventist College . . . . . . . . CSB 70 236 98 22 28 . . .Macarthur Adventist School . . . . . . . . PS 29 72 . . . 7 8 . . .Macquarie College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 64 341 26 44 65 26Mount Diamond Adv Sec School . . . . CS 588 588 131 25 25 2Mountain View Adventist College . . . . PS 106 195 24 49 51 26Navesau Junior Secondary School . . PS 242 263 48 20 22 4Northpine Christian College . . . . . . . . CS 87 290 44 35 38 10Nunawading Adventist College. . . . . . CS 105 186 34 26 27 3Prescott College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 103 206 30 22 27 5Samoa Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . CS 100 152 40 9 11 . . .Suva Adventist High School . . . . . . . . PS 269 309 44 20 20 2Sydney Adventist College. . . . . . . . . . CS 75 216 46 38 49 15Tenakoga Junior High School. . . . . . . CS 220 220 . . . 12 12 . . .Tweed Valley College . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 40 68 8 19 21 5Other Secondary Schools (22) . . . . . . CS 1,159 1,644 . . . 93 108 14Totals (64). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,992 12,175 1,573 1,044 1,200 279

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventville High School (2007) . . . . . CSB 5 385 109 7 15 . . .Anderson Adventist High School . . . . CSB 316 405 126 18 25 22Bethel High School (2007) . . . . . . . . . CSB 159 467 . . . 15 15 10Bulawayo Adventist High School . . . . CS 290 663 176 26 37 7Chegore High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 75 227 . . . 6 10 2Chikwairo High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 51 325 . . . 2 13 2Chiwawa High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 29 156 38 2 5 . . .Eastern Gate Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 36 125 25 13 13 10Ellen G. White School. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 99 780 780 11 81 5Emmanuel High School (2007). . . . . . CSB 34 392 32 8 18 10Good Hope High School. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 177 328 58 17 17 7Gotora High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 18 154 . . . 3 5 . . .Gunde High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 69 280 65 12 14 2Handina High School (2007) . . . . . . . CS 160 389 . . . 9 16 2Hanke Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 349 476 112 14 18 16Helderberg High School (2007) . . . . . CSB 82 182 32 12 14 4Karirwi Adventist Secondary School. . CS 60 510 . . . 5 16 2Katsenga High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 143 286 . . . 12 13 3Lakeview Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 104 143 32 9 9 12Lower Gweru Adventist High School . CSB 492 632 190 20 29 16Lunjika Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CSB 123 205 75 10 10 9

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Malamulo Secondary School . . . . . . . CSB 221 369 98 12 12 21Mamvuramachena High Sch (2007). . CS 20 191 . . . 7 7 . . .Manga Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 96 825 825 9 78 10Maranatha High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 354 701 154 12 25 7Maranatha Incomplete HS (2007) . . . PS 30 182 . . . 6 6 1Mashame High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 32 171 19 2 7 1Matandani Secondary School . . . . . . CSB 103 172 37 9 9 15Mateme High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 53 163 27 2 4 1Mathabiswana High School . . . . . . . . CS 14 118 . . . 1 4 . . .Mauya High School (2007). . . . . . . . . CS 60 180 . . . 5 8 4Mbukwane High School . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 27 300 . . . 6 23 1Mbwatalika High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 41 57 . . . 4 4 5Mukwada High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 45 260 . . . 5 11 2Mukwasi High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 107 507 . . . 11 22 2Mundondo Secondary School . . . . . . CS 51 418 77 7 12 2Mutiweshiri High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 91 401 . . . 13 13 3Nemane Secondary School (2007) . . CS 236 477 11 13 15 2Ntabamhlophe Secondary School . . . CS 53 191 20 2 7 . . .Nyahuni Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 180 614 . . . 25 28 18Nyazura Adventist High School . . . . . CSB 612 702 . . . 28 33 33Nzira Secondary School (2007) . . . . . CS 26 230 . . . 3 9 1Ruya Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 316 433 . . . 14 23 4Samahuru High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 68 122 40 3 3 1Sashane Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 49 307 90 8 14 2Sedaven High School (2007) . . . . . . CSB 108 192 24 16 16 11Shutu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 118 . . . 3 7 1Skombingo High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 60 95 . . . 1 4 . . .Skopo Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 91 222 53 6 6 1Soche High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 69 223 78 8 8 4Solusi Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 377 595 135 18 22 29Sonja Uster High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 435 435 3 16 3Tshabanda High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 200 445 . . . 7 7 . . .Tshitatshawa Secondary School . . . . CS 100 250 52 7 9 2Westrand High School (2007) . . . . . . CS 52 52 . . . 4 4 . . .Other Secondary Schools (68) . . . . . . CS 2,676 10,324 1,305 591 1,098 223Totals (121) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,521 28,552 5,330 1,102 1,967 551

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONAdv Higher Secondary School (Jowai) CS 326 1,184 . . . 13 18 11Bahraich SDA Sr Sec School (2006) . CS 13 835 . . . 12 34 16Bangalore (HAL) Higher Sec School . CS 43 754 103 23 32 14Chengalpet SDA Higher Sec School . CS 45 1,452 130 23 54 12Chennai SDA Higher Sec School. . . . CS 180 1,976 . . . 39 76 16Coimbatore SDA Hr Sec Sch (2007) . CS 7 415 . . . 10 24 6Dindigal SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 15 762 . . . 18 43 22E D Thomas Mem Hr Sec School . . . CSB 90 4,913 . . . 16 43 18E D Willmott Mem Hr Sec School. . . . CS 21 750 34 23 43 12Flaiz Memorial Hr Sec Sch of SDA . . CSB . . . 1,125 . . . 33 45 5Gudiyatham SDA Higher Sec School. CS 39 2,261 . . . 21 72 27Hapur SDA Senior Sec School. . . . . . CS 119 1,327 57 32 41 21Helen Lowry Higher Sec School. . . . . CS 128 1,104 . . . 35 46 10Hosur SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . . CS 84 1,870 141 45 81 15Hume McHenry SDA Hghr Sec Sch. . CS 127 2,039 . . . 35 63 5Ibrahimpatnam SDA Higher Sec Sch . CS 37 1,178 . . . 36 42 14Indore SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 11 437 . . . 12 33 10Jalahalli SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 76 630 7 16 25 11James Memorial Higher Sec School . CSB 170 821 . . . 17 40 10Julladhar SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 114 885 . . . 14 50 5Kaloor SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 30 1,072 . . . 32 57 25Khunti SDA Senior Sec School . . . . . CSB 266 1,225 . . . 51 70 11Khurda SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . CSB 473 1,091 . . . 27 51 14Kodambakkam SDA High School. . . . CS 80 642 . . . 15 31 14Kolhapur SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 36 1,761 1 34 58 11Kottarakara SDA Higher Sec School . CSB 144 705 . . . 30 47 10Kovilpatti SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 65 414 . . . 11 23 7Kuttapuzha SDA Higher Sec School . CS 66 607 78 26 38 29Lowry Memorial Higher Sec School . . CSB 50 895 . . . 40 49 24Lucknow SDA Senior Sec School . . . CS 13 892 . . . 13 35 18M C Dhamanwala Eng Hr Sec Sch . . CS 59 5,111 212 53 164 10Madurai C SDA Mat Hr Sec School . . CS 106 1,908 109 82 111 24Madurai E SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 17 453 . . . 15 27 8Madurai N SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 41 715 23 27 42 7Madurai S SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 20 878 . . . . . . 50 14Madurai W SDA Higher Sec School. . CS 13 284 31 6 28 6Manamadurai SDA Hr Sec School . . . CS 37 807 28 14 36 10Maninagar SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 38 7,446 . . . 66 218 28Mantharakuppam SDA Hr Sec Sch . . CS 20 314 . . . . . . 19 6Mavelikara SDA Higher Sec School. . CS . . . 263 . . . 15 32 12Navsari SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 33 44 . . . 38 54 12Neyveli SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 15 540 . . . 15 30 11Nuzvid SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CSB 998 1,627 . . . 42 61 6

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (Cont’d)Ottapalam SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 59 613 . . . 23 37 14Palakkad SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 13 448 47 13 37 20Panruti SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 6 451 . . . 8 23 14Pathanamthitta SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 21 1,119 152 21 47 18Periyakulam SDA Hr Sec School . . . . CS 37 932 26 14 45 12Pondicherry SDA Hr Sec Sch (GN) . . CS 30 2,380 . . . 43 90 54Pondicherry SDA Hr Sec School . . . . CS 56 2,798 . . . 62 107 12Puliangudi SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 4 256 . . . 7 20 10Pulienranghy SDA Hr Sec School . . . CS 81 1,058 . . . 25 57 14Raymond Memorial Hr Sec School . . CSB 250 941 . . . 36 44 12Roorkee Higher Secondary School . . CS 252 694 . . . 26 31 13Sankarankoil SDA Hr Sec Sch (2007) CS 32 275 . . . 8 23 4Sivakasi SDA High School . . . . . . . . . CS 3 329 . . . 3 21 4Spencer SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 293 3,074 . . . 54 153 24Spicer Memorial Coll Hr Sec School . CS 86 1,904 170 69 77 14Tambaram SDA High School (2007) . CS 28 604 . . . . . . 45 1Thanjavur SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 46 515 . . . 18 31 4Thiruchengode SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 12 366 . . . 8 20 7Thirumala SDA Secondary School . . . CS 50 446 . . . 24 32 11Tiruwilwamala SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 26 935 . . . 16 41 18Trichur SDA Hr Sec School (2007). . . CS 32 855 . . . 20 46 21Trichy SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . . CS 42 1,640 . . . 40 72 4Tuticorin SDA High School . . . . . . . . . CS 24 257 . . . 7 17 5Valavanur SDA Higher Sec Sch . . . . . CS 24 746 . . . 23 38 5Vasarpadi SDA Hr Sec Sch (2007). . . CS 60 991 . . . 17 35 5Vellore SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 40 2,340 79 31 91 20Viruthunagar SDA Hr Sec School. . . . CS 20 382 12 13 25 18Other Secondary Schools (62) . . . . . . CS 3,152 37,306 174 1,048 1,723 326Totals (132). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,044 121,067 1,614 2,802 5,264 1,261

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdv Univ of the Philippines Academy. CS 382 522 154 28 28 4Adventist International School . . . . . . CS 95 1,112 151 47 114 10Ayeyarwady Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 493 527 44 23 23 2Baesa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 184 273 54 15 15 2Baguio Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 57 104 21 8 8 2Balikpapan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 56 105 32 14 16 4Bandung Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 105 150 30 14 17 6Cambodia Adventist School . . . . . . . . CSB 60 146 17 9 9 7Central Luzon Adventist Academy . . . CSB 114 121 32 10 10 3Central Myanmar Adv Seminary. . . . . CSB 305 385 44 18 19 . . .Chiang Mai Adventist Academy . . . . . CSB 333 681 124 31 33 21Chuuk SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 15 46 10 5 5 4Cimindi Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 67 113 41 13 16 3Concepcion Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 93 219 59 11 11 . . .Delap SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 2 66 17 7 7 8East Java Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 97 131 41 18 21 3East Visayan Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 215 357 93 15 15 5East Visayan Adventist Academy. . . . CSB 170 230 66 12 12 6Ebeye SDA High School. . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 64 12 7 7 3Ekamai International School. . . . . . . . CS 112 1,393 103 122 131 67 Adventist Ekamai School. . . . . . . . CS 44 473 45 30 30 7Goshen Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 170 227 71 15 15 2Guam Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 18 27 23 4 4 7Irian Jaya Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 86 246 38 9 16 4Jakarta Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 140 194 71 16 21 3Kandana SDA High School . . . . . . . . CS 72 2,127 285 39 131 14Kellogg-Mookerjee Mem Seminary . . CSB 572 605 . . . 36 37 17Klabat Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 70 102 32 21 24 3Lake View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 166 219 55 9 9 4Lakpahana Adv Coll and Seminary . . CS 112 392 45 30 43 3Lipa Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 257 345 86 17 17 8Malang Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 76 27 8 15 2Maluku Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 40 97 26 7 10 1Matutum View Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 264 314 64 12 12 6Medan Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 130 165 35 6 12 2Mindanao Mission Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 182 243 59 16 16 2Monokwari Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 58 203 20 5 10 2Monosapara Adventist Seminary . . . . CSB 501 655 . . . 30 31 16Mountain View College Academy. . . . CSB 120 135 45 13 13 2Naga View Adv College Academy . . . CSB 104 147 30 15 15 . . .Negros Mission Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 265 331 83 15 15 4North Sulawesi Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 149 279 80 19 21 15North Sumatra Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 215 241 36 9 12 2Northeastern Mindanao Academy . . . CSB 160 225 32 12 12 4Northern Luzon Adv Coll Academy . . CSB 135 206 50 12 12 2Nusa Tenggara Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 155 209 54 10 17 2Palau Mission Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 117 31 8 8 9Palawan Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 130 157 36 9 9 . . .Palu Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 38 78 40 10 15 1Pasay City Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 177 224 61 13 14 3Pohnpei Adventist High School . . . . . CS 19 180 39 17 17 3Sabah Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 138 207 42 16 16 5

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Salemba Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 250 330 120 17 22 2San Yu Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 13 290 51 11 13 7SDA Maranatha Seminary . . . . . . . . . CSB 190 210 . . . 45 47 18Semarang Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 14 64 20 4 9 4Sorong Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 63 212 27 7 12 2South East Adventist Seminary . . . . . CSB 214 316 16 17 22 . . .South Philippine Adv Coll Acad . . . . . CSB 244 314 78 12 12 2Sunny Hill School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 16 98 35 6 10 2Surabaya Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 76 21 8 15 2Tamika Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 65 223 32 7 13 3Tirad View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 153 230 46 10 10 1Toraja View Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 61 127 52 16 18 13Upper Myanmar Adv Seminary . . . . . CSB 218 353 46 13 19 . . .West Visayan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 262 292 61 13 13 3Western Mindanao Academy . . . . . . . CSB 305 371 64 15 15 3Yangon Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . CS 95 274 18 20 20 1Yap SDA School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 14 71 14 4 4 4Other Secondary Schools (27) . . . . . . CS 3,090 6,424 614 360 476 83Totals (96) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,011 26,466 4,101 1,500 1,916 465

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdv Sec Sch Marusevec (Croatia) . . . CSB 57 107 28 8 21 16Amman Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 3 58 12 1 12 2Ayira Vocational School . . . . . . . . . . . WT 112 160 49 6 8 10Bergen Adv Secondary School (2007) CS 3 22 16 3 6 2Bouchrieh Adv Secondary School . . . CS 3 115 18 1 20 11Danish Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 55 190 19 31 37 7Eden High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 19 39 6 8 8 1Ekrehagen School (2007) . . . . . . . . . CS 4 25 6 4 5 2Engesvea School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 14 4 4 8 1Finland Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 67 133 19 13 15 10Iceland Secondary School (2005) . . . CS 2 10 3 3 15 3John Loughborough School (GM) . . . CS 81 244 55 17 30 22Karachi Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 68 . . . 4 4 1Kotri Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 19 33 . . . 2 4 1Lahore Adv Sec Sch (Adventpura). . . CS 9 17 . . . 2 2 1Lahore Adv Sec School (Mozang) . . . CS 19 37 . . . 2 3 1Lijedahl School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 40 5 6 9 . . .Mokollen Secondary School (2006) . . CS 16 31 13 13 13 . . .Mouseitbeh Adv Secondary School . . CS 3 191 45 18 77 7Nile Union Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 35 132 18 12 12 10Nindelven School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . CS 3 36 14 1 6 3Norwegian Junior College (2007). . . . CS 19 23 7 4 10 1Ostmarka School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 31 . . . 6 7 1Pakistan Adv Middle Seminary. . . . . . CS` 250 456 16 39 45 37Peshawar Adv Secondary School . . . CS 8 14 . . . 2 2 1Quetta Adventist Secondary School . CS 14 18 . . . 2 3 1Rosendal Secondary School (2007). . CS 16 49 . . . 9 10 1Sanda School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 10 . . . 4 4 . . .Stanborough School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 80 130 26 25 28 19Swedish Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 38 45 13 11 14 16Vatneli School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 19 23 . . . 4 4 2Zeltoun Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS . . . 85 72 2 21 22Zivorad Jankovic School . . . . . . . . . . CS 49 65 14 9 17 8Other Secondary Schools (7) . . . . . . . CS 1 90 15 13 13 2Totals (40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,079 2,741 493 289 493 222

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAbidjan Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 127 . . . 9 15 4Adventist High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 143 1,093 205 21 44 37Adventist Sec Tech School (2007) . . . CS 103 354 82 9 15 17Agona SDA Sec School (2007) . . . . . CS 468 1,160 362 20 50 23Akyem Sekyere SDA School (2007) . CS 128 320 152 9 24 35Asokore SDA Sec School (2007) . . . . CS 72 430 72 5 11 6Babcock Univ High School (2007) . . . CS 227 689 63 31 38 63Bandenkop Adventist Sec School . . . CS 16 32 . . . 7 10 . . .Bassa SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 76 567 35 15 26 5Bekwai SDA Sec School (2007). . . . . CSB 672 1,417 462 20 60 22Bertoua Adventist Sec School . . . . . . CS 179 1,941 478 28 93 26Bethel Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 39 390 353 20 47 2Bolama Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 13 130 4 9 21 2Bouake Adventist Secondary School . CSB 25 152 28 6 17 1Divo Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 43 6 7 12 . . .Dogba Adventist Sec School . . . . . . . CS 92 234 40 7 9 4Ebem Ohafia Adv Tech Sec School . . CS 233 432 52 15 20 16Ebenezer SDA High School . . . . . . . . CS 37 569 74 11 25 5Elele Adventist Comp High School. . . CS 506 650 171 24 39 27Hyde Memorial Sec School (2007). . . CS 449 661 106 17 24 5Ile Ife Adv Secondary School (2007) . CS 184 929 . . . 24 43 13Kelo Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 25 303 . . . 9 13 3Kenyase SDA Sec School (2007) . . . CS 216 804 45 12 50 21

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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d)Kofiase SDA Sec School (2007). . . . . CS 72 161 45 6 18 11Konola Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 89 197 18 5 12 4Kribi Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 198 1,055 221 16 65 18Kumasi Adventist Day School (2007) . CS 560 1,375 375 21 52 21Malabo Adventist Sec School. . . . . . . CS 126 645 . . . 11 34 5Maroua Adventist Sec School . . . . . . CS 353 834 . . . 32 44 6Milton Comp Sr Sec School (2007) . . CS 266 2,804 322 14 48 7Moundou Adv Secondary School . . . . CS 52 200 . . . 7 11 2Nanga-Eboko Adv Sec School . . . . . . CSB 138 309 90 18 47 5Ndjamena-Tchad Adv Sec School . . . CS 61 1,095 . . . 23 30 . . .Niamvoudou Adv Sec School . . . . . . . CS 29 67 6 7 7 . . .Ntonso Sec Technical School (2007) . CS 42 228 62 11 26 13Obite Adventist Mission High School . CS 135 160 . . . 12 14 1Odza Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 83 1,318 361 53 85 23Oke Ode Adv Sec School (2007) . . . . CSB 5 137 . . . 11 21 5Osogbo Adv High School (2007) . . . . CS 52 286 . . . 10 13 7Otun-Ekiti Adv Comp H Sch (2007) . . CS 118 140 20 11 21 5Owerrinta Adv Sec Tech College . . . . CS 1,267 1,994 273 56 70 63Paynesville SDA Sec School . . . . . . . CS 345 1,286 131 21 48 25Peninsula Senior Sec School (2007) . CS 115 1,202 124 10 46 . . .Revelation SDA High School . . . . . . . CS 163 814 41 9 25 12Saviofe SDA Sec School (2007). . . . . CS 5 59 . . . 2 10 . . .Shirley Harrison School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 209 23 5 14 6Sunyani SDA Sec School (2007) . . . . CS 82 221 65 7 18 9Swedru SDA Sec School (2007) . . . . CS 215 710 78 12 21 14Tamale Secondary School (2007) . . . CS 28 266 60 4 26 8Togo Mission School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 37 153 13 7 8 2Yaounde Adventist Sec School . . . . . CS 165 2,510 698 63 96 34Yele Adventist Secondary School. . . . CS 95 1,002 52 12 28 5Totals (52). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,858 34,864 5,868 811 1,664 648

