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Page 1: 147th Annual Statistical Report—2009 - Adventist Archives · of faith. The 1,055,312 accessions for 2009 meant that, on the average, every day in 2009, 2,889 believers accepted

147th AnnualStatistical

Report—2009(Revisions have been 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, 2009

A WORD ABOUT THIS REPORT

Where We Stand Statistically.—This year marked the seventhtime in Seventh-day Adventist history when more than 1,000,000individuals joined our communion of faith through baptism or professionof faith. The 1,055,312 accessions for 2009 meant that, on theaverage, every day in 2009, 2,889 believers accepted the gospel andjoined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The total membership as ofDecember 31, 2009, was 16,307,880 and meant that within the totalworld population there was one baptized Seventh-day Adventist forevery 418 people in the world. The growth rate of 2.43 percent reflectedmajor church membership audits conducted primarily by the SouthAmerican Division.

India, with a baptized membership of 1,468,865 is the country hav-ing the largest number of Seventh-day Adventists within the borders ofone country. It has a ratio of members to population of one for every 797persons. Brazil with a church membership of 1,229,879, is our secondhighest country and had a membership to population ratio of one to 156.The United States, in third standing, with a baptized membership of1,043,716 improved its population per member ratio from 298 to one to294 to one. The Philippines, with 674,816 baptized members, movedfrom one Adventist for every 146 persons to one for every 137.

Statistics by the Day.—An annual growth rate of 2.43 percentmeant that Seventh-day Adventist membership increased an average of1,058 each day during the past statistical year. Additionally, an averageday in 2009 meant that six new churches were established and helpedto accommodate the 2,889 daily baptized believers. Also, the Adventistcommunity as a whole each day contributed $7,419,627 to advance thatgospel message. The total tithes and offerings for the year amounted to$2,710,018,856.

Statistical State of the Church.—The report before you providesa detailed statistical summary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church atthe end of 2009. 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 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Denominational Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Denominational Assets and Net Worth 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 2009 . . . . . . . . 6Broadcast Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Youth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Healthcare Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Denominationally Employed Workers Classified by Credentials Carried 2009 . . . . . . . . . 7General Statistics by Divisions for 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Denominational Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Institutional Statistics for 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 2009 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, Missouri59 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244 June 23 to July 3, 2010 . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, Georgia

SCHEDULED MEETINGS

Meeting Date Location

Annual Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 8 to 13, 2010 . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, MarylandSpring Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 10 and 11, 2011. . . . . . . . . . . Huntsville, AlabamaAnnual Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 7 to 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, MarylandSpring Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 17 and 18, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, MarylandAnnual Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 12 to 17, 2012 . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland

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 June 23, 201020 Ted N. C. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23, 2010 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 June 23, 201023 G. T. Ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 23, 2010 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 2009

*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 2007 2008 20092009

Accessions as Percent ofWorld Total

East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . . 182,697 149,253 166,840 15.81%Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,833 4,954 5,407 0.51%Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,249 5,631 6,894 0.66%Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,005 223,778 186,113 17.64%North American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,359 39,709 45,419 4.30%Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . 20,186 19,160 20,510 1.94%South American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226,932 213,265 220,379 20.88%South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,586 13,333 18,890 1.79%Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . . 145,520 167,593 197,666 18.73%Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,950 87,310 59,610 5.65%Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . . 60,798 66,341 78,719 7.46%Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,441 3,799 3,970 0.38%West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 40,086 39,408 44,895 4.25%

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040,642 1,033,534 1,055,312 100.00%

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP BY WORLD DIVISIONS

Division 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 2,169,611 2,283,279 2,376,903 2,474,396 2,584,456Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,725 174,734 176,047 176,209 176,835Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,307 138,581 137,676 137,593 139,194Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,647,711 2,807,176 2,958,485 3,127,602 3,271,224North American . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024,035 1,041,685 1,062,189 1,084,838 1,108,158Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 559,264 575,949 590,684 607,057 625,626South American . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575,141 2,648,602 2,617,706 2,250,520 2,015,910South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390,425 397,189 399,979 407,505 420,637Southern Africa-Indian Ocean 1,961,735 2,064,919 2,187,125 2,325,863 2,489,871Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,069,334 1,246,848 1,345,615 1,429,172 1,476,866Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 830,946 859,110 902,394 965,608 1,036,239Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . 101,598 104,113 107,050 109,876 112,645West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . 756,240 773,621 798,494 825,169 850,219Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,399,072 15,115,806 15,660,347 15,921,408 16,307,880

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 56,4492002 . . . . . . 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 75,094 *2009 . . . . . . 114 575 68,225 5,899 2,695 77,508Note—As of 2008, ‘Unions of Churches’ are being counted as unions, no longer as local conferences.*Revised.

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 *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 *2009 . . . 1,905 21 167 174 351 13 63 2,695 *

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61,928 108,912 170,8402005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,646 112,347 185,9932006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,784 129,673 202,4572007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,048 124,313* 201,361*2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,232 129,851 205,0832009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,453 134,814 213,267

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% 1,662,602,1922005 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% 2,627,027,5132009 1,891,325,291 69.8% 101,510,360 3.7% 717,183,205 26.5% 2,710,018,856

Grand Totals 147 Years31,860,262,219 3,362,976,685 13,275,847,292 48,499,086,196

Percent of Grand Totals 65.7% 6.9% 27.4% 100.0%

Total Tithe and Offerings Per Capita 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $172.05

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*These funds do not include relief contributions.

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

TITHE AND OFFERINGS 2009*

Tithe and Offerings Amount Percentof Total

PerCapita

US$ US$Tithe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891,325,291 69.8% 120.07World Mission Fund, Including Sabbath School 69,957,923 2.6% 4.44Other General Conference Funds . . . . . . . . . . 23,438,603 0.9% 1.49Intradivision Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,693,636 2.2% 3.85Ingathering Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,113,834 0.3% 0.52Local Church Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656,489,569 24.2% 41.68

World Totals 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,710,018,856 100.0% 172.05World Totals 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,627,027,513

Increase for 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,991,343Percentage of Increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2%

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 1,506.562006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,719,357,523 1,569.18

DENOMINATIONAL ASSETS AND NET WORTH 2006

Line of Work Assets Net Worth

US$ US$Conferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,368,947,312 6,060,604,995Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681,862,227 813,190,788Adventist Book Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,615,823 35,497,905Educational Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,309,560,198 4,500,801,016Healthcare Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,435,867,313 3,229,338,946Publishing Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,179,547 177,392,727Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513,435,969 284,135,202Media Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,649,111 87,960,568Temperance Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234,680 183,216Servicemen's Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,343 5,343Totals 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,719,357,523 15,189,110,706

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 1,741 646 363,186,8081999 . . . . 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 2,269 431,173,6262003 . . . . 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 1,655 909 598,373,3172009 . . . . 21 3,553 131 1,404 1,451 . . .

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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 1,209000. . . . . . . . . 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 864009. . . . . . . . . 151 . . . ++ 853 . . . 1,004 98 904

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 . . . . . .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 36,945009. . . . 860,801 58,574 18,318 233,202 198,999 114,423 29,272 87,825 32,709 34,664

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 75998. . . . . . . . . . 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 112009. . . . . . . . . . 127,545 28,849 66,200 53,137 184,420 24,870 1,748,297 145,661 135

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%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%2009 . . . . 602,327 218,696 293,307 5,728,880 567,233 60,896,838 74,942 8,113,834 140,769 19,563,034 119.96% 4,010,891 61,198,264 3.24%Total Ingathering Funds 1908-2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $ 696,061,699

*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 33,367 732,6982005 . . . . . . . . . . 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 41,414 989,0392009 . . . . . . . . . . 110 10,607 122,641 47 612 8,076 1,748 30,288 457,686 5,899 43,491 1,085,177

*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 2009

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 9 4 102 1,189 18 . . . 4 628 1,892 . . . 6,472 1,304 . . . 329 111 12,116 87East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 431 1,131 268 1,189 1,619 44 1,637 781 438 8 406 177 88 136 . . . 9,353 797Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741 200 212 145 543 79 17 149 129 53 121 681 328 133 359 . . . 3,890 579Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 634 311 156 378 . . . . . . 76 13 68 . . . . . . . . . 48 62 . . . 2,137 58Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,341 970 144 500 2,260 2,951 122 765 3,696 1,563 367 1,871 32 41 146 . . . 16,769 1,202North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,703 548 201 477 1,779 2,559 55 64 1,841 1,851 . . . 59,206 6,524 128 16 . . . 77,952 2,027Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 784 213 5,287 47 490 263 7 118 655 727 340 3,491 103 30 87 . . . 12,642 283South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,692 708 23 531 7,265 7,053 247 350 5,360 5,159 1,087 4,319 569 286 729 . . . 35,378 1,032South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 316 268 160 730 1,142 9 253 1,161 261 1,124 2,379 146 34 35 . . . 8,564 509Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 761 388 96 217 1,558 601 49 1,094 872 193 20 868 272 19 76 . . . 7,084 628Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 152 331 161 544 1,617 260 280 1,189 1,379 23 395 . . . 25 64 . . . 6,841 264Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 1,048 552 397 252 1,223 1,644 114 1,219 2,578 321 20 3,040 54 12 211 . . . 12,685 319Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 145 188 94 263 316 38 13 457 140 . . . 682 277 24 52 . . . 3,113 488West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 532 270 184 118 1,120 454 144 499 1,102 4 . . . 206 72 7 31 . . . 4,743 171

World Totals 2009. . . . . . . . . . . 12,438 5,536 8,777 3,228 20,531 20,316 1,106 6,521 20,462 14,049 3,110 84,016 9,858 875 2,333 111 213,267 8,444World 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 8,607*Employees of Adventist Risk Management, Incorporated.

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009 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 4,0912003 . . . . . . . . . . 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 17,1092009 . . . . . . . . . . 63 2,127 190,820,803 673 53,233 15,286 12,517 18,505Note—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 . . . . . .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 1,396,3542009 . . . . . . . . 77,346 3,132,469 13,738 373,247 42,715 1,471,372 33,275 1,447,347

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 66,0362000 . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . 171 429 162 107,2562009 . . . . . . . 167 351 174 109,776

DENOMINATIONALLY EMPLOYED WORKERS CLASSIFIED BY CREDENTIALS CARRIED 2009

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. . . . . . . . . 303 87 44 439 295 1,516 . . . 10 2 61 16 423 . . . 9,007 12,116 87East-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 445 195 187 . . . 1,201 84 551 24 701 . . . 1,331 2,086 1,731 9,353 797Euro-Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 554 79 104 . . . 465 19 228 88 42 . . . 224 316 1,407 3,890 579Euro-Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 57 . . . 8 . . . 205 1 674 . . . 4 . . . 175 73 440 2,137 58Inter-American . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952 529 42 1,160 . . . 3,194 634 1,086 11 915 . . . 1,779 741 5,889 16,769 1,202North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,376 1,596 247 2,684 455 2,020 180 622 64 639 57 841 51 66,896 77,952 2,027Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 998 167 . . . 105 . . . 744 106 262 . . . 15 . . . 6,528 124 3,866 12,642 283South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,465 509 . . . . . . . . . 1,317 467 965 . . . . . . . . . 927 350 29,354 35,378 1,032South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 509 47 1,000 . . . 387 . . . 329 85 901 . . . 542 255 4,271 8,564 509Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 1,015 628 48 370 . . . 1,416 . . . 413 39 197 . . . 926 1,096 1,564 7,084 628Southern Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 264 107 527 . . . 299 . . . 212 61 1,894 . . . 1,171 126 1,822 6,841 264Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 1,390 258 224 1,733 . . . 2,627 38 613 181 861 . . . 1,367 1,190 2,499 12,685 319Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 298 65 81 . . . 301 155 162 46 92 . . . 148 17 1,657 3,113 488West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 696 162 128 35 . . . 1,379 . . . 365 140 7 . . . 556 550 887 4,743 171

World Totals 2009. . . . . . . . . . . 16,949 6,063 1,226 8,433 750 17,071 1,684 6,492 741 6,329 73 16,938 6,975 131,290 213,267 8,444World 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 8,607

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Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881,595 . . . . . . . . . 11,073,279 . . . . . . . . . 11,954,874 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 EAST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20,037 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,037 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Central Kenya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 620 91,120 9,478 63 2,104 2,692 1,429 198 717 450 633 102,030 2 3,720,754 41.03 149,078 1.64 . . . 259,865 . . . . . . 4,129,697 45.54 90,688 543 56,954 . . .3 Central Nyanza Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 147 29,270 3,819 13 133 6 144 96 44 7 270 32,680 3 547,685 19.98 9,722 0.35 . . . 38,193 . . . . . . 595,600 21.73 27,406 143 26,115 . . .4 Kenya Coast Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 327 13,686 694 15 111 888 288 14 85 257 606 14,144 4 407,353 31.09 24,130 1.84 . . . 28,499 . . . . . . 459,982 35.11 13,102 350 23,078 . . .5 Kenya Lake Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 192 71,340 2,955 76 778 259 809 115 151 95 1,089 73,149 5 892,225 12.87 6,361 0.09 . . . 62,205 . . . . . . 960,791 13.86 69,323 693 136,000 . . .6 Nyamira Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 230 101,677 6,402 54 2,607 2,655 2,680 324 1,399 370 5,723 102,899 6 819,412 8.10 20,775 0.21 . . . 57,123 . . . . . . 897,310 8.87 101,185 523 132,841 . . .7 Ranen Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644 410 95,593 7,303 47 61 45 272 248 602 243 . . . 101,684 7 939,834 10.21 11,980 0.13 . . . 65,616 . . . . . . 1,017,430 11.06 92,024 320 32,654 . . .8 South Kenya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 248 138,667 7,236 54 638 879 754 352 2,230 115 931 143,092 8 854,024 6.21 32,487 0.24 . . . 59,715 . . . . . . 946,226 6.88 137,569 230 56,230 . . .9 Western Kenya Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728 1,780 79,167 6,285 458 626 4,828 448 178 680 1,210 1,079 87,769 9 1,106,593 14.08 51,233 0.65 . . . 77,517 . . . . . . 1,235,343 15.72 78,566 700 88,216 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,190 3,954 620,520 44,172 780 7,058 12,252 6,824 1,525 5,908 2,747 10,331 657,447 9,307,917 15.26 305,766 0.50 . . . 648,733 . . . . . . 10,262,416 16.83 609,863 3,502 552,088 . . .

10 EAST CONGO UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19,198 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,198 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 East Katanga Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 68 . . . 779 7 9 8,943 10 32 1 8 51 9,636 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,971 114 1,324 . . .12 Maniema Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 30 . . . 454 . . . . . . 4,583 89 88 87 61 325 4,387 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,476 87 832 . . .13 North Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 71 42,555 1,205 1 144 1,859 228 141 86 11 38,699 6,599 13 45,092 3.49 1,629 0.13 . . . 675 . . . . . . 47,396 3.67 12,916 115 1,435 . . .14 South Katanga Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 225 44,579 1,933 67 50 1,574 61 95 80 19 27,078 20,870 14 114,601 3.35 6,127 0.18 . . . 3,839 . . . . . . 124,567 3.64 34,195 150 1,623 . . .15 West Katanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 31 . . . 420 3 22 5,321 26 39 49 1 115 5,536 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,090 74 658 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 425 87,134 4,791 78 225 22,280 414 395 303 100 66,268 47,028 178,891 2.14 7,756 0.09 . . . 4,514 . . . . . . 191,161 2.29 83,648 540 5,872 . . .

16 ETHIOPIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9,007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Central Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 49 16,660 2,748 2 10 . . . . . . 8 11 70 . . . 19,331 17 289,865 17.84 4,525 0.28 . . . 20,173 . . . . . . 314,563 19.36 16,250 230 19,279 . . .18 Northwest Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 2,485 86 1 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 2,559 18 25,848 10.43 424 0.17 . . . 257 . . . . . . 26,529 10.71 2,478 200 2,505 . . .19 South Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 135 68,727 2,944 120 26 . . . 105 111 185 98 . . . 71,318 19 176,580 2.62 2,104 0.03 . . . 8,423 . . . . . . 187,107 2.77 67,443 800 40,552 . . .20 West Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 31 79,688 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,688 20 210,141 2.65 1,219 0.02 . . . 10,161 . . . . . . 221,521 2.79 79,421 960 56,322 . . .21 Tigray Attached Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 401 17 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 3 414 21 24,056 62.48 126 0.33 . . . 240 . . . . . . 24,422 63.43 385 16 252 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 222 167,961 5,795 124 36 . . . 105 134 196 168 3 173,310 735,497 4.43 8,398 0.05 . . . 39,254 . . . . . . 783,149 4.72 165,977 2,206 118,910 . . .

22 RWANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Central Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 42 80,277 3,568 42 157 85 392 241 482 220 6 82,788 23 403,220 5.12 11,178 0.14 . . . 28,312 . . . . . . 442,710 5.62 78,770 264 99,500 . . .24 East Rwanda Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 212 129,898 13,427 26 155 3 1,085 130 833 1,043 159 140,259 24 1,244,710 9.89 45,860 0.36 . . . 87,139 . . . . . . 1,377,709 10.94 125,891 797 171,335 . . .25 North Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 114 109,428 7,067 63 480 4 1,213 402 932 884 221 113,390 25 1,138,126 10.54 32,518 0.30 . . . 79,828 . . . . . . 1,250,472 11.58 107,955 517 171,020 . . .26 South Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 86 66,953 4,044 197 147 314 464 132 411 731 327 69,590 26 289,203 4.38 10,174 0.15 . . . 20,291 . . . . . . 319,668 4.84 66,022 316 84,337 . . .27 West Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 102 59,000 4,626 118 751 270 1,316 158 557 288 89 62,357 27 428,391 7.40 8,159 0.14 . . . 30,087 . . . . . . 466,637 8.06 57,910 342 90,574 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508 556 445,556 32,732 446 1,690 676 4,470 1,063 3,215 3,166 802 468,384 3,503,650 8.03 107,889 0.25 . . . 245,657 . . . . . . 3,857,196 8.84 436,548 2,236 616,766 . . .

28 TANZANIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 10,425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,425 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 East Tanzania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 242 58,367 4,256 26 1,840 7,363 1,774 324 520 6 846 68,382 29 1,769,041 32.50 181,438 3.33 . . . 123,745 . . . 454,002 2,528,226 46.45 54,429 1,342 101,623 . . .30 Mara Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 269 100,650 7,637 65 450 18,212 832 316 819 71 17,706 107,270 30 556,328 5.78 63,876 0.66 . . . 38,891 . . . 158,444 817,539 8.50 96,227 1,340 142,243 . . .31 North-East Tanzania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 246 76,925 4,290 7 495 1,371 782 217 384 76 1,323 80,306 31 798,460 10.26 94,601 1.22 . . . 55,873 . . . 236,676 1,185,610 15.24 77,789 1,160 136,230 . . .32 South Nyanza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 474 106,523 7,395 132 321 10,302 1,003 86 225 106 2,725 120,528 32 734,009 7.12 124,670 1.21 . . . 51,300 . . . 311,937 1,221,916 11.86 103,033 4,851 163,432 . . .33 Southern Highlands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 360 28,291 4,359 13 2,777 2,637 3,129 88 338 . . . . . . 34,522 33 395,759 14.69 67,859 2.52 . . . 27,641 . . . 169,825 661,084 24.54 26,939 620 23,000 . . .34 West Tanzania Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 256 36,094 3,573 199 456 2,786 624 74 604 615 . . . 41,191 34 321,567 9.24 50,530 1.45 . . . 22,457 . . . 126,491 521,045 14.96 34,819 500 18,975 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851 1,847 406,850 31,510 442 6,339 42,671 8,144 1,105 2,890 874 22,600 452,199 4,585,589 11.66 582,974 1.48 . . . 319,907 . . . 1,457,375 6,945,845 17.66 393,236 9,813 585,503 . . .

35 UGANDA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 6,556 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,556 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Central Uganda Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 698 103,821 5,784 12 . . . 1,731 15 40 . . . . . . . . . 111,293 36 1,090,410 10.85 57,236 0.57 4,773 76,268 . . . 210,927 1,439,614 14.32 100,510 996 181,015 . . .37 Eastern Uganda Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 268 16,583 759 8 . . . 230 77 33 42 41 222 17,165 37 102,138 6.29 11,081 0.68 893 3,286 . . . 29,669 147,067 9.06 16,231 445 32,416 . . .38 Northern Uganda Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 151 8,825 702 . . . 2 486 5 9 2 1 . . . 9,998 38 33,512 3.92 3,251 0.38 113 335 . . . 848 38,059 4.45 8,554 201 16,911 . . .39 Southwestern Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 401 47,024 2,636 62 137 1,156 448 124 283 326 310 49,524 39 227,922 5.03 15,441 0.34 . . . 7,194 . . . 23,458 274,015 6.04 45,336 689 105,190 . . .40 Western Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 295 16,957 1,104 28 31 129 56 113 22 163 . . . 17,895 40 110,044 6.73 12,265 0.75 . . . 3,334 . . . 2,903 128,546 7.86 16,351 365 31,502 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 1,813 193,210 10,985 110 170 3,732 601 319 349 531 532 205,875 1,570,582 8.40 99,274 0.53 5,779 90,417 . . . 267,805 2,033,857 10.88 186,982 2,696 367,034 . . .

41 WEST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 8,936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Central Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 202 142,078 6,170 9 41 1,849 40 173 140 647 2 149,145 42 79,460 0.57 840 0.01 83 1,985 . . . 6,660 89,028 0.64 138,671 471 134,912 . . .43 Congo Equatorial Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 37 2,669 154 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 18 2 . . . 2,795 43 10,450 3.94 850 0.32 214 104 . . . 8,578 20,196 7.62 2,649 44 34,413 . . .44 East Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 86 20,912 919 . . . . . . 8 161 22 169 229 . . . 21,258 44 19,490 0.94 1,109 0.05 . . . 195 . . . 2,838 23,632 1.14 20,696 163 21,604 . . .45 Lower Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 24 1,461 159 . . . 5 . . . 1 1 2 . . . . . . 1,621 45 19,804 14.08 720 0.51 1,039 197 . . . 2,264 24,024 17.07 1,407 16 27,991 . . .46 West Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 55 15,775 1,380 19 8 . . . 182 63 195 560 . . . 16,182 46 227,097 14.85 6,425 0.42 499 15,898 . . . 57,854 307,773 20.12 15,296 89 18,513 . . .47 West Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 166 132,426 3,319 . . . 54 . . . 60 94 96 482 . . . 135,067 47 58,516 0.44 1,232 0.01 6 1,457 . . . 7,444 68,655 0.52 132,044 339 137,412 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 570 315,321 12,101 28 108 1,857 444 361 620 1,920 2 326,068 423,753 1.36 11,176 0.04 1,841 19,836 . . . 85,638 542,244 1.74 310,763 1,122 374,845 . . .

48 ATTACHED FIELDS 4849 Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3,213 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,213 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 East Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 103 12,503 1,738 59 377 164 493 12 278 4 . . . 14,054 50 43,954 3.84 4,483 0.39 . . . 659 . . . . . . 49,096 4.29 11,436 138 14,915 . . .51 North Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 86 26,146 2,437 1 52 . . . 372 40 492 202 . . . 27,530 51 52,244 2.12 3,394 0.14 . . . 783 . . . . . . 56,421 2.29 24,627 150 34,750 . . .52 West Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 154 75,280 6,641 100 477 229 602 246 596 634 226 80,423 52 282,176 3.88 12,959 0.18 . . . 16,925 . . . . . . 312,060 4.29 72,687 281 110,083 . . .

Totals for Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 343 113,929 10,816 160 906 393 1,467 298 1,366 840 226 122,007 381,587 3.51 20,836 0.19 . . . 18,367 . . . . . . 420,790 3.87 108,750 569 159,748 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)53 Eritrea Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 12 521 5 . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 526 53 17,237 33.41 . . . . . . 1,156 . . . . . . . . . 18,393 35.65 516 21 578 . . .

54 North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 6,710 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,710 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Central Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 147 45,800 6,963 36 415 . . . 897 492 671 141 . . . 51,013 55 295,948 6.64 11,693 0.26 . . . 19,183 . . . 24,705 351,529 7.88 44,604 499 62,232 . . .56 North Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 251 48,418 2,982 28 875 88 1,394 125 573 229 . . . 50,070 56 444,655 9.32 16,596 0.35 2,464 31,111 1,706 51,750 548,282 11.49 47,712 529 77,325 . . .57 South Kivu Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 79 15,434 1,096 . . . 55 169 84 43 173 46 . . . 16,408 57 77,110 5.20 3,878 0.26 . . . 1,530 . . . 8,500 91,018 6.14 14,834 502 30,700 . . .58 Upper Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 90 13,742 649 11 28 17 53 45 68 160 . . . 14,121 58 31,133 2.30 1,610 0.12 41 466 . . . 3,748 36,998 2.74 13,521 185 22,727 . . .

Totals for North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . 891 567 123,394 11,690 75 1,373 274 2,428 705 1,485 576 . . . 131,612 855,556 7.09 33,777 0.28 2,505 52,290 1,706 88,703 1,034,537 8.57 120,671 1,715 192,984 . . .

Totals for Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162 922 237,844 22,511 235 2,279 669 3,895 1,005 2,851 1,416 226 254,145 1,254,380 5.46 54,613 0.24 3,661 70,657 1,706 88,703 1,473,720 6.41 229,937 2,305 353,310 . . .

59 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 103,987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103,987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 East African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,190 3,954 620,520 44,172 780 7,058 12,252 6,824 1,525 5,908 2,747 10,331 657,447 60 9,307,917 15.26 305,766 0.50 . . . 648,733 . . . . . . 10,262,416 16.83 609,863 3,502 552,088 . . .61 East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 425 87,134 4,791 78 225 22,280 414 395 303 100 66,268 47,028 61 178,891 2.14 7,756 0.09 . . . 4,514 . . . . . . 191,161 2.29 83,648 540 5,872 . . .62 Ethiopian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 222 167,961 5,795 124 36 . . . 105 134 196 168 3 173,310 62 735,497 4.43 8,398 0.05 . . . 39,254 . . . . . . 783,149 4.72 165,977 2,206 118,910 . . .63 Rwanda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,508 556 445,556 32,732 446 1,690 676 4,470 1,063 3,215 3,166 802 468,384 63 3,503,650 8.03 107,889 0.25 . . . 245,657 . . . . . . 3,857,196 8.84 436,548 2,236 616,766 . . .64 Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,851 1,847 406,850 31,510 442 6,339 42,671 8,144 1,105 2,890 874 22,600 452,199 64 4,585,589 11.66 582,974 1.48 . . . 319,907 . . . 1,457,375 6,945,845 17.66 393,236 9,813 585,503 . . .65 Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 1,813 193,210 10,985 110 170 3,732 601 319 349 531 532 205,875 65 1,570,582 8.40 99,274 0.53 5,779 90,417 . . . 267,805 2,033,857 10.88 186,982 2,696 367,034 . . .66 West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 570 315,321 12,101 28 108 1,857 444 361 620 1,920 2 326,068 66 423,753 1.36 11,176 0.04 1,841 19,836 . . . 85,638 542,244 1.74 310,763 1,122 374,845 . . .67 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,162 922 237,844 22,511 235 2,279 669 3,895 1,005 2,851 1,416 226 254,145 67 1,254,380 5.46 54,613 0.24 3,661 70,657 1,706 88,703 1,473,720 6.41 229,937 2,305 353,310 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,077 10,309 2,474,396 164,597 2,243 17,905 84,137 24,897 5,907 16,332 10,922 100,764 2,584,456 21,664,246 8.96 1,177,846 0.49 11,281 1,438,975 1,706 1,899,521 26,193,575 10.84 2,416,954 24,420 2,974,328 . . .

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION EURO-AFRICA DIVISION1 AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 49 8 3,871 71 6 50 . . . 38 42 47 . . . . . . 3,871 1 7,505,938 1,944.04 562,408 145.66 24,379 38,035 125,944 4,003,961 12,260,665 3,175.52 3,861 60 5,800 473,803

2 BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 119 224 7,598 255 84 38 . . . 193 123 85 25 18 7,531 2 1,707,927 224.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,707,927 224.08 7,622 425 8,220 . . .