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (1,678) . . . . . 155,470 433,397 45,259 20,429 28,638 10,688

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EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . 35 5,298 6,626 400 400 118East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 116 12,940 24,778 470 625 116Ethiopian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1,610 9,295 217 259 77Rwanda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 19,713 28,880 343 391 . . .Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 832 1,101 53 63 59Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 23,130 56,502 562 1,421 255West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 207 11,819 32,790 1,016 1,379 . . .Attached Fields Burundi Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6,035 13,718 152 368 27 Eritrea Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 344 360 8 11 . . . North East Congo Attached Territory. 391 79,967 102,975 2,322 2,789 412Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 161,688 277,025 5,543 7,706 1,064

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAustrian Union of Churches Conference 5 83 124 20 20 1Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference. . . 1 6 36 1 2 1Franco-Belgian Union Conference . . . . . 1 58 113 7 7 5North German Union Conference. . . . . . 2 8 79 3 6 6Portuguese Un of Churches Conference 4 110 424 33 39 34Romanian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 5 224 421 40 58 34South German Union Conference . . . . . 4 85 119 19 19 5Spanish Union of Churches Conference 4 441 721 48 54 40Swiss Union Conference (2007). . . . . . . 1 3 7 1 1 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1,018 2,044 172 206 126

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONCaucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 173 2 11 8Moldova Union of Churches Conference 1 6 10 . . . 2 . . .Southern Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 142 8 15 7Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 1 28 41 10 11 5West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . 2 26 42 12 14 9Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 76 408 32 53 29

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONBelize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . 20 1,602 3,162 165 165 . . .Caribbean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 38 3,997 7,371 390 406 106Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . 45 2,224 5,346 263 278 73Dominican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 2,649 11,621 438 480 256

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PART 4—Primary Schools* (Cont’d)

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission . . 9 956 1,871 78 80 93Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1,195 3,324 175 192 52Haitian Union Mission (2003) . . . . . . . . . 219 12,763 28,226 765 828 226Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . 44 2,302 4,667 293 301 60Mid-Central American Union Mission . . . 47 2,171 7,059 308 377 79North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . 42 1,801 3,775 254 261 77Puerto Rican Union Conference. . . . . . . 18 1,158 2,709 166 166 127South Central American Un Conference 38 3,195 5,007 301 320 78South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . 35 2,568 4,309 302 311 64Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . 34 1,965 6,579 277 326 118West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . 22 2,231 4,240 230 232 64Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 42,777 99,266 4,405 4,723 1,473

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAtlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 63 2,219 3,481 244 245 124Canada, SDA Church in. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1,597 2,519 287 287 116Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 96 2,759 4,228 394 401 153Griggs International Academy** . . . . . . . 1 350 562 8 9 . . .Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 2,254 2,603 241 241 119Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . 72 1,605 2,017 137 140 78North Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . 104 3,484 4,663 370 382 209Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 107 7,030 9,560 376 376 204Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . 175 6,155 7,703 662 663 242Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . 56 2,027 2,496 208 209 288Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 29,480 39,832 2,927 2,953 1,533**General Conference institution is listed in the division where the home campus is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChinese Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10 117 13 14 4Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 71 807 57 57 15Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1,373 4,013 171 171 23Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1,454 4,937 241 242 42

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAustral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 83 4,583 14,747 991 1,116 140Bolivia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2,132 6,213 329 422 91Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . 76 7,362 32,859 1,582 1,699 1,341Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 5,405 16,922 555 595 426East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . 29 2,409 7,324 474 533 342Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1,060 2,459 195 226 52North Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . 37 4,451 18,400 773 889 668North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2,152 3,948 219 240 35Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . 39 3,723 14,888 670 758 462South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . 77 5,980 26,624 1,275 1,524 3,092South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 44 3,668 7,284 374 401 40West Central Brazil Union Mission . . . . . 38 2,467 11,822 529 719 435Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 45,392 163,490 7,966 9,122 7,124

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAustralian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 45 2,467 7,034 583 738 239New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. 19 906 1,737 76 102 34Papua New Guinea Union Mission. . . . . 85 14,304 15,867 452 459 40Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 85 8,659 11,306 289 289 3Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 26,336 35,944 1,400 1,588 316

Note—Dates in parenthesis following the entries indicate the year of the most recent report.

Division and Union Schools

Enrollment Teachers and Other Employees

SDA Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAngola Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . . . 26 1,332 4,332 101 106 . . .Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 160 283 16 16 5Indian Ocean Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . 65 3,038 9,572 356 386 183Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2,543 3,721 69 69 . . .Mozambique Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 4 219 940 21 21 13Southern Africa Un Conference (2007) . 22 1,742 4,271 136 151 21Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 75 9,529 37,468 704 1,089 113Zimbabwe Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 34 4,154 8,309 200 280 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 22,717 68,896 1,603 2,118 335

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONEast-Central India Union Section . . . . . . 8 490 949 32 70 14Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . 11 247 1,503 54 75 21Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . 37 327 1,599 59 182 96South-Central India Union Section . . . . . 8 47 2,095 34 110 19Southeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . 20 120 4,763 88 239 50Southwest India Union Section. . . . . . . . 15 145 2,493 96 206 48Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . 7 64 1,313 36 101 15Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 1,440 14,715 399 983 263

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 184 1,838 4,058 217 229 18Central Philippine Union Conference . . . 73 3,039 6,203 228 228 24East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . 124 4,317 7,770 716 846 22Myanmar Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 774 2,981 154 170 . . .North Philippine Union Mission. . . . . . . . 162 6,366 15,149 596 596 63South Philippine Union Conference . . . . 67 7,126 12,901 376 376 . . .Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . 26 1,711 4,501 307 324 93West Indonesia Union Mission . . . . . . . . 145 5,200 12,034 685 720 73Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 422 4,383 186 303 47Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 30,793 69,980 3,465 3,792 340

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION British Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 292 536 40 50 25Danish Union of Churches . . . . . . . . . . . 7 67 560 45 69 21Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 4 66 281 16 28 9Middle East Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 6 26 1,663 40 186 44Netherlands Union Conference (2007). . 1 3 232 3 19 1Norwegian Union Conference (2007) . . . 11 174 415 76 93 16Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1,302 2,256 110 126 48Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 1 21 229 18 23 16Attached Fields (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17 47 3 15 3Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1,968 6,219 351 609 183

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONCentral African Union Mission (2004). . . 33 2,124 6,444 155 158 . . .Eastern Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . 65 3,048 9,471 272 450 41Ghana Union Conference (2007) . . . . . . 857 51,780 152,248 2,323 5,473 248North-Western Nigeria Un Miss (2007) . 36 2,643 7,425 196 341 76Sahel Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 412 5,046 143 178 39West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 109 6,932 25,649 328 719 105Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 66,939 206,283 3,417 7,319 509

WORLD TOTALS 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,763 432,078 989,039 31,921 41,414 13,337

Division and Union Schools

Enrollment Teachers and Other Employees

SDA Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

Summary of Educational Institutions and Primary Schools

Institutions and

Primary Schools

Enrollment Graduates TeachersOther

EmployeesPrimary Secondary Worker

Training Tertiary Primary Secondary Worker Training Tertiary Primary Secondary Worker

Training Tertiary

Tertiary Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 . . . . . . . . . 116,171 . . . . . . . . . 21,602 . . . . . . . . . 10,199 7,413Worker Training Institutions . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . 6,857 . . . . . . . . . 1,230 . . . . . . . . . 582 . . . 429Secondary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,678 . . . 433,397 . . . . . . . . . 45,259 . . . . . . . . . 28,638 . . . . . . 10,688

Institutional Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556,425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,419 . . . . . . . . . . . 18,530Primary Schools* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,763 989,039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,414 . . . . . . . . . 13,337

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,597 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545,464 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,833 . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,867

WORLD TOTALS 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,442 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,479,136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,494 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,189*Not included in the institutional totals.

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2008 65SECTION II—HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS

Division and Institution Location BedsAverage Daily

Census (Inpatients)

Admissions (Inpatients)

Outpatient Visits

SDA Employees

Other Employees

Total Employees

Charity Dollars

PART 1—Hospitals and SanitariumsUS$

Parenthesized figures after “Totals” represent the number of hospitals and sanitariums in the divisions.

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONBaraton Jeremic Community Medical Centre. . . . . . Eldoret, Kenya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 508 44,925 13 . . . 13 . . .Gimbie Hospital (2007). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gimbie, Wollega, Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 52 2,923 14,480 115 8 123 53,336Heri Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kigoma, United Republic of Tanzania . . . . . 97 26 26 20 75 10 85 575Ishaka Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bushenyi, Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 60 9,303 21,824 100 25 125 13,052Kendu Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendu Bay, Kenya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 102 3,974 11,070 176 10 186 3,289Mugonero Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kibuye, Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 65 2,130 5,929 81 13 94 . . .SDA Surgical Clinic - Lubumbashi (2007) . . . . . . . . Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of the Congo . . . . . 14 353 407 1,643 23 . . . 23 3,500Songa Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D/S Kamina, Dem Rep of the Congo . . . . . 95 20 822 1,009 32 . . . 32 . . .Totals (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 681 20,093 100,900 615 66 681 73,752

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBerlin Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berlin, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 171 9,000 13,000 142 433 575 . . .Lake Geneva Sanitarium (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gland, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 85 1,350 2,041 39 108 147 . . .Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 256 10,350 15,041 181 541 722 . . .

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Hospital of Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port-au-Prince, Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 36 2,201 16,917 140 13 153 3,333Adventist Sanitarium - ACFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8 981 20,401 5 38 43 33,000Andrews Memorial Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kingston, Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 36 3,276 38,352 137 74 211 20,086Antillean Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. . . . . . . . . . . 50 6 3,517 15,005 69 47 116 10,700Bella Vista Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayaguez, Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 122 8,608 10,344 205 520 725 161,475Community Hospital of Seventh-day Adventists . . . Port of Spain, Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 29 10,892 15,868 101 54 155 4,812Davis Memorial Clinic and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgetown, Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 14 1,293 7,616 60 14 74 3,000La Loma Luz Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santa Elena, Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3 528 6,628 40 3 43 10,000Montemorelos University Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montemorelos, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9 920 20,195 117 2 119 30,000Southeast Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. . . . . . . . . . 38 14 4,830 6,942 116 9 125 132,480Valley of the Angels Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tegucigalpa, Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7 321 6,292 4 54 58 . . .Venezuela Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barquisimeto, Venezuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 742 57,329 44 28 72 26,100Vista del Jardin Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . . . . . 21 3 1,296 48,924 131 32 163 10,500Totals (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 289 39,405 270,813 1,169 888 2,057 445,486

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION Revised 9-28-10Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolingbrook Illinois, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 37 3,868 53,245 40 555 595 5,054,688Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 56 1,669 23,811 7 234 241 198,788Castle Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kailua, Hawaii, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 86 6,517 104,162 59 680 739 299,577Central Texas Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Marcos, Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 49 5,358 64,518 . . . . . . 618 8,073,549Central Valley General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanford, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 30 4,147 446,553 29 701 730 7,445,423Chippewa Valley Hosp and Oakview Care Center . . Durand, Wisconsin, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 17 506 11,743 . . . . . . 162 107,571Emory Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smyrna, Georgia, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 22 1,907 40,994 . . . . . . 445 4,028,534Feather River Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paradise, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 56 4,526 133,343 110 678 788 4,742,491Florida Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204 1,442 111,203 1,904,493 2,321 15,835 18,156 117,704,673Florida Hospital DeLand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeLand, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 95 8,580 107,905 . . . . . . 816 9,191,813Florida Hospital Fish Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orange City, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 108 9,176 98,756 . . . . . . 1,004 9,932,764Florida Hospital Flagler, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . Bunnell, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 65 5,689 107,705 . . . . . . 748 4,343,593Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center. . . . . . . . Sebring, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 135 11,869 132,157 . . . . . . 1,342 6,609,264Florida Hospital—Oceanside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ormond Beach, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 119 28 745 21,155 . . . . . . . . . 979,421Florida Hospital—Ormond Beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ormond Beach, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 205 125 10,451 58,025 . . . . . . 1,623 6,698,474Florida Hospital Waterman, Incorporated. . . . . . . . . Eustis, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 136 11,981 119,790 . . . . . . 1,514 2,183,711Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, Incorporated . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 102 8,847 59,405 . . . . . . 951 6,710,293Frank R Howard Memorial Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willits, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 1,284 25,684 15 178 193 734,758Glendale Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glendale, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 296 18,271 279,710 266 1,510 1,776 29,721,886GlenOaks Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glendale Heights, Illinois, USA . . . . . . . . . . 186 75 4,958 30,784 23 627 650 2,385,354Gordon Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calhoun, Georgia, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 39 3,571 76,888 . . . . . . 585 3,737,733Grandview Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 122 8,216 176,905 29 1,001 1,030 4,062,586Hackettstown Regional Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA. . . . . . . . . 111 57 5,434 43,812 . . . . . . 628 7,102,876Hanford Community Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanford, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 92 8,567 184,043 67 771 838 11,425,312Hinsdale Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 166 13,154 201,897 261 2,402 2,663 3,640,544Huguley Memorial Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fort Worth, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 119 10,267 88,240 . . . . . . 1,345 12,202,146Jellico Community Hospital, Incorporated . . . . . . . . Jellico, Tennessee, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 17 1,976 39,590 . . . . . . 328 1,093,844Kettering Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kettering, Ohio, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 233 21,219 219,460 198 2,027 2,225 5,997,835Kettering Youth Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 23 1,627 . . . 9 74 83 139,398La Grange Memorial Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Grange, Illinois, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 107 8,683 102,047 16 1,111 1,127 2,500,194Loma Linda Univ Behavorial Medical Center, Inc. . . Redlands, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 70 4,605 23,130 109 252 361 1,681,937Loma Linda University Medical Center** . . . . . . . . . Loma Linda, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . 779 599 34,676 600,000 2,368 4,978 7,346 99,030,925Memorial Hospital, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manchester, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 34 3,399 106,336 . . . . . . 506 3,544,703Metroplex Health System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killeen, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 75 7,731 104,075 . . . . . . 1,188 6,996,107Park Ridge Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fletcher, North Carolina, USA. . . . . . . . . . . 103 70 4,776 288,755 137 914 1,051 3,312,308Parker Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parker, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 52 5,337 51,531 . . . . . . 497 2,070,073Parkview Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brunswick, Maine, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 1,246 71,537 44 218 262 737,448PorterCare Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver, Colorado, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 137 10,360 70,475 . . . . . . 1,094 7,582,631PorterCare Hospital (Avista). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisville, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 43 4,997 50,083 . . . . . . 454 3,097,064PorterCare Hospital (Littleton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Littleton, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 111 9,819 68,577 . . . . . . 815 5,316,248

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PART 1—Hospitals and Sanitariums (Cont’d)US$

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Portland Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Oregon, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 134 11,114 111,596 504 1,070 1,574 18,015,391Potomac Ridge Behavorial Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 210 2,895 3,807 12 665 677 184,251Rollins Brook Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lampasas, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 12 875 14,592 . . . . . . 91 673,573San Joaquin Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakersfield, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 152 12,230 13,955 70 933 1,003 5,257,278Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 245 21,130 112,386 89 1,495 1,584 8,882,878Shawnee Mission Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA. . . . . . . . . 383 222 20,121 431,382 . . . . . . 2,866 8,711,675Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services . . . . Simi Valley, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 76 4,998 71,593 30 561 591 3,339,343Sonora Regional Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonora, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 121 4,863 293,672 53 827 880 1,860,055South Coast Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laguna Beach, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . 208 80 4,486 27,579 . . . 478 478 6,292,567Southview Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centerville, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 44 4,530 77,591 13 373 386 1,773,937St. Helena Hospital - Clearlake (formerly Redbud) . Clearlake, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 16 1,589 138,845 18 282 300 1,429,188St Helena Hospital and Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . Deer Park, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 102 5,567 90,615 188 507 695 2,083,295Sycamore Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 65 5,313 90,233 37 480 517 3,290,984Takoma Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greeneville, Tennessee, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 100 34 2,664 151,247 43 444 487 . . .Tillamook County General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tillamook, Oregon, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 10 1,241 10,440 36 244 280 5,060,538Ukiah Valley Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ukiah, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 32 4,069 89,643 52 464 516 2,652,557Walla Walla General Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walla Walla, Washington, USA . . . . . . . . . . 72 14 1,744 38,303 116 167 283 2,173,581Washington Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takoma Park, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 300 207 17,299 55,393 334 996 1,330 7,708,018White Memorial Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 353 249 18,993 61,129 176 1,293 1,469 44,506,424Totals (59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,216 7,179 546,933 8,275,320 7,879 46,025 73,524 536,314,070**General Conference institution is listed in the division where the main facility is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Okinawa, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 40 1,216 63,425 66 72 138 . . .Busan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busan, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 608 67,873 169,415 141 107 248 . . .Busan Adventist Oriental Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busan, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 37 7,912 12,935 6 8 14 . . .Eden Senior Sanitarium Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyunggi, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 158 57,684 4,022 112 . . . 112 239,550Hongkong Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 57 9,202 62,387 55 391 446 25,825Kobe Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kobe, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 80 2,365 77,382 85 139 224 . . .Seoul Adventist Dental Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 201 10 60,425 55 29 84 18,770Seoul Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 271 99,193 256,127 486 95 581 37,724Taiwan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taipei, Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 161 13,095 451,877 61 817 878 1,064,337Tokyo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 124 4,840 51,615 152 216 368 . . .Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong SAR . . . . . . . . . . . 133 89 13,150 97,629 56 298 354 5,703Yosu Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yosu, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 38 670 . . . 27 . . . 27 9,858Totals (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,910 1,864 277,210 1,307,239 1,302 2,172 3,474 1,401,767

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAna Stahl Adventist Clinic (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iquitos, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 10 1,159 25,671 11 62 73 71,449Asuncion Adventist Sanitarium (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . Asuncion, Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 17 2,221 50,919 19 101 120 . . .Belem Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belem, Para, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 94 5,689 122,048 28 744 772 2,033,792Belgrano Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buenos Aires, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 25 2,823 71,436 17 163 180 . . .Hohenau Adventist Sanitarium (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . Hohenau, Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 13 1,365 24,541 14 58 72 . . .Juliaca Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juliaca, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 7 796 10,677 7 27 34 15,520Los Angeles Adventist Clinic (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles, Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 1,015 11,993 9 52 61 3,333Manaus Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 44 4,190 74,363 10 261 271 1,199,047Miraflores Adventist Clinic (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lima, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 20 2,138 71,527 16 161 177 252,249Northeast Argentine Sanitarium (2003) . . . . . . . . . . Leandro N Alem, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 22 1,750 19,560 6 78 84 . . .Penfigo Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Campo Grande, MS, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 61 2,868 76,750 7 241 248 155,459Quito Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quito, Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 12 1,114 9,407 3 42 45 . . .River Plate Sanitarium and Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . Libertador San Martin, Argentina . . . . . . . . 150 101 7,197 155,130 33 501 534 6,750Sao Paulo Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . 49 26 1,592 27,606 19 204 223 1,268,200Sao Roque Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Roque, Sao Paulo, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . 44 14 661 108 2 35 37 22,225Silvestre Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 83 5,633 18,707 46 797 843 4,193,110Totals (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966 557 42,211 770,443 247 3,527 3,774 9,221,134

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAtoifi Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Honiara, Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . 1,549 10,320 74 . . . 74 . . .Sydney Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wahroonga, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 391 22,578 158,073 . . . . . . 2,332 19,500Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 391 24,127 168,393 74 . . . 2,406 19,500

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAndapa Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andapa, Sahamazava, Madagascar . . . . . . 60 15 806 3,993 . . . . . . 27 . . .Ankazambo Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ankazambo-Befandriana Nord, Madagascar 32 47 1,101 13,001 . . . . . . 8 . . .Blantyre Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blantyre, Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 98 2,925 29,366 . . . . . . 167 . . .Kanye Seventh-day Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . Kanye, Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 99 5,591 76,195 101 234 335 . . .Lusaka Eye Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lusaka, Zambia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 100 1,674 38,455 34 11 45 . . .Mahabo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahabo, Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 192 864 . . . . . . 2 . . .Malamulo Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Makwasa, Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 94 4,419 14,294 . . . . . . 206 . . .Maluti Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mapoteng, Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 102 7,125 61,870 11 221 232 . . .Mwami Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipata, Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 68 4,239 8,884 118 47 165 885Yuka Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalabo, Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 72 1,000 12,000 69 . . . 69 70Totals (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070 698 29,072 258,922 333 513 1,256 955

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONAizawl Adventist Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aizawl, Mizoram, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 8 631 2,602 23 3 26 352Bangalore Adventist Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . Bangalore, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 23 8,523 7,680 102 6 108 3,785Giffard Memorial Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuzvid, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 1,393 14,019 9 8 17 2,080Milton Mattison Memorial Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . Hapur, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 45 4,739 31,982 88 58 146 1,889Ottapalam Seventh-day Adventist Hospital (2005) . Ottapalam, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 20 2,784 13,947 78 6 84 4,976Pune Adventist Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pune, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 38 14,016 21,999 104 23 127 19,907Ranchi Hospital (2005). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ranchi, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 32 4,636 50,312 26 3 29 756Ruby Nelson Memorial Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . Jalandhar, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 91 5,726 38,029 42 154 196 19,934Scheer Memorial Hospital (2005). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathmandu, Nepal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 30 1,395 21,807 73 30 103 10,148Simla Sanitarium and Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . Shimla, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 49 696 7,764 18 23 41 60,075Surat Hospital Trust Association of SDA (2005) . . . Surat, Gujarat, India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 88 6,328 3,409 157 103 260 36,987Thanjavur Adventist Hospital (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 404 2,270 21 1 22 404Totals (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032 442 51,271 215,820 741 418 1,159 161,293

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBacolod Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacolod City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 67 6,566 32,908 200 4 204 11,671Bandar Lampung Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia . . . . 140 111 9,799 62,758 370 30 400 . . .Bandung Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bandung, West Java, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . 214 135 10,168 44,357 525 146 671 . . .Cagayan Valley Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines . . . . . . . 50 46 . . . 1,092 163 10 173 26,707Calbayog Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calbayog City, Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 12 1,763 2,570 22 . . . 22 . . .Davao Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davao City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 26 3,259 16,163 83 5 88 1,523Gingoog Community Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gingoog City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13 1,696 874 18 . . . 18 1,553H W Miller Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . Cebu City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 44 3,826 6,949 134 33 167 . . .Lakeside Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kandy, Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 1,978 18,456 56 40 96 658Manado Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manado, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 40 248 400 170 8 178 20,000Manila Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manila, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 69 6,787 58,787 387 122 509 31,294Medan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 28 3,219 14,127 133 24 157 6,963Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iligan City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 74 8,489 21,602 154 125 279 . . .Mission Hospital Bangkok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bangkok, Thailand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 52 6,075 187,210 65 387 452 . . .Mission Hospital Phuket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phuket, Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 41 6,831 201,607 20 210 230 2,405Palawan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines . . . . 50 40 4,844 13,017 153 18 171 8,592Penang Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penang, Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 152 15,420 232,404 218 707 925 5,400,592Valencia Sanitarium and Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines . . . . . . 70 40 4,988 1,563 85 7 92 11,940Totals (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,699 990 95,956 916,844 2,956 1,876 4,832 5,523,898

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONHopeaniemi Sanitarium (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nummela, Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . 2,900 120 34 9 43 . . .Hultafors Health Centre (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hultafors, Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 74 2,497 850 27 24 51 . . .Karachi Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karachi, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 109 7,480 53,898 115 219 334 25,128Roundelwood Health Centre and Nrsing Hm (1999) Crieff, Tayside, Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 14 728 300 7 26 33 6,000Skogli Health and Rehabilitation Center (1999) . . . . Lillehammer, Norway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 117 1,719 . . . 43 37 80 . . .Totals (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 314 15,324 55,168 226 315 541 31,128

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAsamang Seventh-day Adventist Hospital (1999) . . Kumasi, Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 4 1,076 12,995 36 20 56 903Batouri Adventist Hospital (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batouri, Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 20 251 5,439 12 . . . 12 . . .Bere Adventist Hospital (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelo, Moundou, Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 30 600 5,000 9 4 13 . . .Dominase Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . Kumasi, Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 815 5,204 22 31 53 . . .Glei Adventist Eye Hospital (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atakpame, Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 229 3,900 15 1 16 . . .Inisa Community Medical Centre (1999) . . . . . . . . . Inisa, Osun State, Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 6 294 2,315 1 27 28 . . .Jengre Seventh-day Adventist Hospital (1999) . . . . Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 38 2,519 10,561 52 5 57 . . .Koza Adventist Hospital (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Koza, Extreme Nord, Cameroon . . . . . . . . . 120 26 1,396 6,503 26 . . . 26 . . .Onwe Seventh-day Adventist Hospital (1999) . . . . . Kumasi, Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 30 820 15,500 20 5 25 500SDA Hosp and Motherless Babies' Home (1999) . . Aba, Abia State, Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 37 2,233 11,173 79 2 81 . . .Seventh-day Adventist Cooper Hospital (2004) . . . . Monrovia, Liberia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 38 3,120 36 32 44 76 2,448Seventh-day Adventist Hospital Ile-Ife (1999) . . . . . Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 33 1,720 11,601 81 44 125 402Seventh-day Adventist Hospital Tamale (1999) . . . . Tamale, Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 8 1,200 1,650 28 2 30 645Wiamoase Seventh-day Adventist Hospital (1999) . Wiamoase, Ashanti, Ghana. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 15 15 6,336 15 4 19 100Totals (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 285 16,288 98,213 428 189 617 4,998

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (171). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,216 13,946 1,168,240 12,453,116 16,151 56,530 95,043 553,197,981Revised 9-28-10

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SDA Employees

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Total Employees

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PART 2—Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers

Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of nursing homes and retirement centers in the divisions.

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBerlin-Steglitz Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berlin, Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Etablissement Medico-Social Le Flon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 26 26 3 23 26Forli Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forli, Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 78 38 32 13 45Friedensau Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friedensau, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 119 28 15 75 90Haus Stefanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semmering, Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 33 3 3 12 15Haus Wittelsbach Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Aibling, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 189 40 27 63 90Lapi - Avintes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avintes, Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 38 21 6 15 21Lapi - Funchal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funchal, Portugal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 5 6 5 11Lapi - Vale Queimado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 78 7 8 32 40Maison de Retraite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clapiers, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 95 29 14 35 49Neandertal Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neandertal, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 180 70 19 103 122Nursing, Old People's, and Holiday Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krattigen, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 50 17 12 23 35Spanish Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barcelona, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 79 27 18 16 34Uelzen Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uelzen, Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 112 27 11 87 98Totals (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161 1,094 338 174 502 676

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Care Center - Courtland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 115 649 . . . . . . 131Adventist HealthCare Bradford Oaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clinton, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 165 260 2 183 185Adventist HealthCare Fairland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 80 190 1 107 108Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 109 587 2 154 156Adventist HealthCare Sligo Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takoma Park, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 90 314 2 100 102Adventist HealthCare Springbrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 80 198 1 93 94Bradford Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 80 230 . . . . . . 87Carolina Living, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 19 8 . . . 11 11Creekwood Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . Russellville, Kentucky, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 98 144 . . . . . . 130East Park Lodge, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 59 12 1 . . . 1Florida Living Nursing Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 201 517 . . . . . . 246Florida Living Retirement Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 93 . . . 13 1 14Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walkersville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 117 414 2 149 151Hays Nursing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Marcos, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 112 323 . . . . . . 97Heritage Green Retirement Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 22 . . . 6 17 23Heritage Green Senior Centre and Nursing Home, Incorporated . . . Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 167 . . . 58 152 210Highland Manor Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Tennessee, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 103 179 . . . . . . 115Highland Rim Terrace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Tennessee, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53 . . . 1 . . . 1Huguley Nursing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burleson, Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 151 490 . . . . . . 136Kennebec Manor Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 70 35 9 83 92Kingsway Pioneer Home, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oshawa, Ontario, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 90 . . . 1 . . . 1Mills Manor Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayfield, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 93 149 . . . . . . 108Napa Valley Adventist Retirement Estates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yountville, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 76 22 8 9 17Oakview Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durand, Wisconsin, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Overland Park Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overland Park, Kansas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 93 270 . . . . . . 103Park Manor Personal Care Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 99 28 22 78 100Porter Place Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 162 58 12 70 82Princeton Health Care Manor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Princeton, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 93 108 . . . . . . 113Rest Haven Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney, British Columbia, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 69 26 18 84 102Sherwood Park Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 30 . . . . . . 170Spring View Health and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leitchfield, Kentucky, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 62 72 . . . . . . 74Sunbelt Healthcare and Subacute Center Apopka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 115 519 . . . . . . 125Sunbelt Healthcare and Subacute Center E Orlando. . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 117 548 . . . . . . 142Sunbelt Healthcare Center (Zephyrhills) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 103 507 . . . . . . 139Sunnyside Adventist Care Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 96 68 17 68 85Sycamore Glen Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 88 478 2 130 132Sycamore Glen Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 . . . . . . 2 33 35Trinity Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merriam, Kansas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 106 270 . . . . . . 128West Park Manor Personal Care Home, Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 100 67 32 114 146W R Winslow Memorial Home, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 140 350 1 203 204Zephyr Haven Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 113 331 . . . . . . 146Totals (41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,539 3,899 8,451 213 1,839 4,242

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChiba Home Nursing Care Service Center - Saiwai-cho . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 62 14,880 7 136 143Donghae Senior Sanatorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gangwon-do, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 75 75 13 21 34Eden Senior Sanitarium Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyonggi, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 108 108 56 . . . 56Eden Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong, SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 11 3 2 5Gospel Villa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong, SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 3 1 . . . 1Hakusan Group Nursing Home (2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 1 . . . 11 11Honamanuma Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 1 1 13 14House of Saffron Group Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama-shi, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportMiltos Tsurugamine Group Nursing Home (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 2 . . . 6 6Miltos Kamishirane Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 3 1 5 6Rainbow House Group Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 6,570 2 17 19Saiwaicho Day Service Center (Higashikurume) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 1 17 18Senior Sanitarium Center - SAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 115 115 44 21 65Shalom Higashikurume Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Higashikurume, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 80 12 17 77 94

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PART 2—Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers (Cont’d)

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Shalom Hikarigaoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 12Shalom Minamisawa Day Service Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Higashikurume, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 18 . . . 28 28Shalom Nursing Home & House of Ruth Retirement Center . . . . . . . Yokosuka, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 140 . . . 13 73 86Shalom Sakurayama Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 6 2 3 5Shalom Uragamidai Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokosuka, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 52 . . . 7 68 75Shalom Wakaba Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 62 14,880 7 136 143Shalom Yokohama Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 115 114 25 55 80Totals (21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 1,007 36,810 208 693 901

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Home for the Elderly (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . 30 24 4 11 1 12Sao Paulo Old People's Home (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 33 . . . 1 7 8Vitoria Home (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vitoria ES, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 70 30 1 30 31Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 127 34 13 38 51

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAdventist Residential Care (Busselton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busselton, Western Australia, Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .Adventist Residential Care (Nollamara) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nollamara, Western Australia, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 16 22 38Adventist Residential Care (Rossmoyne). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rossmoyne, Western Australia, Australia . . . . . . . . . . 151 140 . . . 19 57 76Adventist Retirement Village (Kings Langley) (2007). . . . . . . . . . . . . Kings Langley, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . 99 106 17 8 28 36Adventist Retirement Village (Manukau) (2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manukau City, New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Adventist Retirement Village (Normanhurst) (2007). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 97 95 35 25 24 49Alawara Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bendigo, Victoria, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 52 68 5 25 30Almond Grove Retirement Village (Morphett Vale) (2006) . . . . . . . . . Morphett Vale, South Australia, Australia . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 1 1Alstonville Adventist Retirement Village (2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 133 174 27 11 44 55Avondale Adventist Retirement Village (Cooranbong) (2006) . . . . . . Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 279 353 68 . . . . . . 40Caloundra Adventist Retirement Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caloundra, Queensland, Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 85 10 7 33 40Capricorn Adventist Retirement Village (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 307 60 15 46 61Charles Harrison Memorial Home (2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 72 71 35 . . . . . . 77Coronella Retirement Village/Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nunawading, Victoria, Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 154 191 30 102 132Hornsby Retirement Village (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 36 5 1 . . . 1Melody Park Retirement Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nerang, Queensland, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 38 23 3 40 43Victoria Point Adventist Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 . . . . . . 20 80 100Wahroonga Village (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 50 46 11 2 1 3Yarra View Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warburton, Victoria, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 97 51 8 52 60Totals (19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,085 1,781 601 170 555 890

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventhaven Home for Senior Citizens (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidelberg, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 80 400 7 8 15Anerley Haven (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anerley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . 3 44 47Anerley Place Housing Scheme for Senior Citizens (2000) . . . . . . . . Anerley, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . 5 5 10Botshabelo Haven (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Free State, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 20 63 9 13 22Diamant Retirement Village (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolmaransstad, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . 2 1 3Esda Frail Care and Community Centre (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gauteng, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 121 1,452 7 44 51Esda Home for the Infirm Aged (2000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geduld, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 113 113 11 40 51Esda Retirement Village (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geduld, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 32 32 . . . 2 2Gerrie Fourie Retirement Village (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drie Riviere, Gauteng, South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 32 32 7 33 40Health on Wheels Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tygerberg, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . 1 1Heather Court (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . 2 . . . 2Magnolia Haven Housing Scheme (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gauteng, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . 2 . . . 2Montamed Care Centre (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pretoria, South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 22 450 4 22 26Pieter Wessels Frail Care and Community Centre (2007) . . . . . . . . . Dunnottar, Gauteng, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 140 1,500 47 54 101Rosie Le Meme Adventist Nursing Home (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius, Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 . . . 10 3 13Royce Haven Retirement Villas (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anerley, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . 2 2 4Sea Breeze Retirement Villas (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anerley, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . 2 4 6Sonskyn Retirement Village (1998) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rustenburg, NW Province, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . 3 5 8Sunnyside Lodge for Senior Citizens (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 63 63 . . . 11 27 38Trimed Medical Centre (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vereeniging, South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 28 350 3 27 30Totals (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,115 706 4,392 137 335 472

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONFinland Old People's Home (Nurmikoti) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tampere, Finland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 42 17 13 16 29Gyula Old People's Home (2005). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gyula, Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 47 9 10 7 17Mosserod Old People's Home (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandefjord, Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 46 121 18 23 41Netherlands Old People's Home (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gem Zeist, Netherlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . 17 17 35 52Netherlands Retirement Service Flats (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apeldoorn, Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 101 15 2 . . . 2Old People's Home (Adventkirkens Eldresenter) (1999) . . . . . . . . . . Radal, Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 14 9 22 31Old People's Home (Konak) (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ovca, Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . 4 . . . 4Old People's Home (Plejecentret Solbakken) (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . Randers, Denmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 32 . . . 6 29 35Old People's Home (Soendervang Plejehjem) (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . Fakse, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 . . . 6 26 32Polish Old People's Home (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bielsko-Biala, Poland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 90 40 4 44 48Tass Old People's Home (2005). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tass, Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 30 8 2 10 12Totals (11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 450 241 91 212 303

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (129). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,490 9,064 50,867 1,006 4,174 7,535

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PART—3 Clinics and Dispensaries

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 21 109,807 143 10 153East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 34 3,897 28 12 40Ethiopian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 39,222 64 26 90Rwanda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5250 76,486 119 58 177Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 195 139,045 205 26 246Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 102 71,522 58 30 88West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 165 62,192 100 1 101Attached Fields Burundi Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 131 17,335 23 11 34 North East Congo Attached Territory. . . . . 30 . . . 5,046 144 34 178Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 5,898 524,552 884 208 1,107

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONPortuguese Union of Churches Conf (2003) no report

EURO-ASIA DIVISION Southern Union Conference (2004) . . . . . . . no reportWest Russian Union Conference (2004) . . . no reportTotals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONCaribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1,514 3 2 5Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 77 15 3 18Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3,790 16 1 17Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . . . . 1 . . . 450 3 . . . 3Mid-Central American Union Mission (2006) no reportNorth Mexican Union Conference (2007) . . . 1 . . . 113 1 3 4Puerto Rican Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . no reportVenezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . 6 2 49,432 36 115 151West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 7,434 7 2 9Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 62,810 81 126 207

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONColumbia Union Conference (2003) . . . . . . . 9 . . . 119,769 2 105 107Pacific Union Conference (2007) . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 774,117 314 1,391 1,705Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 893,886 316 1,496 1,812

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONJapan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 134,779 17 24 41

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAustral Union Conference (2001) . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2,915 10 . . . 10Central Brazil Union Conference (2003) . . . 14 16 33,229 3 19 22East Brazil Union Conference (2003) . . . . . . 9 6 4,120 23 9 32Northeast Brazil Union Mission (2003) . . . . . 2 40 16,810 12 1 13Peru Union Mission (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25 5,912 3 26 29South Brazil Union Conference (2003). . . . . 20 9 20,279 20 28 48Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 98 83,265 71 83 154

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONPapua New Guinea Union Mission. . . . . . . . 30 80 100,535 44 6 50Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 70,000 64 3 67Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 80 170,535 108 9 117

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAngola Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 76 6,833 49 . . . 49Botswana Union Mission (2006). . . . . . . . . . 2 10 5,493 8 1 9Indian Ocean Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . 15 32 34,383 55 1 56Malawi Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 128 72,989 189 6 195Mozambique Union Mission (2007) . . . . . . . 2 . . . 34,253 2 11 13Southern Africa Union Conference (2006) . . 17 . . . 117,794 . . . . . . . . .Zambia Union Conference (2006) . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zimbabwe Union Conference (2006) . . . . . . 13 43 32,914 37 5 42Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 289 304,659 340 24 364

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONEast-Central India Union Section (1994) . . . 1 16 156 . . . . . . 4Southeast India Union Section (1995) . . . . . 1 . . . 483 . . . . . . 2Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16 639 . . . . . . 6

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Union Mission (2000) . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3,636 12 1 13East Indonesia Union Conference (2000). . . 2 12 1,836 5 6 11North Philippine Union Mission (2000) . . . . . 1 10 3,996 12 . . . 12South Philippine Union Conference (2000) . 1 12 1,916 6 . . . 6Southeast Asia Union Mission (2000). . . . . . 1 . . . 3,109 2 1 3West Indonesia Union Mission (2000) . . . . . 16 21 74,435 63 15 78Attached Fields (2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 129,496 105 161 266Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 55 218,424 205 184 389

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONPakistan Union Section (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 5,412 8 1 9

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONCentral African Union Mission (1999) . . . . . . 6 17 20,468 31 1 32Eastern Nigeria Union Mission (2004) . . . . . no reportNorth-Western Nigeria Union Mission (2004) no reportSahel Union Mission (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 7,000 6 2 8West African Union Mission (1999) . . . . . . . 7 67 100,819 57 16 73Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 84 128,287 94 19 113

WORLD TOTALS 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 6,522 2,527,248 2,124 2,174 4,319

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PART 4—Orphanages and Children's Homes

Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of orphanages and children's homes in the divisions.