3 CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22,091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Bohemian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 9 3,073 53 4 76 2 59 36 16 . . . 38 3,059 4 2,149,514 702.46 148,801 48.63 3,411 . . . . . . . . . 2,301,726 752.20 3,060 80 3,850 99,0525 Moravia-Silesian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 18 4,599 84 9 137 . . . 155 105 38 . . . 135 4,396 5 2,819,588 611.62 219,485 47.61 5,137 . . . . . . . . . 3,044,210 660.35 4,610 89 5,630 136,1976 Slovakian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 12 2,189 80 2 48 9 78 8 16 . . . 29 2,197 6 1,145,017 525.24 84,822 38.91 1,915 . . . . . . . . . 1,231,754 565.02 2,180 53 2,720 52,693

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 39 9,861 217 15 261 11 292 149 70 . . . 202 9,652 6,136,210 622.97 453,108 46.00 10,463 . . . . . . . . . 6,599,781 670.03 9,850 222 12,200 287,942

7 FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 27,640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Belgian-Luxembourg Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . 1,977 30 11 141 5 48 14 19 31 30 2,022 8 1,649,201 847.92 88,491 45.50 12,018 . . . . . . . . . 1,749,710 899.59 1,945 29 2,090 86,6809 North France Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 10 8,340 255 37 415 10 275 33 233 27 238 8,251 9 9,184,239 1,166.55 372,927 47.37 49,102 . . . . . . . . . 9,606,268 1,220.15 7,873 78 7,623 344,584

10 South France Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 13 4,309 39 6 186 59 126 39 17 . . . 154 4,263 10 4,494,612 1,058.30 170,662 40.18 7,525 . . . . . . . . . 4,672,799 1,100.26 4,247 57 4,293 169,269Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 23 14,626 324 54 742 74 449 86 269 58 422 14,536 15,355,692 1,091.77 632,080 44.94 68,645 . . . . . . . . . 16,056,417 1,141.59 14,065 164 14,006 600,533

11 ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 109 19 8,675 355 33 540 . . . 338 57 82 . . . 56 9,070 11 8,168,040 960.49 594,836 69.95 42,029 26,057 . . . 503,512 9,334,474 1,097.66 8,504 128 8,361 545,158

12 NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Berlin-Central German Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 4 7,547 87 14 277 . . . 298 131 27 18 . . . 7,451 13 8,916,626 1,176.96 440,818 58.19 308,386 312,153 78,265 1,778,229 11,834,477 1,562.10 7,576 163 5,706 302,26714 Hansa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3 2,779 49 6 111 . . . 135 34 17 24 . . . 2,735 14 3,175,785 1,142.78 191,021 68.74 103,349 110,172 19,695 861,385 4,461,407 1,605.40 2,779 50 1,511 133,20315 Lower Saxonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1 3,731 41 5 127 . . . 123 70 21 2 1 3,687 15 4,885,822 1,306.37 308,573 82.51 211,452 230,056 27,100 1,125,355 6,788,358 1,815.07 3,740 62 2,675 215,17416 Northern Rhenish-Westfalian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 84 9 6,244 134 8 158 . . . 179 94 45 . . . . . . 6,226 16 7,450,879 1,180.99 528,982 83.85 345,771 384,483 36,937 1,436,259 10,183,311 1,614.09 6,309 93 5,194 373,992

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 17 20,301 311 33 673 . . . 735 329 110 44 1 20,099 24,429,112 1,197.27 1,469,394 72.01 968,958 1,036,864 161,997 5,201,228 33,267,553 1,630.44 20,404 368 15,086 1,024,636

17 PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONF . . . . . . 97 29 9,332 212 19 244 . . . 239 138 108 . . . . . . 9,322 17 6,923,890 748.37 245,234 26.51 79,359 . . . . . . 1,266,829 8,515,312 920.38 9,252 125 10,284 221,168

18 ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 141,972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Banat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 55 6,949 170 18 154 20 184 117 88 . . . 28 6,894 19 1,924,278 278.03 130,739 18.89 . . . . . . . . . 160,274 2,215,291 320.08 6,921 114 5,715 123,24220 Moldavia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 45 12,726 377 24 238 . . . 293 167 122 . . . . . . 12,783 20 3,670,134 279.59 285,974 21.79 . . . . . . . . . 959,581 4,915,689 374.47 13,127 233 13,283 273,05921 Muntenia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 70 18,780 581 18 245 . . . 270 283 171 . . . . . . 18,900 21 6,160,377 317.28 440,051 22.66 . . . . . . . . . 1,608,093 8,208,521 422.77 19,416 262 16,264 421,76522 North Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 31 7,752 246 3 199 . . . 196 103 54 . . . . . . 7,847 22 1,789,982 231.23 132,516 17.12 . . . . . . . . . 619,986 2,542,484 328.44 7,741 124 6,832 125,08423 Oltenia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 41 12,001 323 8 220 2 293 300 124 . . . . . . 11,837 23 2,881,621 240.02 207,993 17.32 . . . . . . . . . 614,327 3,703,941 308.51 12,006 209 9,562 198,91424 South Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 38 9,185 380 35 96 4 110 126 89 . . . 1 9,374 24 2,616,865 285.78 166,457 18.18 . . . . . . . . . 832,473 3,615,795 394.87 9,157 149 9,072 155,934

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 280 67,393 2,077 106 1,152 26 1,346 1,096 648 . . . 29 67,635 19,185,229 280.62 1,363,730 19.95 . . . . . . . . . 4,794,734 25,343,693 370.70 68,368 1,091 60,728 1,297,998

25 SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Baden-Wuerttemberg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 8 6,258 94 37 165 . . . 193 78 39 . . . 4 6,240 26 11,340,250 1,807.79 970,012 154.63 129,147 502,813 . . . 2,359,260 15,301,482 2,439.26 6,273 86 7,886 643,92427 Bavarian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7 4,588 80 12 135 2 117 79 23 . . . . . . 4,598 27 7,149,288 1,556.90 543,207 118.29 118,281 417,737 . . . 1,503,262 9,731,775 2,119.29 4,592 71 6,104 386,88428 Central Rhenish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 3 4,504 68 10 90 . . . 134 28 17 . . . 44 4,449 28 6,163,179 1,376.94 426,805 95.35 44,829 230,232 . . . 1,145,251 8,010,296 1,789.61 4,476 64 2,972 294,138

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 18 15,350 242 59 390 2 444 185 79 . . . 48 15,287 24,652,717 1,606.98 1,940,024 126.46 292,257 1,150,782 . . . 5,007,773 33,043,553 2,153.94 15,341 221 16,962 1,324,946

29 SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 105 32 14,625 693 154 822 18 852 72 84 50 . . . 15,254 29 12,610,935 880.28 558,168 38.96 690,218 . . . 44,471 . . . 13,903,792 970.53 14,326 137 14,200 503,960

30 SWISS UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 French-Italian Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 1,904 30 7 34 . . . 40 23 20 7 . . . 1,885 31 3,378,801 1,743.45 215,540 111.22 13,136 13,055 611 104,241 3,725,384 1,922.28 1,938 24 450 173,53332 German Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 2,407 40 5 49 . . . 39 22 15 . . . . . . 2,425 32 7,735,675 3,229.93 527,702 220.33 8,185 25,580 77,671 1,085,738 9,460,551 3,950.13 2,395 28 1,455 417,317

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EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 ATTACHED FIELD 3334 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 41,650 . . . 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,783 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 35 2,128 66.50 728 22.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,856 89.25 32 2 32 13336 Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 154 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 36 85,927 592.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,927 592.60 145 8 159 60837 Turkey Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 77 37 45,618 616.46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,618 616.46 74 5 77 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 266 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 268 175,323 698.50 861 3.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,184 701.93 251 15 268 741

38 EURO-AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 31,379 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,379 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Austrian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 8 3,871 71 6 50 . . . 38 42 47 . . . . . . 3,871 39 7,505,938 1,944.04 562,408 145.66 24,379 38,035 125,944 4,003,961 12,260,665 3,175.52 3,861 60 5,800 473,80340 Bulgarian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 119 224 7,598 255 84 38 . . . 193 123 85 25 18 7,531 40 1,707,927 224.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,707,927 224.08 7,622 425 8,220 . . .41 Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 39 9,861 217 15 261 11 292 149 70 . . . 202 9,652 41 6,136,210 622.97 453,108 46.00 10,463 . . . . . . . . . 6,599,781 670.03 9,850 222 12,200 287,94242 Franco-Belgian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 23 14,626 324 54 742 74 449 86 269 58 422 14,536 42 15,355,692 1,091.77 632,080 44.94 68,645 . . . . . . . . . 16,056,417 1,141.59 14,065 164 14,006 600,53343 Italian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 19 8,675 355 33 540 . . . 338 57 82 . . . 56 9,070 43 8,168,040 960.49 594,836 69.95 42,029 26,057 . . . 503,512 9,334,474 1,097.66 8,504 128 8,361 545,15844 North German Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 17 20,301 311 33 673 . . . 735 329 110 44 1 20,099 44 24,429,112 1,197.27 1,469,394 72.01 968,958 1,036,864 161,997 5,201,228 33,267,553 1,630.44 20,404 368 15,086 1,024,63645 Portuguese Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . 97 29 9,332 212 19 244 . . . 239 138 108 . . . . . . 9,322 45 6,923,890 748.37 245,234 26.51 79,359 . . . . . . 1,266,829 8,515,312 920.38 9,252 125 10,284 221,16846 Romanian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 280 67,393 2,077 106 1,152 26 1,346 1,096 648 . . . 29 67,635 46 19,185,229 280.62 1,363,730 19.95 . . . . . . . . . 4,794,734 25,343,693 370.70 68,368 1,091 60,728 1,297,99847 South German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 18 15,350 242 59 390 2 444 185 79 . . . 48 15,287 47 24,652,717 1,606.98 1,940,024 126.46 292,257 1,150,782 . . . 5,007,773 33,043,553 2,153.94 15,341 221 16,962 1,324,94648 Spanish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 32 14,625 693 154 822 18 852 72 84 50 . . . 15,254 48 12,610,935 880.28 558,168 38.96 690,218 . . . 44,471 . . . 13,903,792 970.53 14,326 137 14,200 503,96049 Swiss Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6 4,311 70 12 83 . . . 79 45 35 7 . . . 4,310 49 11,114,476 2,565.08 743,242 171.53 21,321 38,635 78,282 1,189,979 13,185,935 3,043.14 4,333 52 1,905 590,85050 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 266 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 268 50 175,323 698.50 861 3.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,184 701.93 251 15 268 741

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,521 703 176,209 4,832 575 4,995 131 5,006 2,322 1,617 186 776 176,835 137,996,868 783.29 8,563,085 48.61 2,197,629 2,290,373 410,694 21,968,016 173,426,665 984.39 176,177 3,008 168,020 6,871,735

EURO-ASIA DIVISION EURO-ASIA DIVISION1 BELARUS UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 76 15 5,115 375 3 89 . . . 95 57 285 . . . . . . 5,145 1 731,002 143.19 23,010 4.51 . . . 22,656 . . . 67,968 844,636 165.45 5,105 91 5,975 354

2 CAUCASUS UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Kubano-Chernomorskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 25 3,172 174 6 120 . . . 102 71 83 . . . . . . 3,216 3 864,566 276.13 18,666 5.96 . . . 18,250 . . . 54,750 956,232 305.41 3,131 77 3,255 4164 North Caucasus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 22 1,851 118 2 69 . . . 66 32 44 . . . 20 1,878 4 536,011 290.68 15,969 8.66 . . . 15,969 . . . 47,907 615,856 333.98 1,844 55 1,695 . . .5 Rostov-Kalmykia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 14 2,848 117 1 147 . . . 165 60 57 . . . . . . 2,831 5 924,672 327.67 22,801 8.08 1,135 22,030 . . . 66,090 1,036,728 367.37 2,822 53 1,958 771

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 61 7,871 409 9 336 . . . 333 163 184 . . . 20 7,925 2,325,249 298.22 57,436 7.37 1,135 56,249 . . . 168,747 2,608,816 334.59 7,797 185 6,908 1,187

6 EAST RUSSIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12,164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Central Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5 2,119 138 9 45 . . . 31 32 45 . . . . . . 2,203 7 428,314 204.54 13,951 6.66 47 13,861 . . . 41,583 497,756 237.71 2,094 37 2,203 908 East Siberian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 24 3,192 180 8 190 11 200 24 41 . . . . . . 3,316 8 586,607 184.18 9,502 2.98 116 8,822 . . . 26,466 631,513 198.28 3,185 67 3,102 6809 West Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 26 1,222 83 1 7 . . . 13 15 12 . . . . . . 1,273 9 384,479 319.07 4,270 3.54 . . . 3,915 . . . 11,745 404,409 335.61 1,205 46 1,222 355

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 55 6,533 401 18 242 11 244 71 98 . . . . . . 6,792 1,411,564 217.70 27,723 4.28 163 26,598 . . . 79,794 1,545,842 238.41 6,484 150 6,527 1,125

10 FAR EASTERN UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION . . . 60 24 3,471 138 7 51 . . . 75 44 37 . . . . . . 3,511 10 914,969 266.52 33,364 9.72 500 25,814 . . . 77,442 1,052,089 306.46 3,433 84 3,450 7,550

11 MOLDOVA UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . 154 87 11,079 427 16 395 . . . 659 187 271 . . . . . . 10,800 11 1,645,706 146.72 35,697 3.18 . . . 35,697 . . . 107,091 1,824,191 162.63 11,217 241 14,328 . . .

12 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Kyrgyzstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 15 1,096 43 2 14 . . . 80 15 15 . . . 2 1,043 13 111,932 98.71 4,722 4.16 . . . 4,722 . . . 14,166 135,542 119.53 1,134 32 1,043 . . .14 Northern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12 1,765 149 2 57 . . . 73 11 57 . . . . . . 1,832 14 392,111 228.10 17,748 10.32 . . . 17,748 . . . 53,244 480,851 279.73 1,719 43 1,832 . . .15 Southern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 16 1,513 55 5 200 . . . 222 13 4 . . . . . . 1,534 15 338,668 233.56 16,387 11.30 . . . 16,387 . . . 49,161 420,603 290.07 1,450 35 1,534 . . .16 Tajikistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 631 16 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 8 . . . . . . 636 16 25,337 36.46 1,052 1.51 . . . 1,052 . . . 3,156 30,597 44.02 695 11 636 . . .17 Turkmenistan Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 91 2 1 . . . 2 2 2 3 . . . . . . 89 17 9,347 108.69 488 5.67 . . . 488 . . . 1,464 11,787 137.06 86 2 89 . . .18 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4 1,220 38 . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257 18 91,015 75.78 2,151 1.79 . . . 2,151 . . . 6,453 101,770 84.74 1,201 18 1,257 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 52 6,316 303 10 276 2 386 41 87 . . . 2 6,391 968,410 154.08 42,548 6.77 . . . 42,548 . . . 127,644 1,181,150 187.93 6,285 141 6,391 . . .

19 TRANS-CAUCASUS UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Armenian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14 900 17 . . . 135 6 150 16 29 . . . . . . 863 20 89,996 99.01 2,985 3.28 . . . 2,985 . . . 8,955 104,921 115.42 909 30 652 . . .21 Azerbaijan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 701 33 1 18 . . . 20 11 10 . . . . . . 712 21 106,835 151.97 2,730 3.88 . . . 2,730 . . . 8,190 120,485 171.39 703 11 657 . . .22 Georgian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 380 25 1 30 10 34 6 4 . . . 1 401 22 43,225 115.57 1,303 3.48 . . . 1,303 . . . 3,909 49,740 132.99 374 12 320 . . .

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23 UKRAINIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bukovinskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 9 7,352 230 30 135 . . . 172 131 125 . . . . . . 7,319 24 1,199,001 162.95 32,838 4.46 . . . 32,838 . . . 98,514 1,363,191 185.27 7,358 138 7,490 . . .25 Central Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 19 5,763 336 15 175 . . . 169 118 68 . . . . . . 5,934 25 824,943 146.47 22,745 4.04 . . . 22,745 . . . 68,235 938,668 166.67 5,632 107 4,159 . . .26 Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 19 6,936 277 16 187 4 234 140 138 . . . 21 6,887 26 724,771 104.72 9,641 1.39 . . . 9,641 . . . 28,923 772,976 111.69 6,921 150 4,903 . . .27 Eastern Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 68 9,171 421 29 153 . . . 270 171 117 . . . . . . 9,216 27 1,019,629 111.33 14,740 1.61 . . . 14,740 . . . 44,220 1,093,329 119.37 9,159 188 8,520 . . .28 Eastern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 47 4,615 158 2 129 . . . 137 100 62 . . . 9 4,596 28 571,447 123.80 27,328 5.92 . . . 27,328 . . . 81,984 708,087 153.40 4,616 129 3,246 . . .29 Kiev Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 5,468 349 5 112 . . . 96 77 22 . . . . . . 5,739 29 966,486 177.63 18,408 3.38 . . . 18,408 . . . 55,224 1,058,526 194.55 5,441 25 2,690 . . .30 Podolsk Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 32 7,091 371 27 194 . . . 191 167 229 . . . . . . 7,096 30 1,095,279 155.73 33,261 4.73 . . . 33,261 . . . 99,783 1,261,584 179.38 7,033 150 6,014 . . .31 Southern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 68 7,798 429 13 190 3 211 142 144 . . . 32 7,904 31 1,229,652 159.20 39,380 5.10 . . . 39,380 . . . 118,140 1,426,552 184.69 7,724 179 5,432 . . .32 Western Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 68 6,841 307 24 108 . . . 166 105 85 . . . 2 6,922 32 1,055,653 155.36 22,356 3.29 . . . 22,356 . . . 67,068 1,167,433 171.81 6,795 179 7,080 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D) EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 WEST RUSSIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 41 4,008 146 7 87 . . . 112 68 22 . . . . . . 4,046 34 1,035,132 260.21 13,949 3.51 416 13,949 . . . 41,847 1,105,293 277.85 3,978 107 3,142 . . .35 Moscow Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7 3,599 83 5 132 1 92 41 12 . . . 1 3,674 35 1,684,887 473.82 45,880 12.90 . . . 45,880 . . . 137,640 1,914,287 538.33 3,556 35 2,871 . . .36 Northwestern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 51 3,662 114 17 80 3 100 61 46 . . . 7 3,662 36 980,221 267.24 26,937 7.34 2,766 18,995 . . . 56,985 1,085,904 296.05 3,668 103 2,141 7,94237 Priokskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 18 3,269 154 3 71 . . . 76 33 13 . . . . . . 3,375 37 893,539 276.55 19,293 5.97 . . . 19,221 . . . 57,663 989,716 306.32 3,231 50 3,173 7238 Southern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 65 5,422 272 7 90 25 62 49 34 . . . 61 5,610 38 1,203,657 223.15 16,537 3.07 22 15,905 . . . 47,715 1,283,836 238.01 5,394 125 3,535 63239 Ural Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 80 4,985 203 2 118 . . . 141 42 59 . . . 35 5,031 39 1,166,916 233.76 20,091 4.02 98 20,091 . . . 60,273 1,267,469 253.90 4,992 147 3,412 . . .40 Volga Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 44 3,913 405 10 134 . . . 138 57 46 . . . 10 4,211 40 782,346 207.90 8,424 2.24 239 8,424 . . . 25,272 824,705 219.16 3,763 95 2,466 . . .41 Volgo-Vyatskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 47 5,334 203 31 133 . . . 117 62 90 . . . . . . 5,432 41 1,104,877 207.22 19,564 3.67 859 18,609 . . . 55,827 1,199,736 225.01 5,332 112 2,993 955

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 353 34,192 1,580 82 845 29 838 413 322 . . . 114 35,041 8,851,575 261.00 170,675 5.03 4,400 161,074 . . . 483,222 9,670,946 285.16 33,914 774 23,733 9,601

42 EURO-ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Belarus Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 15 5,115 375 3 89 . . . 95 57 285 . . . . . . 5,145 43 731,002 143.19 23,010 4.51 . . . 22,656 . . . 67,968 844,636 165.45 5,105 91 5,975 35444 Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 61 7,871 409 9 336 . . . 333 163 184 . . . 20 7,925 44 2,325,249 298.22 57,436 7.37 1,135 56,249 . . . 168,747 2,608,816 334.59 7,797 185 6,908 1,18745 East Russian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 55 6,533 401 18 242 11 244 71 98 . . . . . . 6,792 45 1,411,564 217.70 27,723 4.28 163 26,598 . . . 79,794 1,545,842 238.41 6,484 150 6,527 1,12546 Far Eastern Union of Churches Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 24 3,471 138 7 51 . . . 75 44 37 . . . . . . 3,511 46 914,969 266.52 33,364 9.72 500 25,814 . . . 77,442 1,052,089 306.46 3,433 84 3,450 7,55047 Moldova Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 87 11,079 427 16 395 . . . 659 187 271 . . . . . . 10,800 47 1,645,706 146.72 35,697 3.18 . . . 35,697 . . . 107,091 1,824,191 162.63 11,217 241 14,328 . . .48 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 52 6,316 303 10 276 2 386 41 87 . . . 2 6,391 48 968,410 154.08 42,548 6.77 . . . 42,548 . . . 127,644 1,181,150 187.93 6,285 141 6,391 . . .49 Trans-Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 24 1,981 75 2 183 16 204 33 43 . . . 1 1,976 49 240,056 120.87 7,018 3.53 . . . 7,018 . . . 21,054 275,146 138.54 1,986 53 1,629 . . .50 Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 330 61,035 2,878 161 1,383 7 1,646 1,151 990 . . . 64 61,613 50 8,686,861 143.16 220,697 3.64 . . . 220,697 . . . 662,091 9,790,346 161.35 60,679 1,245 49,534 . . .51 West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 353 34,192 1,580 82 845 29 838 413 322 . . . 114 35,041 51 8,851,575 261.00 170,675 5.03 4,400 161,074 . . . 483,222 9,670,946 285.16 33,914 774 23,733 9,601

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968 1,001 137,593 6,586 308 3,800 65 4,480 2,160 2,317 . . . 201 139,194 25,775,392 188.28 618,168 4.52 6,198 598,351 . . . 1,795,053 28,793,162 210.32 136,900 2,964 118,475 19,817

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION1 BELIZE UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION. . . . . . . . . . 76 40 32,091 1,890 1 . . . . . . 4 10 52 . . . . . . 33,916 1 1,061,016 33.47 49,717 1.57 4,475 106,102 11,535 149,151 1,381,996 43.60 31,699 80 36,231 46,734

2 CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 East Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 10 37,871 751 1 131 . . . 57 57 13 4 . . . 38,623 3 7,986,945 210.83 373,555 9.86 33,620 451,756 147,589 1,120,667 10,114,132 266.98 37,884 138 52,255 351,1424 Grenada Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 2 12,663 352 . . . 127 . . . 127 33 61 . . . . . . 12,921 4 1,586,434 126.77 73,223 5.85 6,590 111,050 46,893 219,669 2,043,859 163.33 12,514 48 16,730 68,8305 Guyana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 55 53,020 1,880 16 4 . . . 25 26 . . . 6 . . . 54,863 5 1,783,737 34.47 76,066 1.47 6,846 124,862 77,369 228,199 2,297,079 44.39 51,747 203 71,027 71,5026 North Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 11 24,223 916 68 81 137 107 66 131 16 . . . 25,105 6 11,196,312 466.98 728,240 30.37 65,542 783,742 394,136 2,184,720 15,352,692 640.34 23,976 82 36,575 684,5467 Saint Lucia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 9 15,064 79 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . . . . 15,136 7 2,003,885 133.18 95,969 6.38 8,637 140,272 17,593 287,908 2,554,264 169.76 15,046 55 19,824 90,2118 South Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 27 54,215 1,569 11 50 . . . 67 150 70 6 . . . 55,552 8 7,821,322 145.74 231,435 4.31 20,829 547,493 . . . 694,304 9,315,383 173.58 53,666 150 66,902 217,5499 Suriname Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 3,724 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,724 9 188,438 51.40 10,925 2.98 983 13,191 . . . 32,775 246,312 67.19 3,666 20 4,254 10,270

10 Tobago Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 1 7,772 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 22 267 7,579 10 1,951,751 251.81 104,451 13.48 9,401 136,623 45,092 313,353 2,560,671 330.37 7,751 31 8,141 98,184Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 118 208,552 5,648 96 393 137 388 339 275 54 267 213,503 34,518,824 167.36 1,693,864 8.21 152,448 2,308,989 728,672 5,081,595 44,484,392 215.68 206,250 727 275,708 1,592,234

11 CENTRAL MEXICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 23,608 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,653 . . . . . . 25,261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 31 16,994 867 73 87 . . . 56 13 54 . . . . . . 17,898 12 1,086,268 64.88 60,177 3.59 5,416 76,039 7,852 180,530 1,416,282 84.59 16,742 72 21,368 56,56613 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 70 13,714 636 61 4 . . . 7 52 151 1 . . . 14,204 13 872,727 64.00 44,752 3.28 4,028 61,091 18,237 134,256 1,135,091 83.24 13,636 111 16,512 42,06714 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 38 25,528 809 3 66 . . . 157 36 44 24 . . . 26,145 14 1,450,828 57.78 77,143 3.07 6,943 101,558 17,210 231,428 1,885,110 75.07 25,110 90 30,996 72,51415 Valley Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 60 9,235 342 22 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,630 15 529,822 57.63 24,271 2.64 2,184 37,088 . . . 72,814 666,179 72.47 9,193 101 10,553 22,815

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 199 65,471 2,654 159 188 . . . 220 101 249 25 . . . 67,877 3,963,253 61.27 206,343 3.19 18,571 277,429 43,299 619,028 5,127,923 79.28 64,681 374 79,429 193,962

16 COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 58,196 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,074 . . . . . . 62,270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Atlantic Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 73 23,801 1,467 . . . 111 . . . 125 101 740 400 . . . 24,013 17 962,649 40.59 45,344 1.91 4,081 67,385 . . . 136,032 1,215,491 51.25 23,716 171 29,925 42,62318 Caribbean Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 210 33,431 2,197 . . . 5,282 . . . . . . 6 107 3 . . . 40,794 18 890,850 28.00 43,573 1.37 3,922 62,360 . . . 130,719 1,131,424 35.56 31,813 299 44,381 40,95919 Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 45 14,942 1,053 30 42 . . . 27 365 2,053 134 . . . 13,488 19 581,849 40.20 29,539 2.04 2,659 39,806 . . . 88,617 742,470 51.29 14,475 119 13,752 27,76720 Colombian Islands Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 1,352 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 9 1,382 20 224,278 168.88 8,553 6.44 770 15,699 . . . 25,660 274,960 207.05 1,328 9 1,662 8,04021 Colombian Llanos and Boyaca Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 38 . . . 1,380 . . . 16,760 . . . 30 9 122 29 . . . 17,950 21 912,882 55.84 45,074 2.76 4,057 63,902 . . . 135,222 1,161,137 71.02 16,349 11 115 42,37022 East Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 130 33,470 3,068 58 16 . . . 47 524 1,353 479 . . . 34,209 22 2,530,120 78.13 146,460 4.52 13,181 177,108 . . . 439,379 3,306,248 102.10 32,382 323 37,559 137,67223 Northeast Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 52 18,263 984 26 271 . . . 238 477 633 289 . . . 17,907 23 1,138,520 67.10 74,643 4.40 6,718 79,696 . . . 223,929 1,523,506 89.79 16,967 137 20,965 70,16424 Pacific Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 83 30,116 2,541 15 83 634 101 34 249 64 . . . 32,941 24 1,317,874 45.03 60,216 2.06 5,419 92,251 . . . 180,648 1,656,408 56.60 29,267 197 32,941 56,60325 South Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 77 32,078 1,811 95 69 . . . 36 154 539 68 . . . 33,256 25 1,268,165 39.76 76,281 2.39 6,865 88,772 . . . 228,843 1,668,926 52.32 31,899 262 36,212 71,70426 Upper Magdalena Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 27 42,860 2,534 7 848 277 17,552 65 548 134 . . . 28,227 26 2,031,753 79.45 91,130 3.56 8,202 142,223 . . . 273,390 2,546,698 99.59 25,572 130 30,594 85,66227 West Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 85 32,980 1,545 . . . . . . 1,472 560 97 183 391 . . . 34,766 27 1,785,986 54.60 79,823 2.44 7,184 125,019 . . . 239,469 2,237,481 68.40 32,711 246 39,396 75,034

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195 822 263,293 18,620 231 23,482 2,383 18,716 1,833 6,527 1,991 9 278,933 13,703,122 53.43 700,636 2.73 63,058 958,295 . . . 2,101,908 17,527,019 68.34 256,479 1,904 287,502 658,598

28 CUBAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Central Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 24 5,231 325 13 45 . . . 38 62 293 16 6 5,199 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 7,981 . . .30 East Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 119 14,700 1,044 39 355 . . . 393 123 343 . . . . . . 15,279 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 20,093 . . .31 West Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 11 9,165 531 38 129 4 135 122 309 18 2 9,281 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 12,027 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 154 29,096 1,900 90 529 4 566 307 945 34 8 29,759 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 40,101 . . .