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONLas Palmas Children's Home Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . . . 108 . . . 49 4 53Los Pinos Children's Home Guatemala City, Guatemala. . . . . . . . . . . no reportVilla Juarez Children's Home Villa Juarez, Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 16 3 6 9Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 16 52 10 62

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAna Provelar Children's Home Londrina, PR, Brazil (2002) . . . . . . . . . . . 99 9 5 6 11Catarinense Adventist Children's Home Sao Francisco do Sul, SC, Brazil (2003) . 28 25 . . . 4 4Children's Home Bahia, Brazil (2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 1 2 3Children's Home Concepcion, Chile (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 80 3 2 5Children’s Home Santiago, Chile (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 430 11 11 22Children’s Home Temucho, Chile (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 3 2 5Day Care Center Bom Samaritano Apiai, SP, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 . . . 5 . . . 5Day Care Center Cassia Rodrigues Lasca Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003) . . . . 120 . . . 8 6 14Day Care Center IMAC I Varzea Grande, MT, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . 60 . . . 3 . . . 3Day Care Ctr Inst of Form and Assist for Children Itabera, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003). . . . . . . 75 . . . 6 9 15

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Day Care Center Plan of Assistance for Infants Rio Claro, Brazil (2003). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 . . . 6 1 7Day Care Center Projeto Amar I Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil (2003) 200 . . . . . . 7 7Day Care Center Rio Verde Rio Verde, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . .Day Care Center Vinde a Mim Hortolandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003). . . 120 . . . 5 6 11Intercap Children's Home Porto Alegre, Brazil (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . 30 29 3 25 28Jardim Pinheiros Home for Girls Curitiba, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 5 5New Life Project Varzea Grande, MT, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . 10 8 . . . 2 2Palmeira das Missoes Children's Home Palmeira das Missoes, RS, Brazil (2003) 35 15 . . . 1 1Serenity Children's Home Lajas, Bolivia (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . 1 11 12Teens Home Maringa, Brazil (2002). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 1 1 2Vila Nova Home Porto Alegre, Brazil (2001). . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 1 . . . 1Vovo Josephina Orphanage Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2003) . . . . 40 11 8 2 10Xaxim Adventist Home for Boys Curitiba, Parana, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . . . 40 42 . . . 2 2Totals (23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797 766 70 105 175

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONLove in Action Othandweni Children's Home Stanger, South Africa (2000). . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 3 2 5Queen Elizabeth Children's Home Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (2003) . . . . . . . . . 37 30 19 4 23Siphesihle Center Stanger, South Africa (2000). . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 3 1 4Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 30 25 7 32

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONElim Adventist Home Hyderabad, India (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 40 4 3 7Sunshine Children's Home Bangalore, India (1999). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 95 4 7 11Totals (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 135 8 10 18

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAmman Care Home Amman, Jordan (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12 2 1 3

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONMotherless Children's Home Abia State, Nigeria (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 10 3 13

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,219 984 167 136 303

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PART 5—Airplanes and Medical Launches

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAirplanes (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 2 3

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAirplanes (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 42 3 1 4Launches (2003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 16,701 30 11 41

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION Airplanes (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAirplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16,743 35 14 56

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Summary of Healthcare Institutions Institutions Beds or Units Average DailyCensus

Admissions(Inpatients)

OutpatientVisits

SDAEmployees

OtherEmployees

TotalEmployees Charity Dollars

US$Hospitals and Sanitariums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 22,216 13,946 1,168,240 12,453,116 16,151 56,530 95,043 553,197,981

Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 10,490 9,064 50,867 . . . 1,006 4,174 7,535 . . .

Clinics and Dispensaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 6,522 . . . . . . 2,527,248 2,124 2,174 4,319 . . .

Orphanages and Children's Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2,219 984 . . . . . . 167 136 303 . . .

Airplanes and Medical Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . 16,743 35 14 56 . . .

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 41,457 23,994 1,219,107 14,997,107 19,483 63,028 107,256 553,197,981

WORLD TOTALS 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 43,047 26,394 1,230,307 14,171,454 18,350 53,794 94,202 443,666,989

Note—Some organizations reported the number of employees by head count instead of as full-time equivalents (FTE).Revised 9-28-10

Note—In the tables above dates in parentheses following the entries indicate the year of the most recent report.

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INSTITUTIONAL STATISTICS FOR 200872SECTION III—PUBLISHING HOUSES

Division and InstitutionSubscriptions Trades

Job Printing Total Sales Employ-ees

Period-icals

Lan-guagesBooks Magazines Miscellaneous Books/Bibles Magazines/

Periodicals Miscellaneous

US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$Note—Parenthesized figures after “Totals” represent the number of publishing houses and branches in the divisions.

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAfrica Herald Publishing House (Kenya) . . . . . . . . . . 45,112 . . . . . . 37,275 344,936 32,986 19,208 479,517 35 13 5Ethiopian Advent Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,329 . . . . . . 32,815 . . . . . . 9,464 43,608 8 . . . 2Tanzania Adventist Press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,571 . . . . . . 3,620 300,821 . . . 181,291 524,303 35 5 2Upper Nile Press (Uganda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,198 . . . . . . . . . 61,079 1,519 6,899 73,695 6 . . . 4Totals (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,210 . . . . . . 73,710 706,836 34,505 216,862 1,121,123 84 18 . . .

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAdvent Publishers (Switzerland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531,693 608,357 . . . 312,451 145,306 9,395 29,519 1,636,721 6 1 1Austrian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709,929 . . . . . . 618,420 . . . . . . . . . 1,328,349 7 2 1Bulgarian Adventist Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,483 3,889 1,231 . . . 26,286 . . . . . . 77,889 4 4 1Czech Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191,269 18,980 31,194 95,347 71,541 15,109 . . . 423,440 6 2 1German SDA Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,588 . . . . . . 1,051,015 1,115,206 149,824 . . . 2,326,633 10 15 1Italian Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,267 281,870 . . . 212,954 104,389 60,384 22,824 722,688 7 4 1Life and Health Publishing House (France) . . . . . . . . 62,680 48,500 . . . 452,690 606,100 94,140 48,120 1,312,230 13 5 1Portuguese Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,156,398 . . . 671,303 20,202 . . . . . . 1,847,903 24 14 1Romanian Adventist Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . 962,430 88,433 . . . 618,423 656,323 75,111 740,512 3,141,232 281 26 2Safeliz Publishing House (Spain)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,109,127 234,569 . . . 353,779 . . . . . . . . . 4,697,475 13 16 8Slovakian Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,480 . . . . . . 37,326 33,668 89 150,956 420,519 6 12 2Totals (11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,862,946 2,440,996 32,425 4,423,708 2,779,021 404,052 991,931 17,935,079 377 101

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONSource of Life Publishing House (Russian Federation) 520,739 2,676 35,090 142,394 238,745 102,366 518,867 1,560,877 44 16 2Source of Life Publishing House (Ukraine) . . . . . . . . 333,399 18,614 321,690 227,829 113,653 33,967 269,024 1,318,176 18 16 2Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854,138 21,290 356,780 370,223 352,398 136,333 787,891 2,879,053 62 32

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONInter-American Division Publishing Association (USA) 2,153,304 105,435 . . . 4,993,057 1,674,934 3,187,710 . . . 12,114,440 28 6 3Mexican Adventist Editorial Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,138,489 . . . . . . 757,324 . . . . . . . . . 6,895,813 189 2 1Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,291,793 105,435 . . . 5,750,381 1,674,934 3,187,710 . . . 19,010,253 217 8

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONPacific Press Publishing Association**. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,135,155 . . . . . . 4,355,362 12,121,764 268,061 2,939,677 20,820,019 144 79 18Review and Herald Publishing Association** . . . . . . . 12,263,936 261,598 . . . 7,632,510 8,786,126 . . . 7,143,007 36,087,177 193 55 4Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,399,091 261,598 . . . 11,987,872 20,907,890 268,061 10,082,684 56,907,196 337 134**General Conference institutions are listed in the division where the main plant is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONJapan Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,929 619,416 3,362 71,268 438,549 28,666 16,420 1,349,610 13 8 1Korean Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,112 304,134 . . . 654,750 1,319,817 3,972 1,648,415 4,180,200 70 6 1Signs of the Times Publishing Association (Taiwan) . 44,885 77,852 1,078 58,137 62,154 2,580 210,501 457,187 14 2 1Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,926 1,001,402 4,440 784,155 1,820,520 35,218 1,875,336 5,986,997 97 16

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONBrazil Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,849,592 4,870,729 409,218 13,597,668 6,250,697 1,960,472 5,192,014 47,130,390 433 28 1Buenos Aires Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,166,488 479,220 . . . 2,289,291 596,300 898,953 4,077,468 10,507,720 120 16 1 Chile Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541,819 65,325 471,676 23,001 78,483 313,697 190,001 1,684,002 30 2 1Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,557,899 5,415,274 880,894 15,909,960 6,925,480 3,173,122 9,459,483 59,322,112 583 46

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONSigns Publishing Company (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112,419 . . . 245,613 1,128,830 1,735,138 249,574 1,014,385 5,485,959 50 4 1

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventist Printing House (Madagascar). . . . . . . . . . . 24,761 2 952 443 72,360 189 632 99,339 30 14 2Angola Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportMalamulo Publishing House (Malawi) . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,465 . . . . . . 14,014 80,507 6,104 49,662 164,752 22 3 3Mozambique Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportSouthern Publishing Association (South Africa). . . . . 497,602 . . . 8,792 221,078 224,506 . . . 28,620 980,598 17 1 2Zambia Adventist Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,300 . . . . . . 58,496 137,139 170,077 . . . 457,012 14 1 3Totals (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628,128 2 9,744 294,031 514,512 176,370 78,914 1,701,701 83 19

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONOriental Watchman Publishing House (India) . . . . . . 112,022 43,301 . . . . . . 17,447 . . . . . . 172,770 52 9 6

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Adventist Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . 2,958 . . . . . . 535 . . . . . . 7,078 10,571 1 1 1Indonesia Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,785 21,924 . . . 32,717 266,072 . . . 6,420 611,918 52 3 1Kinsaung Publishing House (Myanmar) . . . . . . . . . . . 33,256 . . . . . . 14,362 7,859 4,845 1,102 61,424 13 9 7Lakpahana Publishing House of SDA (Sri Lanka) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,455 3,668 . . . 17,024 45,147 6 . . . 3Philippine Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,383,218 991,904 . . . 263,287 195,123 66,987 241,362 5,141,881 137 5 4Southeast Asia Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868,139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868,139 13 . . . . . .Totals (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,572,356 1,013,828 . . . 335,356 472,722 71,832 272,986 6,739,080 222 18

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAlbanian SDA Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportCroatian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164,824 14,707 . . . . . . 179,531 3 3 1Danish Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,556 . . . 80,712 . . . . . . . . . . . . 198,268 1 1 2Finland SDA Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 ,088 369,270 20,358 2,464 . . . . . . . . . 510,180 4 3 1Greek Mission Publishing Centre* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,095 540 . . . 748 939 . . . . . . 6,322 1 1 1Hungarian Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,688 . . . . . . 96,673 . . . . . . . . . 103,361 4 . . . 1Iceland Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,943 . . . 817 13,612 21,372 1 . . . . . .Israel Publishing Service*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no report

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Publishing Houses (Cont’d)

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Lithuanian Publishing Centre* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportMacedonian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 200 . . . 120 80 . . . . . . 550 1 2 1Middle East Publishers (Cyprus)*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportNetherlands Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportNorwegian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,907,716 185,827 76,535 . . . . . . . . . 86,614 2,256,692 12 4 1Polish Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,581 1,689 956 183,785 58,784 1,043 27,425 367,263 10 2 1Serbian and Montenegro Publishing House* . . . . . . . 39,314 88 279 225,482 37,765 6,248 25,262 334,438 12 5 9Slovenian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportStanborough Press Limited (England)* . . . . . . . . . . . 1,393,768 27,330 . . . 254,208 435,850 287,928 599,550 2,998,634 23 4 5Swedish Union Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,600 55,633 . . . . . . 85,233 2 1 1Totals (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,680,956 584,944 178,840 964,847 603,758 296,036 752,463 7,061,844 74 26

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdvent Press (Ghana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,581 328,307 479,938 . . . 903,826 39 3 6Central African Publishing House (Cameroon) . . . . . 45,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 5,000 20,000 95,000 14 1 4Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,000 5,000 5,000 100,581 338,307 484,938 20,000 998,826 53 4

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (61). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,671,884 10,893,070 1,713,736 42,123,654 38,848,963 8,517,751 25,552,935 185,321,993 2,291 435 . . .WORLD TOTALS 2007 (62). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,755,062 11,039,760 1,101,912 39,793,648 37,261,773 9,003,800 23,387,275 172,343,230 2,197 456 . . .*Without printing facilities.

Division and InstitutionSubscriptions Trades

Job Printing Total Sales Employ-ees

Period-icals

Lan-guagesBooks Magazines Miscellaneous Books/Bibles Magazines/

Periodicals Miscellaneous

US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$

SECTION IV—FOOD INDUSTRIES

Division and Institution LocationEmployees Products

Full-time Student Manufactured Other

Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of food industries in the divisions.

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONInternational Health Food Association - Tanzania . . . . . . . . Arusha, Tanzania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONGranovita UK (De-vau-ge Foundation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lueneburg, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . 100 . . .Primavita (De-vau-ge Foundation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lueneburg, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 54 200Spanish Food Factory (Granovita) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vall D'Uixo (Castellon), Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 79 155Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 . . . 233 355

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONInter-American Health Food Company Alimentos Colpac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 20 42 42 Boulangerie Adventiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port-au-Prince, Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 17 8 Cetebedi, S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alajuela, Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 2 40 7 College Health Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11 82 21 Industrias Venepan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nirgua, Yaracuy, Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 2 48 24 Productos Granix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Dom. Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11 20 16 Productos Icolpan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medellin, Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 40 62 42 Viva Mejor Barquisimeto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barquisimeto, Venezuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 30 5 Viva Mejor Bucaramanga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bucaramanga, Colombia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5 40 26 Viva Mejor Cali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cali, Valle, Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . 20 61Totals (10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 102 401 252

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONKorean Sahmyook Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choongchungnam-do, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 . . . 23 3San-iku Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sodegaura-shi, Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . 100 200Totals (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 . . . 123 203

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONArgentina Food Factory (Alimentos Granix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buenos Aires, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 . . . 268 51Brazil Food Factory (Superbom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Paulo, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 1 45 5Uruguay Factory (Frutigran) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canelones, Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 26 43Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987 1 339 99

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONSanitarium Health Food Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 . . . 276 . . .Sanitarium Health Food Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auckland, New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 . . . 210 . . .Other South Pacific Division International Operations . . . . . Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . 65 . . .Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,305 . . . 551 . . .

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONMission Health Food Company, Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bangkok, Thailand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . 8 . . .

WORLD TOTALS 2008 (23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,369 103 1,655 909WORLD TOTALS 2007 (24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,659 152 2,585 939

Food Industry Sales, World 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $598,373,317Food Industry Sales, World 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $939,112,373Note—The decrease in sales is due to the main operations of De-vau-ge and International Health Food Association-Tanzania being sold.

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GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 200874

Countries Involved

Employees

Projects Value of Aid

Country or Area of the World Type*Projects Funded

Beneficiaries Cash FoodMedicines

and Materials

TotalDevelopment Relief

US$ US$ US$ US$

Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 203 4 1 451,270 1,987,193 . . . . . . 1,987,193 Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 17 14 . . . 23,916 108,730 . . . . . . 108,730 Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 61 2 . . . 10,317 1,607,249 . . . . . . 1,607,249 Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 4 . . . 3 1,885 22,066 21,481 104,228 147,775 Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 2 1 2,120 122,138 3,750 20,730 146,618 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 22 125 . . . 435,028 9,215,695 . . . 352,341 9,568,036 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 6 7 9,105 529,298 . . . . . . 529,298 Azerbaijan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 60 4 . . . 43,918 . . . . . . 704,834 704,834 Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 135 8 3 19,575 695,202 . . . . . . 695,202 Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 . . . 19 59,577 7,050 . . . 171,245 178,295 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 11 5 26,637 227,551 . . . 53,462 281,013 Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 123 8 3 106,904 4,306,935 . . . . . . 4,306,935 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 674 121 59 622,545 7,161,183 2,548,045 1,530,299 11,239,527 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . 7 2 . . . 150,705 3,628 126,574 280,907 Burkina Faso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 54 5 6 . . . 781,166 6,863 . . . 788,029 Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9 . . . 4 29,388 209,500 100,000 . . . 309,500 Burundi, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 40 2 2 702,040 1,513,200 . . . 100,500 1,613,700 Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 162 12 2 618,912 2,704,104 . . . 204,012 2,908,116 Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 . . . 2 15,000 100,000 . . . . . . 100,000 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 16 166 14 280,507 3,162,855 . . . 1,300 3,164,155 Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 1 . . . . . . 100,000 . . . . . . 100,000 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 118 5 12 139,114 1,721,656 . . . . . . 1,721,656 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 12 5 12 204,447 2,993,482 12,529 1,617,151 4,623,162 Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 38 3 17 113,856 1,125,934 434,785 . . . 1,560,719 Congo, Democratic Republic of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 19 3 1 129,500 395,522 . . . . . . 395,522 East Goma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 192 4 8 429,237 7,287,442 . . . . . . 7,287,442 Lubumbashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report South Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 16 2 5 1,066,568 1,026,087 299,569 . . . 1,325,656 Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 4 16 4,584 443,214 8,047 126,954 578,215 Cote d'Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 100 14 15 2,258,388 2,862,058 . . . . . . 2,862,058 Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 4 4 11,105 73,250 . . . 19,500 92,750 Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 155 6 10 342,080 5,486,120 . . . . . . 5,486,120 Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 6 1 2 . . . 105,988 . . . . . . 105,988 Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 2 3 2,028 54,120 . . . . . . 54,120 Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 1 . . . 48 125,708 . . . . . . 125,708 Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 8 2 4 18,224 632,415 . . . . . . 632,415 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 29 29 52 844,347 8,265,967 . . . . . . 8,265,967 Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 78 10 1 817,534 7,939,140 . . . . . . 7,939,140 Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 1 2 1,800 . . . 20,000 10,000 30,000 Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 28 . . . 3 10,355 173,392 . . . . . . 173,392 Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 1 . . . 10,000 15,000 . . . . . . 15,000 Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 28 8 18 132,247 437,621 71,000 172,280 680,901 Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 79 3 3 44,137 3,061,243 896,982 58,236 4,016,461 Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 6 32 11,500 2,000 19,000 2,000 23,000 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 16 . . . 1 24,704 312,939 569,820 200,573 1,083,332 Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 54 18 1 7,594 1,269,403 . . . . . . 1,269,403 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 1 32 4,000 65,000 75,000 . . . 140,000 Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 16 5 8 179,025 2,295,000 . . . . . . 2,295,000 Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 . . . 1 436 . . . . . . 25,874 25,874 Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 54 13 . . . 1,336,323 2,916,000 . . . . . . 2,916,000 Korea (Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 48 12 97,394 225,134 32,635 407,598 665,367 Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Lao People's Democratic Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 66 11 . . . 25,806 701,869 . . . . . . 701,869 Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 71 1 6 153,546 2,171,795 . . . . . . 2,171,795 Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . 9 2,523 26,332 . . . 60,561 86,893