32 DOMINICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 52,179 . . . 153 . . . 14 3,653 . . . 459 56,458 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14433 Central Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 70 55,338 3,304 . . . 986 . . . 988 24 694 31 10 57,881 33 2,788,305 51.60 241,020 4.46 21,692 195,181 10,754 723,060 3,980,012 73.66 54,032 221 63,131 226,55934 East Dominican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 121 62,699 2,768 . . . 12 . . . 6 28 127 4 . . . 65,314 34 1,493,150 24.18 155,372 2.52 13,983 104,521 8,133 466,116 2,241,275 36.29 61,761 232 68,774 146,05035 North Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 85 28,351 2,254 31 162 . . . 167 68 944 290 . . . 29,329 35 1,312,190 47.42 103,962 3.76 9,357 91,853 8,696 311,886 1,837,944 66.42 27,671 195 32,743 97,72436 Northeast Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 76 20,139 2,364 9 1 . . . 6 6 181 . . . . . . 22,320 36 735,371 37.60 53,056 2.71 4,775 51,476 5,944 159,167 1,009,789 51.63 19,557 136 23,419 49,87337 South Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 87 32,435 1,762 1 3 . . . 19 2 5 . . . . . . 34,175 37 432,114 12.93 37,480 1.12 3,373 30,248 5,578 112,440 621,233 18.58 33,428 150 35,919 35,23138 Southeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 104 53,741 3,353 14 123 . . . 130 . . . 176 39 . . . 56,886 38 2,026,179 38.60 189,647 3.61 17,068 141,833 13,682 568,941 2,957,350 56.34 52,487 240 61,575 178,268

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)39 FRENCH ANTILLES-GUIANA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 27,055 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,894 . . . . . . 28,949 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 French Guiana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 2,308 73 . . . 3 . . . 4 1 74 7 . . . 2,298 40 1,063,003 459.18 53,538 23.13 4,818 74,410 . . . 160,614 1,356,383 585.91 2,315 15 2,377 50,32641 Guadeloupe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 17 12,034 248 5 88 . . . 77 61 84 125 . . . 12,028 41 6,198,149 513.52 328,834 27.24 29,595 433,870 . . . 986,502 7,976,950 660.89 12,070 76 14,956 309,10442 Martinique Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 8 14,724 506 4 15 . . . 52 60 112 176 . . . 14,849 42 9,449,920 643.86 514,570 35.06 46,311 661,494 . . . 1,543,710 12,216,005 832.32 14,677 74 19,959 483,696

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 31 29,066 827 9 106 . . . 133 122 270 308 . . . 29,175 16,738,127 575.95 896,942 30.86 80,724 1,171,668 . . . 2,690,826 21,578,287 742.49 29,062 165 37,292 843,126

43 GUATEMALA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 36,046 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,523 . . . . . . 38,569 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Central Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 22 23,669 1,525 95 30 . . . 76 8 171 250 . . . 24,814 44 621,315 27.16 34,986 1.53 3,149 43,492 29,677 104,958 837,577 36.61 22,877 111 24,814 32,88745 East Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 12 32,305 2,223 95 . . . . . . 4 37 905 64 . . . 33,613 45 543,472 17.18 26,033 0.82 2,343 38,043 20,387 78,100 708,378 22.39 31,636 128 33,613 24,47146 Metropolitan Guatemala Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 26 18,521 1,386 47 65 . . . 138 26 65 234 671 18,885 46 883,673 45.75 50,378 2.61 4,534 61,857 32,000 151,135 1,183,577 61.28 19,314 90 22,745 47,35647 North Guatemala Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 8 28,289 1,810 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,101 47 593,729 21.78 30,736 1.13 2,766 41,561 19,506 92,209 780,507 28.63 27,259 96 30,101 28,89248 South Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 50 46,771 2,144 100 59 . . . 120 87 1,075 376 . . . 47,416 48 741,484 16.07 48,764 1.06 4,389 51,904 25,800 146,293 1,018,634 22.08 46,132 223 47,416 45,83849 West Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 12 57,320 3,055 88 . . . . . . . . . 33 208 75 . . . 60,147 49 964,094 17.10 53,250 0.94 4,793 67,487 26,914 159,751 1,276,289 22.63 56,393 212 60,147 50,055

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 130 206,875 12,143 427 154 . . . 338 191 2,424 999 671 214,976 4,383,813 21.53 244,147 1.20 21,974 306,867 154,284 732,446 5,843,531 28.70 203,611 860 218,836 229,499

50 HAITIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 42,454 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,972 . . . . . . 45,426 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Central Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 105 97,270 3,396 5 71 231 61 48 202 12 140 100,510 51 1,652,359 17.18 132,010 1.37 11,881 115,665 841 396,031 2,308,787 24.00 96,204 235 144,045 124,09052 North Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 145 92,434 3,234 . . . . . . . . . 8 18 10 . . . 17 95,615 52 543,430 5.91 48,838 0.53 4,395 38,040 605 146,513 781,821 8.50 91,930 308 144,147 45,90753 Northwest Haiti Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 152 76,528 2,780 28 72 . . . 85 51 536 23 . . . 78,713 53 631,857 8.30 61,084 0.80 5,498 44,230 59 183,253 925,981 12.16 76,152 259 130,178 57,41954 South Haiti Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 121 61,797 1,795 7 7 64 5 20 104 125 31 63,385 54 694,865 11.46 52,807 0.87 4,753 48,641 163 158,421 959,650 15.83 60,624 300 101,889 49,638

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 523 328,029 11,205 40 150 295 159 137 852 160 188 338,223 3,564,965 10.97 294,739 0.91 26,527 249,548 1,668 884,218 5,021,665 15.46 324,910 1,102 520,259 277,054

55 INTER-OCEANIC MEXICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 45,778 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,204 . . . . . . 48,982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Hidalgo Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 297 24,087 2,259 112 80 . . . 154 114 437 229 . . . 25,604 56 2,240,403 79.81 127,235 4.53 11,451 156,828 . . . 381,704 2,917,621 103.93 28,072 503 33,571 119,60057 Isthmus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 167 17,634 1,395 24 8 663 41 27 166 17 . . . 19,473 57 909,276 49.07 61,944 3.34 5,575 63,649 . . . 185,831 1,226,275 66.18 18,529 249 23,314 58,22758 Oaxaca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 130 19,600 1,259 6 19 . . . 7 25 148 19 . . . 20,685 58 928,916 46.55 58,867 2.95 5,298 65,024 . . . 176,602 1,234,707 61.87 19,955 186 29,124 55,33559 Olmeca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 309 40,858 3,892 89 24 . . . 68 160 1,375 251 20 42,989 59 3,495,708 85.49 257,556 6.30 23,180 244,700 . . . 772,668 4,793,812 117.23 40,892 561 54,890 242,10360 South Pacific Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 112 21,866 1,542 19 19 20 21 65 496 343 . . . 22,541 60 1,972,063 91.16 105,839 4.89 9,525 138,044 . . . 317,516 2,542,987 117.56 21,632 249 27,411 99,48861 South Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 186 31,574 3,858 363 303 . . . 130 187 1,852 414 . . . 33,515 61 2,676,898 81.66 191,352 5.84 17,222 187,383 . . . 574,056 3,646,911 111.24 32,783 434 63,698 179,871

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 1,201 155,619 14,205 613 453 683 421 578 4,474 1,273 20 164,807 12,269,042 75.80 802,793 4.96 72,251 858,832 . . . 2,408,377 16,411,295 101.39 161,863 2,182 232,008 754,624

62 MID-CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 22,598 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582 . . . . . . 24,180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Atlantic Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 48 44,770 2,765 235 . . . . . . 4 5 55 24 . . . 47,682 63 558,655 14.54 25,683 0.67 2,311 22,008 23,000 77,049 708,706 18.44 38,425 175 47,860 24,14264 Bay Islands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 6,699 330 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 75 . . . . . . 6,946 64 595,985 92.06 30,156 4.66 2,714 41,719 10,000 90,468 771,042 119.10 6,474 27 6,946 28,34765 Central El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 33 27,403 2,423 77 259 . . . 228 37 166 201 . . . 29,530 65 513,019 20.15 20,638 0.81 1,857 35,911 20,000 61,915 653,340 25.66 25,457 140 30,572 19,40066 Central Honduras Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 87 99,582 5,047 45 . . . . . . . . . 9 41 6 . . . 104,618 66 1,331,043 14.21 59,567 0.64 5,361 71,177 45,000 178,700 1,690,848 18.06 93,643 219 105,466 55,99367 East El Salvador Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 90 51,777 1,887 113 54 . . . 133 52 387 91 . . . 53,168 67 747,221 16.37 58,923 1.29 5,303 52,305 28,500 176,768 1,069,020 23.42 45,646 258 53,848 55,38768 Metropolitan El Salvador Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 21 35,102 2,404 96 144 . . . 254 60 412 267 . . . 36,753 68 863,594 27.75 55,797 1.79 5,022 60,452 33,000 167,391 1,185,256 38.09 31,115 143 36,506 52,44969 Northwest Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 62 68,646 1,712 41 . . . . . . 1 16 30 4 . . . 70,348 69 853,824 14.81 49,133 0.85 4,422 59,768 9,600 147,398 1,124,145 19.50 57,638 195 71,393 46,18570 Paracentral El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 15 35,807 1,858 98 24 . . . 81 25 216 28 . . . 37,437 70 489,514 14.11 37,570 1.08 3,381 34,266 20,000 112,710 697,441 20.10 34,694 120 46,761 35,31671 West El Salvador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 40 38,283 2,412 126 . . . . . . . . . 98 616 157 . . . 39,950 71 654,098 16.53 46,093 1.16 4,148 45,787 25,000 138,280 913,406 23.08 39,577 200 40,827 43,328

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 401 408,069 20,838 831 481 . . . 701 310 1,998 778 . . . 426,432 6,629,551 17.79 383,560 1.03 34,519 424,975 214,100 1,150,679 8,837,384 23.71 372,669 1,477 440,179 360,547

72 NORTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Baja California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 49 15,313 1,504 82 39 . . . 71 14 152 561 . . . 16,140 73 2,146,570 133.93 125,882 7.85 11,329 142,807 . . . 377,645 2,804,233 174.96 16,028 137 17,840 118,32974 Gulf Mexican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 40 24,655 1,197 79 53 . . . 8,458 117 318 206 . . . 16,885 74 1,885,156 116.40 119,040 7.35 10,714 131,961 . . . 357,120 2,503,991 154.62 16,195 91 17,222 111,89875 North Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 40 15,061 1,186 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,317 75 1,235,525 82.55 79,166 5.29 7,125 86,487 . . . 237,498 1,645,801 109.96 14,967 104 21,484 74,41676 North Tamaulipas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 22 . . . 132 21 8,434 . . . 17 23 59 114 . . . 8,374 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,977 62 9,459 . . .77 Northeast Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 41 21,660 880 117 193 . . . 75 28 31 37 . . . 22,679 77 3,353,296 157.24 171,115 8.02 15,400 234,731 . . . 513,346 4,287,888 201.06 21,326 121 28,106 160,84878 Sinaloa Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 50 12,018 689 16 16 . . . 35 22 111 23 . . . 12,548 78 1,059,264 88.69 64,643 5.41 5,818 74,149 . . . 193,928 1,397,802 117.04 11,943 112 15,574 60,76479 Sonora Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 39 11,674 615 10 21 . . . 66 22 80 19 . . . 12,133 79 1,115,682 96.97 59,850 5.20 5,386 78,098 . . . 179,549 1,438,565 125.03 11,506 89 13,920 56,25980 West Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 89 15,110 902 8 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,024 80 1,181,699 79.84 75,179 5.08 6,766 82,719 . . . 225,537 1,571,900 106.21 14,800 135 19,609 70,668

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 370 115,491 7,105 403 8,760 . . . 8,722 226 751 960 . . . 121,100 11,977,192 104.38 694,875 6.06 62,538 830,952 . . . 2,084,623 15,650,180 136.39 114,742 851 143,214 653,182Note—No tithes and offerings were reported for North Tamaulipas Mission. Funds were not separated from Gulf Mexican Conference.

81 PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 78,744 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,512 74,891 . . . 159,147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 East Puerto Rico Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 5 14,469 816 61 289 76 69 92 166 39 382 14,963 82 8,340,359 569.07 311,733 21.27 28,056 583,825 . . . 935,199 10,199,172 695.90 14,656 128 14,693 293,02983 North Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 7 5,305 172 16 25 . . . 43 34 50 22 1,036 4,333 83 1,911,475 363.12 79,206 15.05 7,129 133,803 . . . 237,618 2,369,231 450.08 5,264 50 4,766 74,45484 South Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6 3,017 120 13 39 1 20 21 47 25 . . . 3,077 84 1,018,422 338.23 31,958 10.61 2,876 71,290 . . . 95,874 1,220,420 405.32 3,011 37 3,384 30,04185 West Puerto Rico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 8 13,829 590 36 200 . . . 197 84 161 21 12 14,180 85 6,726,946 485.14 137,456 9.91 12,371 470,886 161,753 412,369 7,921,781 571.31 13,866 109 14,180 129,209

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 26 36,620 1,698 126 553 77 329 231 424 107 1,430 36,553 18,075,946 491.23 560,353 15.23 50,432 1,265,316 236,644 1,681,060 21,869,751 594.34 36,797 324 37,023 526,733

86 SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 36,099 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,527 . . . . . . 38,626 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Caribbean Costa Rica Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 22 13,953 453 10 19 . . . 17 17 87 238 . . . 14,076 87 583,737 42.17 36,824 2.66 3,314 40,862 7,973 110,473 783,183 56.58 13,841 81 16,716 34,61588 Central Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 27 12,908 943 25 138 . . . 139 20 207 17 . . . 13,631 88 480,673 38.81 36,629 2.96 3,297 33,647 13,855 109,887 677,988 54.74 12,385 70 15,464 34,43189 Central-South Costa Rica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 7 23,948 578 22 85 . . . 88 15 43 103 . . . 24,384 89 1,091,293 46.02 61,357 2.59 5,522 76,391 11,114 184,071 1,429,748 60.29 23,713 77 28,691 57,67690 East Panama Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 32 28,625 1,492 24 34 . . . 34 36 130 72 . . . 29,903 90 1,867,652 65.79 141,811 5.00 12,763 130,736 44,000 425,432 2,622,394 92.37 28,390 106 34,295 133,30291 Nicaragua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 53 102,307 6,160 41 203 . . . 61 46 453 189 . . . 107,962 91 919,356 9.29 59,941 0.61 5,395 34,551 14,422 179,824 1,213,489 12.27 98,939 262 122,573 56,34592 North Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 24 22,437 842 13 139 . . . 110 6 26 6 . . . 23,283 92 805,643 36.70 40,862 1.86 3,678 56,395 9,580 122,586 1,038,744 47.31 21,955 86 26,881 38,41093 West Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 8 45,411 1,316 . . . 2 . . . 3 6 104 48 . . . 46,568 93 1,447,291 32.77 108,952 2.47 9,806 101,310 44,533 326,857 2,038,749 46.17 44,161 221 54,406 102,415

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)94 SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Central Chiapas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 321 32,703 2,737 35 112 24 46 426 832 185 . . . 34,122 95 2,484,821 76.83 149,597 4.63 13,464 173,937 24,095 448,791 3,294,705 101.88 32,340 476 41,818 140,62196 Central Tabasco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 96 38,511 1,561 16 24 . . . 23,386 55 646 54 146 15,825 96 2,079,533 140.46 120,765 8.16 10,869 145,567 56,657 362,294 2,775,685 187.48 14,805 169 19,179 113,51997 East Tabasco Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 152 . . . 1,618 7 23,454 . . . 105 30 318 61 . . . 24,565 97 1,284,439 55.47 98,598 4.26 8,874 89,911 . . . 295,794 1,777,616 76.77 23,156 255 3,532 92,68298 Mayab Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 225 29,697 2,021 . . . . . . . . . 71 225 333 239 . . . 30,850 98 1,854,437 60.57 116,432 3.80 10,479 129,811 27,851 349,295 2,488,305 81.27 30,616 351 34,733 109,44699 North Chiapas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 336 46,095 4,035 2 68 . . . 119 143 1,551 137 . . . 48,250 99 2,230,894 49.52 150,554 3.34 13,550 156,163 22,395 451,662 3,025,218 67.16 45,046 504 57,128 141,521

100 Quintana Roo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 175 20,810 1,824 3 22 . . . 9 10 90 3 . . . 22,547 100 1,847,843 92.93 131,557 6.62 11,840 129,349 29,236 394,670 2,544,495 127.96 19,885 242 24,945 123,663101 Soconusco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 444 54,644 3,752 47 38 . . . 61 190 1,635 555 . . . 56,040 101 2,147,497 39.48 153,220 2.82 13,790 150,325 19,709 459,660 2,944,201 54.13 54,396 638 67,519 144,027102 Upper Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 404 32,765 2,979 10 25 . . . 4 18 259 28 . . . 35,470 102 1,012,967 31.29 53,133 1.64 4,782 70,908 9,891 159,399 1,311,080 40.50 32,371 468 42,300 49,945103 West Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 227 24,715 2,022 25 41 2 27 49 610 88 . . . 26,031 103 1,364,723 57.82 112,680 4.77 10,141 95,531 15,145 338,041 1,936,261 82.04 23,601 429 32,143 105,920

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 2,380 279,940 22,549 145 23,784 26 23,828 1,146 6,274 1,350 146 293,700 16,307,154 59.04 1,086,536 3.93 97,789 1,141,502 204,979 3,259,606 22,097,566 80.00 276,216 3,532 323,297 1,021,344

104 VENEZUELA-ANTILLES UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 425,859 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,810 . . . . . . 455,669 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Aruba Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 676 61 . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 736 105 319,513 465.08 21,269 30.96 1,914 22,366 23,723 63,808 452,593 658.80 687 9 932 19,993106 Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 32 21,843 1,711 68 . . . . . . 82 6 42 . . . . . . 23,492 106 1,215,245 56.02 82,187 3.79 7,397 85,067 1,800 246,560 1,638,256 75.52 21,693 103 43,374 77,255107 East Venezuela Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 110 22,878 4,247 18 . . . . . . . . . 10 153 54 . . . 26,926 107 756,220 34.80 63,182 2.91 5,686 52,935 . . . 189,547 1,067,570 49.13 21,731 210 28,852 59,391108 Netherlands Antilles Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 5 5,834 403 7 54 . . . 84 33 43 32 . . . 6,106 108 1,624,196 282.67 74,479 12.96 6,703 113,694 . . . 223,436 2,042,508 355.47 5,746 32 9,148 70,010109 North Central Venezuela Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 49 18,907 1,700 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,689 109 909,037 48.77 48,058 2.58 4,325 63,633 1,343 144,174 1,170,570 62.81 18,638 142 23,812 45,175110 South Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 55 17,776 1,807 . . . . . . . . . 3 15 16 4 . . . 19,545 110 674,142 38.84 50,133 2.89 4,512 47,190 607 150,399 926,983 53.41 17,356 148 21,413 47,125111 Southeast Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 66 31,204 3,243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,447 111 788,719 25.66 69,327 2.26 6,239 55,210 2,577 207,980 1,130,052 36.76 30,739 172 40,164 65,167112 Southwest Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 53 21,277 2,013 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,302 112 694,143 32.85 48,278 2.28 4,345 48,590 1,242 144,835 941,433 44.55 21,131 141 29,817 45,382113 West Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 45 35,154 1,097 52 . . . . . . 17,636 3 40 3 . . . 18,621 113 777,325 45.96 45,832 2.71 4,125 54,413 1,103 137,495 1,020,293 60.33 16,913 121 17,943 43,082114 West Los Llanos Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 37 . . . 1,850 17 17,634 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 19,495 114 478,745 27.20 34,409 1.95 3,097 33,512 . . . 103,226 652,989 37.09 17,604 104 18,785 32,344115 West Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 49 28,218 2,999 2 . . . . . . 2 13 148 35 . . . 31,021 115 934,384 33.74 57,348 2.07 5,161 65,407 2,028 172,045 1,236,373 44.64 27,697 170 31,146 53,907

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 503 203,767 21,131 258 17,689 . . . 17,808 81 448 128 . . . 224,380 9,597,528 48.00 594,502 2.97 53,504 671,827 34,423 1,783,505 12,735,289 63.70 199,935 1,352 265,386 558,831

116 WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 123,681 . . . 216 . . . 19 8,658 . . . 647 133,221 . . . . . . . . . . . . 203117 Bahamas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . 15,212 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 15,855 117 6,283,190 418.85 285,537 19.03 25,698 439,823 . . . 856,612 7,890,860 526.02 15,001 57 25,432 268,405118 Cayman Islands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 3,846 326 4 28 . . . 71 10 25 . . . . . . 4,098 118 3,776,142 986.71 155,334 40.59 13,980 264,330 31,634 466,001 4,707,421 1,230.06 3,827 15 3,541 146,014119 Central Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 22 74,550 3,363 19 88 . . . 684 141 96 69 . . . 77,030 119 5,696,553 77.46 166,832 2.27 15,015 398,759 78,958 500,497 6,856,614 93.24 73,541 245 102,435 156,823120 East Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 16 67,696 2,276 6 89 . . . 131 116 26 . . . . . . 69,794 120 6,353,966 94.95 228,152 3.41 20,534 385,023 87,282 684,455 7,759,412 115.95 66,920 143 91,102 214,463121 North Bahamas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 2,364 284 5 9 . . . 11 6 23 . . . . . . 2,622 121 1,157,048 495.52 62,393 26.72 5,615 80,993 1,971 187,180 1,495,200 640.34 2,335 11 2,525 58,650122 North Jamaica Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 19 25,930 1,807 3 52 . . . 62 118 366 30 . . . 27,216 122 1,128,711 44.47 47,741 1.88 4,297 79,010 301,527 143,224 1,704,510 67.15 25,382 136 35,491 44,877123 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 1,804 231 1 10 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2,045 123 746,228 422.31 26,347 14.91 2,371 52,236 . . . 79,040 906,222 512.86 1,767 10 1,891 24,766124 West Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 18 71,822 3,512 5 143 . . . 253 277 1,345 199 . . . 73,408 124 4,767,290 67.27 181,737 2.56 16,356 333,710 59,045 545,212 5,903,350 83.31 70,863 222 79,049 170,833

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 77 263,224 12,449 43 419 . . . 1,212 676 1,881 298 . . . 272,068 30,032,809 115.67 1,154,289 4.45 103,885 2,042,542 560,417 3,462,868 37,356,810 143.88 259,636 839 341,466 1,085,034

125 INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 107 . . . . . . 5 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 125 704,908 . . . 10,951 . . . 986 697,859 . . . 32,853 1,447,557 . . . 107 . . . . . . 10,294126 Belize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 40 32,091 1,890 1 . . . . . . 4 10 52 . . . . . . 33,916 126 1,061,016 33.47 49,717 1.57 4,475 106,102 11,535 149,151 1,381,996 43.60 31,699 80 36,231 46,734127 Caribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 118 208,552 5,648 96 393 137 388 339 275 54 267 213,503 127 34,518,824 167.36 1,693,864 8.21 152,448 2,308,989 728,672 5,081,595 44,484,392 215.68 206,250 727 275,708 1,592,234128 Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 199 65,471 2,654 159 188 . . . 220 101 249 25 . . . 67,877 128 3,963,253 61.27 206,343 3.19 18,571 277,429 43,299 619,028 5,127,923 79.28 64,681 374 79,429 193,962129 Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195 822 263,293 18,620 231 23,482 2,383 18,716 1,833 6,527 1,991 9 278,933 129 13,703,122 53.43 700,636 2.73 63,058 958,295 . . . 2,101,908 17,527,019 68.34 256,479 1,904 287,502 658,598130 Cuban Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 154 29,096 1,900 90 529 4 566 307 945 34 8 29,759 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 40,101 . . .131 Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 543 252,703 15,805 55 1,287 . . . 1,316 128 2,127 364 10 265,905 131 8,839,488 35.51 780,690 3.14 70,262 618,765 52,787 2,342,069 12,704,061 51.03 248,936 1,174 285,561 733,849132 French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 31 29,066 827 9 106 . . . 133 122 270 308 . . . 29,175 132 16,738,127 575.95 896,942 30.86 80,724 1,171,668 . . . 2,690,826 21,578,287 742.49 29,062 165 37,292 843,126133 Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 130 206,875 12,143 427 154 . . . 338 191 2,424 999 671 214,976 133 4,383,813 21.53 244,147 1.20 21,974 306,867 154,284 732,446 5,843,531 28.70 203,611 860 218,836 229,499134 Haitian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 523 328,029 11,205 40 150 295 159 137 852 160 188 338,223 134 3,564,965 10.97 294,739 0.91 26,527 249,548 1,668 884,218 5,021,665 15.46 324,910 1,102 520,259 277,054135 Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 981 1,201 155,619 14,205 613 453 683 421 578 4,474 1,273 20 164,807 135 12,269,042 75.80 802,793 4.96 72,251 858,832 . . . 2,408,377 16,411,295 101.39 161,863 2,182 232,008 754,624136 Mid-Central American Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 401 408,069 20,838 831 481 . . . 701 310 1,998 778 . . . 426,432 136 6,629,551 17.79 383,560 1.03 34,519 424,975 214,100 1,150,679 8,837,384 23.71 372,669 1,477 440,179 360,547137 North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 370 115,491 7,105 403 8,760 . . . 8,722 226 751 960 . . . 121,100 137 11,977,192 104.38 694,875 6.06 62,538 830,952 . . . 2,084,623 15,650,180 136.39 114,742 851 143,214 653,182138 Puerto Rican Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 26 36,620 1,698 126 553 77 329 231 424 107 1,430 36,553 138 18,075,946 491.23 560,353 15.23 50,432 1,265,316 236,644 1,681,060 21,869,751 594.34 36,797 324 37,023 526,733139 South Central American Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 643 173 249,589 11,784 135 620 . . . 452 146 1,050 673 . . . 259,807 139 7,231,744 29.71 486,376 2.00 43,775 476,419 145,477 1,459,130 9,842,921 40.44 243,384 903 299,026 457,194140 South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,051 2,380 279,940 22,549 145 23,784 26 23,828 1,146 6,274 1,350 146 293,700 140 16,307,154 59.04 1,086,536 3.93 97,789 1,141,502 204,979 3,259,606 22,097,566 80.00 276,216 3,532 323,297 1,021,344141 Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 503 203,767 21,131 258 17,689 . . . 17,808 81 448 128 . . . 224,380 141 9,597,528 48.00 594,502 2.97 53,504 671,827 34,423 1,783,505 12,735,289 63.70 199,935 1,352 265,386 558,831142 West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 77 263,224 12,449 43 419 . . . 1,212 676 1,881 298 . . . 272,068 142 30,032,809 115.67 1,154,289 4.45 103,885 2,042,542 560,417 3,462,868 37,356,810 143.88 259,636 839 341,466 1,085,034

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,346 7,691 3,127,602 182,451 3,662 79,053 3,605 75,315 6,562 31,021 9,502 2,749 3,271,224 199,598,482 65.85 10,641,313 3.51 957,718 14,407,887 2,388,285 31,923,942 259,917,627 85.75 3,030,977 18,297 3,862,518 10,002,839

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Bermuda Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1 3,707 150 7 50 2 66 18 1 5 99 3,727 2 5,700,076 1,535.58 152,067 40.97 41,821 886,613 41,077 2,397,515 9,219,169 2,483.61 3,712 11 534 144,7653 Greater New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 19 23,843 1,304 208 461 384 583 134 277 375 385 24,446 3 21,280,719 885.81 566,155 23.57 61,942 184,131 189,348 12,344,087 34,626,382 1,441.32 24,024 165 15,407 556,2634 New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1 5,250 201 27 94 . . . 97 42 22 3 5 5,403 4 4,123,084 799.20 104,517 20.26 23,369 363,885 4,885 1,551,142 6,170,882 1,196.14 5,159 77 1,771 96,5425 Northeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 16 47,158 2,072 175 942 477 1,196 232 84 791 . . . 48,521 5 38,071,188 820.23 869,129 18.73 18,180 1,537,415 165,036 11,002,850 51,663,798 1,113.08 46,415 193 30,505 868,8446 Northern New England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 4 5,087 135 17 184 (3) 150 53 32 12 . . . 5,173 6 5,458,824 1,072.46 149,415 29.35 45,149 308,727 9,274 5,127,193 11,098,582 2,180.47 5,090 64 1,411 131,6817 Southern New England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 22 15,009 780 174 577 . . . 516 113 146 310 44 15,411 7 14,860,962 1,015.37 384,330 26.26 60,985 429,404 4,431 9,847,597 25,587,709 1,748.27 14,636 129 4,148 375,042

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 63 100,054 4,642 608 2,308 860 2,608 592 562 1,496 533 102,681 89,494,853 903.66 2,225,613 22.47 251,446 3,710,175 414,051 42,270,384 138,366,522 1,397.13 99,036 639 53,776 2,173,137

8 CANADA, SDA CHURCH IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 20,044 . . . 22,099 288,105 . . . 1,527,068 1,857,316 . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,9609 Alberta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 13 9,764 253 32 408 7 297 51 65 12 13 10,026 9 11,189,665 1,170.71 447,280 46.80 63,675 1,370,959 47,507 5,837,574 18,956,660 1,983.33 9,558 75 3,723 425,276

10 British Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 22 10,523 329 25 327 9 284 100 48 25 22 10,734 10 10,044,104 961.53 567,074 54.29 67,913 952,188 39,375 6,745,252 18,415,906 1,762.96 10,446 100 3,884 535,64111 Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2 3,281 46 7 118 1 59 37 . . . . . . . . . 3,357 11 3,145,577 971.16 148,857 45.96 20,617 459,457 45,315 1,455,254 5,275,077 1,628.61 3,239 32 1,298 137,91712 Maritime Conference of the SDA Church, Inc . . . . . . . . 25 4 1,597 43 7 50 1 30 19 8 2 . . . 1,639 12 1,522,855 962.01 79,585 50.27 10,018 238,600 32,713 4,191,090 6,074,861 3,837.56 1,583 29 718 74,32213 Ontario Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 22 28,025 1,095 76 538 113 520 160 295 208 (7) 28,671 13 23,697,303 862.50 611,430 22.25 77,404 1,042,678 7,753 15,599,493 41,036,061 1,493.58 27,475 136 19,620 584,06714 Quebec Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 15 5,486 205 46 158 77 112 40 38 45 16 5,721 14 4,171,904 769.72 127,050 23.44 7,636 486,434 2,670 2,288,913 7,084,607 1,307.12 5,420 . . . . . . 123,03615 SDA Church in Newfoundland and Labrador . . . . . . . . . 8 3 678 4 . . . 16 . . . 10 9 2 . . . . . . 677 15 466,062 693.54 18,233 27.13 2,359 43,630 3,091 178,754 712,129 1,059.72 672 11 35 17,084

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)16 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 25,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Allegheny East Conference Corporation of SDA, The . . 106 22 33,540 1,361 142 519 1,998 606 137 23 670 . . . 36,124 17 30,418,230 929.23 380,453 11.62 26,915 1,045,455 12,993 . . . 31,884,046 974.00 32,735 128 4,881 376,73818 Allegheny West Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 8 12,735 344 33 39 333 100 37 3 6 27 13,311 18 6,879,808 545.19 70,388 5.58 1,242 26,694 . . . 1,995,732 8,973,864 711.14 12,619 . . . . . . 69,88619 Chesapeake Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 11 12,940 373 85 501 22 356 117 24 67 4 13,353 19 15,159,486 1,182.58 406,503 31.71 106,597 637,960 41,560 . . . 16,352,106 1,275.61 12,819 . . . . . . 389,27520 Mountain View Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3 2,397 72 8 55 4 46 34 11 39 2 2,404 20 2,247,889 944.49 76,459 32.13 15,023 412,877 44,177 1,240,140 4,036,565 1,696.04 2,380 36 2,017 72,74221 New Jersey Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 14 12,292 672 104 231 . . . 296 41 34 35 31 12,862 21 10,355,074 858.63 310,773 25.77 37,669 411,926 21,481 751,342 11,888,265 985.76 12,060 94 3,902 302,09522 Ohio Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 8 11,459 292 71 488 . . . 531 99 110 112 . . . 11,458 22 9,361,253 827.19 249,073 22.01 38,740 334,109 7,084 2,525,871 12,516,130 1,105.96 11,317 . . . . . . 233,26623 Pennsylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . 10,292 388 106 418 (19) 394 99 95 84 . . . 10,513 23 10,487,595 1,031.03 312,331 30.70 73,727 527,198 23,826 3,465,738 14,890,415 1,463.86 10,172 100 3,219 298,06224 Potomac Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 26 32,106 1,278 209 985 (21) 1,078 157 358 379 . . . 32,585 24 29,740,240 942.13 504,323 15.98 65,764 533,584 31,758 . . . 30,875,669 978.10 31,567 162 12,233 489,157

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 92 127,761 4,780 758 3,236 2,317 3,407 721 658 1,392 64 132,610 114,675,155 912.52 2,310,303 18.38 365,677 3,929,803 182,879 9,978,823 131,442,640 1,045.94 125,669 520 26,252 2,231,221

25 LAKE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11,500 . . . 1,642 . . . 233 152 . . . . . . 13,527 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,56126 Illinois Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 17 12,886 383 90 473 (10) 517 120 77 201 . . . 12,907 26 11,103,277 875.51 278,554 21.96 59,952 669,673 28,807 4,908,675 17,048,938 1,344.34 12,682 113 3,236 261,12527 Indiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8 7,321 287 48 244 (15) 234 64 37 27 . . . 7,523 27 7,505,146 1,035.62 252,140 34.79 28,387 271,381 14,333 4,604,135 12,675,522 1,749.07 7,247 74 3,186 239,89328 Lake Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 5 28,684 783 85 217 (69) 355 79 19 86 . . . 29,161 28 11,424,918 401.25 118,206 4.15 11,255 575,763 . . . 3,478,572 15,608,714 548.19 28,473 . . . . . . 114,26829 Michigan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 20 25,418 674 75 945 (39) 1,039 276 153 42 . . . 25,563 29 29,911,935 1,188.68 1,387,776 55.15 173,364 2,689,704 102,481 15,614,635 49,879,895 1,982.19 25,164 185 16,967 1,322,23630 Wisconsin Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 8 7,172 325 47 175 (10) 185 68 75 59 . . . 7,322 30 6,576,409 933.35 236,923 33.63 48,971 480,555 7,089 3,099,674 10,449,621 1,483.06 7,046 61 3,277 226,020

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 58 81,481 2,452 345 2,054 (143) 2,330 607 361 415 . . . 82,476 66,533,185 825.35 2,275,241 28.22 322,162 4,687,228 152,710 31,705,691 105,676,217 1,310.92 80,612 433 26,666 2,165,103

31 MID-AMERICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Central States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 16 12,105 429 32 83 149 74 24 1 . . . 34 12,665 32 5,233,659 434.87 76,478 6.35 1,048 426 1,335 4,122,799 9,435,745 784.03 12,035 43 2,139 76,47233 Dakota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3 4,292 61 6 96 (2) 108 47 24 2 2 4,270 33 3,962,439 928.62 182,653 42.81 24,978 22,137 3,782 1,701,683 5,897,672 1,382.16 4,267 . . . . . . 178,23034 Iowa-Missouri Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 5 10,698 363 48 288 7 294 108 39 10 4 10,949 34 9,735,424 913.95 333,008 31.26 66,742 46,136 37,258 5,621,545 15,840,113 1,487.06 10,652 . . . . . . 317,29835 Kansas-Nebraska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 6 11,243 281 32 327 (5) 336 113 32 49 5 11,343 35 10,438,573 929.36 321,136 28.59 99,050 50,767 17,887 5,956,386 16,883,799 1,503.19 11,232 104 6,559 296,81136 Minnesota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 12 7,485 262 93 160 (7) 184 36 34 11 6 7,722 36 6,347,259 870.20 195,377 26.79 56,462 35,722 9,311 4,646,949 11,291,080 1,548.00 7,294 26 1,167 179,45637 Rocky Mountain Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 23 16,213 394 81 662 5 630 137 51 31 4 16,502 37 14,107,790 877.73 395,113 24.58 90,282 57,962 2,940 9,310,883 23,964,970 1,491.01 16,073 113 4,554 372,573

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 65 62,036 1,790 292 1,616 147 1,626 465 181 103 55 63,451 49,825,144 809.47 1,503,765 24.43 338,562 213,150 72,513 31,360,245 83,313,379 1,353.52 61,553 286 14,419 1,420,840

38 NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 139,205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Alaska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 6 3,620 94 7 71 2 48 11 11 47 10 3,667 39 3,688,268 1,023.10 88,221 24.47 41,482 90,367 1,347 1,700,053 5,609,738 1,556.10 3,605 36 3,643 78,21740 Idaho Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3 6,371 142 19 115 7 88 52 6 . . . 2 6,506 40 5,413,368 857.50 170,405 26.99 36,567 208,668 2,577 2,991,061 8,822,646 1,397.54 6,313 44 1,281 160,75841 Montana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 6 3,993 59 8 83 4 63 41 21 4 4 4,014 41 3,760,602 944.16 108,640 27.28 38,342 152,331 1,414 1,898,598 5,959,927 1,496.34 3,983 43 3,500 100,31042 Oregon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 19 34,990 1,024 97 380 7 291 354 155 171 14 35,513 42 30,478,824 875.40 1,018,208 29.24 207,189 1,369,634 4,647 18,306,839 51,385,341 1,475.87 34,817 34 4,119 963,79143 Upper Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 18 24,974 602 79 340 88 251 213 89 94 . . . 25,436 43 22,733,648 920.95 769,610 31.18 187,415 1,130,895 26,239 14,665,717 39,513,524 1,600.71 24,685 124 8,985 690,89244 Washington Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 15 20,730 678 132 258 10 258 176 84 109 26 21,155 44 17,447,650 853.90 420,277 20.57 118,076 770,140 4,353 242,260 19,002,756 930.00 20,433 94 4,398 362,915

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 67 94,678 2,599 342 1,247 118 999 847 366 425 56 96,291 83,661,565 891.57 2,575,361 27.45 629,071 3,722,035 40,577 39,804,528 130,433,137 1,390.01 93,836 375 25,926 2,356,883

45 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Arizona Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 20 17,073 684 137 576 23 589 100 36 176 77 17,515 46 10,212,346 609.95 292,134 17.45 63,072 42,192 7,781 6,045,369 16,662,894 995.22 16,743 96 7,745 281,45547 Central California Conference of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 8 34,269 1,355 150 599 . . . 687 214 66 236 . . . 35,170 47 24,663,393 728.22 648,639 19.15 186,575 127,314 3,541 18,069,701 43,699,163 1,290.28 33,868 136 8,858 612,08448 Hawaii Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1 5,712 153 37 141 . . . 141 28 13 4 . . . 5,857 48 5,172,056 909.29 152,527 26.82 40,674 28,394 12,109 3,454,693 8,860,453 1,557.74 5,688 28 1,898 145,86549 Nevada-Utah Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 20 8,294 366 74 429 24 419 62 63 161 23 8,459 49 6,373,480 788.80 152,554 18.88 37,782 15,252 938 4,137,094 10,717,100 1,326.37 8,080 . . . . . . 139,51950 Northern California Conference of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 15 40,811 975 185 1,651 . . . 1,555 352 64 321 . . . 41,330 50 37,356,840 923.90 1,163,210 28.77 209,499 136,687 23,043 24,704,287 63,593,566 1,572.77 40,434 153 10,251 655,79151 Southeastern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 16 67,603 1,542 343 1,465 69 1,379 344 84 723 119 68,373 51 45,574,305 679.11 1,232,670 18.37 226,350 106,834 8,175 38,081,676 85,230,010 1,270.02 67,109 153 4,430 1,228,82852 Southern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 19 42,293 1,724 279 1,111 136 1,243 193 120 693 170 43,124 52 33,062,692 787.81 691,884 16.49 112,669 68,400 16,756 19,344,011 53,296,412 1,269.93 41,968 83 8,115 668,524

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 99 216,055 6,799 1,205 5,972 252 6,013 1,293 446 2,314 389 219,828 162,415,112 759.34 4,333,618 20.26 876,621 525,073 72,343 113,836,831 282,059,598 1,318.71 213,890 649 41,297 3,732,066

53 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Carolina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 20 19,440 807 145 716 . . . 638 176 145 199 36 19,914 54 19,655,169 1,029.44 572,196 29.97 86,234 149,536 39,842 10,502,674 31,005,651 1,623.93 19,093 138 4,037 542,25355 Florida Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 51 58,844 2,072 439 2,408 (64) 2,094 426 187 994 . . . 59,998 55 48,594,534 837.97 1,069,618 18.44 206,816 168,309 75,653 38,894,974 89,009,904 1,534.89 57,991 . . . . . . 1,024,11856 Georgia-Cumberland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 30 34,616 1,071 298 2,037 (34) 1,771 290 174 363 . . . 35,390 56 38,687,552 1,138.00 969,350 28.51 154,400 253,004 63,115 22,705,108 62,832,529 1,848.23 33,996 . . . . . . 912,80257 Gulf States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 15 9,914 566 69 305 1 225 111 67 28 8 10,416 57 8,964,245 917.81 293,437 30.04 40,448 54,197 19,309 5,239,338 14,610,974 1,495.95 9,767 89 4,098 284,80858 Kentucky-Tennessee Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 7 13,148 409 74 410 3 388 116 47 27 6 13,460 58 13,383,328 1,019.99 392,570 29.92 97,383 85,597 35,600 7,695,983 21,690,461 1,653.11 13,121 103 2,527 365,55859 South Atlantic Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 14 41,007 1,952 119 793 1,191 624 134 23 48 . . . 44,233 59 20,868,656 531.28 338,356 8.61 17,259 38,032 625 4,994,789 26,257,717 668.48 39,280 . . . . . . 288,57760 South Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 10 34,099 790 61 425 19 328 128 93 22 6,593 28,230 60 18,257,179 541.52 240,601 7.14 5,036 20,487 43,089 8,790,203 27,356,595 811.41 33,715 . . . . . . 154,43161 Southeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 7 37,150 1,951 243 501 74 497 125 70 92 9 39,126 61 19,417,691 532.18 318,810 8.74 13,423 18,362 . . . 5,081,535 24,849,821 681.06 36,487 145 6,830 282,198

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 154 248,218 9,618 1,448 7,595 1,190 6,565 1,506 806 1,773 6,652 250,767 187,828,453 771.53 4,194,938 17.23 620,999 787,524 277,233 103,904,604 297,613,751 1,222.48 243,450 475 17,492 3,854,745

62 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 23,160 . . . . . . . . . 1,861 250 . . . . . . 25,271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Arkansas-Louisiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 9 10,910 409 97 449 2 406 115 79 59 18 11,190 63 9,331,290 869.73 270,977 25.26 44,066 319,854 53,702 5,761,540 15,781,429 1,470.91 10,729 105 3,906 259,96564 Oklahoma Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 2 7,631 408 66 294 4 265 86 39 26 7 7,980 64 6,462,210 865.20 215,034 28.79 64,570 367,347 17,016 5,545,827 12,672,004 1,696.61 7,469 83 2,778 202,67665 Southwest Region Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 17 23,222 703 78 409 . . . 391 56 18 373 . . . 23,574 65 10,406,897 452.08 129,384 5.62 10,376 88,563 7,502 7,400,543 18,043,265 783.81 23,020 111 9,481 121,82766 Texas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 45 42,683 2,659 566 2,135 5 1,864 228 220 335 48 45,353 66 36,826,594 881.84 932,827 22.34 231,799 205,381 40,702 18,834,153 57,071,456 1,366.62 41,761 268 14,778 889,69767 Texico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 7 10,755 469 116 388 2 335 59 50 141 35 11,110 67 6,045,878 576.90 169,076 16.13 29,307 222,562 10,623 5,460,086 11,937,532 1,139.08 10,480 75 5,699 161,168

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 80 95,201 4,648 923 3,675 13 3,261 544 406 934 108 99,207 69,096,029 739.32 1,717,298 18.37 381,979 1,203,957 129,545 43,002,149 115,530,957 1,236.17 93,459 642 36,642 1,635,333

68 NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 68 165,701 . . . 113,321 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279,022 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,90769 Atlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 63 100,054 4,642 608 2,308 860 2,608 592 562 1,496 533 102,681 69 89,494,853 903.66 2,225,613 22.47 251,446 3,710,175 414,051 42,270,384 138,366,522 1,397.13 99,036 639 53,776 2,173,13770 Canada, SDA Church in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 81 59,354 1,975 193 1,615 208 1,312 416 456 292 44 60,825 70 54,237,470 928.84 2,019,553 34.59 271,721 4,882,051 178,424 37,823,398 99,412,617 1,702.47 58,393 383 29,278 2,003,30371 Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 92 127,761 4,780 758 3,236 2,317 3,407 721 658 1,392 64 132,610 71 114,675,155 912.52 2,310,303 18.38 365,677 3,929,803 182,879 9,978,823 131,442,640 1,045.94 125,669 520 26,252 2,231,22172 Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 58 81,481 2,452 345 2,054 (143) 2,330 607 361 415 . . . 82,476 72 66,533,185 825.35 2,275,241 28.22 322,162 4,687,228 152,710 31,705,691 105,676,217 1,310.92 80,612 433 26,666 2,165,10373 Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 65 62,036 1,790 292 1,616 147 1,626 465 181 103 55 63,451 73 49,825,144 809.47 1,503,765 24.43 338,562 213,150 72,513 31,360,245 83,313,379 1,353.52 61,553 286 14,419 1,420,84074 North Pacific Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 67 94,678 2,599 342 1,247 118 999 847 366 425 56 96,291 74 83,661,565 891.57 2,575,361 27.45 629,071 3,722,035 40,577 39,804,528 130,433,137 1,390.01 93,836 375 25,926 2,356,88375 Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 99 216,055 6,799 1,205 5,972 252 6,013 1,293 446 2,314 389 219,828 75 162,415,112 759.34 4,333,618 20.26 876,621 525,073 72,343 113,836,831 282,059,598 1,318.71 213,890 649 41,297 3,732,06676 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 154 248,218 9,618 1,448 7,595 1,190 6,565 1,506 806 1,773 6,652 250,767 76 187,828,453 771.53 4,194,938 17.23 620,999 787,524 277,233 103,904,604 297,613,751 1,222.48 243,450 475 17,492 3,854,74577 Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 80 95,201 4,648 923 3,675 13 3,261 544 406 934 108 99,207 77 69,096,029 739.32 1,717,298 18.37 381,979 1,203,957 129,545 43,002,149 115,530,957 1,236.17 93,459 642 36,642 1,635,333

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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 CHINESE UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1,110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 3,412 370,317 12,659 859 . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . 1,763 . . . 382,039 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,822 4,521 382,039 . . .3 Hong Kong-Macao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 4,611 79 34 196 . . . 207 32 1 2 . . . 4,678 3 2,539,252 556.73 134,925 29.58 18,616 290,638 . . . 674,413 3,657,844 801.98 4,561 22 2,504 99,5474 Taiwan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 28 5,548 215 12 3 682 . . . 50 . . . 254 183 5,973 4 1,696,609 313.09 48,348 8.92 7,191 68,747 . . . 1,073,115 2,894,010 534.05 5,419 81 4,441 47,551

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182 3,442 380,476 12,953 905 199 682 207 115 1 2,019 183 392,690 4,236,971 11.43 183,273 0.49 25,807 359,385 . . . 1,747,528 6,552,964 17.67 370,802 4,624 388,984 147,098

5 JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 79,534 . . . 390 . . . 472 50,261 1,489 . . . 132,146 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2966 East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 16 8,017 115 24 189 1 214 86 8 3 . . . 8,035 6 7,443,863 932.11 322,512 40.38 79,032 679,850 132,886 3,726,344 12,384,487 1,550.77 7,986 106 5,906 301,2197 Okinawa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4 2,184 25 4 55 . . . 54 30 6 . . . 1 2,177 7 1,382,384 636.16 56,216 25.87 14,966 111,894 34,596 987,934 2,587,990 1,190.98 2,173 24 1,043 52,8108 West Japan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 19 5,098 82 11 155 . . . 147 52 13 9 . . . 5,125 8 4,027,037 792.57 191,869 37.76 43,336 391,755 89,149 2,416,746 7,159,892 1,409.15 5,081 81 4,109 179,547

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 39 15,299 222 39 399 1 415 168 27 12 1 15,337 12,932,818 848.61 570,987 37.47 137,806 1,233,760 258,120 7,131,024 22,264,515 1,460.93 15,240 211 11,058 533,872

9 KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2,616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 East Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 50 67,285 1,758 1 9 . . . 9 11 . . . . . . . . . 69,033 10 14,000,350 211.28 645,064 9.73 73,290 404,701 82,103 9,145,380 24,350,888 367.48 66,264 266 35,785 621,29111 Middlewest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 27 25,314 676 56 70 . . . 80 25 47 20 . . . 25,944 11 6,926,061 278.84 358,018 14.41 36,292 203,794 31,277 2,796,598 10,352,040 416.77 24,839 157 18,583 349,27412 North Korean Mission* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 866 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 . . . 866 . . .13 Southeast Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 56 28,222 734 2 8 . . . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . 28,952 13 5,852,810 211.23 225,067 8.12 19,554 201,913 21,421 2,760,242 9,081,007 327.74 27,708 181 11,872 217,29814 Southwest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 34 19,036 666 . . . 2 . . . 1,049 62 5 22 . . . 18,566 14 4,579,749 261.97 217,778 12.46 19,753 246,423 24,866 2,637,326 7,725,895 441.93 17,482 148 13,375 213,01415 West Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 29 69,160 2,347 4 24 . . . 5 10 2 . . . . . . 71,518 15 14,141,133 207.96 715,190 10.52 97,168 441,673 68,163 8,461,113 23,924,440 351.83 68,000 193 31,142 698,01516 KUC Jeju Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 . . . 40 . . . 1,174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,214 16 262,648 235.35 17,455 15.64 1,247 14,477 3,099 25,980 324,906 291.13 1,116 13 851 17,031

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 199 209,883 6,221 63 1,287 . . . 1,150 115 54 42 . . . 216,093 45,765,367 221.87 2,178,572 10.56 247,304 1,512,981 230,929 25,826,639 75,761,792 367.29 206,275 958 112,474 2,115,923*As last reported in 1959.

17 ATTACHED FIELD 1718 Mongolia Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 1,399 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,506 18 102,767 80.04 1,559 1.21 635 6,599 . . . 20,709 132,269 103.01 1,284 27 611 1,559

19 NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Chinese Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182 3,442 380,476 12,953 905 199 682 207 115 1 2,019 183 392,690 20 4,236,971 11.43 183,273 0.49 25,807 359,385 . . . 1,747,528 6,552,964 17.67 370,802 4,624 388,984 147,09821 Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 39 15,299 222 39 399 1 415 168 27 12 1 15,337 21 12,932,818 848.61 570,987 37.47 137,806 1,233,760 258,120 7,131,024 22,264,515 1,460.93 15,240 211 11,058 533,87222 Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 199 209,883 6,221 63 1,287 . . . 1,150 115 54 42 . . . 216,093 22 45,765,367 221.87 2,178,572 10.56 247,304 1,512,981 230,929 25,826,639 75,761,792 367.29 206,275 958 112,474 2,115,92323 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 1,399 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,506 23 102,767 80.04 1,559 1.21 635 6,599 . . . 20,709 132,269 103.01 1,284 27 611 1,559

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008 3,686 607,057 19,503 1,007 1,885 683 1,772 398 82 2,073 184 625,626 63,037,923 106.20 2,934,391 4.94 411,552 3,112,725 489,049 34,725,900 104,711,540 176.40 593,601 5,820 513,127 2,798,452

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 AUSTRAL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Buenos Aires Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 48 27,642 1,646 90 375 . . . 366 121 505 135 4 28,622 2 4,679,378 175.23 109,464 4.10 30,399 114,556 32 1,242,828 6,176,657 231.30 26,704 235 22,041 109,4643 Central Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 94 26,926 1,533 42 280 . . . 201 122 349 190 11 27,908 3 4,980,186 189.77 94,811 3.61 33,593 108,554 899 1,482,400 6,700,443 255.32 26,243 237 11,553 94,8114 North Argentine Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 82 25,552 1,571 30 193 1 206 136 548 89 3 26,365 4 2,517,010 102.40 51,555 2.10 8,143 52,045 . . . 536,438 3,165,191 128.77 24,580 356 9,863 51,5555 Northwest Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 26 11,677 796 31 150 13 156 45 232 35 16 12,183 5 911,468 79.26 16,214 1.41 1,962 18,982 102 236,180 1,184,908 103.04 11,500 73 5,256 16,2146 Paraguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 47 15,318 916 12 32 . . . 52 17 176 235 16 15,782 6 1,077,077 73.08 25,167 1.71 3,206 45,057 . . . 24,039 1,174,546 79.70 14,738 108 1,783 25,1677 South Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 53 10,523 793 24 145 4 138 70 213 38 2 11,028 7 2,332,872 228.15 47,794 4.67 2,966 49,636 1 667,277 3,100,546 303.23 10,225 124 8,781 47,7948 Uruguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 26 6,955 458 10 11 2 14 29 49 1 . . . 7,343 8 1,141,978 165.86 26,072 3.79 1,236 22,114 . . . 72,979 1,264,379 183.64 6,885 96 1,480 26,072

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 376 124,593 7,713 239 1,186 20 1,133 540 2,072 723 52 129,231 17,639,969 145.94 371,077 3.07 81,505 410,944 1,034 4,262,141 22,766,670 188.35 120,875 1,229 60,757 371,077

9 BOLIVIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Central Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 128 63,834 2,784 18 . . . 1,175 12,173 9 268 2,344 26,855 26,162 10 1,221,537 19.55 57,085 0.91 1,009 4,481 . . . 171,256 1,455,368 23.29 62,488 189 11,273 57,08511 East Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 90 45,810 2,844 2 275 1,154 298 90 770 9,890 21,052 17,985 11 1,554,912 33.85 24,608 0.54 214 5,217 . . . 73,825 1,658,776 36.11 45,931 216 13,294 24,60812 West Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 365 99,486 4,478 24 13,128 1,634 1,128 713 3,029 23,193 56,942 33,745 12 1,341,648 13.76 24,237 0.25 327 4,263 . . . 72,712 1,443,187 14.80 97,531 529 24,932 24,237

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 583 209,130 10,106 44 13,403 3,963 13,599 812 4,067 35,427 104,849 77,892 4,118,097 20.00 105,930 0.51 1,550 13,961 . . . 317,793 4,557,331 22.13 205,950 934 49,499 105,930

13 CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Central Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 155 46,132 3,110 92 1,250 106 868 252 1,410 88 143 47,929 14 15,871,104 356.41 578,365 12.99 29,974 526,543 137,988 4,735,590 21,879,564 491.34 44,530 405 44,970 578,36515 East Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 66 28,788 1,847 85 491 43 549 178 840 257 112 29,318 15 8,989,291 315.76 390,503 13.72 21,973 424,850 13,295 3,048,798 12,888,710 452.73 28,469 187 38,224 390,50316 Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 94 31,756 2,173 72 848 74 858 188 957 496 123 32,301 16 13,621,136 446.61 493,942 16.20 34,065 430,678 7,785 2,619,922 17,207,528 564.20 30,499 239 32,296 493,94217 Sao Paulo Paraiba Valley Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 107 25,314 1,771 93 459 86 491 124 778 89 156 26,085 17 7,019,067 287.18 276,484 11.31 16,161 242,434 13,650 2,272,789 9,840,585 402.63 24,441 244 22,590 276,48418 South Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 87 43,219 3,258 129 856 24 972 183 844 124 134 45,229 18 12,365,422 294.34 442,683 10.54 24,542 391,857 67,524 3,587,550 16,879,578 401.79 42,011 242 45,622 442,68319 West Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 123 24,659 2,059 25 508 29 561 188 1,020 68 59 25,384 19 8,447,440 352.76 416,247 17.38 23,158 278,198 . . . 2,588,346 11,753,389 490.81 23,947 297 28,080 416,247

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 632 199,868 14,218 496 4,412 362 4,299 1,113 5,849 1,122 727 206,246 66,313,460 342.00 2,598,224 13.40 149,873 2,294,560 240,242 18,852,995 90,449,354 466.48 193,897 1,614 211,782 2,598,224

20 CHILE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Austral Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 37 8,936 555 86 286 20 303 116 379 421 120 8,544 21 815,289 90.73 33,095 3.68 3,088 33,095 10,761 99,286 994,614 110.68 8,986 84 3,030 33,09522 Central Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 36 9,253 410 79 155 1 169 123 668 964 42 7,932 22 889,604 98.07 35,607 3.93 3,110 35,607 8,941 106,822 1,079,691 119.03 9,071 91 3,422 35,60723 Metropolitan Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 34 32,027 1,691 88 563 2 556 154 207 515 100 32,839 23 4,521,329 146.16 158,462 5.12 15,594 158,462 6,606 475,385 5,335,838 172.49 30,934 192 12,890 158,46224 North Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 25 19,270 809 37 951 3 989 216 1,360 4,183 213 14,109 24 1,588,282 84.00 72,027 3.81 6,155 72,027 11,244 216,082 1,965,817 103.97 18,907 89 5,658 72,02725 Pacific Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 46 15,306 661 53 354 3 364 149 418 561 15 14,870 25 1,534,834 102.08 62,577 4.16 5,912 62,577 8,838 187,730 1,862,468 123.88 15,035 136 6,477 62,57726 South Chile Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 82 40,628 1,728 94 1,273 4 1,240 162 357 1,198 38 40,732 26 4,223,604 104.97 144,840 3.60 10,525 144,840 10,233 434,521 4,968,563 123.49 40,235 276 9,007 144,840

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 260 125,420 5,854 437 3,582 33 3,621 920 3,389 7,842 528 119,026 13,572,942 110.20 506,608 4.11 44,384 506,608 56,623 1,519,826 16,206,991 131.58 123,168 868 40,484 506,608

27 EAST BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Central Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 251 34,517 2,411 112 1,793 56 1,861 268 2,443 424 480 33,413 28 7,561,752 221.40 229,834 6.73 3,204 18,364 6,861 2,702,867 10,522,882 308.09 34,155 429 51,316 225,42429 East Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 134 14,964 1,266 39 259 18 357 151 801 88 78 15,071 29 3,073,841 206.19 107,308 7.20 1,765 6,930 1,378 929,636 4,120,858 276.42 14,908 238 19,142 106,18730 Espirito Santo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 96 38,919 1,716 71 363 3 18,959 113 720 123 42 21,115 30 5,235,257 245.03 160,188 7.50 2,290 9,204 2,444 1,305,930 6,715,313 314.30 21,366 238 21,007 160,02531 Rio de Janeiro Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 56 14,130 792 34 219 42 215 101 467 141 72 14,221 31 5,444,285 395.00 206,128 14.96 3,658 18,893 10,709 1,753,768 7,437,441 539.61 13,783 135 16,182 205,24632 Rio Fluminense Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 107 16,174 1,059 20 718 8 699 181 846 95 57 16,101 32 4,589,842 286.85 152,149 9.51 2,720 13,072 9,139 1,341,185 6,108,107 381.73 16,001 195 15,888 148,27633 South Espirito Santo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 85 . . . 1,585 33 18,840 71 228 77 700 129 87 19,308 33 4,694,656 238.04 155,201 7.87 2,930 7,096 7,038 1,226,961 6,093,882 308.99 19,722 248 21,004 154,91834 South Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 167 16,370 1,565 54 283 42 286 87 1,300 36 553 16,052 34 3,807,425 240.85 146,284 9.25 2,887 9,891 5,462 1,302,195 5,274,144 333.64 15,808 262 19,691 144,54035 South Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 89 22,779 1,547 44 366 9 393 212 1,048 271 199 22,622 35 6,757,701 305.41 274,981 12.43 4,038 16,215 42,206 2,571,327 9,666,468 436.86 22,127 262 34,473 274,125

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 985 157,853 11,941 407 22,841 249 22,998 1,190 8,325 1,307 1,568 157,903 41,164,759 260.75 1,432,073 9.07 23,492 99,665 85,237 13,133,869 55,939,095 354.34 157,870 2,007 198,703 1,418,741

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)36 ECUADOR UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 North Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 145 38,208 3,206 . . . 655 669 672 32 32 24,872 60 17,070 37 1,533,416 41.83 72,040 1.97 1,296 73,336 206 288,160 1,968,454 53.70 36,657 277 11,345 62,38538 South Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 156 38,229 2,782 83 2,815 551 2,909 629 8,580 14,492 118 17,732 38 1,716,897 42.72 77,353 1.92 . . . 77,353 213 309,412 2,181,228 54.27 40,189 233 17,283 66,986

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 301 76,437 5,988 83 3,470 1,220 3,581 661 8,612 39,364 178 34,802 3,250,313 42.30 149,393 1.94 1,296 150,689 419 597,572 4,149,682 54.00 76,846 510 28,628 129,371

39 NORTH BRAZIL UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Amazonas-Roraima Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 229 45,059 8,859 289 711 120 626 83 4,097 2,012 309 47,911 40 5,930,962 137.35 2,735 0.06 . . . 207,386 1,571 . . . 6,142,654 142.25 43,182 477 37,361 2,08441 Central Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 84 32,817 5,181 109 462 206 587 166 6,257 4,125 551 27,089 41 5,113,259 107.09 178,755 3.74 . . . 158,197 3,119 1,992,097 7,445,427 155.93 47,748 242 40,121 178,75542 Lower Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 216 60,049 5,422 302 547 300 2,976 425 8,772 9,863 463 44,121 42 7,169,664 117.14 163,111 2.67 . . . 829,461 . . . 384,097 8,546,333 139.64 61,204 544 44,098 163,11143 Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 279 50,528 10,824 485 476 217 522 279 9,842 2,943 531 48,413 43 4,863,276 99.10 86,212 1.76 . . . . . . . . . 819,150 5,768,638 117.55 49,075 595 50,925 86,21244 South Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 170 31,201 4,700 229 348 32 199 167 4,678 3,603 1 27,862 44 3,054,187 89.77 177,397 5.21 16,601 205 . . . 950,299 4,198,689 123.41 34,021 353 28,059 177,39745 South Para Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 171 47,405 6,907 156 327 368 20,888 160 5,718 1,923 202 26,272 45 3,931,227 109.43 136,024 3.79 17,624 37,772 . . . 1,193,792 5,316,439 147.99 35,924 370 33,018 136,02446 South Rondonia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 75 16,603 1,898 27 233 4 327 125 1,431 79 99 16,704 46 3,394,115 204.83 141,048 8.51 . . . 388,465 1,764 918,740 4,844,132 292.34 16,570 189 19,916 141,04847 West Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 106 27,370 3,041 124 387 40 264 108 3,105 1,271 434 25,780 47 3,845,992 138.70 126,560 4.56 11,987 138,546 4,041 1,057,243 5,184,369 186.97 27,728 252 11,946 126,56048 West Para Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 137 . . . 2,776 150 23,261 12 338 123 5,748 1,767 89 18,134 48 2,181,489 60.73 55,096 1.53 . . . 36,777 27 804,468 3,077,857 85.68 35,924 247 22,010 55,096

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,764 1,467 311,032 49,608 1,871 26,752 1,299 26,727 1,636 49,648 27,586 2,679 282,286 39,484,171 112.37 1,066,938 3.04 46,212 1,796,809 10,522 8,119,886 50,524,538 143.79 351,376 3,269 287,454 1,066,287

49 NORTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 North Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 305 77,421 5,871 147 1,171 42 1,267 398 6,533 2,182 549 73,723 50 3,253,944 39.24 120,168 1.45 1,014 96,177 13,456 339,331 3,824,090 46.12 82,924 579 38,115 120,16851 North Pacific Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 507 76,650 6,199 43 259 173 258 573 6,094 3,230 150 73,019 51 1,834,951 23.86 63,416 0.82 361 56,648 14,278 190,249 2,159,903 28.08 76,911 773 94,357 63,41652 North Peru Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 495 67,468 6,768 84 17 759 5,956 108 1,990 1,242 35 65,765 52 2,062,374 24.25 56,156 0.66 1,284 62,029 13,968 168,469 2,364,280 27.81 85,030 736 35,357 56,15653 Northeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 308 41,515 5,341 53 8,284 895 2,686 124 5,433 2,713 4,511 40,621 53 1,183,843 17.37 41,235 0.61 1,325 75,567 5,849 123,708 1,431,527 21.00 68,157 520 33,233 41,235

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 1,615 263,054 24,179 327 9,731 1,869 10,167 1,203 20,050 9,367 5,245 253,128 8,335,112 26.63 280,975 0.90 3,984 290,421 47,551 821,757 9,779,800 31.24 313,022 2,608 201,062 280,975