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Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 257 10 5 348,908 4,798,781 2,892,640 7,000,000 14,691,421 Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 110 8 3 140,699 2,095,174 2,534,250 4,380,713 9,010,137 Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 20 8 1 96,835 317,105 426,178 . . . 743,283 Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 2 1 16,120 150,000 . . . . . . 150,000 Moldova, Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 17 5 19 22,031 . . . 13,166 250,393 263,559 Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 82 17 . . . 29,924 1,333,778 . . . . . . 1,333,778 Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 15 . . . 1,824 33,880 . . . . . . 33,880 Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 115 7 . . . 588,051 2,998,946 . . . . . . 2,998,946 Myanmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 345 17 37 964,115 6,797,016 2,046,752 3,990,441 12,834,209 Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 3 . . . 1,200 135,000 . . . . . . 135,000 Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 88 22 5 . . . 1,931,087 269,155 60,000 2,260,242 Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . 17 15 . . . 2,024,851 . . . . . . 2,024,851 New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 5 9 12 658,140 807,853 . . . . . . 807,853 Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 36 7 . . . 347,981 1,775,154 324,405 883,649 2,983,208 Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 63 6 1 20,074 453,800 . . . 104,000 557,800 Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 6 27 20 881,788 2,670,486 . . . . . . 2,670,486 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 74 6 3 41,560 1,399,000 . . . . . . 1,399,000 Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 9 10 1,069,453 85,600 20,000 4,867,452 4,973,052 Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 312 36 4 140,841 11,450,529 . . . 39,703 11,490,232 Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 10 13 15 106,698 166,747 . . . 347,115 513,862 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 11 4 99,699 135,103 . . . 39,322 174,425 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 10 1 7 1,444 221,666 . . . 1,169 222,835 Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 25 29 12 6,892 191,601 . . . . . . 191,601 Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 104 12 . . . 261,152 2,609,312 170,883 . . . 2,780,195 Sao Tome and Principe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 24 9 . . . 66,900 339,958 . . . . . . 339,958 Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 1 . . . 5,500 10,000 . . . . . . 10,000 Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 4 10 26,037 854,201 . . . 119,320 973,521 Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11 9 1 23,400 818,860 . . . . . . 818,860 Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 4 1 1 2,200 380,000 . . . . . . 380,000 Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 25 . . . . . . 668,083 2,858,241 . . . . . . 2,858,241 South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 6 10 6 5,850 3,608,000 . . . . . . 3,608,000 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 11 1 36,845 1,142,459 . . . 285,615 1,428,074 Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 62 1 6 9,770 1,269,941 . . . . . . 1,269,941 Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 648 19 8 1,082,064 13,763,069 1,007,100 6,022,500 20,792,669 Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 15 . . . 4 30,900 152,839 . . . . . . 152,839 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 27 14 2,310,688 3,148,825 . . . . . . 3,148,825 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 4 21 8 2,634,350 1,603,196 62,000 690,000 2,355,196 Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Tanzania, United Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 64 8 . . . 813,998 12,422,257 . . . . . . 12,422,257 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 46 6 . . . 17,048 1,057,864 . . . . . . 1,057,864 Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 25 12 1 74,648 270,003 . . . . . . 270,003 Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 3 . . . 400 61,104 . . . . . . 61,104 Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 106 14 3 530,696 2,245,954 . . . . . . 2,245,954 Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 3 7 13,663 156,574 . . . . . . 156,574 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 7 12 13 337,900 904,950 1,989,820 72,000 2,966,770 United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 92 270 78 9,194,311 39,350,728 2,879,903 67,986,184 110,216,815 Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 13 3 3 13,587 148,326 . . . . . . 148,326 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Viet Nam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 33 11 1 . . . 478,111 8,393 . . . 486,504 Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 39 6 1 45,000 1,289,216 . . . . . . 1,289,216 Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 20 5 1 107,317 2,327,210 . . . . . . 2,327,210 Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 20 1 5 . . . 252,727 . . . . . . 252,727

WORLD TOTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,785 1,473 769 35,777,678 224,419,733 19,767,779 103,209,828 347,397,340

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GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 200876

GLOBAL MISSIONThe Church’s Presence, Outreach, and Mission

Challenge of Global Mission.—The Global Mission document voted atthe 1989 Annual Council and endorsed at the 1990 General Conference Sessionseeks to create an awareness, in concrete measurable terms, of what the gospelcommission means to the church today.

Monitoring Global Advance.—Table 1 below lists major unenteredregions of the world according to conferences or missions rather than bycountries. It is based on a challenge of Global Mission: to place a church amongeach one million of earth's population. To locate regions where the ratio ofchurches to population is less than 1:1,000,000, we have used the 2009Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook to find those conferences or missions with lowchurch-to-population ratios. For example, in the Sahel Union Mission of theWest-Central Africa Division the Burkina Faso Mission has a population of 15.2million and 12 churches. Therefore, on average, each church serves apopulation of 1.3 million people. Progress is indicated in the fact that in 1990each church served an average of 3.0 million people.

This view of the global challenge shows in which conferences or missionsthe great challenges lie in relation to the Adventist "presence." (For a definitionof "presence" see "Definitions" in the next column.)

A column is provided to show the "Population Estimate (Millions) PerChurch 1990 or When Organized" for comparison. The basis for these entries isthe 1991 Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook or the Yearbook representing the yearof the field’s organization after 1990. In some cases the 2008 ratio is larger thanthe earlier ratio. This may be due to a population that is growing more rapidlythan the church or to official revisions in population estimates, rather than to aloss of churches. In some cases the fields that existed in 1990 no longer exist bythe same name or territory so a direct comparison is impossible. In other casesgrowth of churches has lowered the ratio below 1.0. These are being eliminatedyear by year as church growth occurs.

The number of churches is taken from this edition of the Annual StatisticalReport; population statistics are for mid-2008 and are provided by the PopulationReference Bureau of Washington, DC.

Some countries with a population of one million or more yet with little or noSeventh-day Adventist organizational structure are shown in parentheses.

Table 2 lists all countries and areas of the world and shows church-planting activity and general growth, including the number of ordained ministers,churches, companies, and members, for each country.

Although isolated Sabbath keepers or Seventh-day Adventists from othercountries are known to reside in some countries where there is no organizedchurch, the data here corresponds to official reports from the divisions.

The "Ordained Ministers" column excludes those who serve inadministrative positions at the union and division levels.

Definitions.—Officially, what is a "country or area of the world"? For thepurposes of this report, it is a political entity recognized by the United Nations.Because the Seventh-day Adventist Church does not involve itself in politicalaffairs, the reader should attach no special significance to the presence ofcertain names in the list or the absence of others. The countries and areasshown in the accompanying Global Mission tables are as listed in the UnitedNation's publication Population and Vital Statistics Report “Statistical Papers,”Series A Vol. LXI, No. 1, Data available as of 1 January 2009, except for Taiwanwhich is not listed in the United Nations publication. Population figures aresupplied by the Population Reference Bureau of Washington, DC.

"Presence" means the existence within the territory of an organizedchurch.

"Established work" exists in a country or area of the world when one ormore of the following criteria have been met: (1) when an organized churchmeets regularly; (2) when a mission station, healthcare facility, or school isfunctioning regularly; or (3) when a regular full-time denominational employee isbased in the country or area carrying on outreach or soul-winning activitiesthrough such units as a Sabbath school, an organized company, or a languageschool. Seventh-day Adventist work is not considered to be established in acountry or area when it is limited to a series of evangelistic meetings, literature-evangelist work not based there, scattered Sabbath keepers, employeestraveling through, or temporary service by regular employees, studentmissionaries, or other volunteer employees. Countries or areas where the churchdoes not have established work are listed in a half-page table on page 77.

The "number of countries and areas of the world" as listed by the UnitedNations as of 1 January 2009 is 236. Our count is 232 because we do not countHong Kong SAR, Macao SAR or Taiwan since they are considered part of Chinaaccording to the United Nation’s listing. Also, we only count Saint Helena, notAscension and Tristan da Cunha as they are dependencies of Saint Helena.

Symbols Used in Table 2:+ Improvement, but percentage calculation is impossible

because the beginning figure is zero.– Decrease in growth.( ) Negative number.

TABLE 1Conferences or Missions Where Each Church

Serves More Than One Million Persons

t

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2008

Churches2008

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20081990 or When

Organized

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission (Somalia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 0 no church no churchEthiopian Union Mission Tigray Attached Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 2 2.0 1.0West Congo Union Mission Congo Equatorial Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 4 1.6 no church Lower Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 2 2.9 3.4Attached Field Eritrea Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 3 1.7 1.2

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAttached FieldTrans-Mediterranean Territories Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.0 1 105.0 18.5

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d) Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.0 3 27.7 75.3 Turkey Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 3 24.9 no church

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONSouthern Union Conference Tajikistan Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 7 1.0 1.1 Turkmenistan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 1 5.2 5.6 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 14 1.9 1.7Trans-Caucasus Union Mission Azerbaijan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 6 1.5 2.1

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChinese Union Mission (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,324.7 1,079 1.2 2.9

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2008

Churches2008

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20081990 or When

Organized

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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Japan Union Conference East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 61 1.1 1.2 West Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.3 37 1.6 1.7Korean Union Conference (Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of) . . . . . . . 23.5 0 no church no church

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONNortheast India Union Section Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1 1.2 no church Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 16 1.9 2.1Northern India Union Section Chhattisgarh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.4 9 2.6 6.9 Delhi Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.9 5 3.4 7.0 East Jharkhand Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.2 14 1.4 1.7 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.8 32 1.4 32.7 Haryana Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.4 13 2.0 21.0 Jharkhand-Bihar Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.1 53 2.0 2.0 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.5 38 3.5 5.1 North India Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.8 43 1.0 1.3 South Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 42 1.5 9.5 Upper Ganges Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122.5 39 3.1 5.8 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.7 5 6.7 4.2Southeast India Union Section Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region . . . . . . . . 3.1 3 1.0 1.0Southwest India Union Section Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 4 2.0 1.5Western India Union Section Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.4 17 1.3 1.3 Saurashtra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 4 3.8 3.6 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 7 3.3 2.3Attached Field Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.0 14 1.9 2.7

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Union Mission East Bangladesh Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.1 25 1.9 16.9

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2008

Churches2008

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20081990 or When

Organized

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d) South Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.3 32 1.1 0.7 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.9 23 1.5 2.2Southeast Asia Union Mission Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 6 2.5 no church Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 42 1.6 1.4 Vietnam Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.2 7 12.3 3.2 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 2 3.0 5.1West Indonesia Union Mission Central Java Attached Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.5 30 1.3 1.2

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdriatic Union Conference Albanian Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 3 1.1 3.3Middle East Union Mission Cyprus Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1 1.1 0.7 East Mediterranean Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.8 7 4.3 2.5 Egypt Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.9 16 4.7 3.9 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 3 1.5 1.2 Gulf Section South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.4 4 8.9 7.5 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.5 3 9.8 4.7 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.6 26 1.3 1.2 (Yemen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 0 no church no churchPakistan Union Section Northern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.0 91 1.3 2.3 Southern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.8 31 1.9 2.9Attached Field Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 9 1.2 1.3

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONSahel Union Mission Burkina Faso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 12 1.3 3.0 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 2 5.2 3.0 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 3 4.2 4.1 Niger Mission Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 1 14.7 no church Senegal/Mauritania Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 3 5.3 3.7

(Occupied Palestinian Territory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 0 no church no church

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2008

Churches2008

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20081990 or When

Organized

Countries and Areas of the World Showing Where

t

Seventh-day Adventist Work is Not Currently Established As of December 31, 2008

Country or Area of the World Continent Division

Population Estimatemid-2008

Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,738,000Aland Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000Andorra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,000Bhutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671,000Brunei Darussalam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 379,000Comoros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 732,000Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . . . . . . . South America. . . South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,000Guernsey (Channel Islands). . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,000Holy See. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,000Jersey (Channel Islands) . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000Korea, Democratic People's Rep of . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 23,479,000Liechtenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,000

Mauritania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 3,204,000Mayotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 187,000Monaco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,000Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,177,000Occupied Palestinian Territory . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,154,000Saint Pierre and Miquelon . . . . . . . . North America . . . North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000San Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,000Saudi Arabia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,147,000Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . East-Central Africa. . . . . . . . . . 8,956,000Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000Syrian Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,933,000Tokelau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497,000Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,198,000

Country or Area of the World Continent Division

Population Estimatemid-2008

SummaryCountries and areas of the world as recognized by the United Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is established. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is not established (listed above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Estimated population of the world as of June 30, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,705,479,000Estimated population of countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,528,227,000Estimated population of countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is not established (listed above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177,252,000

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TABLE 2Seventh-day Adventist Presence in Countries

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2008

Churches2008

Companies2008

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Afghanistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AF As 0 0 0 3 32,738 0 8,184,500 (25) +Aland Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AX Eur 0 0 1 10 27 370 2,455 + +Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AL Eur 5 3 3 322 3,241 99 10,034 7 89Algeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD DZ Afr 0 1 3 40 34,694 1 846,195 21 167American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD AS Oc 3 10 4 1,797 70 25,671 39 0 111Andorra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AD Eur 0 0 0 10 85 118 7,727 25 +Angola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID AO Afr 158 969 1,509 340,126 16,752 20,304 49 4 79Anguilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AI NA 1 3 0 767 15 51,133 20 2 33Antigua and Barbuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AG NA 9 26 6 8,159 86 94,872 11 3 26Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD AR SA 125 480 306 102,320 39,746 2,574 388 3 42Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD AM As 4 18 14 900 3,084 292 3,423 (2) 4Aruba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AW NA 2 7 1 676 105 6,438 155 0 16Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD AU Oc 268 414 79 54,130 21,348 2,536 394 1 9Austria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AT Eur 30 49 8 3,871 8,352 463 2,157 1 9Azerbaijan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD AZ As 2 6 7 701 8,679 81 12,363 (2) 19Bahamas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BS NA 23 53 0 17,576 337 52,154 19 5 79Bahrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED BH As 0 1 0 39 780 50 19,500 (7) 105Bangladesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD BD As 22 113 298 29,193 147,285 198 5,045 7 93Barbados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BB NA 17 58 2 17,759 280 63,425 16 1 35Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD BY Eur 16 76 15 5,115 9,678 529 1,892 1 26Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD BE Eur 7 27 0 1,900 10,695 178 5,626 (6) 26Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BZ NA 9 75 30 32,091 318 100,915 10 3 69Benin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD BJ Afr 4 13 44 4,433 9,309 476 2,099 5 237Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD BM NA 8 10 1 3,707 64 57,922 17 (6) 13Bhutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD BT As 0 0 0 0 671 0 671,000 0 –Bolivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD BO SA 57 283 666 209,130 10,028 20,855 48 5 166Bosnia and Herzegovina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED BA Eur 5 23 0 695 3,843 181 5,522 0 6Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID BW Afr 12 85 116 28,601 1,842 15,527 64 2 34Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD BR SA 1,467 6,109 6,306 1,227,005 195,138 6,288 159 (8) 39British Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VG NA 2 7 1 1,432 23 62,261 16 4 44Brunei Darussalam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD BN As 0 0 0 0 379 0 379,000 0 0Bulgaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD BG Eur 34 118 232 7,598 7,621 997 1,003 (0) 10Burkina Faso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD BF Afr 4 12 63 3,480 15,213 229 4,370 5 245Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD BI Afr 43 243 332 113,929 8,856 12,865 78 9 114Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD KH As 11 6 43 5,935 14,656 405 2,469 8 133Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CM Afr 71 848 551 107,946 18,468 5,845 171 3 25Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD CA NA 223 344 78 59,354 33,304 1,782 561 3 24Cape Verde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CV Afr 4 31 31 6,208 503 12,342 81 3 121Cayman Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD KY NA 9 15 0 3,846 54 71,222 14 4 121Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CF Afr 6 50 45 9,521 4,435 2,147 466 5 63Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD TD Afr 6 43 11 3,393 10,111 336 2,979 4 107Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD CL SA 144 565 271 125,420 16,770 7,479 134 2 33China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD CN As 102 1,079 3,021 370,317 1,324,708 280 3,577 3 46Colombia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CO SA 177 1,145 901 263,293 44,447 5,924 169 5 71Comoros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID KM Afr 0 0 0 0 732 0 732,000 0 –Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CG Afr 2 12 5 636 3,847 165 6,039 7 448Congo, Democratic Republic of the . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD CD Afr 262 1,593 1,520 525,849 66,515 7,906 126 4 54Cook Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD CK Oc 3 15 0 769 11 69,909 14 9 16Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CR NA 24 179 46 60,338 4,519 13,352 75 5 127Cote d'Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CI Afr 11 60 88 11,574 20,677 560 1,786 3 85Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED HR Eur 21 83 11 2,970 4,433 670 1,492 (1) (16)Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CU NA 53 273 147 29,096 11,233 2,590 386 6 37Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED CY As 1 1 0 72 1,060 68 14,521 1 41Czech Republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD CZ Eur 59 145 22 7,514 10,428 721 1,388 (1) (3)Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED DK Eur 18 45 1 2,482 5,490 452 2,211 (2) (10)Djibouti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD DJ Afr 0 0 0 0 848 0 848,000 0 –Dominica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD DM NA 4 23 5 6,600 73 90,411 11 1 56Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD DO NA 98 612 533 252,703 9,890 25,551 39 4 127Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD EC SA 33 158 349 76,437 13,801 5,539 181 3 165Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED EG Afr 5 16 8 753 74,946 10 99,398 2 (18)El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD SV NA 26 627 217 188,372 7,218 26,098 38 12 136Equatorial Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GQ Afr 3 20 0 2,268 617 3,676 272 3 233Eritrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD ER Afr 1 3 12 521 5,006 104 9,590 1 23Estonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED EE Eur 9 19 0 1,683 1,340 1,256 796 (2) (10)Ethiopia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD ET Afr 82 812 223 167,961 79,087 2,124 471 3 31Faeroe Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED FO Eur 0 1 0 61 48 1,271 774 (2) (20)Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD FK SA 0 0 0 0 3 0 3,000 0 –Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD FJ Oc 28 144 146 28,241 864 32,686 31 4 50Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED FI Eur 15 73 4 5,064 5,285 958 1,043 (1) (12)France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD FR Eur 48 110 20 12,649 62,046 204 4,905 6 32French Guiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GF SA 5 10 7 2,308 207 11,150 90 1 63French Polynesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PF Oc 9 36 19 4,905 265 18,509 54 1 19Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GA Afr 3 14 14 3,258 1,350 2,413 414 2 75Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GM Afr 1 5 8 1,203 1,559 772 1,295 9 163Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD GE As 0 8 4 380 4,639 82 12,176 (0) (31)Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD DE Eur 216 582 36 35,651 82,170 434 2,305 (1) 0Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GH Afr 192 1,089 1,576 346,682 23,947 14,477 69 3 66Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD GI Eur 0 0 0 7 29 241 3,625 17 +Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GR Eur 4 9 16 509 11,242 45 22,043 1 123