54 NORTHEAST BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Bahia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 166 39,376 3,962 71 633 28 8,133 178 1,516 76 39 34,128 55 7,206,199 191.64 192,087 5.11 276,225 220,919 . . . . . . 7,895,430 209.97 37,602 340 37,938 192,08756 Central Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 420 41,828 4,326 51 8,256 38 8,883 160 2,548 262 84 42,562 56 6,112,609 150.74 211,854 5.22 283,091 241,858 . . . 2,022,362 8,871,774 218.79 40,550 725 50,684 211,85457 Central Pernambuco Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 209 25,003 4,401 85 636 10 612 86 2,713 6 10 26,708 57 3,860,008 160.19 244,968 10.17 290,618 234,550 . . . 1,165,884 5,796,028 240.54 24,096 383 33,944 244,96858 North Coast Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 346 49,762 7,297 80 333 98 347 90 2,504 1,227 74 53,328 58 4,853,318 100.84 164,651 3.42 220,544 151,900 . . . 1,502,224 6,892,637 143.21 48,129 527 53,225 164,65159 Northeast Brazil Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 189 34,663 4,803 41 792 5 818 71 2,537 33 61 36,784 59 3,540,800 105.81 186,265 5.57 228,072 175,078 . . . 1,329,084 5,459,299 163.14 33,463 338 43,457 186,26560 Pernambuco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 127 24,295 2,435 51 242 31 238 152 1,438 170 49 25,007 60 3,925,048 162.27 189,850 7.85 236,083 174,636 . . . 1,188,595 5,714,212 236.23 24,189 291 30,579 189,85061 Sergipe-Alagoas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 190 37,878 4,964 38 398 147 404 145 2,194 169 202 40,311 61 4,913,326 130.17 165,808 4.39 222,675 158,688 . . . 1,456,925 6,917,422 183.27 37,745 409 41,318 165,80862 South Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 162 46,076 4,167 58 411 32 12,498 177 1,585 212 143 36,129 62 4,999,794 177.47 157,527 5.59 215,564 160,129 . . . 1,425,922 6,958,936 247.02 28,172 440 67,815 157,52763 Southwest Bahia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 186 . . . 2,393 40 20,302 97 215 75 910 2 83 21,547 63 2,880,126 174.07 99,020 5.98 162,643 . . . . . . 1,032,592 4,174,381 252.29 16,546 314 21,037 99,020

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382 1,995 298,881 38,748 515 32,003 486 32,148 1,134 17,945 2,157 745 316,504 42,291,228 145.58 1,612,030 5.55 2,135,515 1,517,758 . . . 11,123,588 58,680,119 202.00 290,492 3,767 379,997 1,612,030

64 SOUTH BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 Central Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 109 21,654 2,800 36 185 11 210 84 597 103 105 23,587 65 5,346,753 258.77 167,414 8.10 346,811 300,818 12,456 902,454 7,076,706 342.50 20,662 232 28,518 151,38466 North Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 204 34,686 2,700 92 614 7 656 226 1,834 818 7 34,558 66 8,518,051 244.69 327,130 9.40 . . . . . . . . . 1,878,166 10,723,347 308.04 34,812 373 38,694 289,15967 Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 156 25,841 2,432 82 645 30 607 169 1,465 609 43 26,137 67 6,722,258 269.93 229,004 9.20 . . . 348,921 13,978 . . . 7,314,161 293.69 24,904 269 28,733 229,00468 Santa Catarina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 158 29,981 3,598 58 691 18 524 168 2,168 209 71 31,206 68 10,359,646 346.72 361,277 12.09 . . . 734,932 58,457 2,203,295 13,717,607 459.11 29,879 349 34,867 324,95769 South Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 176 38,289 3,042 117 1,113 14 1,070 250 1,442 904 22 38,887 69 12,102,690 322.22 478,375 12.74 680,659 872,987 40,971 2,618,961 16,794,643 447.14 37,560 372 42,808 427,28570 Western Rio Grande do Sul Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 106 10,636 1,319 19 228 20 267 56 1,665 201 14 10,019 70 2,139,970 202.21 67,239 6.35 . . . 121,562 9,605 364,686 2,703,062 255.42 10,583 155 11,445 59,103

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 909 161,087 15,891 404 3,476 100 3,334 953 9,171 2,844 262 164,394 45,189,368 285.29 1,630,439 10.29 1,027,470 2,379,220 135,467 7,967,562 58,329,526 368.24 158,400 1,750 185,065 1,480,892

71 SOUTH PERU UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Central Andina Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 196 30,344 4,350 185 262 . . . 203 52 3,324 2,871 133 28,558 72 826,174 20.18 20,201 0.49 778 18,819 . . . 60,604 926,576 22.63 40,939 330 13,468 20,20173 East Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 110 19,227 2,948 49 679 178 743 25 518 573 268 20,954 73 811,576 27.06 30,129 1.00 1,524 28,217 . . . 90,387 961,833 32.07 29,987 306 21,753 30,12974 Lake Titicaca Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 597 73,573 4,134 40 202 112 617 2,989 21,110 18,704 2,626 32,015 74 1,280,793 10.06 44,360 0.35 1,788 37,727 . . . 133,079 1,497,747 11.76 127,367 879 21,755 44,36075 South Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 128 40,263 4,961 32 199 47 289 26 370 138 50 44,629 75 2,646,500 40.85 89,401 1.38 3,195 99,149 . . . 268,203 3,106,448 47.94 64,792 380 56,274 89,40176 South Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 118 61,474 2,623 136 301 1,283 27,331 377 2,313 9,079 856 25,861 76 1,473,346 39.68 52,771 1.42 3,195 70,975 . . . 158,313 1,758,600 47.36 37,132 312 26,370 52,77177 Southeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 223 . . . 1,874 54 27,105 1 2 28 16 9,052 1 19,935 77 622,096 21.32 21,896 0.75 1,530 25,300 . . . 65,688 736,510 25.24 29,175 345 11,572 21,896

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 1,372 224,881 20,890 496 28,748 1,621 29,185 3,497 27,651 40,417 3,934 171,952 7,660,485 23.26 258,758 0.79 12,010 280,187 . . . 776,274 8,987,714 27.29 329,392 2,552 151,192 258,758

78 WEST CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Central Brazil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 175 22,482 2,190 86 256 35 202 71 746 31 113 23,886 79 5,813,362 269.99 170,733 7.93 652 176,327 12,668 1,946,977 8,120,719 377.15 21,532 272 18,401 170,73380 Central Planalto Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 102 32,128 2,168 111 374 129 11,383 98 980 116 305 22,028 80 8,291,125 413.28 197,389 9.84 473 231,278 8 3,197,196 11,917,469 594.03 20,062 224 36,696 197,38981 Mato Grosso Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 173 24,759 2,219 116 455 50 424 116 1,125 160 85 25,689 81 6,606,405 273.17 247,828 10.25 2,975 239,093 3 2,413,436 9,509,740 393.22 24,184 313 31,392 247,82882 South Mato Grosso Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 85 18,915 1,666 66 314 . . . 330 120 1,012 322 17 19,160 82 5,467,925 296.80 192,148 10.43 1,189 190,084 975 1,435,814 7,288,135 395.60 18,423 315 19,420 192,14883 Tocantins Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 69 . . . 1,260 42 11,143 3 72 38 373 3 179 11,783 83 1,643,919 152.19 56,940 5.27 8 57,699 . . . 635,178 2,393,744 221.60 10,802 150 9,822 56,940

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 604 98,284 9,503 421 12,542 217 12,411 443 4,236 632 699 102,546 27,822,736 292.86 865,038 9.11 5,297 894,481 13,654 9,628,601 39,229,807 412.93 95,003 1,274 115,731 865,038

84 SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Austral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 376 124,593 7,713 239 1,186 20 1,133 540 2,072 723 52 129,231 85 17,639,969 145.94 371,077 3.07 81,505 410,944 1,034 4,262,141 22,766,670 188.35 120,875 1,229 60,757 371,07786 Bolivia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 583 209,130 10,106 44 13,403 3,963 13,599 812 4,067 35,427 104,849 77,892 86 4,118,097 20.00 105,930 0.51 1,550 13,961 . . . 317,793 4,557,331 22.13 205,950 934 49,499 105,93087 Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 632 199,868 14,218 496 4,412 362 4,299 1,113 5,849 1,122 727 206,246 87 66,313,460 342.00 2,598,224 13.40 149,873 2,294,560 240,242 18,852,995 90,449,354 466.48 193,897 1,614 211,782 2,598,22488 Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 260 125,420 5,854 437 3,582 33 3,621 920 3,389 7,842 528 119,026 88 13,572,942 110.20 506,608 4.11 44,384 506,608 56,623 1,519,826 16,206,991 131.58 123,168 868 40,484 506,60889 East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 985 157,853 11,941 407 22,841 249 22,998 1,190 8,325 1,307 1,568 157,903 89 41,164,759 260.75 1,432,073 9.07 23,492 99,665 85,237 13,133,869 55,939,095 354.34 157,870 2,007 198,703 1,418,74190 Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 301 76,437 5,988 83 3,470 1,220 3,581 661 8,612 39,364 178 34,802 90 3,250,313 42.30 149,393 1.94 1,296 150,689 419 597,572 4,149,682 54.00 76,846 510 28,628 129,37191 North Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,764 1,467 311,032 49,608 1,871 26,752 1,299 26,727 1,636 49,648 27,586 2,679 282,286 91 39,484,171 112.37 1,066,938 3.04 46,212 1,796,809 10,522 8,119,886 50,524,538 143.79 351,376 3,269 287,454 1,066,28792 North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 1,615 263,054 24,179 327 9,731 1,869 10,167 1,203 20,050 9,367 5,245 253,128 92 8,335,112 26.63 280,975 0.90 3,984 290,421 47,551 821,757 9,779,800 31.24 313,022 2,608 201,062 280,97593 Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382 1,995 298,881 38,748 515 32,003 486 32,148 1,134 17,945 2,157 745 316,504 93 42,291,228 145.58 1,612,030 5.55 2,135,515 1,517,758 . . . 11,123,588 58,680,119 202.00 290,492 3,767 379,997 1,612,03094 South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 909 161,087 15,891 404 3,476 100 3,334 953 9,171 2,844 262 164,394 94 45,189,368 285.29 1,630,439 10.29 1,027,470 2,379,220 135,467 7,967,562 58,329,526 368.24 158,400 1,750 185,065 1,480,89295 South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 1,372 224,881 20,890 496 28,748 1,621 29,185 3,497 27,651 40,417 3,934 171,952 95 7,660,485 23.26 258,758 0.79 12,010 280,187 . . . 776,274 8,987,714 27.29 329,392 2,552 151,192 258,75896 West Central Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 604 98,284 9,503 421 12,542 217 12,411 443 4,236 632 699 102,546 96 27,822,736 292.86 865,038 9.11 5,297 894,481 13,654 9,628,601 39,229,807 412.93 95,003 1,274 115,731 865,038

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,048 11,099 2,250,520 214,639 5,740 162,146 11,439 163,203 14,102 161,015 168,788 121,466 2,015,910 316,842,640 131.13 10,877,483 4.50 3,532,588 10,635,303 590,749 77,121,864 419,600,627 173.65 2,416,291 22,382 1,910,354 10,693,931

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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION1 AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Greater Sydney Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 9 8,458 280 46 335 . . . 318 67 19 18 . . . 8,697 2 8,705,778 1,038.26 468,392 55.86 89,362 414,440 173,547 3,473,800 13,325,319 1,589.19 8,385 80 5,200 443,0383 North New South Wales Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 13 10,688 156 25 214 . . . 169 80 20 8 . . . 10,806 3 9,147,029 861.63 668,660 62.99 120,852 183,930 140,976 3,696,194 13,957,641 1,314.77 10,616 76 5,000 631,7204 Northern Australian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9 2,294 37 3 57 . . . 64 18 4 . . . . . . 2,305 4 2,059,466 909.66 140,972 62.27 29,199 69,502 40,067 901,952 3,241,158 1,431.61 2,264 34 1,200 132,8295 South Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6 2,896 66 9 66 . . . 84 48 11 7 . . . 2,887 5 2,236,509 776.57 128,854 44.74 26,518 160,313 80,478 733,869 3,366,541 1,168.94 2,880 33 1,000 121,3546 South New South Wales Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5 2,622 45 7 83 . . . 75 35 10 3 . . . 2,634 6 2,187,163 837.67 149,167 57.13 30,656 85,871 46,179 557,655 3,056,691 1,170.70 2,611 36 1,132 136,1297 South Queensland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 13 10,896 207 56 536 . . . 417 98 22 29 . . . 11,129 7 9,546,358 889.52 607,744 56.63 109,366 354,331 171,043 4,940,514 15,729,356 1,465.65 10,732 91 6,300 574,9078 Tasmanian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 1,135 43 2 20 . . . 28 9 6 . . . . . . 1,157 8 794,782 702.10 59,841 52.86 14,934 40,636 9,978 248,011 1,168,182 1,031.96 1,132 17 400 56,3689 Victorian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 11 9,648 207 39 244 . . . 235 77 13 66 . . . 9,747 9 8,346,238 884.89 505,799 53.63 90,439 269,920 189,885 2,837,468 12,239,749 1,297.68 9,432 98 5,714 461,869

10 Western Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 13 5,536 111 34 158 . . . 134 54 3 . . . . . . 5,648 10 5,141,802 938.11 384,554 70.16 73,698 363,702 117,242 1,633,971 7,714,969 1,407.58 5,481 68 2,605 352,864Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 83 54,173 1,152 221 1,713 . . . 1,524 486 108 131 . . . 55,010 48,165,125 899.73 3,113,983 58.17 585,024 1,942,645 969,395 19,023,434 73,799,606 1,378.58 53,533 533 28,551 2,911,078

11 NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Cook Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 769 87 3 1 . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 850 12 253,473 332.21 25,168 32.99 909 5,758 . . . 39,403 324,711 425.57 763 15 996 24,30113 French Polynesia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 14 4,905 259 1 95 . . . 96 28 26 1,009 . . . 4,101 13 3,367,572 692.63 222,900 45.85 11,105 70,374 . . . 482,002 4,153,953 854.37 4,862 52 2,935 212,29814 New Caledonia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 678 37 4 5 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 722 14 463,330 702.02 22,342 33.85 2,681 5,513 . . . 37,288 531,154 804.78 660 9 241 21,52315 North New Zealand Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 24 8,700 144 13 169 . . . 83 33 15 52 . . . 8,843 15 5,067,450 560.06 57,368 6.34 41,473 38,845 1,917 3,060,566 8,267,619 913.75 9,048 83 3,000 55,06316 South New Zealand Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 1,869 93 36 65 . . . 46 18 7 . . . . . . 1,992 16 1,102,077 598.63 49,030 26.63 32,280 25,313 1,519 785,106 1,995,325 1,083.83 1,841 22 720 45,69517 Pitcairn Island Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 18 17 3,858 175.36 942 42.82 154 237 . . . 2,088 7,279 330.86 22 1 12 882

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 49 16,943 620 57 335 . . . 225 91 52 1,061 . . . 16,526 10,257,760 596.52 377,750 21.97 88,602 146,040 3,436 4,406,453 15,280,041 888.58 17,196 182 7,904 359,762

18 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 169,738 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,738 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Bougainville Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 123 5,453 176 . . . 17 . . . 6 11 2 . . . . . . 5,627 19 139,188 25.53 5,169 0.95 283 1,792 . . . 12,245 158,677 29.11 5,451 174 11,786 4,89920 Central Papua Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 125 27,083 995 285 49 . . . 43 44 13 253 . . . 28,059 20 2,286,460 85.70 153,121 5.74 8,361 52,983 . . . 362,885 2,863,810 107.34 26,680 247 24,850 145,13821 Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 629 74,001 2,538 40 13 . . . 14 33 93 326 . . . 76,126 21 2,074,825 28.25 107,131 1.46 5,850 37,074 . . . 253,894 2,478,774 33.75 73,448 1,020 96,500 101,54622 Madang Manus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 155 9,020 966 143 22 . . . 14 150 294 241 . . . 9,452 22 427,898 46.83 27,681 3.03 1,512 9,580 . . . 65,602 532,273 58.25 9,138 . . . . . . 26,24023 Morobe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 192 18,556 1,343 332 26 . . . 21 54 23 104 . . . 20,055 23 1,796,452 98.91 75,374 4.15 4,116 26,081 . . . 178,633 2,080,656 114.55 18,163 211 23,321 71,44324 New Britain New Ireland Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 182 15,878 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . 15,991 24 1,146,669 74.07 40,664 2.63 2,220 14,072 . . . 96,362 1,299,987 83.98 15,480 104 16,157 38,54225 North East Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 119 9,061 691 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 9,749 25 169,426 18.83 12,151 1.35 662 4,204 . . . 28,795 215,238 23.93 8,996 302 22,000 11,51626 Sepik Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 199 9,853 377 3 1 . . . 1 2 157 92 . . . 9,982 26 412,309 42.66 22,562 2.33 1,233 7,805 . . . 53,472 497,381 51.46 9,666 270 21,000 21,38527 South West Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 72 10,904 501 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 18 . . . . . . 11,384 27 132,793 12.42 3,594 0.34 197 1,243 . . . 8,511 146,338 13.69 10,689 98 11,500 3,40628 Western Highlands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 869 60,487 3,146 297 386 . . . 141 261 323 638 . . . 62,953 28 1,641,475 27.12 98,758 1.63 5,394 34,165 . . . 234,041 2,013,833 33.27 60,528 186 81,008 93,608

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 2,665 240,296 10,892 1,100 514 . . . 240 561 923 1,700 . . . 249,378 10,397,233 43.64 546,205 2.29 29,828 188,999 . . . 1,294,440 12,456,705 52.29 238,239 2,612 308,122 517,723

29 TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Fiji Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 146 28,241 1,264 22 33 . . . 47 55 22 719 . . . 28,717 30 1,354,882 49.41 75,600 2.76 4,130 26,158 . . . 179,167 1,639,937 59.80 27,423 331 28,000 71,65931 Kiribati Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 2,076 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2,167 31 93,798 45.87 1,903 0.93 105 664 . . . 4,510 100,980 49.38 2,045 28 2,422 1,80432 Samoas-Tokelau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 36 7,584 618 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 8,189 32 1,159,502 156.71 63,150 8.53 3,445 21,851 . . . 138,211 1,386,159 187.34 7,399 77 15,000 59,85733 Solomon Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 238 39,252 1,007 5 13 . . . 6 7 . . . 12 . . . 40,252 33 1,134,176 30.31 58,954 1.58 3,220 20,391 . . . 139,710 1,356,451 36.25 37,418 384 52,547 55,88034 Tonga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 26 2,288 180 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 2,456 34 284,976 126.32 12,538 5.56 683 4,341 . . . 29,717 332,255 147.28 2,256 29 2,900 11,88535 Vanuatu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 149 16,499 1,609 27 . . . . . . . . . 18 60 288 . . . 17,769 35 1,014,057 61.04 29,763 1.79 1,624 10,298 . . . 70,542 1,126,284 67.80 16,613 645 16,000 28,20936 Niue Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 14 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 36 86,593 6,185.21 663 47.36 36 220 . . . 1,575 89,087 6,363.36 14 1 14 63037 Tuvalu Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 139 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 157 37 22,522 162.03 2,230 16.04 124 773 . . . 5,294 30,943 222.61 139 3 139 2,115

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 612 96,093 4,794 54 46 . . . 53 110 82 1,019 . . . 99,723 5,150,506 55.20 244,801 2.62 13,367 84,696 . . . 568,726 6,062,096 64.97 93,307 1,498 117,022 232,039

38 SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 398,051 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398,051 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Australian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 83 54,173 1,152 221 1,713 . . . 1,524 486 108 131 . . . 55,010 39 48,165,125 899.73 3,113,983 58.17 585,024 1,942,645 969,395 19,023,434 73,799,606 1,378.58 53,533 533 28,551 2,911,07840 New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 49 16,943 620 57 335 . . . 225 91 52 1,061 . . . 16,526 40 10,257,760 596.52 377,750 21.97 88,602 146,040 3,436 4,406,453 15,280,041 888.58 17,196 182 7,904 359,76241 Papua New Guinea Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 2,665 240,296 10,892 1,100 514 . . . 240 561 923 1,700 . . . 249,378 41 10,397,233 43.64 546,205 2.29 29,828 188,999 . . . 1,294,440 12,456,705 52.29 238,239 2,612 308,122 517,72342 Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 612 96,093 4,794 54 46 . . . 53 110 82 1,019 . . . 99,723 42 5,150,506 55.20 244,801 2.62 13,367 84,696 . . . 568,726 6,062,096 64.97 93,307 1,498 117,022 232,039

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865 3,409 407,505 17,458 1,432 2,608 . . . 2,042 1,248 1,165 3,911 . . . 420,637 74,368,675 184.87 4,282,739 10.65 716,821 2,362,380 972,831 25,293,053 107,996,499 268.46 402,275 4,825 461,599 4,020,602

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION1 ANGOLA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 505,485 . . . (108,267) . . . . . . (27,066) . . . . . . 370,152 . . . . . . . . . . . . (108,267)2 Central Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 800 139,149 9,851 372 418 2,615 432 450 1,204 416 100 149,803 2 3,466,280 25.63 128,335 0.95 . . . 32,084 . . . . . . 3,626,699 26.81 135,256 2,021 306,744 128,3353 East Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 207 59,070 4,077 110 66 . . . 23 47 130 30 . . . 63,093 3 562,906 9.87 18,838 0.33 . . . 4,709 . . . . . . 586,453 10.28 57,049 464 98,953 18,8384 North Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 253 88,544 7,052 125 117 371 28 139 316 48 . . . 95,678 4 4,396,107 51.44 126,153 1.48 . . . 31,538 . . . . . . 4,553,798 53.29 85,458 1,031 320,599 126,1535 Sao Tome and Principe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 2,261 520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 2,607 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204 38 4,786 . . .6 South Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 187 53,363 4,927 4 79 . . . 42 97 98 . . . . . . 58,136 6 1,690,395 33.03 76,913 1.50 . . . 19,228 . . . . . . 1,786,536 34.91 51,182 454 105,904 76,913

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,062 1,461 342,387 26,427 611 680 2,986 525 733 1,748 494 274 369,317 10,621,173 32.07 241,972 0.73 . . . 60,493 . . . . . . 10,923,638 32.99 331,149 4,008 836,986 241,972

7 BOTSWANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 30,798 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,798 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 North Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 74 14,066 687 8 28 1 54 23 8 52 . . . 14,653 8 645,345 47.08 23,324 1.70 . . . 10,877 1,958 1,467 682,971 49.83 13,706 142 18,147 20,6759 South Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 36 14,535 431 11 65 . . . 41 14 6 . . . . . . 14,981 9 1,507,323 103.16 46,629 3.19 . . . 20,564 16 375 1,574,907 107.78 14,612 89 17,462 42,514

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 110 28,601 1,118 19 93 1 95 37 14 52 . . . 29,634 2,183,466 77.11 69,953 2.47 . . . 31,441 1,974 1,842 2,288,676 80.82 28,318 231 35,609 63,189

10 INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 306,396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306,396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Antsiranana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 270 22,766 2,530 10 50 28 97 35 45 303 2 24,902 11 234,525 10.65 17,582 0.80 . . . 8,791 . . . . . . 260,898 11.85 22,023 798 49,936 17,58212 Central Malagasy Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 386 50,298 2,108 . . . 98 . . . 95 16 88 . . . 160 52,145 12 1,003,023 20.48 12,779 0.26 . . . 7,434 . . . . . . 1,023,236 20.89 48,976 1,944 148,200 12,77913 Mahajanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 170 18,306 928 . . . . . . 240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,474 13 202,106 11.19 11,608 0.64 . . . 5,806 . . . . . . 219,520 12.15 18,066 581 25,700 11,60814 Mauritius Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 9 4,273 360 8 38 18 38 20 8 . . . 90 4,541 14 769,453 186.08 30,379 7.35 . . . 15,185 . . . . . . 815,017 197.10 4,135 40 6,270 30,37915 Reunion Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 1,393 50 18 13 16 25 11 11 8 7 1,428 15 925,081 664.57 44,735 32.14 . . . 22,367 . . . . . . 992,183 712.78 1,392 20 2,515 44,73516 Seychelles Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 852 22 . . . 19 6 90 21 102 . . . 10 676 16 132,047 160.84 6,399 7.79 . . . 3,199 . . . . . . 141,645 172.53 821 9 840 6,39917 South Malagasy Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 231 16,696 1,199 11 27 . . . 69 6 102 98 530 17,128 17 200,139 12.19 6,166 0.38 . . . 3,083 . . . . . . 209,388 12.75 16,424 375 20,313 6,166

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 1,073 114,584 7,197 47 245 308 414 109 356 409 799 120,294 3,772,770 33.73 129,648 1.16 . . . 65,865 . . . . . . 3,968,283 35.48 111,837 3,767 253,774 129,648

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)18 MALAWI UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 55,454 . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . 55,534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Central Malawi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 406 49,366 5,528 70 1,136 1,989 1,249 245 1,406 910 1,776 52,503 19 1,345,886 28.38 83,492 1.76 . . . 18,377 . . . . . . 1,447,755 30.52 47,430 579 73,434 83,46220 North Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 379 40,390 3,743 34 212 432 72 65 92 36 . . . 44,546 20 385,884 10.19 9,936 0.26 49 12,164 . . . . . . 408,033 10.77 37,881 422 43,931 8,90421 South Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958 744 215,334 14,370 91 1,761 10,849 3,825 1,778 2,666 4,054 . . . 230,082 21 1,924,855 9.21 95,347 0.46 4,354 9,166 . . . . . . 2,033,722 9.74 208,891 2,533 398,597 88,186

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 1,529 305,090 23,641 195 3,109 13,270 5,146 2,088 4,164 5,000 1,776 327,131 3,712,079 12.62 188,775 0.64 4,483 39,707 . . . . . . 3,945,044 13.41 294,202 3,534 515,962 180,552

22 MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 18,940 . . . 206 . . . 440 1,538 . . . . . . 21,124 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20623 Central Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 757 35,912 2,785 2 . . . . . . 19 130 213 94 . . . 38,243 23 125,107 3.56 7,500 0.21 . . . 14,003 . . . . . . 146,610 4.17 35,119 885 61,785 7,50024 North Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 672 177,679 7,282 34 43 . . . 63 146 298 27 . . . 184,504 24 69,819 0.40 6,321 0.04 . . . 8,383 . . . . . . 84,523 0.48 175,946 1,497 302,116 6,32125 North-East Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 96 6,688 887 2 . . . . . . 22 39 52 30 . . . 7,434 25 23,049 3.69 843 0.14 . . . 2,839 . . . . . . 26,731 4.28 6,243 149 8,469 84326 South Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 66 16,461 847 20 23 . . . 12 31 136 15 . . . 17,157 26 110,443 6.97 10,766 0.68 379 14,808 . . . . . . 136,396 8.61 15,848 188 28,370 10,375

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 1,591 236,740 11,801 58 66 . . . 116 346 699 166 . . . 247,338 347,358 1.49 25,636 0.11 819 41,571 . . . . . . 415,384 1.78 233,156 2,719 400,740 25,245

27 SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Cape Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 154 31,579 1,787 21 68 . . . 47 86 13 26 . . . 33,283 28 6,338,507 205.76 135,610 4.40 . . . 107,697 . . . . . . 6,581,814 213.65 30,806 541 65,034 135,61029 KwaZulu Natal-Free State Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 104 13,702 635 47 276 . . . 157 74 6 36 51 14,336 29 3,049,390 226.92 84,758 6.31 . . . 71,184 . . . . . . 3,205,332 238.53 13,438 232 9,800 84,75830 Lesotho Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 23 6,428 447 . . . 20 . . . 87 32 10 22 . . . 6,744 30 260,571 41.64 7,212 1.15 . . . 6,653 . . . . . . 274,436 43.85 6,258 77 16,280 7,21231 Namibia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 43 17,104 495 50 26 . . . 29 20 3 2 . . . 17,621 31 971,216 57.37 27,358 1.62 (40) 23,196 . . . . . . 1,021,730 60.35 16,930 204 22,904 27,35832 Swaziland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14 4,894 383 6 3 . . . 4 8 6 18 . . . 5,250 32 531,485 109.88 10,512 2.17 . . . 9,831 . . . . . . 551,828 114.08 4,837 58 6,000 10,51233 Trans-Orange Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 48 28,584 2,113 38 360 607 270 25 59 2,426 . . . 28,922 33 5,390,193 178.61 43,769 1.45 . . . 38,298 . . . . . . 5,472,260 181.33 30,179 254 29,890 43,76934 Transvaal Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 13 12,772 705 19 665 1 175 122 38 17 20 13,790 34 6,679,368 544.68 105,098 8.57 2,105 74,104 . . . . . . 6,860,675 559.46 12,263 103 13,216 105,098

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 399 115,063 6,565 181 1,418 608 769 367 135 2,547 71 119,946 23,220,730 202.43 414,317 3.61 2,065 330,963 . . . . . . 23,968,075 208.94 114,711 1,469 163,124 414,317

35 ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Central Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 639 192,863 22,351 20 3,816 . . . 6,694 553 1,763 . . . 4,554 205,486 36 3,193,786 17.30 275,682 1.49 55,429 40,120 . . . . . . 3,565,017 19.31 184,599 1,183 210,165 260,38237 Copperbelt Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 489 103,356 8,148 131 1,298 . . . 2,574 327 522 501 . . . 109,009 37 1,475,527 14.80 90,592 0.91 16,923 18,379 . . . . . . 1,601,421 16.07 99,669 120 77,175 85,26838 East Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 195 13,354 1,732 27 33 . . . 49 50 132 54 . . . 14,861 38 185,347 12.70 5,748 0.39 2,383 463 . . . . . . 193,941 13.29 14,593 291 15,500 5,18239 Luapula Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 448 61,607 4,690 23 483 . . . 808 263 162 140 . . . 65,430 39 263,377 4.35 14,244 0.24 4,615 2,263 . . . . . . 284,499 4.70 60,492 650 80,000 12,22640 North Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 437 39,064 3,983 12 1,322 10 1,533 89 205 71 . . . 42,493 40 303,083 8.29 22,395 0.61 2,931 2,973 . . . . . . 331,382 9.07 36,555 665 61,800 19,92641 South Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 1,094 160,503 21,335 78 1,984 . . . 2,262 431 82 . . . 3,797 177,328 41 1,053,487 6.84 108,644 0.71 25,704 6,165 . . . . . . 1,194,000 7.75 154,037 1,991 287,533 95,08342 West Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 316 41,897 3,468 4 201 . . . 311 87 269 113 61 44,729 42 274,173 6.83 43,125 1.07 6,749 887 . . . . . . 324,934 8.09 40,153 371 51,021 38,254

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,877 3,618 612,644 65,707 295 9,137 10 14,231 1,800 3,135 879 8,412 659,336 6,748,780 11.44 560,430 0.95 114,734 71,250 . . . . . . 7,495,194 12.70 590,098 5,271 783,194 516,321

43 ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Central Zimbabwe Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 1,026 188,637 20,139 24 1,990 73 2,791 465 1,051 1,574 115 204,867 44 846,578 4.60 38,769 0.21 . . . 9,692 . . . . . . 895,039 4.87 183,919 1,408 419,410 38,76945 East Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 343 219,598 17,807 266 1,376 . . . 1,490 354 616 2,194 . . . 234,393 45 2,099,034 9.99 103,720 0.49 . . . 25,930 . . . . . . 2,228,684 10.60 210,210 850 1,636,594 103,72046 West Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 678 162,519 15,487 81 1,491 . . . 1,438 209 224 92 . . . 177,615 46 1,274,387 8.16 100,926 0.65 . . . 25,232 . . . . . . 1,400,545 8.97 156,131 913 89,650 100,926

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180 2,047 570,754 53,433 371 4,857 73 5,719 1,028 1,891 3,860 115 616,875 4,219,999 7.67 243,415 0.44 . . . 60,854 . . . . . . 4,524,268 8.22 550,260 3,171 2,145,654 243,415

47 SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 31,771 . . . 353 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,124 . . . . . . . . . . . . 35348 Angola Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,062 1,461 342,387 26,427 611 680 2,986 525 733 1,748 494 274 369,317 48 10,621,173 32.07 241,972 0.73 . . . 60,493 . . . . . . 10,923,638 32.99 331,149 4,008 836,986 241,97249 Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 110 28,601 1,118 19 93 1 95 37 14 52 . . . 29,634 49 2,183,466 77.11 69,953 2.47 . . . 31,441 1,974 1,842 2,288,676 80.82 28,318 231 35,609 63,18950 Indian Ocean Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 1,073 114,584 7,197 47 245 308 414 109 356 409 799 120,294 50 3,772,770 33.73 129,648 1.16 . . . 65,865 . . . . . . 3,968,283 35.48 111,837 3,767 253,774 129,64851 Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 1,529 305,090 23,641 195 3,109 13,270 5,146 2,088 4,164 5,000 1,776 327,131 51 3,712,079 12.62 188,775 0.64 4,483 39,707 . . . . . . 3,945,044 13.41 294,202 3,534 515,962 180,55252 Mozambique Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 993 1,591 236,740 11,801 58 66 . . . 116 346 699 166 . . . 247,338 52 347,358 1.49 25,636 0.11 819 41,571 . . . . . . 415,384 1.78 233,156 2,719 400,740 25,24553 Southern Africa Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991 399 115,063 6,565 181 1,418 608 769 367 135 2,547 71 119,946 53 23,220,730 202.43 414,317 3.61 2,065 330,963 . . . . . . 23,968,075 208.94 114,711 1,469 163,124 414,31754 Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,877 3,618 612,644 65,707 295 9,137 10 14,231 1,800 3,135 879 8,412 659,336 54 6,748,780 11.44 560,430 0.95 114,734 71,250 . . . . . . 7,495,194 12.70 590,098 5,271 783,194 516,32155 Zimbabwe Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,180 2,047 570,754 53,433 371 4,857 73 5,719 1,028 1,891 3,860 115 616,875 55 4,219,999 7.67 243,415 0.44 . . . 60,854 . . . . . . 4,524,268 8.22 550,260 3,171 2,145,654 243,415

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,171 11,828 2,325,863 195,889 1,777 19,605 17,256 27,015 6,508 12,142 13,407 11,447 2,489,871 54,858,126 24.34 1,874,499 0.83 122,101 702,144 1,974 1,842 57,560,686 25.54 2,253,731 24,170 5,135,043 1,815,012

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION1 EAST-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,663 . . . 38,663 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Guntur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 48 59,354 1,245 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 60,583 2 39,528 0.67 487 0.01 70 . . . . . . 244 40,329 0.68 59,102 200 48,110 4183 Hyderabad Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 68 5,229 522 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 5,750 3 54,102 10.44 2,339 0.45 334 . . . . . . 1,169 57,944 11.18 5,182 110 7,000 2,0054 North Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 280 153,155 3,540 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3,606 752 . . . 152,317 4 111,622 0.74 5,063 0.03 723 . . . . . . 2,532 119,940 0.79 150,987 650 230,230 4,3405 North Orissa Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 54 5,119 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5,199 5 4,659 0.92 44 0.01 6 . . . . . . 22 4,731 0.93 5,067 80 5,605 376 North Rayalaseema Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 51 57,462 869 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 58,330 6 34,689 0.61 169 0.00 24 . . . . . . 84 34,966 0.62 56,659 270 75,310 1457 Northeast Andhra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 90 43,831 1,258 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 2 . . . 45,079 7 20,205 0.46 59 0.00 8 . . . . . . 29 20,301 0.46 43,752 271 59,240 518 Northwest Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 165 58,768 552 . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 64 138 . . . 59,019 8 35,590 0.62 511 0.01 73 . . . . . . 256 36,430 0.63 57,787 310 70,020 4389 Orissa Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 233 42,972 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 2 . . . 43,292 9 22,693 0.53 396 0.01 57 . . . . . . 198 23,344 0.54 42,887 475 48,000 339

10 South Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 177 107,995 1,127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,122 10 107,152 1.00 1,365 0.01 195 . . . . . . 637 109,349 1.02 107,556 1,940 225,400 1,09111 South Rayalaseema Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 40 63,886 10,328 . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . 480 . . . 73,667 11 21,737 0.35 139 0.00 20 . . . . . . 70 21,966 0.35 62,330 340 90,872 11912 Southeast Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 248 121,495 4,024 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 125,507 12 38,928 0.32 344 0.00 49 . . . . . . 172 39,493 0.33 121,140 470 123,520 29513 Vishaka Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 30 8,733 262 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 890 . . . . . . 8,097 13 16,368 1.92 546 0.06 78 . . . . . . 273 17,265 2.02 8,546 57 10,000 46814 West Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 144 116,284 3,830 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 . . . . . . 120,100 14 30,647 0.27 84 0.00 12 . . . . . . 42 30,785 0.27 113,861 425 100,000 72

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241 1,628 844,283 27,965 . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 4,565 1,374 . . . 866,062 537,920 0.64 11,546 0.01 1,649 . . . 38,663 5,728 595,506 0.71 834,856 5,598 1,093,307 9,818

15 NORTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 349 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 385 16 7,029 21.97 362 1.13 50 . . . . . . 181 7,622 23.82 320 8 370 31217 Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 60 4,502 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 14 . . . 4,694 17 17,495 3.92 617 0.14 88 . . . . . . 309 18,509 4.15 4,464 85 6,501 52918 Garo Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 76 9,886 481 1 . . . . . . . . . 14 4 . . . . . . 10,350 18 78,437 8.01 4,805 0.49 453 . . . . . . 2,403 86,098 8.79 9,798 111 10,500 4,35219 Khasi Jaintia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 62 5,627 188 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 2 . . . 5,795 19 177,294 32.51 10,964 2.01 1,042 . . . . . . 5,503 194,803 35.72 5,454 84 8,097 7,72720 Manipur Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 56 8,108 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 5 . . . 8,491 20 122,481 15.15 5,306 0.66 705 . . . . . . 2,653 131,145 16.23 8,082 100 14,192 4,60121 Mizo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 56 19,716 969 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 16 4 3 20,652 21 454,537 23.55 20,254 1.05 2,025 . . . . . . 10,127 486,943 25.23 19,302 261 27,181 16,70622 Nagaland Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 736 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761 22 27,440 38.16 1,285 1.79 162 . . . . . . 643 29,530 41.07 719 18 2,200 1,124

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)23 NORTHERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,355 . . . 45,355 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Bihar Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 96 3,742 366 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 21 . . . 4,068 24 1,808 0.50 195 0.05 23 . . . . . . 98 2,124 0.59 3,593 99 4,852 25125 Chhattisgarh Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 55 6,337 407 8 . . . . . . . . . 19 28 132 . . . 6,573 25 5,783 0.95 599 0.10 86 . . . . . . 299 6,767 1.12 6,068 65 7,437 51326 Delhi Metro Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 27 1,906 255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,161 26 43,179 24.27 3,719 2.09 531 . . . . . . 1,859 49,288 27.71 1,779 33 2,845 3,18827 Eastern Jharkhand Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 81 6,720 494 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 25 16 9 7,157 27 12,729 1.94 972 0.15 130 . . . . . . 486 14,317 2.18 6,555 96 9,721 77728 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 180 22,653 2,086 . . . 7 30 6 7 . . . . . . . . . 24,763 28 15,396 0.72 709 0.03 90 . . . . . . 355 16,550 0.77 21,370 213 25,340 54029 Haryana Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 137 7,062 1,153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,215 29 8,764 1.39 1,871 0.30 267 . . . . . . 936 11,838 1.88 6,286 153 10,046 1,60430 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 119 13,533 1,665 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 229 . . . 14,966 30 39,711 3.11 790 0.06 113 . . . . . . 395 41,009 3.21 12,774 158 16,253 67731 North Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 65 12,780 658 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 13,422 31 17,776 1.45 1,658 0.14 171 . . . . . . 829 20,434 1.67 12,221 120 14,923 1,48732 North India Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 243 21,904 1,963 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . 10 . . . 23,828 32 45,846 2.16 801 0.04 114 . . . . . . 401 47,162 2.22 21,247 286 25,307 68633 South Bengal Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 163 36,848 1,623 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 6 20 . . . 38,426 33 28,786 0.82 768 0.02 110 . . . . . . 384 30,048 0.86 35,021 214 39,457 65834 Upper Ganges Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 216 20,193 2,451 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 65 . . . 22,569 34 17,176 0.93 1,114 0.06 159 . . . . . . 557 19,006 1.03 18,453 256 24,196 95435 Western Jharkhand Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 101 11,941 611 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 12,551 35 70,025 6.15 3,776 0.33 502 . . . . . . 1,888 76,191 6.70 11,378 154 14,169 3,25936 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 223 18,666 2,492 . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . 218 . . . 20,873 36 17,470 0.98 633 0.04 90 . . . . . . 317 18,510 1.04 17,771 234 22,372 543

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 1,706 184,285 16,224 8 7 30 6 184 72 711 9 199,572 324,449 1.86 17,605 0.10 2,386 . . . 45,355 8,804 398,599 2.28 174,516 2,081 216,918 15,137

37 SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,195 . . . 28,195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Bangalore Metro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 24 12,379 479 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 12,848 38 230,271 18.77 14,856 1.21 2,100 . . . . . . 7,428 254,655 20.76 12,268 72 13,000 12,75639 Goa-West Karnataka Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 85 20,727 315 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,042 39 16,782 0.82 1,100 0.05 157 . . . . . . 550 18,589 0.90 20,582 20 700 94340 Kolar-Chinthamani Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 68 9,608 801 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 10,403 40 4,097 0.45 807 0.09 115 . . . . . . 403 5,422 0.60 9,066 27 9,180 69141 North Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 57 17,590 745 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 18,313 41 11,328 0.65 1,493 0.09 213 . . . . . . 746 13,780 0.79 17,338 132 17,498 1,28042 Raichur-Bellary Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 28 6,115 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6,225 42 3,778 0.62 571 0.09 82 . . . . . . 286 4,717 0.77 6,106 35 6,000 49043 South Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 18 3,695 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,760 43 46,429 12.60 2,586 0.70 370 . . . . . . 1,293 50,678 13.75 3,686 24 4,400 2,216

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 280 70,114 2,525 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 72,591 312,685 4.53 21,413 0.31 3,037 . . . 28,195 10,706 376,036 5.45 69,046 310 50,778 18,376

44 SOUTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,433 . . . 68,433 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Chennai Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 38 9,937 1,397 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 . . . . . . 11,320 45 197,634 22.58 12,014 1.37 1,629 . . . . . . 6,007 217,284 24.83 8,751 78 1,631 10,09846 Coimbatore Tirupur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 15 2,031 219 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2,244 46 28,583 14.34 1,315 0.66 171 . . . . . . 658 30,727 15.42 1,993 40 2,354 1,02347 Erode Nilgiris Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 69 7,825 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 . . . . . . 8,063 47 50,192 6.68 3,357 0.45 471 . . . . . . 1,678 55,698 7.41 7,516 110 6,520 2,82848 Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 34 1,615 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1,752 48 24,104 16.08 1,647 1.10 227 . . . . . . 824 26,802 17.88 1,499 37 1,921 1,38049 North Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 334 31,728 1,538 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 33,251 49 299,386 9.59 21,479 0.69 2,932 . . . . . . 10,740 334,537 10.71 31,222 530 33,586 17,87950 Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14 653 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 791 50 12,035 21.45 927 1.65 126 . . . . . . 463 13,551 24.16 561 16 903 75951 Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 85 16,423 279 . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 101 98 . . . 16,472 51 18,420 1.12 1,301 0.08 180 . . . . . . 651 20,552 1.26 16,376 102 17,019 1,08152 South Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 158 33,892 503 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5 5 26 34,329 52 263,070 7.89 18,255 0.55 2,454 . . . . . . 9,128 292,907 8.79 33,327 285 39,651 14,76053 Thanjavur-Karaikal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 38 7,975 478 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 245 465 141 7,581 53 57,745 7.51 2,839 0.37 392 . . . . . . 1,420 62,396 8.12 7,684 85 8,354 2,35154 Theni-Periyakulam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 17 3,274 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 561 2,831 54 12,684 3.94 596 0.18 83 . . . . . . 298 13,661 4.24 3,223 25 3,480 49555 Villupuram-Thindivanam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 26 2,057 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,257 55 11,522 6.02 630 0.33 85 . . . . . . 315 12,552 6.56 1,913 30 1,711 512

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 828 117,410 5,269 . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 362 570 728 120,891 975,375 8.55 64,360 0.56 8,750 . . . 68,433 32,182 1,149,100 10.07 114,065 1,338 117,130 53,166

56 SOUTHWEST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,474 . . . 20,474 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 1,606 36 23 1 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1,661 57 37,734 23.94 2,216 1.41 317 . . . . . . 1,108 41,375 26.25 1,576 33 2,458 1,89958 Idukki Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 29 3,782 304 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 4,082 58 17,538 4.81 978 0.27 140 . . . . . . 489 19,145 5.25 3,645 54 4,146 83859 Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 1,365 23 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1,388 59 7,452 5.54 673 0.50 96 . . . . . . 337 8,558 6.36 1,345 26 1,521 57760 North Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 29 7,200 71 18 1 . . . 8 8 . . . 5 . . . 7,269 60 102,997 14.38 5,590 0.78 795 . . . . . . 2,795 112,177 15.66 7,164 70 10,227 4,77361 South Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 49 19,886 305 54 8 . . . . . . 22 30 43 . . . 20,158 61 69,258 3.50 7,281 0.37 1,040 . . . . . . 3,641 81,220 4.10 19,796 164 25,195 6,241

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 134 33,839 739 98 10 . . . 8 42 30 48 . . . 34,558 234,979 7.01 16,738 0.50 2,388 . . . 20,474 8,370 282,949 8.44 33,526 347 43,547 14,328

62 WESTERN INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,584 . . . 39,584 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Central Maharashtra Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 23 17,831 1,006 . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . 18,795 63 131,068 7.59 8,278 0.48 1,005 . . . . . . 4,139 144,490 8.37 17,264 210 19,785 6,42864 Gujarat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 146 26,348 441 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 26,780 64 97,411 3.71 2,886 0.11 412 . . . . . . 1,443 102,152 3.89 26,287 202 27,820 2,47465 Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 54 10,000 343 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 10,342 65 31,826 3.25 1,062 0.11 152 . . . . . . 531 33,571 3.43 9,789 88 12,342 91066 North Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 68 39,905 649 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 40,541 66 27,729 0.70 186 0.00 27 . . . . . . 93 28,035 0.71 39,568 216 41,653 15967 Saurashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 60 6,151 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 500 . . . 5,035 67 3,384 0.56 220 0.04 30 . . . . . . 110 3,744 0.62 6,059 48 5,835 19068 South Gujarat Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 422 169 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 586 68 5,629 14.04 653 1.63 93 . . . . . . 326 6,701 16.71 401 7 650 56069 South Maharashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 65 11,480 317 . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 11,781 69 17,578 1.56 1,217 0.11 174 . . . . . . 608 19,577 1.74 11,274 128 12,016 1,04370 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 46 11,111 219 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350 . . . . . . 9,980 70 7,590 0.69 735 0.07 86 . . . . . . 368 8,779 0.79 11,070 75 10,515 526

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 464 123,248 3,308 . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2,130 500 . . . 123,840 322,215 2.65 15,237 0.13 1,979 . . . 39,584 7,618 386,633 3.18 121,712 974 130,616 12,290

71 ATTACHED FIELDS 7172 Andaman and Nicobar Island Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 223 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 72 2,150 9.73 535 2.42 76 . . . . . . 268 3,029 13.71 221 3 223 45973 Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 26 6,846 1,158 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 8,001 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,485 45 6,851 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 28 7,069 1,158 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 8,224 2,150 0.32 535 0.08 76 . . . . . . 268 3,029 0.45 6,706 48 7,074 459

74 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 East-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241 1,628 844,283 27,965 . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 4,565 1,374 . . . 866,062 75 537,920 0.64 11,546 0.01 1,649 . . . 38,663 5,728 595,506 0.71 834,856 5,598 1,093,307 9,81876 Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 326 48,924 2,315 1 . . . . . . . . . 59 25 25 3 51,128 76 884,713 18.38 43,593 0.91 4,525 . . . . . . 21,819 954,650 19.83 48,139 667 69,041 35,35177 Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 1,706 184,285 16,224 8 7 30 6 184 72 711 9 199,572 77 324,449 1.86 17,605 0.10 2,386 . . . 45,355 8,804 398,599 2.28 174,516 2,081 216,918 15,13778 South-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 280 70,114 2,525 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 72,591 78 312,685 4.53 21,413 0.31 3,037 . . . 28,195 10,706 376,036 5.45 69,046 310 50,778 18,37679 Southeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 828 117,410 5,269 . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 362 570 728 120,891 79 975,375 8.55 64,360 0.56 8,750 . . . 68,433 32,182 1,149,100 10.07 114,065 1,338 117,130 53,16680 Southwest India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 134 33,839 739 98 10 . . . 8 42 30 48 . . . 34,558 80 234,979 7.01 16,738 0.50 2,388 . . . 20,474 8,370 282,949 8.44 33,526 347 43,547 14,32881 Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 464 123,248 3,308 . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2,130 500 . . . 123,840 81 322,215 2.65 15,237 0.13 1,979 . . . 39,584 7,618 386,633 3.18 121,712 974 130,616 12,29082 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 28 7,069 1,158 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 8,224 82 2,150 0.32 535 0.08 76 . . . . . . 268 3,029 0.45 6,706 48 7,074 459

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 BANGLADESH UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 41,576 . . . 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 42,451 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 East Bangladesh Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 66 6,102 512 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 6,612 2 28,217 4.69 2,222 0.37 . . . . . . . . . 6,488 36,927 6.14 6,011 91 3,586 . . .3 North Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 73 7,247 672 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 7 3 . . . 7,899 3 28,596 4.26 1,010 0.15 . . . . . . . . . 1,552 31,158 4.65 6,705 78 6,680 . . .4 South Bangladesh Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 61 8,412 656 . . . . . . . . . 1 13 . . . . . . . . . 9,054 4 48,929 6.08 2,147 0.27 . . . . . . . . . 1,318 52,394 6.51 8,050 95 11,121 . . .5 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 98 7,432 587 . . . . . . . . . 2 13 . . . . . . . . . 8,004 5 21,804 3.03 1,106 0.15 . . . . . . . . . 920 23,830 3.32 7,187 121 7,223 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 298 29,193 2,427 1 . . . . . . 4 38 7 3 . . . 31,569 169,122 6.05 6,644 0.24 . . . . . . . . . 10,994 186,760 6.68 27,953 385 28,610 . . .

6 CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 32,576 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,576 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Central Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 138 35,149 3,000 30 11 . . . 22 45 10 20 . . . 38,093 7 1,076,203 31.63 38,565 1.13 . . . . . . 6,845 85,439 1,207,052 35.48 34,022 350 61,540 . . .8 East Visayan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 137 24,022 2,095 . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . . . . . . . 26,039 8 652,136 28.15 17,214 0.74 . . . . . . . . . 14,933 684,283 29.54 23,166 323 35,886 . . .9 Negros Occidental Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 126 28,245 3,408 76 52 . . . 42 64 209 498 . . . 30,968 9 1,029,212 37.97 34,604 1.28 . . . . . . 8,361 76,401 1,148,578 42.37 27,107 403 52,955 . . .

10 Negros Oriental-Siquijor Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 50 11,313 820 1 15 . . . . . . 27 45 88 . . . 11,989 10 322,519 29.79 10,325 0.95 . . . 1,186 1,639 . . . 335,669 31.00 10,828 181 15,924 . . .11 Romblon Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 14 5,572 513 6 . . . . . . 1 13 41 32 . . . 6,004 11 271,145 49.63 8,497 1.56 . . . . . . . . . 18,855 298,497 54.64 5,463 76 7,802 . . .12 West Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 138 26,471 4,505 14 5 5 9 22 32 193 . . . 30,744 12 908,500 35.33 34,685 1.35 . . . . . . . . . 8,926 952,111 37.03 25,712 412 43,535 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142 603 130,772 14,341 127 83 5 74 249 337 831 . . . 143,837 4,292,291 33.99 143,890 1.14 . . . 1,186 16,845 204,554 4,658,766 36.89 126,298 1,745 217,642 . . .

13 EAST INDONESIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Central Sulawesi Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 17 6,991 421 2 2 . . . . . . 24 2 . . . . . . 7,390 14 145,025 20.87 7,495 1.08 . . . . . . . . . 1,726 154,246 22.19 6,950 63 4,773 . . .15 Maluku Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 26 5,733 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 39 . . . 5,792 15 200,981 35.26 14,755 2.59 . . . . . . . . . 7,147 222,883 39.10 5,700 70 4,636 . . .16 Minahasa Conference (formerly South Minahasa). . . . . 185 13 41,403 1,896 5 67 . . . 2 29 8 20 . . . 43,312 16 715,826 17.74 37,241 0.92 . . . . . . . . . 8,002 761,069 18.86 40,356 198 20,950 . . .17 North Minahasa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 21 17,735 2,343 7 19 . . . . . . 50 14 32 . . . 20,008 17 1,089,101 64.76 53,032 3.15 . . . 37,768 . . . 37,054 1,216,955 72.36 16,817 219 19,934 . . .18 Northern Island Mission (formerly Sangihe Talaud) . . . . 50 27 2,813 204 5 14 . . . 20 24 12 69 . . . 2,911 18 113,126 42.48 7,984 3.00 . . . 2,240 . . . 17,152 140,502 52.76 2,663 77 4,056 . . .19 Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 105 17,606 1,333 179 . . . . . . . . . 40 81 . . . . . . 18,997 19 914,547 53.21 75,856 4.41 . . . . . . . . . 41,923 1,032,326 60.07 17,186 191 23,577 . . .20 South Sulawesi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6 3,682 190 1 24 . . . 28 6 5 . . . . . . 3,858 20 338,707 94.58 20,265 5.66 . . . . . . . . . 25,060 384,032 107.24 3,581 56 4,485 . . .21 Bolaang Mongondow and Gorontalo Attached Field . . . 52 7 3,974 314 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 3 . . . 4,263 21 170,753 45.63 10,129 2.71 . . . . . . . . . 11,354 192,236 51.37 3,742 59 4,017 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 222 99,937 6,826 199 126 . . . 50 206 138 163 . . . 106,531 3,688,066 38.02 226,757 2.34 . . . 40,008 . . . 149,418 4,104,249 42.31 96,995 933 86,428 . . .

22 MYANMAR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 58,406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Ayeyarwady Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 21 6,775 421 . . . 162 10 176 55 92 22 11 7,012 23 71,785 10.79 4,307 0.65 . . . . . . . . . 5,674 81,766 12.29 6,655 94 8,865 . . .24 Central Myanmar Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 23 6,019 291 . . . 33 1 26 6 7 . . . . . . 6,305 24 40,056 6.81 2,107 0.36 . . . . . . . . . 2,778 44,941 7.64 5,880 90 7,529 . . .25 South East Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 14 4,459 126 4 20 . . . 17 19 3 . . . . . . 4,570 25 65,012 14.85 4,333 0.99 . . . . . . . . . 5,679 75,024 17.13 4,379 44 4,227 . . .26 Upper Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 41 6,689 693 69 358 46 345 54 86 276 16 7,078 26 173,705 27.13 5,743 0.90 . . . . . . . . . 7,611 187,059 29.22 6,402 135 8,224 . . .27 Yangon Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 2,855 160 . . . 25 1 7 12 8 . . . 6 3,008 27 107,994 39.10 6,009 2.18 . . . . . . . . . 7,866 121,869 44.12 2,762 30 3,736 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 104 26,797 1,691 73 598 58 571 146 196 298 33 27,973 516,958 19.82 22,499 0.86 . . . . . . . . . 29,608 569,065 21.82 26,078 393 32,581 . . .

28 NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 129,466 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,913 . . . 134,379 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Central Luzon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 66 111,754 4,991 96 331 . . . 196 67 69 192 . . . 116,648 29 3,596,048 32.65 137,212 1.25 . . . 164,105 48,993 303,898 4,250,256 38.59 110,146 427 123,959 . . .30 Mountain Provinces Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 43 17,994 678 6 5 . . . 8 25 . . . . . . . . . 18,650 30 406,630 22.84 13,332 0.75 . . . 15,930 7,390 29,500 472,782 26.55 17,805 149 18,967 . . .31 Northern Luzon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 146 28,585 2,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . . . . . . 270 31,015 31 962,585 34.76 51,441 1.86 60,182 61,549 13,141 111,841 1,260,739 45.53 27,689 421 31,501 . . .32 Palawan Adventist Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 40 15,703 2,247 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 17,936 32 384,631 24.91 15,505 1.00 . . . 18,351 2,452 33,984 454,923 29.47 15,438 149 20,606 . . .33 South-Central Luzon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 115 49,190 3,478 24 26 . . . 44 46 40 287 2,118 50,183 33 1,285,663 27.82 34,981 0.76 15,953 41,835 7,060 77,473 1,462,965 31.66 46,211 414 51,934 . . .34 Southern Luzon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 29 15,723 1,472 . . . . . . 2,501 . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 19,689 34 390,895 25.79 9,923 0.65 . . . 11,877 3,948 21,994 438,637 28.94 15,157 201 18,608 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 439 238,949 15,666 126 362 2,501 248 259 109 479 2,388 254,121 7,155,918 30.79 262,394 1.13 76,135 313,647 87,897 578,690 8,474,681 36.46 232,446 1,761 265,575 . . .

35 SOUTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 18,508 . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,433 . . . . . . 60,941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Davao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 197 44,825 3,831 67 31 . . . 36 82 84 22 2,911 45,619 36 1,620,165 39.82 73,024 1.79 . . . 314 20,063 182,997 1,896,563 46.62 40,685 502 45,687 . . .37 Northeastern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 224 60,875 4,612 50 28 394 27 62 56 316 . . . 65,498 37 947,233 16.10 43,841 0.75 . . . 30,359 21,184 88,681 1,131,298 19.23 58,823 441 67,776 . . .38 Northern Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 131 42,520 3,899 83 123 3,676 47 48 87 286 . . . 49,833 38 2,176,618 52.49 67,273 1.62 . . . . . . 12,351 50,947 2,307,189 55.64 41,465 593 49,371 . . .39 Southern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 191 51,568 6,344 22 1,086 . . . 40 61 116 83 . . . 58,720 39 1,088,369 21.65 34,838 0.69 . . . 28,450 9,219 71,125 1,232,001 24.51 50,268 546 60,506 . . .40 Western Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 200 31,770 3,709 303 664 8 35 65 26 25 . . . 36,303 40 971,496 32.27 32,628 1.08 . . . 41,664 15,855 108,990 1,170,633 38.88 30,108 496 39,936 . . .41 Zamboanga Peninsula Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 10 19,617 2,517 . . . . . . 173 . . . . . . . . . 5 1,417 20,885 41 509,950 26.96 14,711 0.78 . . . . . . 14,625 34,192 573,478 30.32 18,917 273 33,435 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,877 953 251,175 24,912 525 1,932 4,251 185 318 369 737 4,328 276,858 7,332,339 30.52 266,315 1.11 . . . 143,220 93,297 536,932 8,372,103 34.85 240,266 2,851 296,711 . . .

42 SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 44 5,935 958 2 . . . . . . 239 24 98 602 . . . 5,932 43 124,111 20.85 5,673 0.95 . . . . . . . . . 4,937 134,721 22.63 5,952 50 3,672 . . .44 Peninsular Malaysia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 4,866 216 17 19 . . . 21 12 . . . . . . . . . 5,085 44 1,169,532 246.53 39,646 8.36 . . . . . . . . . 359,187 1,568,365 330.60 4,744 35 2,509 . . .45 Sabah Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 88 27,016 1,782 51 651 . . . 1,152 43 4 . . . . . . 28,301 45 2,003,872 75.86 73,648 2.79 . . . . . . . . . 231,200 2,308,720 87.40 26,417 225 14,079 . . .46 Sarawak Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 50 18,687 694 1 . . . . . . 1 7 . . . . . . . . . 19,374 46 470,113 25.91 27,179 1.50 . . . . . . . . . 88,277 585,569 32.27 18,147 142 11,227 . . .47 Singapore Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 2,542 85 16 33 . . . 32 11 1 . . . . . . 2,632 47 1,563,738 623.00 57,199 22.79 . . . . . . . . . 833,710 2,454,647 977.95 2,510 7 918 . . .48 Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 82 12,551 815 68 54 . . . 95 23 70 229 . . . 13,071 48 1,670,960 136.75 49,659 4.06 . . . . . . . . . 44,771 1,765,390 144.48 12,219 124 10,461 . . .49 Vietnam Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 31 9,471 427 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 9,897 49 119,659 13.01 4,499 0.49 . . . . . . . . . 3,750 127,908 13.91 9,194 37 3,316 . . .50 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 1,865 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 238 30 . . . 1,742 50 15,175 8.72 619 0.36 . . . . . . . . . 545 16,339 9.39 1,740 9 799 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 310 82,933 5,125 155 757 . . . 1,540 124 411 861 . . . 86,034 7,137,160 88.20 258,122 3.19 . . . . . . . . . 1,566,377 8,961,659 110.74 80,923 629 46,981 . . .