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Greenland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GL NA 0 0 0 0 58 0 58,000 0 –Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GD NA 13 44 2 12,663 106 119,462 8 2 47Guadeloupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GP NA 25 59 17 12,034 456 26,390 38 0 18Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD GU Oc 5 6 1 1,232 177 6,960 144 3 60Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GT NA 46 685 120 206,875 13,677 15,126 66 4 145Guernsey (Channel Islands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GG Eur 0 0 0 0 62 0 62,000 0 0Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GN Afr 1 2 23 1,287 10,302 125 7,998 17 197Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GW Afr 3 2 22 1,967 1,746 1,127 887 0 528Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GY SA 23 148 55 53,020 773 68,590 15 4 49Haiti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD HT NA 97 455 539 328,029 9,104 36,031 28 4 53Holy See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD VA Eur 0 0 0 0 1 0 798 0 0Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD HN NA 33 408 188 219,697 7,322 30,005 33 16 210Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) NSD HK As 7 16 3 4,401 6,990 630 1,588 2 20Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED HU Eur 34 112 32 4,694 10,034 468 2,137 (0) 5Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IS Eur 3 6 1 561 319 1,759 568 0 2India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD IN As 484 3,712 5,395 1,422,326 1,149,285 1,238 808 6 391Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD ID As 518 1,376 639 197,621 239,945 824 1,214 4 14Iran (Islamic Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD IR As 0 1 1 29 72,212 0 2,407,067 21 (26)Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IQ As 1 3 0 173 29,492 6 169,494 1 (14)Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IE Eur 1 3 3 253 4,475 57 17,618 25 23Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IM Eur 0 0 0 0 82 0 82,000 0 0Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IL As 4 18 5 883 7,482 118 8,464 6 110Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD IT Eur 54 106 21 8,648 59,865 144 6,922 4 55Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD JM NA 112 607 63 239,998 2,692 89,152 11 5 50Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD JP As 69 115 39 15,299 127,720 120 8,348 1 7Jersey (Channel Islands) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED JE Eur 0 0 0 0 90 0 90,000 0 0Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED JO As 2 2 1 188 5,849 32 30,947 16 3Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD KZ As 20 51 32 3,278 15,651 209 4,773 3 4Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD KE Afr 468 3,946 3,227 620,520 37,954 16,349 61 2 28Kiribati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD KI Oc 7 11 11 2,056 98 20,980 48 5 83Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)** . . . . . . NSD KP As 0 26 0 866 23,479 37 27,081 0 0Korea (Republic of). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD KR As 563 676 204 209,017 48,607 4,300 233 3 42Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED KW As 0 1 0 167 2,669 63 15,887 2 9Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD KG As 6 18 16 1,096 5,242 209 4,778 (5) (19)Lao People's Democratic Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD LA As 0 2 2 1,865 5,850 319 3,135 27 871Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LV Eur 20 52 0 3,950 2,266 1,743 574 1 2Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LB As 1 5 1 389 3,981 98 10,208 (2) (18)Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID LS Afr 4 37 17 6,428 1,801 3,569 280 12 85Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD LR Afr 4 44 59 24,530 3,942 6,223 161 4 68Libyan Arab Jamahiriya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LY Afr 0 1 0 72 6,283 11 86,068 (10) +Liechtenstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LI Eur 0 0 0 0 36 0 36,000 0 –Lithuania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LT Eur 6 17 0 876 3,357 261 3,828 (1) (12)Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LU Eur 0 1 0 77 488 158 6,256 17 33Macao Special Administrative Region (China) . . . . NSD MO As 2 2 0 210 551 381 2,611 0 116Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. . . . TED MK Eur 6 17 0 587 2,049 286 3,485 (1) 43Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MG Afr 73 447 1,039 108,066 18,912 5,714 175 6 101Malawi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MW Afr 120 1,262 1,549 305,090 13,630 22,384 45 9 84Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MY As 58 253 148 50,569 27,711 1,825 548 4 28Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD MV As 0 0 0 0 310 0 310,000 0 0Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD ML Afr 1 3 22 1,452 12,716 114 8,752 1 184Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MT Eur 1 1 0 27 412 66 14,714 50 69Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MH Oc 2 3 4 683 53 12,887 77 5 16Martinique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MQ NA 24 59 15 14,724 405 36,356 28 0 17Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD MR Afr 0 0 1 7 3,204 2 400,500 75 +Mauritius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MU Afr 11 30 9 4,273 1,268 3,370 297 8 42Mayotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID YT Afr 0 0 0 0 187 0 187,000 0 0Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MX NA 442 2,571 4,055 616,521 107,677 5,726 175 3 29Micronesia, Federated States of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD FM Oc 3 6 1 1,159 108 10,731 93 4 55Moldova, Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD MD Eur 36 153 88 11,079 4,136 2,679 373 (1) 11Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MC Eur 0 0 0 0 34 0 34,000 0 0Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD MN As 7 4 6 1,399 2,655 527 1,896 16 3,681Montenegro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED ME Eur 2 4 0 256 627 408 2,440 1 +Montserrat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MS NA 1 2 0 1,165 10 116,500 9 1 7Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MA Afr 1 0 2 14 31,177 0 2,078,467 250 (22)Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MZ Afr 50 993 1,586 236,740 20,387 11,612 86 4 64Myanmar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MM As 69 202 108 26,797 49,221 544 1,837 4 30Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID NA Afr 9 74 44 17,104 2,089 8,188 122 3 56Nauru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NR Oc 1 0 1 20 10 2,000 476 0 67Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD NP As 5 14 26 6,846 26,997 254 3,943 14 772Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED NL Eur 24 54 13 4,843 16,433 295 3,392 7 17Netherlands Antilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AN NA 10 32 7 8,489 199 42,658 23 6 45New Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NC Oc 3 5 2 672 247 2,721 367 1 101New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NZ Oc 39 79 27 10,569 4,272 2,474 404 (6) (4)Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD NI NA 18 208 54 102,307 5,669 18,047 55 11 128Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD NE Afr 0 1 5 227 14,731 15 64,610 7 249Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD NG Afr 246 819 1,174 266,705 148,071 1,801 555 3 75Niue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NU Oc 1 1 0 14 1 10,518 89 133 (39)Norfolk Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NF Oc 1 1 0 43 2 21,500 45 0 8Northern Mariana Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MP Oc 1 1 3 231 87 2,655 375 5 88Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED NO Eur 24 64 2 4,653 4,762 977 1,023 (0) (8)Occupied Palestinian Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS As 4,154Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED OM As 0 1 0 38 2,719 14 69,718 (14) (30)Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED PK As 16 122 166 12,433 172,800 72 13,897 9 108Palau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD PW Oc 1 2 3 876 20 43,800 23 2 (3)Panama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD PA NA 37 241 62 86,944 3,391 25,640 39 7 146

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Papua New Guinea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PG Oc 209 870 2,622 240,296 6,458 37,209 27 1 30Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD PY SA 11 51 56 15,318 6,230 2,459 407 5 97Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD PE SA 245 1,851 2,985 487,935 27,903 17,487 57 (37) 18Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD PH As 420 4,293 1,981 620,896 90,457 6,864 146 9 (18)Pitcairn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PN Oc 1 1 0 22 0 488,889 2 0 (56)Poland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED PL Eur 35 121 34 5,748 38,110 151 6,629 (0) 4Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD PT Eur 27 97 29 9,332 10,621 879 1,138 2 17Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD PR NA 110 296 26 36,620 3,958 9,252 108 0 16Qatar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED QA As 0 1 0 71 928 77 12,889 22 344Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID RE Afr 6 17 2 1,393 812 1,716 582 (0) 13Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD RO Eur 230 1,085 272 67,393 21,498 3,135 319 (2) (6)Russian Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD RU Eur 193 704 465 52,067 141,875 367 2,725 0 5Rwanda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD RW Afr 98 1,472 553 445,556 9,609 46,369 22 5 30Saint Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SH Afr 0 1 0 80 6 13,333 74 (1) 3Saint Kitts and Nevis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD KN NA 4 10 4 2,087 48 43,479 23 2 23Saint Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD LC NA 7 46 9 15,064 171 88,094 11 3 19Saint Pierre and Miquelon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD PM NA 0 0 0 0 6 0 6,000 0 0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VC NA 6 34 2 13,512 110 122,836 8 2 44Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD WS Oc 12 25 32 5,783 188 30,761 33 9 52San Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD SM Eur 0 0 0 0 31 0 31,000 0 0Sao Tome and Principe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ST Afr 6 13 14 2,261 158 14,310 70 3 72Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SA As 0 0 0 0 28,147 0 28,147,000 0 0Senegal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD SN Afr 3 3 6 485 12,688 38 26,107 3 78Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED RS Eur 34 171 0 6,652 9,545 697 1,435 (2) (4)Seychelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SC Afr 2 5 4 852 87 9,793 102 3 45Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD SL Afr 4 52 42 17,433 5,450 3,199 313 3 50Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD SG As 6 7 0 2,542 4,790 531 1,884 2 13Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD SK Eur 16 41 12 2,347 5,405 434 2,302 6 9Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SI Eur 5 13 2 558 2,034 274 3,639 5 12Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD SB Oc 32 184 238 39,252 507 77,420 13 7 43Somalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD SO Afr 0 0 0 0 8,956 0 8,956,000 0 0South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZA Afr 127 828 312 86,557 48,315 1,792 558 2 48Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD ES Eur 62 104 41 14,608 46,501 314 3,183 5 110Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD LK As 12 36 23 3,681 20,296 181 5,512 2 13Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SD Afr 11 42 142 15,354 39,445 389 2,569 5 114Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD SR SA 3 17 3 3,724 500 7,448 134 3 28Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SJ Eur 0 0 0 0 3 0 3,000 0 0Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SZ Afr 8 16 14 4,894 1,129 4,335 231 3 86Sweden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SE Eur 14 39 2 2,789 9,214 303 3,303 1 (6)Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD CH Eur 28 49 5 4,311 7,633 565 1,770 (1) 6Syrian Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SY As 0 0 0 0 19,933 0 19,933,000 0 0Taiwan (China) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD TW As 36 52 29 5,548 23,002 241 4,145 3 (27)Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD TJ As 1 7 4 631 7,285 87 11,527 (9) 8Tanzania, United Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD TZ Afr 150 1,742 1,933 406,850 40,213 10,117 99 6 96Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD TH As 36 42 82 12,551 66,148 190 5,270 4 15Timor-Leste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD TL As 1 1 7 306 1,081 283 3,521 47 240Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD TG Afr 7 39 99 10,474 6,761 1,549 645 2 146Tokelau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TK Oc 0 0 0 4 1 2,729 293 0 +Tonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TO Oc 6 12 25 2,288 102 22,431 45 2 29Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD TT NA 54 146 28 61,987 1,338 46,328 22 1 16Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD TN Afr 0 1 0 28 10,337 3 356,448 22 367Turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD TR As 2 3 2 80 74,766 1 923,037 8 233Turkmenistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD TM As 1 1 1 91 5,180 18 56,304 15 (51)Turks Caicos Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD TC NA 3 7 1 1,804 37 48,757 20 11 267Tuvalu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TV Oc 0 1 2 139 10 13,900 71 0 (4)Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD UG Afr 155 811 1,809 193,210 29,194 6,618 151 6 82Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD UA Eur 216 913 335 61,035 46,237 1,320 758 (0) 3United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AE As 1 3 3 309 4,486 69 14,471 11 259United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GB Eur 131 239 32 28,791 61,291 470 2,129 3 48United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD US NA 2,950 4,871 655 1,021,884 304,487 3,356 298 2 22United States Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VI NA 16 13 1 7,958 108 73,685 14 1 18Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD UY SA 10 56 26 6,955 3,334 2,086 479 1 71Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD UZ As 4 14 4 1,220 27,199 45 22,276 (1) (17)Vanuatu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD VU Oc 13 56 149 16,499 240 68,746 15 (1) 24Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VE SA 114 779 479 197,257 27,935 7,061 142 11 129Viet Nam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD VN As 5 7 31 9,471 86,185 110 9,099 4 54Wallis and Futuna Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD WF Oc 1 0 1 6 16 375 2,286 + +Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD EH Afr 0 0 0 0 497 0 497,000 0 0Yemen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED YE As 0 0 0 0 22,198 0 22,198,000 0 0Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZM Afr 122 1,787 3,638 612,644 12,197 50,229 20 8 98Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZW Afr 99 1,063 2,125 570,754 13,481 42,338 24 7 98

SUMMARY Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,659 21,472 25,631 5,641,689 967,049 5,834 171 5 65 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,499 12,319 12,346 3,020,827 4,052,332 745 1,341 6 71 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,689 5,529 1,758 384,246 735,579 522 1,914 0 8 North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,516 13,106 6,915 3,692,838 528,548 6,987 143 4 52 Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 1,883 3,370 411,686 35,156 11,710 85 2 28 South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,414 11,652 12,410 2,770,122 386,815 7,161 140 (11) 49

WORLD TOTALS 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,426 65,961 62,430 15,921,408 6,705,479 2,374 421 2 57

WORLD TOTALS 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,809 64,017 61,700 15,660,347 6,624,528 2,364 423 4 61*Population per member is calculated as population divided by members plus one (to avoid dividing by zero). **No report since 1959.

Country or Area of the World Division Country Code Continent

Ordained Ministers

2008

Churches2008

Companies2008

Church Membership

2008

PopulationEstimate

(Thousands)2008

ChurchMembershipPer MillionPopulation

PopulationPer Member

Ratio*

% Net Membership Growth

Over LastYear

Over Last10 Years

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LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS IN WHICH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

PUBLICATIONS ARE NOW IN PRINT

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Acholi Uganda ECDAffarignya* Ethiopia ECDAfrikaans United States NADAfrikaans Namibia; South Africa SIDAfrikaans United Kingdom TEDAkan: Akuapim; Asante;

Fante; KwawuGhana WAD

Akawaio Guyana; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

IAD

Albanian, Gheg Serbia TEDAlbanian, Tosk Albania; Macedonia, The Former

Yugoslav Republic ofTED

Altai Russian Federation ESDAlur (Lur) Congo, Democratic Rep of the;

UgandaECD

Amarasi (Timor Amarasi) Indonesia SSDAmbae, East Vanuatu SPDAmbrym, North (Raltasa*) Vanuatu SPDAmharic (Amarigna) Ethiopia ECDArabe* Mauritania WADArabic, Contextualized Morocco EUDArabic, Standard Algeria; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya EUDArabic, Standard United States NADArabic, Standard Egypt; Iraq; Israel; Jordan;

Kuwait; Lebanon; Sudan; United Arab Emirates

TED

Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Tunisia EUDArakanese (Rakhine) Myanmar SSDArmenian Turkey EUDArmenian Armenia ESDArmenian United States NADArmenian Lebanon TEDAssamese India SUDAvar Russian Federation ESDAymara, Central Bolivia; Ecuador SADAymara, Southern Peru SADAzerbaijani, North Azerbaijan ESDBabatana: Avaso Solomon Islands SPDBadjaria* Mali WADBadyara Senegal WADBago Philippines SSDBainouk: Gunyamoolo Senegal WADBali (Balinese) Indonesia SSDBalkarski* Russian Federation ESDBambara Mali WADBangala (Ngala) Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECDBasari Senegal WADBatak Angkola Indonesia SSDBatak Dairi (Pakpak) Indonesia SSDBatak Karo Indonesia SSDBatak Simalungun

(Simelungan)Indonesia SSD

Batak Toba Indonesia SSDBatanga: Bapuku

(Banoho; Noho)Cameroon WAD

Bemba (Chibemba) Zambia SIDBena (Ekibena) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDBenga Cameroon WADBengali (Bangla) India SUDBengali (Bangla) Bangladesh SSDBiatah (Bideyu) Malaysia SSDBicolano Philippines SSDBidyogo (Bijago) Guinea-Bissau WADBilua Solomon Islands SPDBissa Burkina Faso WADBobo Fing Burkina Faso WADBobo Madare, Northern

(Bobo) Mali WAD

Bontoc, Central Philippines SSDBoso, Sorogama (Bozo) Mali WADBotovoru* Vanuatu SPDBribri Costa Rica IADBudik Senegal WADBughotu Solomon Islands SPD

Bulgarian Bulgaria EUDBulu Cameroon WADBurmese (Myen) Myanmar SSDBwamu Burkina Faso WADCatalan Andorra; Spain EUDCebuano: Cebu Philippines SSDChagga: Kihai Tanzania, United Republic of ECDChamorro Guam; Northern Mariana Islands SSDChiga (Rukiga) Uganda ECDChin, Falam Myanmar SSDChin, Haka: Zotung Myanmar SSDChin, Matu (Matupi) Myanmar SSDChin, Ngawn Myanmar SSDChin, Tedim Myanmar SSDChin, Thado Myanmar SSDChinese, Mandarin United States NADChinese, Mandarin China; Hong Kong SAR (China);

Macao SAR (China); Taiwan (China)

NSD

Chinese, Mandarin Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam

SSD

Chisua* Mozambique SIDChuukese (Truk; Trukese) Micronesia, Federated States of SSDCrioulo, Upper Guinea Cape Verde WADCzech Czech Republic EUDCzech United States NADCzech Croatia TEDDakaka (Baiap; South

Ambrym)Vanuatu SPD

Danish United States NADDanish Denmark TEDDayak, Land Malaysia SSDDogon Mali WADDusun Witu Indonesia SSDDutch United Kingdom TEDEfate, North: Tongoa Vanuatu SPDEfik Nigeria WADEnglish Belgium; Switzerland EUDEnglish Bermuda; Canada; United States NADEnglish Australia; New Zealand SPDEnglish Mauritius; Namibia; St Helena;

Seychelles; South AfricaSID

English India SUDEnglish Guam; Northern Mariana Islands SSDEnglish Israel; Netherlands; United

KingdomTED

English Cameroon; Gambia; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone

WAD

Epi* Vanuatu SPDErzya (Mordvin) Russian Federation ESDEstonian United States NADEstonian Estonia TEDEwe Ghana; Togo WADFaroese Faeroe Islands TEDFarsi, Eastern (Dari) Afghanistan EUDFarsi, Western Iran (Islamic Rep of); Turkey EUDFe'Fe' (Bamileke-Fe'Fe') Cameroon WADFijian (Fiji; Ra;* Rabi*) Fiji; New Zealand SPDFinnish United States NADFinnish Finland TEDFrench Burundi; Congo, Democratic

Republic of theECD

French Algeria; Belgium; France; Luxembourg; Morocco; Switzerland; Tunisia

EUD

French French Guiana; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Martinique

IAD

French Canada; United States NADFrench French Polynesia; New

Caledonia; New ZealandSPD

French Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles

SID

French United Kingdom TED

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

French Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Congo; Cote d'Ivoire; Gabon; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Senegal; Togo

WAD

French, Cajun United States NADFulfulde, Adamawa

(Fulani)Cameroon; Nigeria WAD

Fulfulde, Gourmantche Burkina Faso WADFulfulde, Pulaar (Peuhl) Mali; Mauritania WADFulfulde, Pulaar:

ToucouleurSenegal WAD

Fuuta Jalon Senegal WADGa: Adangbe; Krobo Ghana WADGagauz Moldova, Republic of; Ukraine ESDGanda (Luganda) Uganda ECDGaro India SUDGeorgian Georgia ESDGerman, Standard Austria; Belgium; Germany;

Luxembourg; Romania; Switzerland

EUD

German, Standard Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan ESDGerman, Standard United States NADGerman, Standard Brazil SADGerman, Standard Namibia; South Africa SIDGhanania* United States NADGikuyu (Kikuyu) Kenya ECDGourmanchema

(Goulmancema; Gourma)

Burkina Faso WAD

Greek United States NADGreek Greece TEDGujarati India SUDGurage (Guragigna*) Ethiopia ECDGusii (Ekegusii; Kisii) Kenya ECDGusii (Kisii) United States NADGwere (Bagwere;*

Lugwere)Uganda ECD

Ha (Kiha) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDHadiyya (Guddelign;*

Gudeilla;* Hadiyigna*)Ethiopia ECD

Haitian Creole French United States NADHausa Ghana; Nigeria WADHaya (Ekihaya) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDHebrew Israel TEDHiligaynon (Panayan*) Philippines SSDHindi India SUDHindi, Caribbean

(Hindustani)Suriname IAD

Hmong Daw (Meo Kao) United States NADHmong Njua (Miao) China NSDHungarian Romania; Slovakia EUDHungarian Ukraine ESDHungarian United States NADHungarian Croatia; Hungary; Israel; Serbia;

SloveniaTED

Ibaloi Philippines SSDIban (Sea Dayak) Malaysia SSDIbo* United States NADIcelandic Iceland TEDIgbo (Ibo) Nigeria WADIlocano Philippines SSDIndian* Fiji SPDIndonesian United States NADIndonesian Indonesia SSDInuit, Greenlandic

(Greenlandic Eskimo)Greenland TED

Isnag Philippines SSDItalian Italy; Switzerland EUDItalian United States NADItneg, Binongan Philippines SSDJapanese United States NADJapanese Japan NSDJapanese Brazil; Paraguay SADJavanese Indonesia SSD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

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GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 200882

Languages and Dialects. . .Now in Print (Cont’d)

Jingpho (Kachin, Mauv*) Myanmar SSDJita (Kijita*) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDJola-Fogny (Diola-Fogny) Senegal WADJola-Kasa Senegal WADJula (Dioula) Burkina Faso WADKabardian Russian Federation ESDKabiye (Cabrais; Kabre) Togo WADKabyle Algeria EUDKaimga* Senegal WADKakwa Uganda ECDKalanga Zimbabwe SIDKalangaya* Philippines SSDKalenjin: Nandi, Kipsigis,

TugenKenya ECD

Kamba (Kikamba) Kenya ECDKambaata (Kembatigna*) Ethiopia ECDKankanaey Philippines SSDKannada India SUDKaonde Zambia SIDKaramojong Uganda ECDKaren United States NADKaren, Pwo Myanmar; Thailand SSDKaren, S'gaw (Burmese

Karen; S'gaw)Myanmar; Thailand SSD

Kazakh Kazakhstan ESDKgalagadi Botswana SIDKhasi India SUDKhmer, Central

(Cambodian)United States NAD

Khmer, Central (Cambodian)

Cambodia SSD

Khoisan United States NADKinga (Ekikinga) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDKipare* Tanzania, United Republic of ECDKirghiz Kyrgyzstan ESDKiribati: Banaban (Ikiribati) Fiji; Kiribati SPDKolana (Kolana-Wersin) Indonesia SSDKomering Indonesia SSDKongo: Fioti (Kikongo;

Kutuba*)Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Konjo (Lukono;* Olukonjo) Uganda ECDKorean United States NADKorean China; Korea (Republic of) NSDKorean New Zealand SPDKrio (Aku) Mali; Senegal WADKullo (Kulligna*) Ethiopia ECDKuna, San Blas (San

Blass Cuna)Costa Rica; Panama IAD

Kuria (Kikuria*) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDKusaie (Kosrae;

Kosraean)Micronesia, Federated States of SSD

Kwara'ae (Kworaine;* Malaitan*)

Solomon Islands SPD

Kwatay Mali; Senegal WADKwerba (Airmati) Indonesia SSDLahu: Na (Lahoo;*

Naviso*)New Caledonia SPD

Lala-Bisa: Lala; Swaka Zambia SIDLama (Lamba; Losso) Togo WADLamang (Waha) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDLamba (Chilamba) Zambia SIDLampung Indonesia SSDLangaLanga Solomon Islands SPDLango Uganda ECDLao (Laotian) United States NADLao (Laotian) Lao People's Democratic

Republic; ThailandSSD

Latvian Latvia TEDLenakel (Nak;* Nare;*

Nave;* Netuar;* Ofa*)Vanuatu SPD

Lengo Solomon Islands SPDLenje (Chilenje) Zambia SIDLithuanian Lithuania TEDLomwe (Ngulu) Malawi; Mozambique SIDLopevi* Vanuatu SPDLozi Zambia SID

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Lua* United States NADLuba-Kasai (Chiluba;*

Tshiluba)Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Lugbara, Low Uganda ECDLunda: Ndembu Zambia SIDLuo Kenya; Tanzania, United

Republic ofECD

Lusengo: Mongo (Kimongo*)

Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Lushai: Mizo (Hualngo) India SUDLushai: Mizo (Hualngo) Myanmar SSDLuvale Zambia SIDLuyia (Luhya) United States NADLuyia (Luhya), Tezo* Kenya ECDLyele (Leyle*) Burkina Faso WADMaasai (Kimaasai) Kenya; Tanzania, United

Republic ofECD

Macedonian Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

TED

Madi Uganda ECDMakhuwa (Macua) Mozambique SIDMalagasy Madagascar SIDMalay Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia;

SingaporeSSD

Malayalam India SUDMalekulan* Vanuatu SPDMalinke Mali; Senegal WADMalua Bay (Espiegle Bay) Vanuatu SPDMandyak (Mandjaque) Senegal WADManggarai (Florese*) Indonesia SSDMankanya (Mancagne) Senegal WADManyawa Mozambique SIDMaori New Zealand SPDMarathi India SUDMarovo Solomon Islands SPDMarshallese Marshall Islands SSDMasaba (Lugisu) Uganda ECDMasbatenyo Philippines SSDMedumba (Bamileke-

Medumba)Cameroon WAD

Meithei: Pangal (Manipuri) India SUDMeru (Kimeru) Kenya ECDMinangkabau (Padang) Indonesia SSDMiskito (Mosquito) Honduras; Nicaragua IADMoba Togo WADMon Myanmar SSDMongolian, Halh: Halh

(Khalkha)Mongolia NSD

Mongolian, Peripheral China NSDMono, Alu (Alo) Solomon Islands SPDMotu, Hiri (Police Motu) Papua New Guinea SPDMundari India SUDNaga, Sema India SUDNaga, Tangkhul India SUDNambas, Big (Amok;*

Bib;* Nu Nan Taut*)Vanuatu SPD

Nandi (Kinandi) Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECDNauruan Nauru SPDNavaho (Navajo) United States NADNdau (Chindau;

Shagaam*)Mozambique SID

Ndebele Zimbabwe SIDNdowe* Equatorial Guinea WADNepali Nepal SUDNgatik Men's Creole

(Ngatikese)Micronesia, Federated States of SSD

Ngumba (Mabea) Cameroon WADNias (Sibolga*) Indonesia SSDNiue Niue SPDNoon Senegal WADNorwegian, Bokmal United States NADNorwegian, Bokmal Norway TEDNyakyusa-Ngonde

(Nyakusa)Tanzania, United Republic of ECD

Nyamwezi (Kinyamwezi) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDNyanja: Chewa

(Chichewa)Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia SID

Nyankole (Ulunyankole) Uganda ECD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Nyoro (Runyoro) Uganda ECDOriya India SUDOromo, West Central

(Oromiffa)Ethiopia ECD

Osetin Russian Federation ESDPaama (Asaa*) Vanuatu SPDPalauan (Palau) Palau SSDPampangan (Pampango) Philippines SSDPangasinan Philippines SSDPanjabi, Eastern

(Gurmukhi)India SUD

Papiamentu (Papiamento) Netherlands Antilles IADPapiamentu (Papiamento) Netherlands TEDPidgin, Nigerian United States NADPijin Solomon Islands SPDPingelap (Pingelapese) Micronesia, Federated States of SSDPolish Germany EUDPolish United States NADPolish South Africa SIDPolish Israel; Poland; United Kingdom TEDPonapean (Pohnpeian) Micronesia, Federated States of SSDPortuguese Portugal; Switzerland EUDPortuguese United States NADPortuguese Brazil SADPortuguese Angola; Mozambique; Namibia;

Sao Tome and Principe; South Africa

SID

Portuguese Israel TEDPortuguese Cape Verde; Guinea-Bissau WADQuechua, Cuzco Peru SADQuechua, South Bolivian Bolivia SADQuichua, Chimborazo

HighlandEcuador SAD

Raltasa* (Linbul*) Vanuatu SPDRarotongan (Cook Islands

Maori)Cook Islands SPD

Rennel (Bellona) Solomon Islands SPDRomanian (Rumanian) Romania EUDRomanian (Rumanian) Moldova, Republic of; Ukraine ESDRomanian (Rumanian) United States NADRomanian, Istro Serbia TEDRoti (Rote; Rotti) Indonesia SSDRotuman Fiji SPDRoviana Solomon Islands SPDRundi (Kirundi) Burundi; Congo, Democratic

Republic of the; RwandaECD

Runyakitara* Uganda ECDRussian Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus;

Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova, Republic of; Russian Federation; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan

ESD

Russian United States NADRussian New Zealand SPDRussian Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania TEDRwanda (Kinyarwanda;

Runyarwanda)Rwanda; Uganda ECD

Sa'a: Ulawa (South Malaita)

Solomon Islands SPD

Sabu (Havunese; Sawu) Indonesia SSDSakao (Sakau) Vanuatu SPDSamo (Northern Samo) Burkina Faso WADSamoan New Zealand; Samoa SPDSango Central African Republic WADSanta Cruz Solomon Islands SPDSasak Indonesia SSDSena (Chisena) Malawi SIDSerbo-Croatian (Croatian;

Serbian)United States NAD

Serbo-Croatian (Croatian; Serbian)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Rep of; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Sweden

TED

Serere-Sine Senegal WADShan Myanmar SSDShona Zimbabwe SID

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

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Languages and Dialects. . .Now in Print (Cont’d)

Sidamo (Sidamogna*) Ethiopia ECDSinhala (Sinhalese) Sri Lanka SSDSlovak (Slovakian) Slovakia EUDSlovak (Slovakian) Serbia TEDSlovenian Slovenia TEDSoga (Lusoga) Uganda ECDSongai (Sonrai) Mali WADSoninke Mali; Senegal WADSotho, Southern (Sesotho) Lesotho; South Africa SIDSpanish Belgium; Germany; Spain;

SwitzerlandEUD

Spanish Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep of)

IAD

Spanish United States NADSpanish Argentina; Bolivia; Chile;

Ecuador; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay

SAD

Spanish United Kingdom TEDSpanish Equatorial Guinea WADSranan (Taki-Taki) Suriname IADSukuma (Kisukuma) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDSunda (Sundanese) Indonesia SSDSururabanga*

(Pentecost*)Vanuatu SPD

Swahili United States NADSwahili United Kingdom TEDSwahili (Kiswahili) Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania,

United Republic ofECD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Swahili, Congo (Zaire Swahili)

Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Swedish United States NADSwedish Finland; Sweden TEDTagalog United States NADTagalog Guam; Philippines SSDTahitian French Polynesia SPDTajiki Tajikistan ESDTalaud Indonesia SSDTamasheq, Kidal Mali WADTamil India SUDTamil Malaysia; Singapore; Sri Lanka SSDTatar Russian Federation ESDTausug Philippines SSDTelugu (Telegu) India SUDTem (Kotokoli) Togo WADTeso (Lutesa*) Uganda ECDThai United States NADThai Thailand SSDTibetan China NSDTigrigna (Tigrinya,

Tegrigna*)Eritrea; Ethiopia ECD

To'abaita Solomon Islands SPDTok Pisin (Pidgin) Papua New Guinea SPDTolai (Kuanua) Papua New Guinea SPDTolomaco (Big Bay) Vanuatu SPDTonga (Zambezi) Zambia SIDTongan (Tonga) United States NADTongan (Tonga) New Zealand; Tonga SPDToraja-Sa'dan (Toraja) Indonesia SSDTsonga (Shangaan) South Africa SIDTswana (Setswana) Botswana; South Africa SID

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Tumbuka Malawi; Zambia SIDTurkish Bulgaria; Iran (Islamic Rep of);

TurkeyEUD

Turkmen Turkmenistan ESDTuvaluan (Tuvalu) Tuvalu SPDUghele Solomon Islands SPDUkrainian Italy; Spain EUDUkrainian Ukraine ESDUkrainian United States NADUrdu United States NADUrdu India SUDUrdu Pakistan TEDUrhobo Nigeria WADUripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin:

Atchin (Nale; Wazletojan*)

Vanuatu SPD

Uyghur China NSDUzbek, Northern Uzbekistan ESDVangunu: Bareke Solomon Islands SPDVenda South Africa SIDVietnamese United States NADVietnamese Viet Nam SSDVlaams (Flemish) Belgium EUDVlaams (Flemish) United States NADVlaams (Flemish) Netherlands TEDWaray-Waray (Samareno) Philippines SSDWolaytta (Wolaitta) Ethiopia ECDWolof (Ouolof) Mauritania; Senegal WADXhosa South Africa SIDYakut Russian Federation ESDYao Malawi SIDYoruba Nigeria WADZulu South Africa SID

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Languages and Dialects Used in Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369Languages and Dialects Used in Publications and Oral Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891

Summary of All Languages and Dialects in Which Seventh-day Adventist Work is Being Conducted

Key to Seventh-day Adventist Divisions

Symbols Used in This Table: ( ) = Synonym. : = Dialect.* = Not found in Ethnologue Language Name Index, copyright 2005, but recognized by the home division. , = Used to qualify a main language with a differentiating adjective.

ECD East-Central Africa DivisionEUD Euro-Africa DivisionESD Euro-Asia DivisionIAD Inter-American DivisionNAD North American DivisionNSD Northern Asia-Pacific DivisionSAD South American DivisionSPD South Pacific DivisionSID Southern Africa-Indian Ocean DivisionSUD Southern Asia DivisionSSD Southern Asia-Pacific DivisionTED Trans-European DivisionWAD West-Central Africa Division

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84GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 2008

Note—Per Capita after 1921 decreased because of inflated European currency values transposed to gold basis.*As of 2008, ’Unions of Churches’ are being counted as unions, no longer as local conferences.

SUMMARY OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST WORLD STATISTICS

YearUnion

Confer-ences and Missions

Local Conferences

and Missions

MinisterialCredential

Commis-sioned Minister

Credential

Comm.Ministry of Teaching

Credential

MissionaryCredential

Ministerial License

Commis-sioned Minister License

Comm. Ministry of Teaching License

MissionaryLicense

Bible Instruc-

tors

LiteratureEvangelist Credential

and License

TotalGeneral

EmployeesChurches

Church Membership

atEnd of Year

Tithe

World Mission Including S.S.,

Other G.C., and Ingathering

Funds

Intradivisionand Local

Church Funds

Total Tithe and

Offerings Per Capita

US$ US$ US$ US$1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 22 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 125 3,500 8,000 . . . . . . 2.291870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 37 . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 179 5,440 21,822 3,553 . . . 4.66Total, 1863-1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,803 5,354 . . . . . .

1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 144 . . . . . . . . . 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 640 15,570 61,857 5,944 . . . 4.35Total, 1871-1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395,711 42,762 . . . . . .

1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 227 . . . . . . . . . 184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 1,016 29,711 225,434 61,431 . . . 9.66Total, 1881-1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,436,016 350,327 . . . . . .

1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 87 510 . . . . . . . . . 337 . . . . . . 571 . . . . . . 1,500 1,892 75,767 510,259 151,710 . . . 8.74Total, 1891-1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,680,164 1,090,639 . . . . . .

1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 193 828 . . . . . . . . . 458 . . . . . . 1,234 . . . 1,697 5,104 2,769 104,526 1,338,690 458,944 426,134 21.27Total, 1901-1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,177,599 2,479,084 1,867,939 . . .

1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 301 1,287 . . . . . . . . . 1,068 . . . . . . 1,898 . . . 2,332 8,228 4,541 185,450 7,195,463 3,251,550 1,407,391 63.92Total, 1911-1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,954,225 13,116,820 7,756,101 . . .

1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 430 2,062 . . . . . . . . . 1,204 . . . . . . 2,664 . . . 2,936 13,545 6,741 314,253 6,230,362 4,020,398 1,861,849 38.54Total, 1921-1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,134,097 35,011,005 16,919,992 . . .

1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 330 2,691 . . . . . . . . . 1,553 . . . . . . 4,130 . . . 3,062 17,332 8,924 504,752 8,071,654 3,827,536 2,327,139 28.18Total, 1931-1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,378,514 33,741,995 18,155,890 . . .

1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 370 4,056 . . . . . . 1,256 2,410 . . . . . . 7,100 589 3,793 24,067 10,237 756,812 27,728,250 9,998,658 8,181,149 73.60Total, 1941-1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,597,522 78,976,581 50,034,473 . . .

1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 356 6,515 . . . . . . 3,001 3,204 . . . . . . 8,781 591 3,320 26,799 12,975 1,245,125 59,132,241 16,729,067 24,041,047 83.66Total, 1951-1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434,697,327 134,613,379 156,579,073 . . .

1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 379 7,381 . . . . . . 6,292 3,646 . . . . . . 15,845 764 3,973 30,065 16,505 2,051,864 124,046,447 27,222,200 59,913,011 112.69Total, 1961-1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,947,488 220,650,594 408,131,577 . . .

1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 377 9,423 . . . . . . 12,195 4,644 . . . . . . 18,955 565 7,073 41,887 21,555 3,480,518 398,880,407 72,119,040 171,444,769 202.19Total, 1971-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,520,612,522 477,292,728 1,161,935,400 . . .

1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 451 11,715 641 1,633 15,935 4,946 123 1,176 17,446 555 7,730 49,606 31,654 6,694,880 659,924,400 78,048,177 273,742,795 180.07Total, 1981-1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,069,051,968 689,725,004 2,229,264,356 . . .

2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 489 13,971 1,186 5,421 15,952 6,075 393 5,404 15,225 2,750 7,085 61,928 48,933 11,687,239 1,093,239,507 82,324,122 487,038,563 164.54Total, 1991-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,892,010,360 840,446,973 3,765,491,951 . . .

2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 503 14,669 1,231 6,435 16,702 6,418 367 5,109 14,926 3,538 6,692 63,459 51,086 12,320,844 1,120,268,583 82,467,886 515,493,914 156.952002 . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 516 14,804 1,413 7,272 16,269 6,439 468 5,535 17,140 5,859 6,750 68,334 53,502 12,894,015 1,161,698,944 82,982,362 528,266,816 152.662003 . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 539 15,229 1,344 7,132 16,810 6,625 519 5,617 17,109 5,980 7,312 68,924 55,826 13,406,554 1,234,346,993 82,963,629 561,470,517 149.462004 . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 555 15,381 1,315 7,995 16,167 6,138 499 5,612 16,589 5,982 7,166 69,867 57,850 13,936,932 1,333,482,562 85,662,792 571,910,225 151.632005 . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 560 15,735 1,157 7,086 17,343 6,220 480 5,343 18,006 6,373 7,369 73,646 60,273 14,399,072 1,492,720,001 91,878,588 653,847,900 164.152006 . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 566 15,824 1,029 7,676 17,331 6,639 517 5,161 17,327 6,889 6,617 72,784 61,818 15,115,806 1,617,800,560 93,441,053 672,448,625 167.502007 . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 571 15,916 1,080 8,177 16,659 6,724 559 6,063 17,399 1,103 6,464 77,048 64,017 15,660,347 1,911,649,916 107,821,283 648,535,365 181.162008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 114* 564* 16,615 1,240 8,458 17,211 6,425 670 6,494 15,816 1,058 7,048 75,232 65,961 15,921,408 1,929,768,053 106,705,487 590,553,973 170.50Grand Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,968,936,928 3,261,466,325 12,558,664,087 . . .

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 200885

Notes—Beginning with 1987, publishing houses and branches were asked to report wholesale rather than retail sales. Beginning with 1998, "Church Buildings," "Approximate Seating Capacity of Church Buildings," and "Estimated Value of Church Properties" figures were no longerreported.

*Starting with 1999, "Ingathering Funds" were no longer included with "Other General Conference Funds." **Revised.

A GENERAL SURVEY OF STATISTICAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARIES OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008

Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,924 10,237 12,975 16,505 21,155 31,654 48,933 60,273 61,818 64,017 65,961Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,225 61,352 61,361 61,700 62,430Church Membership at End of Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504,752 756,812 1,245,125 2,051,864 3,480,518 6,694,880 11,687,239 14,399,072 15,115,806 15,660,347 15,921,408Baptisms and Professions of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,069 71,796 93,915 157,766 274,767 586,912 1,043,843 1,057,852 1,107,425 1,040,642 1,033,534Net Membership Increase Over Previous Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,082 40,174 51,055 98,786 172,327 477,877 748,057 462,140 716,734 544,541 261,061

General Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,332 24,067 26,799 30,065 41,887 49,606 61,928 73,646 72,784 ** 77,048 75,232Institutional Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,438 14,860 22,091 35,892 51,025 75,294 108,912 112,347 129,673 ** 124,313 ** 129,851Total Active Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,770 38,927 48,890 65,957 92,912 124,900 170,840 185,993 202,457 ** 201,361 ** 205,083

Tithe, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,071,654 27,728,250 59,132,241 124,046,447 398,880,407 659,924,400 1,093,239,507 1,492,720,001 1,617,800,560 1,911,649,916 1,929,768,053World Mission Fund, Including Sabbath School, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,827,536 9,998,658 16,729,067 27,222,200 41,347,973 46,952,476 50,676,432 54,300,287 59,182,024 65,995,632 69,299,763 Sabbath School Mission Offerings, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765,277 4,828,091 8,162,705 14,420,872 34,564,983 40,388,328 44,986,478 49,432,141 53,327,823 59,601,995 60,646,884Other General Conference Funds, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,771,067 31,095,701 22,024,981 28,752,363 24,224,586 30,498,412 26,363,007 Ingathering Funds, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326,120 4,125,463 7,274,440 10,598,152 16,356,170 15,616,983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Intradivision Funds, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,164 1,826,479 4,212,698 8,727,373 22,636,910 32,091,500 68,681,659 59,979,884 58,726,281 62,893,995 55,721,745Ingathering Funds,* US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,622,709 8,825,938 10,034,443 11,327,239 11,042,717Local Church Funds, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061,975 6,354,670 19,828,349 51,185,638 148,807,859 241,651,295 418,356,904 593,868,016 613,722,344 585,641,370 534,832,228Total Tithe and Offerings, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,226,329 45,908,057 99,902,355 211,181,658 642,444,216 1,011,715,372 1,662,602,192 2,238,446,489 2,383,690,238 2,668,006,564 2,627,027,513

Primary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,626 4,155 4,453 4,045 3,849 4,267 4,809 5,362 5,666 5,716 5,763Tertiary Inst, Worker Training Inst, and Secondary Schools . . . . . . . . . . 251 283 370 512 882 995 1,255 1,604 1,618 1,726 1,834Total Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,877 4,438 4,823 4,557 4,731 5,262 6,064 6,966 7,284 7,442 7,597Enrollment—Primary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,594 166,793 230,446 286,600 331,894 540,647 732,698 861,745 944,243 955,012 989,039Enrollment—Tertiary Inst, Worker Training Inst, and Sec Schools . . . . . 19,185 35,884 59,554 85,492 144,809 196,015 332,394 472,741 492,047 524,124 556,425Total Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,779 202,677 290,000 372,092 476,703 736,662 1,065,092 1,334,486 1,436,290 1,479,136 1,545,464

Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 32 26 27 20 28 26 30 29 24 23Sales, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,596,678 301,718,937 414,134,361 834,159,122 835,194,400 939,112,373 598,373,317

Hospitals and Sanitariums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 106 108 139 153 154 174 167 168 168 171Clinics and Dispensaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 57 102 152 266 322 393 449 442 433 429Nursing Homes and Retirement Ctrs, Orphngs and Children's Homes . . . . . . . 30 49 80 71 158 159 172 163 162Airplanes and Medical Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 20 28 14 8 10 10 10 10

Publishing Houses and Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 43 42 48 50 58 56 65 63 62 61Sales, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,324,907 12,602,590 23,543,133 46,882,360 134,693,433 106,422,910 102,041,495 126,175,375 143,500,601 172,343,230 185,321,993Literature Evangelists, Credentialed and Licensed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,062 3,793 3,320 3,973 7,073 7,730 7,085 7,369 6,617 ** 6,464 7,048Languages Used in Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 197 228 266 182 190 327 361 361 369 ** 369

Sabbath Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,817 16,694 22,617 30,601 41,906 76,323 120,865 128,545 131,892 129,216 133,191Sabbath School Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,507 952,229 1,682,983 2,607,713 4,144,386 8,011,268 14,513,424 17,955,245 19,199,944 19,162,863 20,295,344

Youth Societies (AY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,622 10,892 14,064 19,107 25,100 39,547 52,691 171,850 88,448 80,941 103,578Youth Membership (AY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,698 268,354 449,996 630,827 1,044,947 1,916,652 2,782,940 3,494,846 3,399,919 3,011,480 2,983,402

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TOTAL TITHE AND OFFERINGS FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIMETithe and Offerings Supplemental Data

1 7 8 9 10 11 12a 12b 13 14a 14b 17

IngatheringFundsYear Tithe Tithe Per

CapitaWorld Mission

Fund, Including Sabbath School

World MissionFund

Per Capita

Other General Conference Funds (incl. Ingathering from 1977-1998)

IntradivisionFunds

IngatheringFunds

(from 1999to the present)

Local ChurchFunds

Total Titheand

Offerings

Total Titheand Offerings

Per Capita

Sabbath School Mission Offerings

(included in column 9)

US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$1863 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 2.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000 2.29 . . . . . .1864 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 2.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 . . . . . . . . .1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,000 3.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,000 . . . . . . . . .Total, 1863-1865 . . . . . . . 30,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000 . . . . . . . . .

1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,822 4.01 3,553 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,375 4.66 . . . . . .Total, 1866-1870 . . . . . . . 97,803 . . . 5,354 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,157 . . . . . . . . .

1875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,619 4.06 537 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,156 . . . . . . . . .Total, 1871-1875 . . . . . . . 143,328 . . . 4,362 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,690 . . . . . . . . .

1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,857 3.98 5,944 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,801 4.35 2,784 . . .Total, 1876-1880 . . . . . . . 252,383 . . . 38,400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,783 . . . 4,393 . . .

1885 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,642 5.97 28,549 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,191 . . . 6,899 . . .Total, 1881-1885 . . . . . . . 483,051 . . . 78,648 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561,699 . . . 20,874 . . .

1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,434 7.59 61,431 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286,865 9.66 28,643 . . .Total, 1886-1890 . . . . . . . 952,965 . . . 271,679 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,224,644 . . . 96,730 . . .

1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309,143 6.45 98,151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407,294 . . . 44,629 . . .Total, 1891-1895 . . . . . . . 1,541,698 . . . 511,059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,052,757 . . . 189,247 . . .

1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510,259 6.73 151,710 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661,969 8.74 46,794 . . .Total, 1896-1900 . . . . . . . 2,138,466 . . . 579,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,718,046 . . . 208,734 . . .

1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858,015 9.83 188,054 . . . . . . 107,686 . . . 27,163 1,180,918 . . . 68,614 . . .Total, 1901-1905 . . . . . . . 3,456,241 . . . 855,477 . . . . . . 107,686 . . . 27,163 4,446,567 . . . 280,556 . . .

1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,338,690 12.81 458,944 . . . . . . 189,108 . . . 237,026 2,223,768 21.27 138,038 . . .Total, 1906-1910 . . . . . . . 5,721,358 . . . 1,623,607 . . . . . . 786,440 . . . 946,650 9,078,055 . . . 523,517 96,964 *

1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968,168 14.38 872,667 . . . . . . 133,531 . . . 432,932 3,407,298 . . . 412,759 78,333Total, 1911-1915. . . . . . . . 8,689,809 . . . 3,383,688 . . . . . . 718,172 . . . 1,638,128 14,429,797 . . . 1,442,305 281,307

1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,195,463 38.80 3,251,550 . . . . . . 310,565 . . . 1,096,826 11,854,404 63.92 1,441,962 686,700Total, 1916-1920 . . . . . . . 21,264,416 . . . 9,733,132 . . . . . . 1,720,150 . . . 3,679,651 36,397,349 . . . 4,124,636 1,519,869

1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,909,497 23.54 3,520,348 . . . . . . 202,645 . . . 1,462,857 11,095,347 44.21 1,674,446 970,596Total, 1921-1925 . . . . . . . 24,658,458 . . . 15,416,902 . . . . . . 1,104,989 . . . 6,282,258 47,462,607 . . . 7,121,540 4,162,690

1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,230,362 19.83 4,020,398 . . . . . . 181,876 . . . 1,679,973 12,112,609 38.54 1,870,343 1,290,854Total, 1926-1930 . . . . . . . 31,475,639 . . . 19,594,103 . . . . . . 1,113,061 . . . 8,419,684 60,602,487 . . . 9,343,512 5,922,702

1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,743,282 13.58 3,150,404 . . . . . . 170,047 . . . 1,429,401 10,493,134 . . . 1,447,962 1,056,565Total, 1931-1935 . . . . . . . 25,931,588 . . . 15,578,354 . . . . . . 774,145 . . . 7,036,113 49,320,200 . . . 7,374,613 4,851,915

1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,071,654 15.99 3,827,536 . . . . . . 265,164 . . . 2,061,975 14,226,329 28.18 1,765,277 1,326,120Total, 1936-1940 . . . . . . . 36,446,926 . . . 18,163,641 . . . . . . 1,145,961 . . . 9,199,671 64,956,199 . . . 8,405,273 6,292,673

1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,424,953 33.70 7,837,868 13.60 . . . 725,028 . . . 3,553,086 31,540,935 54.72 3,796,810 3,162,634Total, 1941-1945 . . . . . . . 74,190,320 . . . 30,972,563 . . . . . . 2,636,505 . . . 14,420,767 122,220,155 . . . 14,607,019 10,895,661

1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,728,250 44.45 9,998,658 16.03 . . . 1,826,479 . . . 6,354,670 45,908,057 73.60 4,828,091 4,125,463Total, 1946-1950 . . . . . . . 126,407,202 . . . 48,004,018 . . . . . . 6,597,925 . . . 26,379,276 207,388,421 . . . 22,751,621 19,096,848

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Note—Slight differences in totals may occur between this table and past historical documents due to the rounding of the dollar on each statistic.*1908-1910.

1955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,195,925 43.82 12,975,325 13.80 . . . 2,641,712 . . . 11,106,405 67,919,367 72.24 6,217,478 5,771,597Total, 1951-1955. . . . . . . . 181,133,924 . . . 59,307,625 . . . . . . 12,088,106 . . . 46,748,852 299,278,507 . . . 28,407,104 25,603,058

1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,132,241 49.52 16,729,067 14.01 . . . 4,212,698 . . . 19,828,349 99,902,355 83.66 8,162,705 7,274,440Total, 1956-1960. . . . . . . . 253,563,403 . . . 75,305,754 . . . . . . 16,977,369 . . . 80,764,746 426,611,272 . . . 35,866,877 33,478,863

1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,596,968 54.11 21,181,206 14.05 . . . 6,953,267 . . . 32,969,155 142,700,596 94.75 10,858,620 8,665,988Total, 1961-1965. . . . . . . . 351,227,300 . . . 95,102,996 . . . . . . 27,328,587 . . . 130,476,949 604,135,832 . . . 47,438,636 40,181,567

1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,046,447 66.19 27,222,200 14.53 . . . 8,727,373 . . . 51,185,638 211,181,658 112.69 14,420,872 10,598,152Total, 1966-1970. . . . . . . . 535,720,188 . . . 125,547,598 . . . . . . 38,545,706 . . . 211,780,335 911,593,827 . . . 66,036,725 48,952,992

1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,307,464 98.52 48,803,615 20.79 . . . 17,222,570 . . . 89,407,082 386,740,731 164.74 23,684,018 13,059,491Total, 1971-1975. . . . . . . . 917,741,080 . . . 185,323,270 . . . . . . 69,152,929 . . . 360,611,914 1,532,829,193 . . . 98,914,123 62,433,641

1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398,880,407 125.54 41,347,973 13.01 30,771,067 22,636,910 . . . 148,807,859 642,444,216 202.19 34,564,983 16,356,170Total, 1976-1980. . . . . . . . 1,602,871,442 . . . 189,589,043 . . . 102,380,415 89,178,463 . . . 642,992,094 2,627,011,457 . . . 144,909,957 73,731,240

1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456,783,830 109.38 41,333,440 9.90 27,263,228 22,079,380 . . . 184,004,650 731,464,528 175.16 30,838,036 12,845,271Total, 1981-1985. . . . . . . . 2,182,827,146 . . . 197,659,316 . . . 130,556,165 111,701,307 . . . 870,460,486 3,493,204,420 . . . 162,987,275 71,637,574

1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659,924,400 117.46 46,952,476 8.36 31,095,701 32,091,500 . . . 241,651,295 1,011,715,372 180.07 40,388,328 15,616,983Total, 1986-1990. . . . . . . . 2,886,224,822 . . . 223,650,837 . . . 137,858,686 140,952,645 . . . 1,106,149,918 4,494,836,908 . . . 184,177,273 73,094,786

1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702,838,919 116.75 48,574,082 8.07 38,923,792 32,912,895 . . . 250,916,346 1,074,166,034 178.43 42,367,707 14,096,4481992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739,053,641 115.03 48,167,156 7.50 27,266,415 33,864,378 . . . 237,406,461 1,085,758,051 168.99 43,565,123 15,849,9641993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743,983,762 108.87 46,389,290 6.79 33,272,652 35,398,004 . . . 263,258,440 1,122,302,148 164.23 42,357,428 14,200,7591994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804,625,027 110.97 49,003,950 6.76 33,646,992 40,136,041 . . . 281,576,052 1,208,988,062 166.74 44,807,207 14,493,0451995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886,303,088 115.42 53,640,714 6.99 39,023,151 35,038,950 . . . 307,859,011 1,321,864,914 172.14 48,101,658 12,910,633Total, 1991-1995. . . . . . . . 3,876,804,437 . . . 245,775,192 . . . 172,133,002 177,350,268 . . . 1,341,016,310 5,813,079,209 . . . 221,199,123 71,550,849

1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928,621,785 115.34 51,864,650 6.44 29,916,725 33,494,358 . . . 326,696,264 1,370,593,782 170.23 47,134,162 11,804,7411997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969,942,919 113.63 52,769,214 6.18 37,328,769 81,840,952 . . . 357,815,827 1,499,697,681 175.70 45,648,694 11,136,8731998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994,144,335 108.77 50,673,499 5.54 32,036,721 96,682,180 . . . 373,626,628 1,547,163,363 169.28 44,754,840 11,906,3761999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,029,257,377 107.89 47,923,494 5.02 27,314,004 76,590,022 10,387,581 413,340,579 1,604,813,057 168.23 44,394,885 10,387,5812000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093,239,507 108.19 50,676,432 5.02 22,024,981 68,681,659 9,622,709 418,356,904 1,662,602,192 164.54 44,986,478 9,622,709Total, 1996-2000. . . . . . . . 5,015,205,923 . . . 253,907,289 . . . 148,621,200 357,289,171 20,010,290 1,889,836,202 7,684,870,075 . . . 226,919,059 54,858,280

2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,120,268,583 102.33 50,254,923 4.59 22,258,869 87,182,737 9,954,094 428,311,177 1,718,230,383 156.95 44,601,909 9,954,0942002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161,698,944 100.03 48,343,983 4.16 25,933,085 77,424,467 8,705,294 450,842,349 1,772,948,122 152.66 44,554,258 8,705,2942003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,234,346,993 98.20 48,896,682 3.89 23,823,707 84,025,577 10,243,240 477,444,940 1,878,781,139 149.46 44,132,835 10,243,2402004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,333,482,562 101.55 50,505,560 3.85 25,985,810 85,396,806 9,171,422 486,513,419 1,991,055,579 151.63 45,596,053 9,171,4222005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,492,720,001 109.47 54,300,287 3.98 28,752,363 59,979,884 8,825,938 593,868,016 2,238,446,489 164.15 49,432,141 8,825,938Total, 2001-2005. . . . . . . . 6,342,517,083 . . . 252,301,435 . . . 126,753,834 394,009,471 46,899,988 2,436,979,901 9,599,461,712 . . . 228,317,196 46,899,988

2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617,800,560 113.68 59,182,024 4.16 24,224,586 58,726,281 10,034,443 613,722,344 2,383,690,238 167.50 53,327,823 10,034,4432007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911,649,916 129.80 65,995,632 4.48 30,498,412 62,893,995 11,327,239 585,641,370 2,668,006,564 181.16 59,601,995 11,327,2392008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929,768,053 125.24 69,299,763 4.50 26,363,007 55,721,745 11,042,717 534,832,228 2,627,027,513 170.50 60,646,884 11,042,717

Grand Totals . . . . . . . . . . . 29,968,936,928 . . . 2,262,762,341 . . . 899,389,307 1,628,621,077 99,314,677 10,930,043,010 45,789,067,340 . . . 1,695,244,620 687,947,865

Tithe and Offerings Supplemental Data1 7 8 9 10 11 12a 12b 13 14a 14b 17

IngatheringFundsYear Tithe Tithe Per

CapitaWorld Mission

Fund, Including Sabbath School

World MissionFund

Per Capita

Other General Conference Funds (incl. Ingathering from 1977-1998)

IntradivisionFunds

IngatheringFunds

(from 1999to the present)

Local ChurchFunds

Total Titheand

Offerings

Total Titheand Offerings

Per Capita

Sabbath School Mission Offerings

(included in column 9)

US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$

TOTAL TITHE AND OFFERINGS FROM DATE OF ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT TIME (CONT’D)

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