51 WEST INDONESIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Central Java Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 28 4,205 243 1 48 . . . 19 16 1 . . . 1 4,460 52 322,020 79.14 16,818 4.13 2,076 2,595 . . . 4,053 347,562 85.42 4,069 59 5,381 . . .53 Central Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 69 10,478 585 . . . . . . 500 . . . 11 . . . . . . 2,039 9,513 53 627,905 62.26 26,953 2.67 3,344 4,179 . . . 18,547 680,928 67.52 10,085 155 9,974 . . .54 East Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 27 6,849 463 2 10 34 78 14 8 . . . 144 7,114 54 791,054 121.85 43,104 6.64 5,348 6,685 . . . 25,623 871,814 134.29 6,492 92 8,408 . . .55 East Kalimantan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 47 6,225 252 7 14 . . . 17 3 13 35 1,856 4,574 55 4,205,428 630.03 147,070 22.03 18,269 22,836 . . . 86,172 4,479,775 671.13 6,675 90 6,909 . . .56 Jakarta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 57 25,893 1,672 5 37 2,214 80 82 36 45 . . . 29,578 56 545,636 21.86 40,615 1.63 5,095 6,369 . . . 23,214 620,929 24.88 24,958 183 31,717 . . .57 North Sumatra Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 69 13,328 1,058 50 13 287 19 20 12 52 1,399 13,234 57 623,743 48.73 27,520 2.15 3,408 4,260 . . . 16,993 675,924 52.80 12,801 241 14,210 . . .58 Nusa Tenggara Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 34 10,978 272 . . . . . . . . . 2 40 . . . . . . 209 10,999 58 342,600 31.80 26,552 2.46 3,273 4,092 . . . 8,770 385,287 35.76 10,775 108 13,435 . . .59 South Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 54 7,495 294 . . . . . . 9 . . . 10 . . . . . . 1 7,787 59 321,160 42.56 14,561 1.93 1,795 2,243 . . . 6,166 345,925 45.84 7,546 113 10,062 . . .60 West Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 9 8,923 746 2 44 8 36 5 . . . . . . . . . 9,682 60 756,898 86.81 25,019 2.87 3,128 3,910 . . . 16,600 805,555 92.39 8,719 46 9,832 . . .61 West Kalimantan Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 39 3,310 523 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 20 3,812 61 49,905 16.96 8,194 2.78 995 1,244 . . . 256 60,594 20.59 2,943 51 4,183 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 433 97,684 6,108 67 166 3,052 251 202 70 132 5,669 100,753 8,586,349 90.32 376,406 3.96 46,731 58,413 . . . 206,394 9,274,293 97.56 95,063 1,138 114,111 . . .

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D) SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D)62 ATTACHED FIELDS 6263 East Timor Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 306 49 . . . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 63 18,454 75.02 685 2.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,139 77.80 246 9 412 . . .64 Guam-Micronesia Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 12 4,181 237 8 29 24 38 18 7 . . . . . . 4,416 64 1,560,294 377.06 56,739 13.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617,033 390.78 4,138 34 4,417 . . .65 Sri Lanka Mission of SDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 23 3,681 56 . . . 6 . . . . . . 7 . . . 1 . . . 3,735 65 202,368 55.69 6,095 1.68 709 886 . . . 14,843 224,901 61.89 3,634 53 2,541 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 43 8,168 342 8 35 81 38 25 7 1 . . . 8,563 1,781,116 222.14 63,519 7.92 709 886 . . . 14,843 1,861,073 232.11 8,018 96 7,370 . . .

66 SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 2,221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Bangladesh Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 298 29,193 2,427 1 . . . . . . 4 38 7 3 . . . 31,569 67 169,122 6.05 6,644 0.24 . . . . . . . . . 10,994 186,760 6.68 27,953 385 28,610 . . .68 Central Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142 603 130,772 14,341 127 83 5 74 249 337 831 . . . 143,837 68 4,292,291 33.99 143,890 1.14 . . . 1,186 16,845 204,554 4,658,766 36.89 126,298 1,745 217,642 . . .69 East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 222 99,937 6,826 199 126 . . . 50 206 138 163 . . . 106,531 69 3,688,066 38.02 226,757 2.34 . . . 40,008 . . . 149,418 4,104,249 42.31 96,995 933 86,428 . . .70 Myanmar Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 104 26,797 1,691 73 598 58 571 146 196 298 33 27,973 70 516,958 19.82 22,499 0.86 . . . . . . . . . 29,608 569,065 21.82 26,078 393 32,581 . . .71 North Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 439 238,949 15,666 126 362 2,501 248 259 109 479 2,388 254,121 71 7,155,918 30.79 262,394 1.13 76,135 313,647 87,897 578,690 8,474,681 36.46 232,446 1,761 265,575 . . .72 South Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,877 953 251,175 24,912 525 1,932 4,251 185 318 369 737 4,328 276,858 72 7,332,339 30.52 266,315 1.11 . . . 143,220 93,297 536,932 8,372,103 34.85 240,266 2,851 296,711 . . .73 Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 310 82,933 5,125 155 757 . . . 1,540 124 411 861 . . . 86,034 73 7,137,160 88.20 258,122 3.19 . . . . . . . . . 1,566,377 8,961,659 110.74 80,923 629 46,981 . . .74 West Indonesia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 433 97,684 6,108 67 166 3,052 251 202 70 132 5,669 100,753 74 8,586,349 90.32 376,406 3.96 46,731 58,413 . . . 206,394 9,274,293 97.56 95,063 1,138 114,111 . . .75 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 43 8,168 342 8 35 81 38 25 7 1 . . . 8,563 75 1,781,116 222.14 63,519 7.92 709 886 . . . 14,843 1,861,073 232.11 8,018 96 7,370 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,455 3,405 965,608 77,438 1,281 4,059 9,948 2,961 1,567 1,644 3,505 12,418 1,036,239 40,661,540 43.53 1,626,546 1.74 123,575 557,360 198,039 3,297,810 46,464,870 49.75 934,040 9,931 1,096,009 . . .

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION1 ADRIATIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Albanian Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 322 10 . . . . . . 20 1 . . . . . . 20 . . . 331 2 20,215 65.42 1,217 3.94 . . . . . . . . . 1,595 23,027 74.52 309 5 90 1,2173 Croatian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 11 2,970 101 8 45 . . . 56 41 27 112 . . . 2,888 3 1,515,461 504.65 71,081 23.67 . . . . . . 23,575 196,491 1,806,608 601.60 3,003 85 3,600 66,2094 Slovenian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 558 11 2 15 . . . 16 10 . . . . . . . . . 560 4 525,539 955.53 28,501 51.82 . . . . . . 1,339 99,201 654,580 1,190.15 550 15 580 25,407

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 16 3,850 122 10 60 20 73 51 27 132 . . . 3,779 2,061,215 533.72 100,799 26.10 . . . . . . 24,914 297,287 2,484,215 643.25 3,862 105 4,270 92,833

5 BALTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Estonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 1,683 22 1 43 . . . 52 27 16 12 . . . 1,642 6 690,387 404.92 25,226 14.80 3,259 . . . . . . . . . 718,872 421.63 1,705 21 1,630 24,2327 Latvian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . 3,950 99 4 85 . . . 85 45 31 . . . . . . 3,977 7 855,850 216.89 26,354 6.68 2,558 . . . . . . . . . 884,762 224.22 3,946 54 2,850 24,4078 Lithuanian Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 876 13 1 2 . . . 14 10 1 . . . . . . 867 8 259,586 298.72 5,646 6.50 649 . . . . . . . . . 265,881 305.96 869 27 820 4,917

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . 6,509 134 6 130 . . . 151 82 48 12 . . . 6,486 1,805,823 276.97 57,226 8.78 6,466 . . . . . . . . . 1,869,515 286.74 6,520 102 5,300 53,556

9 BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Irish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 477 24 6 25 2 5 1 . . . . . . 2 526 10 854,999 1,875.00 63,762 139.83 368 . . . . . . . . . 919,129 2,015.63 456 17 700 63,67111 North England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 12 8,106 302 11 136 105 37 43 7 . . . 7 8,566 11 7,177,114 899.50 422,745 52.98 17,420 . . . . . . . . . 7,617,279 954.67 7,979 117 5,053 393,65012 Scottish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 426 25 19 26 1 17 5 1 . . . . . . 474 12 509,629 1,233.97 37,495 90.79 640 . . . . . . . . . 547,764 1,326.31 413 11 425 28,21613 South England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 15 19,531 780 64 690 . . . 494 96 22 14 . . . 20,439 13 17,466,769 911.96 815,181 42.56 34,001 . . . . . . . . . 18,315,951 956.30 19,153 189 10,200 810,03814 Welsh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4 504 14 10 14 . . . 8 7 1 2 1 523 14 447,482 909.52 31,349 63.72 888 . . . . . . . . . 479,719 975.04 492 15 320 30,667

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 39 29,044 1,145 110 891 108 561 152 31 16 10 30,528 26,455,993 928.51 1,370,532 48.10 53,317 . . . . . . . . . 27,879,842 978.48 28,493 349 16,698 1,326,242

15 DANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 46 1 2,543 14 3 6 . . . 1 45 9 9 . . . 2,502 15 3,867,372 1,501.89 244,639 95.01 1,059 17,147 267,819 32,556 4,430,592 1,720.62 2,575 43 1,500 223,282

16 FINLAND UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Finland Finnish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 3 4,691 69 13 13 . . . 5 75 46 8 . . . 4,652 17 3,420,327 726.03 161,153 34.21 19,079 149,986 161,889 363,207 4,275,641 907.59 4,711 58 1,860 117,03318 Finland Swedish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 212 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 215 18 209,679 1,008.07 17,490 84.09 2,236 529 8,611 15,915 254,460 1,223.37 208 11 165 13,79919 North Finland Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 171 3 3 2 . . . 2 4 3 . . . . . . 170 19 177,082 1,035.57 6,653 38.91 823 7,718 5,455 38,120 235,851 1,379.25 171 8 63 3,273

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 6 5,074 73 17 17 . . . 7 79 50 8 . . . 5,037 3,807,088 747.95 185,296 36.40 22,138 158,233 175,955 417,242 4,765,952 936.34 5,090 77 2,088 134,105

20 HUNGARIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 36,185 . . . 751 . . . . . . 2,263 . . . . . . 39,199 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21521 Duna Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 13 2,588 99 13 120 3 133 66 34 18 . . . 2,572 21 1,010,961 392.00 42,111 16.33 2,340 3,100 . . . . . . 1,058,512 410.44 2,579 57 2,560 25,19922 Tisza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 17 2,106 75 1 37 1 48 36 17 3 5 2,111 22 690,905 326.98 26,010 12.31 3,072 2,167 . . . . . . 722,154 341.77 2,113 55 2,116 20,193

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 30 4,694 174 14 157 4 181 102 51 21 5 4,683 1,738,051 370.43 68,872 14.68 5,412 7,530 . . . . . . 1,819,865 387.87 4,692 112 4,676 45,607

23 MIDDLE EAST UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Cyprus Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 72 . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 1 . . . . . . . . . 70 24 90,592 1,240.99 8,381 114.81 . . . 3,490 . . . 13,131 115,594 1,583.48 73 2 60 6,18825 East Mediterranean Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 577 9 . . . 7 . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 587 25 167,519 298.08 14,619 26.01 12,206 3,391 . . . 28,210 225,945 402.04 562 8 227 10,20126 Egypt Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 753 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 763 26 131,728 174.94 5,584 7.42 . . . 3,258 . . . 5,139 145,709 193.50 753 24 763 2,99427 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 277 17 52 53 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 27 351,520 1,311.64 31,722 118.37 . . . 12,034 . . . 73,381 468,657 1,748.72 268 6 397 19,78428 Gulf Section South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 347 31 5 38 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 28 475,169 1,405.83 39,849 117.90 . . . 22,379 . . . 127,887 665,284 1,968.30 338 5 444 21,92629 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 173 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 171 29 20,993 122.05 402 2.34 . . . . . . . . . 418 21,813 126.82 172 1 171 40230 South Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 73 7,650 161 . . . . . . 75 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 7,884 30 27,960 3.74 3,721 0.50 513 . . . . . . . . . 32,194 4.31 7,466 93 10,000 3,72131 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 104 7,704 454 9 18 193 2 4 10 191 . . . 8,171 31 94,417 12.65 8,987 1.20 801 . . . . . . 413 104,618 14.02 7,464 250 9,000 6,156

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32 NETHERLANDS UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . 54 13 4,843 20 3 34 1 25 19 4 . . . . . . 4,853 32 4,801,593 1,061.36 209,284 46.26 2,658 . . . . . . . . . 5,013,535 1,108.21 4,524 55 4,500 40,837

33 NORWEGIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 East Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . 2,931 36 1 52 . . . 47 48 24 . . . . . . 2,901 34 4,781,552 1,628.04 310,753 105.81 18,994 330,225 337,047 65,382 5,843,953 1,989.77 2,937 34 1,250 273,55835 North Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 551 1 . . . 8 . . . 9 18 3 . . . . . . 530 35 576,990 1,034.03 63,770 114.28 2,472 46,171 120,075 16,352 825,830 1,479.98 558 13 250 61,15936 West Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 1,171 26 . . . 21 . . . 17 21 4 . . . . . . 1,176 36 1,518,966 1,307.20 145,114 124.88 8,601 126,283 53,716 50,798 1,903,478 1,638.10 1,162 12 500 139,227

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TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (CONT’D) TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)37 PAKISTAN UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Northern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 118 9,029 473 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 9,466 38 54,542 6.31 4,182 0.48 404 . . . . . . 1,535 60,663 7.02 8,639 49 2,200 4,18239 Southern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 48 3,404 293 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 3,687 39 78,185 23.02 2,743 0.81 325 . . . . . . 1,132 82,385 24.25 3,397 84 3,800 2,743

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 166 12,433 766 . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . 13,153 132,727 11.03 6,925 0.58 729 . . . . . . 2,667 143,048 11.89 12,036 133 6,000 6,925

40 POLISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 6,931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 East Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 14 1,819 53 6 13 . . . 17 15 13 7 . . . 1,839 41 762,944 425.75 34,885 19.47 . . . 43,928 . . . . . . 841,757 469.73 1,792 48 1,287 31,98542 South Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 8 2,233 40 4 47 . . . 69 30 15 15 10 2,185 42 849,509 380.26 45,701 20.46 . . . 62,489 . . . . . . 957,699 428.69 2,234 59 2,595 41,29443 West Polish Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 12 1,696 68 7 41 2 54 20 6 17 . . . 1,717 43 698,746 418.41 27,992 16.76 . . . 44,957 . . . . . . 771,695 462.09 1,670 49 2,169 26,087

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 34 5,748 161 17 101 2 140 65 34 39 10 5,741 2,318,130 406.98 108,578 19.06 . . . 151,374 . . . . . . 2,578,082 452.61 5,696 156 6,051 99,366

44 SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Macedonian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 587 16 . . . 2 . . . . . . 11 15 10 . . . 569 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 18 510 . . .46 North Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . 3,582 121 10 25 . . . 32 60 28 3 . . . 3,615 46 844,870 234.62 21,986 6.11 1,124 . . . . . . . . . 867,980 241.04 3,601 105 3,110 20,01547 South Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 . . . 3,330 51 10 26 . . . 45 63 36 5 . . . 3,268 47 762,072 227.55 24,050 7.18 24 . . . . . . . . . 786,146 234.74 3,349 95 2,775 19,49448 West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 691 12 1 3 . . . 15 32 37 9 . . . 614 48 252,419 373.40 6,413 9.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,832 382.89 676 26 520 6,286

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 . . . 8,190 200 21 56 . . . 92 166 116 27 . . . 8,066 1,859,361 227.06 52,449 6.40 1,148 . . . . . . . . . 1,912,958 233.60 8,189 244 6,915 45,795

49 SWEDISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 2,789 33 26 25 . . . 8 50 13 . . . 2 2,800 49 2,357,897 845.73 162,894 58.43 6,904 3,597 311,293 . . . 2,842,585 1,019.58 2,788 40 1,900 154,836

50 ATTACHED FIELDS 5051 Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 509 6 1 3 . . . 3 3 2 . . . . . . 511 51 320,630 628.69 30,223 59.26 4,555 . . . 60 40,315 395,783 776.05 510 35 553 22,99752 Iceland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 561 1 1 4 . . . 2 3 . . . . . . 2 560 52 334,996 591.87 21,401 37.81 582 323 8,344 . . . 365,646 646.02 566 10 131 20,19053 Israel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 883 27 49 18 . . . 68 5 1 26 . . . 877 53 420,920 482.71 12,548 14.39 . . . 1,335 . . . 37,645 472,448 541.80 872 22 816 10,390

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 20 1,953 34 51 25 . . . 73 11 3 26 2 1,948 1,076,546 552.64 64,172 32.94 5,137 1,658 8,404 77,960 1,233,877 633.41 1,948 67 1,500 53,577

54 TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Adriatic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 16 3,850 122 10 60 20 73 51 27 132 . . . 3,779 55 2,061,215 533.72 100,799 26.10 . . . . . . 24,914 297,287 2,484,215 643.25 3,862 105 4,270 92,83356 Baltic Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 . . . 6,509 134 6 130 . . . 151 82 48 12 . . . 6,486 56 1,805,823 276.97 57,226 8.78 6,466 . . . . . . . . . 1,869,515 286.74 6,520 102 5,300 53,55657 British Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 39 29,044 1,145 110 891 108 561 152 31 16 10 30,528 57 26,455,993 928.51 1,370,532 48.10 53,317 . . . . . . . . . 27,879,842 978.48 28,493 349 16,698 1,326,24258 Danish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1 2,543 14 3 6 . . . 1 45 9 9 . . . 2,502 58 3,867,372 1,501.89 244,639 95.01 1,059 17,147 267,819 32,556 4,430,592 1,720.62 2,575 43 1,500 223,28259 Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 6 5,074 73 17 17 . . . 7 79 50 8 . . . 5,037 59 3,807,088 747.95 185,296 36.40 22,138 158,233 175,955 417,242 4,765,952 936.34 5,090 77 2,088 134,10560 Hungarian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 30 4,694 174 14 157 4 181 102 51 21 5 4,683 60 1,738,051 370.43 68,872 14.68 5,412 7,530 . . . . . . 1,819,865 387.87 4,692 112 4,676 45,60761 Middle East Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 190 17,553 686 66 121 268 15 16 10 191 . . . 18,462 61 1,359,898 79.54 113,265 6.63 13,520 44,552 . . . 248,579 1,779,814 104.11 17,096 389 21,062 71,37262 Netherlands Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 13 4,843 20 3 34 1 25 19 4 . . . . . . 4,853 62 4,801,593 1,061.36 209,284 46.26 2,658 . . . . . . . . . 5,013,535 1,108.21 4,524 55 4,500 40,83763 Norwegian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2 4,653 63 1 81 . . . 73 87 31 . . . . . . 4,607 63 6,877,508 1,476.81 519,637 111.58 30,067 502,679 510,838 132,532 8,573,261 1,840.94 4,657 59 2,000 473,94464 Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 166 12,433 766 . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . 13,153 64 132,727 11.03 6,925 0.58 729 . . . . . . 2,667 143,048 11.89 12,036 133 6,000 6,92565 Polish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 34 5,748 161 17 101 2 140 65 34 39 10 5,741 65 2,318,130 406.98 108,578 19.06 . . . 151,374 . . . . . . 2,578,082 452.61 5,696 156 6,051 99,36666 South-East European Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 . . . 8,190 200 21 56 . . . 92 166 116 27 . . . 8,066 66 1,859,361 227.06 52,449 6.40 1,148 . . . . . . . . . 1,912,958 233.60 8,189 244 6,915 45,79567 Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 2,789 33 26 25 . . . 8 50 13 . . . 2 2,800 67 2,357,897 845.73 162,894 58.43 6,904 3,597 311,293 . . . 2,842,585 1,019.58 2,788 40 1,900 154,83668 Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 20 1,953 34 51 25 . . . 73 11 3 26 2 1,948 68 1,076,546 552.64 64,172 32.94 5,137 1,658 8,404 77,960 1,233,877 633.41 1,948 67 1,500 53,577

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389 519 109,876 3,625 345 1,704 403 1,400 971 427 481 29 112,645 60,519,202 559.50 3,264,568 30.18 148,555 886,770 1,299,223 1,208,823 67,327,141 622.44 108,166 1,931 84,460 2,822,277Note—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 16,156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Central African Republic Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 48 9,521 508 36 1 . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 10,058 2 21,980 2.36 910 0.10 3 14 . . . 9,302 32,209 3.46 9,320 99 7,986 8873 Central-South Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 202 25,089 1,770 44 45 333 40 30 350 2,635 508 23,718 3 522,770 21.52 15,699 0.65 . . . . . . . . . 184,071 722,540 29.75 24,289 470 14,845 15,6984 Chad Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 11 3,393 313 . . . . . . 130 55 6 54 . . . . . . 3,721 4 50,607 15.18 1,739 0.52 11 105 . . . 2,571 55,033 16.51 3,333 54 3,721 1,7385 East Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 115 26,286 1,578 50 132 285 495 791 920 1,413 34 24,678 5 120,727 4.58 3,279 0.12 4 195 . . . 5,228 129,433 4.91 26,358 280 26,000 3,2646 Equatorial Guinea Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 2,268 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,401 6 128,323 57.39 4,579 2.05 1,079 1,494 . . . 89,814 225,289 100.76 2,236 20 2,401 4,5797 Gabon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 3,258 214 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,472 7 90,421 27.95 1,182 0.37 29 375 . . . 16,986 108,993 33.69 3,235 28 3,472 1,1808 North Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 175 45,715 2,380 1 1 . . . 3 13 13 3 217 47,848 8 147,451 3.32 19,834 0.45 1,761 186 . . . 25,161 194,393 4.38 44,421 487 49,524 16,6499 West Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 48 10,856 520 . . . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 11,378 9 244,852 23.13 11,599 1.10 . . . 126 . . . 21,490 278,067 26.26 10,588 106 11,378 11,599

10 Republic of Congo Attached Mission Station . . . . . . . . . 13 10 636 52 12 15 30 10 2 8 16 . . . 709 10 38,855 63.38 3,091 5.04 577 899 . . . 12,165 55,587 90.68 613 23 709 3,091Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 623 127,022 7,468 143 194 781 603 851 1,345 4,067 759 127,983 1,382,142 11.11 61,912 0.50 3,464 3,394 . . . 366,788 1,817,700 14.61 124,393 1,567 120,036 58,685

11 EASTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4,991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Anambra-Imo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 80 8,614 349 46 46 . . . 12 46 4 3 . . . 8,990 12 153,001 17.99 2,843 0.33 . . . 285 . . . 94,784 250,913 29.50 8,506 124 10,265 2,84013 East Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 113 16,414 1,080 . . . 25 . . . 187 131 127 . . . . . . 17,074 13 275,118 16.94 4,186 0.26 . . . 548 . . . 143,989 423,841 26.11 16,236 178 19,589 4,18614 East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 100 80,722 3,965 60 348 . . . 1,065 750 569 695 383 81,633 14 790,426 9.82 22,154 0.28 1,253 5,204 . . . 537,677 1,356,714 16.86 80,455 320 108,680 21,84915 Rivers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 214 43,410 1,649 7 90 235 78 111 25 24 . . . 45,153 15 945,589 22.03 78,589 1.83 . . . . . . . . . 316,102 1,340,280 31.22 42,932 412 102,570 78,58416 South East Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 54 6,725 339 1 31 . . . 9 9 17 . . . . . . 7,061 16 107,471 16.45 10,935 1.67 47 119 169 35,945 154,686 23.67 6,534 100 8,500 10,929

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 561 155,885 7,382 114 540 235 1,351 1,047 742 722 383 159,911 2,276,596 14.72 118,707 0.77 1,300 6,156 169 1,128,497 3,531,425 22.83 154,663 1,134 249,604 118,388

17 GHANA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 20,674 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,674 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 333 95,287 4,784 43 273 15 578 411 242 452 53 98,666 18 1,037,610 11.15 94,696 1.02 . . . 4,673 . . . 208,472 1,345,451 14.45 93,093 596 136,675 22,65719 East Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 247 31,150 1,693 42 114 40 112 119 58 111 11 32,628 19 366,378 12.11 22,806 0.75 . . . 1,627 . . . 55,860 446,671 14.77 30,247 395 88,065 8,14420 Mid-West Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 242 53,088 2,615 . . . 105 . . . 338 227 90 . . . . . . 55,153 20 484,895 9.23 40,365 0.77 . . . 2,597 . . . 92,040 619,897 11.80 52,534 408 101,521 12,32321 North Ghana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 83 7,833 773 147 5 . . . 209 89 476 2,011 1,917 4,056 21 168,169 21.81 3,547 0.46 . . . 56 . . . 7,947 179,719 23.31 7,710 100 25,002 1,10422 South Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 280 71,956 3,577 11 273 . . . 461 254 48 45 . . . 75,009 22 780,983 11.12 70,252 1.00 . . . 638 . . . 144,002 995,875 14.18 70,251 503 123,230 19,99123 South Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 307 58,246 4,757 80 658 . . . 758 185 147 584 . . . 62,067 23 1,721,141 30.39 86,293 1.52 . . . 1,712 . . . 196,745 2,005,891 35.42 56,626 478 83,000 31,74324 South West Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 185 29,122 1,538 11 114 . . . 464 98 154 388 . . . 29,681 24 317,603 10.97 10,996 0.38 . . . 96 . . . 24,265 352,960 12.20 28,941 320 37,666 4,165

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GENERAL STATISTICS BY DIVISIONS FOR 2009 STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D) WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)25 NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9,516 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,516 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Edo-Delta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 46 12,474 703 2 5 178 16 30 . . . . . . 19 13,297 26 310,995 25.76 7,152 0.59 5,831 578 33 195,207 519,796 43.06 12,071 82 16,100 7,14127 North East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 94 23,524 1,534 18 135 . . . 43 26 9 2 . . . 25,131 27 589,556 25.56 9,154 0.40 13,514 1,842 43 222,065 836,174 36.26 23,062 176 30,032 8,91528 North West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 184 17,786 1,157 24 54 560 113 53 56 . . . 291 19,068 28 288,669 16.87 9,425 0.55 863 934 60 72,661 372,612 21.77 17,116 241 28,364 9,33829 South West Nigeria Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 138 29,683 1,419 39 58 . . . 32 33 21 29 . . . 31,084 29 1,045,582 35.87 8,164 0.28 14,956 1,307 . . . 216,853 1,286,862 44.14 29,152 219 36,997 8,16430 West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 139 27,353 1,105 1 2 . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 28,445 30 1,245,425 46.09 27,188 1.01 . . . . . . . . . 187,065 1,459,678 54.02 27,019 234 38,346 27,188

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 601 110,820 5,918 84 254 738 204 158 86 31 310 117,025 3,489,743 32.19 61,083 0.56 35,164 4,661 136 893,851 4,484,638 41.36 108,420 952 149,839 60,746

31 SAHEL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13,257 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,257 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Benin Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 45 4,433 334 1 . . . 168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,936 32 91,769 20.89 2,320 0.53 424 686 . . . 33,873 129,072 29.37 4,394 59 2,785 2,32033 Burkina Faso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 63 3,480 132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3,610 33 90,667 26.80 4,080 1.21 652 1,183 . . . 13,836 110,418 32.64 3,383 84 3,821 4,08034 Cape Verde Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 6,208 410 . . . . . . . . . 8 4 20 . . . 100 6,486 34 424,746 70.09 11,910 1.97 5,013 . . . . . . 131,197 572,866 94.53 6,060 63 6,730 11,91035 Cote d'Ivoire Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 88 11,574 413 . . . 3 27 10 19 7 1 . . . 11,980 35 309,321 27.26 21,031 1.85 3,695 6,182 . . . 87,747 427,976 37.72 11,345 147 10,840 21,03136 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 1,287 29 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . 2 1,309 36 19,066 16.65 1,366 1.19 337 426 . . . 4,484 25,679 22.43 1,145 29 728 1,36637 Guinea-Bissau Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22 1,967 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2,022 37 27,142 13.82 702 0.36 50 188 . . . 1,500 29,582 15.06 1,964 24 1,800 70238 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22 1,452 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 38 31,719 21.65 1,683 1.15 406 403 . . . 5,933 40,144 27.40 1,465 25 1,555 1,68339 Niger Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 39 4,292 19.60 267 1.22 26 72 . . . 808 5,465 24.95 219 1 120 26740 Senegal/Mauritania Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 492 10 1 . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 503 40 71,137 146.67 1,880 3.88 407 572 . . . 14,780 88,776 183.04 485 10 150 1,88041 Togo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 91 10,474 555 2 . . . 16 . . . 3 . . . 16 . . . 11,028 41 182,428 17.50 12,060 1.16 3,149 3,802 . . . 40,391 241,830 23.20 10,423 130 12,045 12,060

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 400 41,594 2,006 4 3 212 23 33 27 17 104 43,615 1,265,544 30.96 57,299 1.40 14,159 13,514 . . . 334,549 1,685,065 41.22 40,883 572 40,574 57,299

42 WEST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6,632 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,632 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Gambia Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 1,203 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243 43 8,951 7.59 148 0.13 16 62 . . . 186 9,363 7.93 1,180 8 2,850 11044 Liberia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 53 24,530 884 5 51 . . . . . . 31 . . . 425 . . . 25,014 44 105,331 4.38 8,329 0.35 2 1,003 . . . 16,723 131,388 5.47 24,035 103 35,430 4,65045 Sierra Leone Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 74 17,433 776 . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 18,168 45 75,110 4.38 814 0.05 173 183 . . . 1,672 77,952 4.55 17,151 120 45,450 131

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 135 43,166 1,700 5 51 . . . . . . 72 . . . 425 . . . 44,425 196,024 4.63 9,291 0.22 191 1,248 . . . 18,581 225,335 5.32 42,366 231 83,730 4,891

46 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 85,947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Central African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 976 623 127,022 7,468 143 194 781 603 851 1,345 4,067 759 127,983 47 1,382,142 11.11 61,912 0.50 3,464 3,394 . . . 366,788 1,817,700 14.61 124,393 1,567 120,036 58,68548 Eastern Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 561 155,885 7,382 114 540 235 1,351 1,047 742 722 383 159,911 48 2,276,596 14.72 118,707 0.77 1,300 6,156 169 1,128,497 3,531,425 22.83 154,663 1,134 249,604 118,38849 Ghana Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 1,677 346,682 19,737 334 1,542 55 2,920 1,383 1,215 3,591 1,981 357,260 49 4,897,453 14.43 328,955 0.97 . . . 11,399 . . . 729,331 5,967,138 17.58 339,402 2,800 595,159 100,12750 North-Western Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 601 110,820 5,918 84 254 738 204 158 86 31 310 117,025 50 3,489,743 32.19 61,083 0.56 35,164 4,661 136 893,851 4,484,638 41.36 108,420 952 149,839 60,74651 Sahel Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 400 41,594 2,006 4 3 212 23 33 27 17 104 43,615 51 1,265,544 30.96 57,299 1.40 14,159 13,514 . . . 334,549 1,685,065 41.22 40,883 572 40,574 57,29952 West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 135 43,166 1,700 5 51 . . . . . . 72 . . . 425 . . . 44,425 52 196,024 4.63 9,291 0.22 191 1,248 . . . 18,581 225,335 5.32 42,366 231 83,730 4,891

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,232 3,997 825,169 44,211 684 2,584 2,021 5,101 3,544 3,415 8,853 3,537 850,219 13,593,449 16.78 637,247 0.79 54,278 40,372 305 3,471,597 17,797,248 21.97 810,127 7,256 1,238,942 400,136

WORLD SUMMARY WORLD SUMMARY1 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 881,595 . . . . . . . . . 11,073,279 . . . . . . . . . 11,954,874 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 East-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,077 10,309 2,474,396 164,597 2,243 17,905 84,137 24,897 5,907 16,332 10,922 100,764 2,584,456 2 21,664,246 8.96 1,177,846 0.49 11,281 1,438,975 1,706 1,899,521 26,193,575 10.84 2,416,954 24,420 2,974,328 . . .

3 Euro-Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,521 703 176,209 4,832 575 4,995 131 5,006 2,322 1,617 186 776 176,835 3 137,996,868 783.29 8,563,085 48.61 2,197,629 2,290,373 410,694 21,968,016 173,426,665 984.39 176,177 3,008 168,020 6,871,735

4 Euro-Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,968 1,001 137,593 6,586 308 3,800 65 4,480 2,160 2,317 . . . 201 139,194 4 25,775,392 188.28 618,168 4.52 6,198 598,351 . . . 1,795,053 28,793,162 210.32 136,900 2,964 118,475 19,817

5 Inter-American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,346 7,691 3,127,602 182,451 3,662 79,053 3,605 75,315 6,562 31,021 9,502 2,749 3,271,224 5 199,598,482 65.85 10,641,313 3.51 957,718 14,407,887 2,388,285 31,923,942 259,917,627 85.75 3,030,977 18,297 3,862,518 10,002,839

6 North American Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,254 759 1,084,838 39,305 6,114 29,338 4,962 28,121 6,991 4,242 9,144 7,901 1,108,158 6 877,932,667 820.58 23,269,011 21.75 4,058,238 23,660,996 1,520,275 453,686,653 1,384,127,840 1,293.70 1,069,898 4,402 271,748 21,594,538

7 Northern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,008 3,686 607,057 19,503 1,007 1,885 683 1,772 398 82 2,073 184 625,626 7 63,037,923 106.20 2,934,391 4.94 411,552 3,112,725 489,049 34,725,900 104,711,540 176.40 593,601 5,820 513,127 2,798,452

8 South American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,048 11,099 2,250,520 214,639 5,740 162,146 11,439 163,203 14,102 161,015 168,788 121,466 2,015,910 8 316,842,640 131.13 10,877,483 4.50 3,532,588 10,635,303 590,749 77,121,864 419,600,627 173.65 2,416,291 22,382 1,910,354 10,693,931

9 South Pacific Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,865 3,409 407,505 17,458 1,432 2,608 . . . 2,042 1,248 1,165 3,911 . . . 420,637 9 74,368,675 184.87 4,282,739 10.65 716,821 2,362,380 972,831 25,293,053 107,996,499 268.46 402,275 4,825 461,599 4,020,602

10 Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,171 11,828 2,325,863 195,889 1,777 19,605 17,256 27,015 6,508 12,142 13,407 11,447 2,489,871 10 54,858,126 24.34 1,874,499 0.83 122,101 702,144 1,974 1,842 57,560,686 25.54 2,253,731 24,170 5,135,043 1,815,012

11 Southern Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,891 5,394 1,429,172 59,503 107 17 30 14 797 7,184 3,228 740 1,476,866 11 3,594,486 2.56 191,027 0.14 24,790 . . . 240,704 95,495 4,146,502 2.96 1,402,566 11,363 1,728,411 158,925

12 Southern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,455 3,405 965,608 77,438 1,281 4,059 9,948 2,961 1,567 1,644 3,505 12,418 1,036,239 12 40,661,540 43.53 1,626,546 1.74 123,575 557,360 198,039 3,297,810 46,464,870 49.75 934,040 9,931 1,096,009 . . .

13 Trans-European Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,389 519 109,876 3,625 345 1,704 403 1,400 971 427 481 29 112,645 13 60,519,202 559.50 3,264,568 30.18 148,555 886,770 1,299,223 1,208,823 67,327,141 622.44 108,166 1,931 84,460 2,822,277

14 West-Central Africa Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,232 3,997 825,169 44,211 684 2,584 2,021 5,101 3,544 3,415 8,853 3,537 850,219 14 13,593,449 16.78 637,247 0.79 54,278 40,372 305 3,471,597 17,797,248 21.97 810,127 7,256 1,238,942 400,136

WORLD TOTALS 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,225 63,800 15,921,408 1,030,037 25,275 329,699 134,680 341,327 53,077 242,603 234,000 262,212 16,307,880 1,891,325,291 120.07 69,957,923 4.44 23,438,603 60,693,636 8,113,834 656,489,569 2,710,018,856 172.05 15,751,703 140,769 19,563,034 61,198,264

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

Net Increase (Decrease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,264 1,370 261,061 24,317 (2,539) (20,905) 33,204 (31,319) 2,160 7,059 6,494 (75,728) 386,472 (38,442,762) (5.17) 658,160 (0.06) (2,924,404) 4,971,891 (2,928,883) 121,657,341 82,991,343 1.55 343,758 7,578 (732,310) 551,380

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GENERAL CONFERENCE1 General Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 10 1 115 340 9 2 . . . 4 88 . . . 3 713 872 General Conference Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 34 438 180 1,176 1 . . . 61 12 335 . . . 9,004 11,403 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 44 439 295 1,516 10 2 61 16 423 . . . 9,007 12,116 87

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 EAST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 9 40 3682 Central Kenya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 59 . . . . . . 14 . . . 10 316 . . . 67 128 25 755 . . .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 7 . . . . . . 10 3 . . . 207 . . . 9 183 144 645 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 72 16 . . . 126 70 16 540 . . . 119 506 322 2,263 368

10 EAST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 14 5811 East Katanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 5 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 22 . . .12 Maniema Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 18 . . .13 North Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 25 . . .14 South Katanga Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 13 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 32 . . .15 West Katanga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 16 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 12 34 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 127 58

16 ETHIOPIAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 48 9717 Central Ethiopia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 15 88 . . . 10 29 2 2 . . . 14 1 172 351 . . .18 Northwest Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22 17 . . . 8 . . . 2 . . . . . . 12 . . . 162 226 . . .19 South Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 7 10 . . . 20 30 1 72 . . . 17 . . . 142 338 . . .20 West Ethiopia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 10 2 . . . 32 16 1 70 . . . 18 . . . 76 247 . . .21 Tigray Attached Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10 15 . . . 4 1 . . . 8 . . . 2 . . . 25 72 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 69 132 . . . 102 76 6 152 . . . 67 1 585 1,282 97

22 RWANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 29 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 5 47 7123 Central Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 39 25 . . . . . . . . . 31 4 46 159 . . .24 East Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 49 33 . . . . . . . . . 5 21 30 163 . . .25 North Rwanda Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 52 28 . . . . . . . . . 1 44 238 396 . . .26 South Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 42 78 . . .27 West Rwanda Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 35 25 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 15 94 . . .

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

28 TANZANIA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 146 2 . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . 29 271 6329 East Tanzania Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 20 21 . . . . . . . . . 6 317 16 403 . . .30 Mara Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 19 14 . . . . . . . . . 17 135 19 229 . . .31 North-East Tanzania Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 28 12 . . . . . . . . . 44 167 15 297 . . .32 South Nyanza Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 1 . . . 19 179 36 295 . . .33 Southern Highlands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 30 18 . . . . . . . . . 12 139 14 232 . . .34 West Tanzania Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 31 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 140 10 222 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 289 91 . . . 1 . . . 181 1,077 139 1,949 63

35 UGANDA UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 105 2 . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . 75 280 11536 Central Uganda Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . 9 26 . . . . . . . . . 638 86 52 869 . . .37 Eastern Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 3 65 27 122 . . .38 Northern Uganda Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 4 16 . . . . . . . . . 23 38 26 116 . . .39 Southwestern Uganda Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . 9 15 . . . . . . . . . 5 49 42 168 . . .40 Western Uganda Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 20 13 . . . . . . . . . 14 25 31 127 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 149 81 . . . . . . . . . 765 263 253 1,682 115

41 WEST CONGO UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 11 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 33 . . .42 Central Kasai Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 6 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 49 . . .43 Congo Equatorial Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 5 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 16 . . .44 East Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 30 . . .45 Lower Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 19 . . .46 West Congo Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 27 . . .47 West Kasai Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 41 . . .

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

48 ATTACHED FIELDS49 Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 21 . . .50 East Burundi Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 14 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 46 151 North Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 31 352 West Burundi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 15 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 117 6 165 18

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

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EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)53 Eritrea Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 8 . . . 1 . . . 2 17 1

54 North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 24 . . .55 Central Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 5 18 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 53 . . .56 North Kivu Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 69 . . .57 South Kivu Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 33 . . .58 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

59 EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7 5 . . . 260 12 . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . 29 403 260 East African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 72 16 . . . 126 70 16 540 . . . 119 506 322 2,263 36861 East Congo Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 12 34 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7 127 5862 Ethiopian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 69 132 . . . 102 76 6 152 . . . 67 1 585 1,282 9763 Rwanda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 . . . . . . . . . 207 125 . . . . . . . . . 49 76 376 937 7164 Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 289 91 . . . 1 . . . 181 1,077 139 1,949 6365 Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 149 81 . . . . . . . . . 765 263 253 1,682 11566 West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 . . . . . . . . . 28 45 . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . 215 . . .67 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 35 . . . . . . 40 45 2 8 . . . 43 146 20 495 23

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 195 187 . . . 1,201 551 24 701 . . . 1,331 2,086 1,731 9,353 797

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION1 AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE. . . 29 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 3 . . . . . . . . . 21 343 403 20

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

3 CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 101 434 Bohemian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 10 51 7 105 . . .5 Moravia-Silesian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 20 65 . . .6 Slovakian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 36 5 64 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9 . . . . . . 20 87 118 335 43

7 FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 10 . . .8 Belgian-Luxembourg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . .9 North France Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 . . . . . . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 1 48 . . .

10 South France Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 4 10 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 43 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 7 . . . . . . 12 20 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 2 114 . . .

11 ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . . 53 5 . . . . . . 42 15 13 1 . . . 33 4 . . . 166 20

12 NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 20613 Berlin-Central German Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 8 . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 98 . . .14 Hansa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . .15 Lower Saxonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 39 . . .16 Northern Rhenish-Westfalian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 9 . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 52 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 22 . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 245 206

17 PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 10 59 27

18 ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . 3 54 10619 Banat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 52 . . .20 Moldavia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 . . . . . . . . . 10 10 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . .21 Muntenia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . 5 . . . 123 34 10 3 . . . 67 172 15 515 . . .22 North Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 6 7 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . .23 Oltenia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . 13 12 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 79 . . .24 South Transylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 6 5 7 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 59 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 1 5 . . . 191 73 32 3 . . . 85 172 22 883 106

25 SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 . . . . . . 14 1 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 4 39 11926 Baden-Wuerttemberg Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . 58 . . .27 Bavarian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 2 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 37 . . .28 Central Rhenish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 3 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 4 . . . . . . 25 25 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 4 170 119

29 SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . 71 7 75 . . . 39 21 12 31 . . . 8 11 . . . 275 28

30 SWISS UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 French-Italian Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 . . . . . . 5 5 11 . . . . . . 9 . . . 3 51 . . .32 German Swiss Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1 3 . . . 33 10 1 1 . . . 14 10 7 96 . . .

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EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 ATTACHED FIELD34 TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 2 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 9 235 Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 3 136 Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 . . .37 Turkey Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 9 1

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

38 EURO-AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 15 21 . . . 37 1 1 6 . . . 2 11 793 909 . . .39 Austrian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1 . . . . . . . . . 6 3 . . . . . . . . . 21 343 403 2040 Bulgarian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10 . . . . . . 15 25 3 . . . . . . 1 . . . 66 154 641 Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9 . . . . . . 20 87 118 335 4342 Franco-Belgian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 7 . . . . . . 12 20 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 2 114 . . .43 Italian Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5 . . . . . . 42 15 13 1 . . . 33 4 . . . 166 2044 North German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 22 . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 245 20645 Portuguese Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 10 59 2746 Romanian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 1 5 . . . 191 73 32 3 . . . 85 172 22 883 10647 South German Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 4 . . . . . . 25 25 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 4 170 11948 Spanish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 7 75 . . . 39 21 12 31 . . . 8 11 . . . 275 2849 Swiss Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4 3 . . . 38 15 12 1 . . . 23 10 10 147 . . .50 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . 4 3 3 . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 30 4

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 79 104 . . . 465 228 88 42 . . . 224 316 1,407 3,890 579

EURO-ASIA DIVISION1 BELARUS UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 11 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 73 11

2 CAUCASUS UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 14 23 Kubano-Chernomorskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 16 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 2 44 . . .4 North Caucasus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 17 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 8 41 . . .5 Rostov-Kalmykia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 8 13 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 5 43 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 16 47 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 15 142 2

6 EAST RUSSIAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 14 . . .7 Central Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 7 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 26 . . .8 East Siberian Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 25 . . .9 West Siberian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 10 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 22 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 13 34 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 7 87 . . .

10 FAR EASTERN UNION OF CHURCHES MISSION . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 11 48 2

11 MOLDOVA UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 2 38 . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 28 130 1

12 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 15 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 25 1113 Kyrgyzstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 18 . . .14 Northern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 12 55 . . .15 Southern Kazakhstan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 15 . . .16 Tajikistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 10 . . .17 Turkmenistan Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . .18 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 17 . . .

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19 TRANS-CAUCASUS UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 120 Armenian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 11 27 . . .21 Azerbaijan Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 13 . . .22 Georgian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12 . . .

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23 UKRAINIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 55 78 2124 Bukovinskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . 6 8 16 99 . . .25 Central Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 6 6 8 81 . . .26 Dnieper Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 11 80 . . .27 Eastern Dnieper Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 16 82 . . .28 Eastern Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 47 . . .29 Kiev Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 14 42 . . .30 Podolsk Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 91 . . .31 Southern Ukrainian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 15 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 92 . . .32 Western Ukrainian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 4 41 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 3 84 . . .

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EURO-ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)33 WEST RUSSIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 5 23 834 Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 7 49 . . .35 Moscow Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 6 7 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 30 . . .36 Northwestern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 1 15 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 1 44 . . .37 Priokskaya Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 33 . . .38 Southern Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 8 42 . . .39 Ural Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 12 15 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 6 52 . . .40 Volga Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 3 19 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 6 50 . . .41 Volgo-Vyatskaya Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 4 51 37 141 . . .

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42 EURO-ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 8 . . . 56 11 . . . 4 . . . 25 . . . 87 216 143 Belarus Union of Churches Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 11 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 73 1144 Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 16 47 . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 15 142 245 East Russian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 13 34 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 7 87 . . .46 Far Eastern Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 11 48 247 Moldova Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 2 38 . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 28 130 148 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 42 19 . . . . . . . . . 12 1 30 141 1149 Trans-Caucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 7 20 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 17 60 150 Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 . . . . . . . . . 26 306 . . . . . . . . . 35 16 167 776 2151 West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . . . . . . 32 138 . . . . . . . . . 38 51 78 464 8

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 . . . 8 . . . 205 674 . . . 4 . . . 175 73 440 2,137 58

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

2 CARIBBEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 175 6 . . . . . . . . . 142 . . . 365 710 953 East Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 132 13 . . . . . . . . . 14 2 42 229 . . .4 Grenada Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2 29 . . .5 Guyana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 15 10 . . . . . . . . . 35 5 8 97 . . .6 North Caribbean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 87 12 . . . . . . . . . 35 9 56 235 . . .7 Saint Lucia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 43 10 . . . . . . . . . 18 5 49 136 . . .8 South Caribbean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 . . . . . . . . . 115 19 . . . . . . . . . 18 47 26 276 . . .9 Suriname Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . .

10 Tobago Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 42 2 . . . . . . . . . 14 10 42 124 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 . . . . . . . . . 622 76 . . . . . . . . . 279 80 590 1,846 95

11 CENTRAL MEXICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 20 . . .12 Azteca Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 23 5 . . . . . . . . . 8 7 2 60 . . .13 Bajio Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 4 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 13 25 62 . . .14 Metropolitan Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 20 10 . . . . . . . . . 14 5 2 65 . . .15 Valley Mexican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 18 . . .

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16 COLOMBIAN UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 51 4 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 276 376 7817 Atlantic Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 9 16 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 19 53 . . .18 Caribbean Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 45 . . .19 Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 20 . . .20 Colombian Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . .21 Colombian Llanos and Boyaca Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 17 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 44 83 . . .22 East Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 36 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 60 142 . . .23 Northeast Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 19 4 . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . 81 . . .24 Pacific Colombian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 15 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 92 . . .25 South Colombian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 39 8 . . . . . . . . . 11 6 8 96 . . .26 Upper Magdalena Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 38 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 86 152 . . .27 West Central Colombian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 8 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 40 . . .

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28 CUBAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . 83 3129 Central Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 11 17 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . 50 . . .30 East Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 25 22 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . 86 . . .31 West Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 24 30 . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . . 146 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . 92 69 . . . . . . . . . 134 . . . . . . 365 31

32 DOMINICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 33 . . . 75 . . . . . . 9 . . . 22 46 271 465 8733 Central Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 36 . . . 36 19 . . . 29 . . . 13 . . . 97 268 . . .34 East Dominican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 75 . . . 10 17 . . . 28 . . . 3 . . . 146 295 . . .35 North Dominican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 43 . . . 31 13 . . . 45 . . . 6 . . . 66 224 . . .36 Northeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 22 . . . 15 10 . . . 8 . . . 5 . . . 110 176 . . .37 South Dominican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 9 . . . 12 12 . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 44 94 . . .38 Southeast Dominican Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 56 . . . 13 13 . . . 39 . . . 12 . . . 51 207 . . .

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)39 FRENCH ANTILLES-GUIANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 17 9440 French Guiana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 20 34 . . .41 Guadeloupe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 46 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 7 60 138 . . .42 Martinique Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 34 7 . . . . . . . . . 39 1 135 238 . . .

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43 GUATEMALA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . 11 2144 Central Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . .45 East Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 15 . . .46 Metropolitan Guatemala Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 6 . . . 5 8 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . 3 34 . . .47 North Guatemala Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . .48 South Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 1 8 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 19 . . .49 West Guatemala Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 1 . . . 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . .

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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 . . .

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55 INTER-OCEANIC MEXICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 29 4556 Hidalgo Veracruz Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 20 17 . . . . . . . . . 5 33 . . . 96 . . .57 Isthmus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 3 11 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . . . 29 . . .58 Oaxaca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 2 32 . . .59 Olmeca Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 31 16 . . . . . . . . . 15 4 . . . 94 . . .60 South Pacific Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 23 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 11 1 68 . . .61 South Veracruz Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 26 15 . . . . . . . . . 10 25 . . . 104 . . .

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62 MID-CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 1 13 5363 Atlantic Honduras Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 9 . . . 4 3 . . . 2 . . . 2 . . . . . . 26 . . .64 Bay Islands Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 26 . . . 2 3 . . . 9 . . . 2 . . . 5 53 . . .65 Central El Salvador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 . . . 2 8 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 45 64 . . .66 Central Honduras Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 22 . . . 8 7 2 5 . . . 8 . . . . . . 70 . . .67 East El Salvador Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 7 . . . 11 5 . . . . . . . . . 11 5 71 117 . . .68 Metropolitan El Salvador Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 28 . . . 6 8 . . . 5 . . . 4 . . . . . . 59 . . .69 Northwest Honduras Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 28 . . . 3 13 . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 51 106 . . .70 Paracentral El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 2 . . . 2 3 . . . 10 . . . 1 10 8 42 . . .71 West El Salvador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 14 . . . 3 7 . . . 20 . . . 9 . . . . . . 59 . . .

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72 NORTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 48 1 . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . 94 4473 Baja California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 43 13 . . . . . . . . . 72 15 2 169 . . .74 Gulf Mexican Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 12 . . . . . . . . . 8 5 . . . 36 . . .75 North Mexican Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . 11 7 . . . 49 . . .76 North Tamaulipas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 10 . . . 32 . . .77 Northeast Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 40 6 . . . . . . . . . 10 3 . . . 93 . . .78 Sinaloa Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 23 8 . . . . . . . . . 6 7 2 60 . . .79 Sonora Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 15 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 20 . . . 63 . . .80 West Mexican Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 5 12 . . . . . . . . . 6 6 . . . 41 . . .

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81 PUERTO RICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 61 3 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 804 901 4782 East Puerto Rico Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . 24 . . . 47 16 . . . 28 . . . 15 . . . 95 269 . . .83 North Puerto Rico Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 12 . . . 8 5 . . . 11 . . . 1 . . . 32 83 . . .84 South Puerto Rico Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 18 . . . 2 6 . . . 12 . . . 4 . . . 11 64 . . .85 West Puerto Rico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . 52 . . . 42 13 . . . 15 . . . 8 . . . 110 277 . . .

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86 SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE 8 . . . 22 . . . 19 3 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . 69 6887 Caribbean Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 8 . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 27 . . .88 Central Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 4 . . . 4 9 . . . 5 . . . 1 . . . 1 30 . . .89 Central-South Costa Rica Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 23 . . . 13 2 . . . 1 . . . 1 5 7 62 . . .90 East Panama Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 20 . . . 12 10 . . . 7 . . . 9 . . . 8 81 . . .91 Nicaragua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 61 . . . 16 18 . . . 111 . . . 9 . . . . . . 233 . . .92 North Costa Rica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 1 . . . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 23 . . .93 West Panama Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 43 . . . 16 5 . . . 18 . . . 2 . . . . . . 99 . . .

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)94 SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 . . . . . . 268 5995 Central Chiapas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 29 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 77 . . .96 Central Tabasco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 20 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 7 . . . 55 . . .97 East Tabasco Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 13 11 . . . . . . . . . 5 4 2 50 . . .98 Mayab Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 15 16 . . . . . . . . . 7 18 . . . 74 . . .99 North Chiapas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 34 16 . . . . . . . . . 19 1 3 96 . . .

100 Quintana Roo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 16 12 . . . . . . . . . 9 9 . . . 66 . . .101 Soconusco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 17 24 . . . . . . . . . 4 10 . . . 80 . . .102 Upper Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 21 . . . . . . . . . 10 31 . . . 75 . . .103 West Chiapas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 8 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . 41 . . .

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104 VENEZUELA-ANTILLES UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 124 213 67105 Aruba Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 . . .106 Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 14 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 135 185 . . .107 East Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 25 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 111 164 . . .108 Netherlands Antilles Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 8 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3 27 . . .109 North Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 11 11 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 83 123 . . .110 South Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 7 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 45 79 . . .111 Southeast Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 6 13 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 120 152 . . .112 Southwest Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 7 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 80 115 . . .113 West Central Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 16 10 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 128 167 . . .114 West Los Llanos Venezuela Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 9 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 112 140 . . .115 West Venezuela Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 15 17 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 124 180 . . .

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116 WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 11 83 . . . 104 1 1 61 . . . 218 . . . 249 750 184117 Bahamas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 . . . . . . 21 8 . . . . . . . . . 78 2 7 137 . . .118 Cayman Islands Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . 27 . . .119 Central Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 41 21 . . . . . . . . . 47 10 10 170 . . .120 East Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 58 14 . . . . . . . . . 25 17 17 159 . . .121 North Bahamas Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 9 . . . 2 1 . . . 6 . . . 2 1 7 33 . . .122 North Jamaica Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 22 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 22 87 . . .123 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 7 . . .124 West Jamaica Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 57 20 . . . . . . . . . 49 11 2 167 . . .

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125 INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 8 125 . . . 349 3 . . . 20 . . . 98 . . . . . . 666 121126 Belize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 181 . . . 4 3 . . . 55 . . . 3 3 40 298 6127 Caribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 . . . . . . . . . 622 76 . . . . . . . . . 279 80 590 1,846 95128 Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 61 31 . . . . . . . . . 28 27 29 225 . . .129 Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 . . . . . . . . . 244 73 . . . . . . . . . 84 7 571 1,187 78130 Cuban Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . 92 69 . . . . . . . . . 134 . . . . . . 365 31131 Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 . . . 274 . . . 192 84 . . . 171 . . . 61 46 785 1,729 87132 French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . 94 13 . . . . . . . . . 43 10 217 427 94133 Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . 7 . . . 21 43 . . . 4 . . . 4 2 3 136 21134 Haitian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 . . . 56 . . . 134 61 8 336 . . . 57 239 1,008 2,002 102135 Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . . . 125 74 . . . . . . . . . 48 76 3 452 45136 Mid-Central American Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 20 137 . . . 46 57 2 54 . . . 42 17 181 609 53137 North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 . . . . . . . . . 192 71 . . . . . . . . . 153 73 4 637 44138 Puerto Rican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . 106 . . . 160 43 . . . 66 . . . 47 . . . 1,052 1,594 47139 South Central American Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . 182 . . . 90 58 . . . 142 . . . 43 6 18 624 68140 South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 . . . . . . . . . 280 138 . . . . . . . . . 195 82 5 882 59141 Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 . . . . . . . . . 177 109 . . . . . . . . . 28 15 1,067 1,553 67142 West Indies Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 14 92 . . . 311 80 1 67 . . . 432 58 316 1,537 184

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 13 4 46 . . . . . . 12 . . . 12 . . . 13 117 2762 Bermuda Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 13 . . . 13 6 . . . 3 . . . 7 . . . 19 67 . . .3 Greater New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . 54 . . . 18 12 . . . 6 . . . 7 23 6 217 . . .4 New York Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . 9 2 6 5 . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . 8 54 . . .5 Northeastern Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 2 66 . . . 33 20 . . . 72 . . . 20 . . . . . . 334 . . .6 Northern New England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 21 3 3 3 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 269 329 . . .7 Southern New England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . 33 5 12 8 2 13 1 4 . . . 6 142 . . .

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8 CANADA, SDA CHURCH IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 24 47 . . . 70 . . . 1 6 . . . 21 . . . 14 193 709 Alberta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 1 41 2 10 16 4 2 2 4 . . . 237 355 . . .

10 British Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 6 69 . . . 21 11 . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 123 283 . . .11 Manitoba-Saskatchewan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 6 . . . 2 7 . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 336 368 . . .12 Maritime Conference of the SDA Church, Inc . . . . . . . . . 8 1 6 . . . 1 2 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 21 . . .13 Ontario Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 8 52 . . . 14 27 1 22 . . . 10 . . . 229 466 . . .14 Quebec Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 6 . . . 7 3 1 . . . . . . 6 . . . 5 54 . . .15 SDA Church in Newfoundland and Labrador . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 10 . . .

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)16 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 4 3 58 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 10,939 11,029 13017 Allegheny East Conference Corporation of SDA, The . . . 94 8 45 . . . 26 12 . . . 9 . . . 13 4 14 225 . . .18 Allegheny West Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . 5 1 4 4 . . . 3 . . . 6 . . . . . . 55 . . .19 Chesapeake Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 5 22 . . . 25 9 3 28 1 25 . . . 20 188 . . .20 Mountain View Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 3 1 3 7 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 6 35 . . .21 New Jersey Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . 4 1 7 2 . . . 9 . . . 1 . . . 10 69 . . .22 Ohio Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 19 . . . 13 3 2 23 . . . 19 . . . 26 143 . . .23 Pennsylvania Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 27 2 23 6 . . . 16 1 4 1 6 124 . . .24 Potomac Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 3 74 7 30 16 3 27 . . . 14 . . . 33 272 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 24 203 15 189 62 8 117 2 89 5 11,054 12,140 130

25 LAKE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 7 11 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,745 3,770 9926 Illinois Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . 25 4 8 6 1 4 . . . 7 . . . 10 109 . . .27 Indiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 25 4 9 8 1 . . . 1 5 . . . 4 82 . . .28 Lake Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 14 2 9 7 . . . 7 2 7 . . . . . . 88 . . .29 Michigan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 4 72 18 38 25 13 16 1 23 . . . . . . 317 . . .30 Wisconsin Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . 18 1 9 4 . . . 5 . . . 5 . . . 7 81 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 4 154 36 84 52 15 32 4 47 . . . 3,766 4,447 99

31 MID-AMERICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 . . . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 5,378 5,409 8132 Central States Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3 7 5 . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . .33 Dakota Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 8 2 4 7 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 6 53 . . .34 Iowa-Missouri Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . 12 3 13 12 . . . 21 . . . 12 . . . . . . 111 . . .35 Kansas-Nebraska Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 2 17 5 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . 122 . . .36 Minnesota Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 20 1 5 8 . . . 5 . . . 11 . . . 3 78 . . .37 Rocky Mountain Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 3 47 5 20 8 2 13 . . . 15 . . . 6 170 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 10 111 28 89 39 5 42 . . . 64 . . . 5,393 5,992 81

38 NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12 98 61 85 . . . 2 . . . 3 7 . . . 2,127 2,419 21339 Alaska Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 6 1 . . . 2 1 6 . . . 4 . . . . . . 34 . . .40 Idaho Conference of SDA, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 18 4 9 2 . . . 6 . . . 5 . . . 5 70 . . .41 Montana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 21 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 47 . . .42 Oregon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 4 139 12 18 15 2 17 4 22 . . . 9 352 . . .43 Upper Columbia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 1 71 13 27 7 2 24 2 19 . . . 26 278 . . .44 Washington Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 4 68 3 27 16 . . . 14 . . . 21 . . . 17 234 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 23 421 95 171 43 7 67 9 79 . . . 2,184 3,434 213

45 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 20 155 1 290 34 1 19 1 34 . . . 11,793 12,393 48046 Arizona Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1 12 3 13 5 . . . 6 . . . 8 . . . 11 97 . . .47 Central California Conference of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 8 94 . . . 28 15 4 10 . . . 40 . . . . . . 288 . . .48 Hawaii Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . 26 2 9 4 . . . 3 . . . 11 . . . 13 88 . . .49 Nevada-Utah Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1 14 1 3 7 . . . 5 . . . 1 . . . 6 61 . . .50 Northern California Conference of SDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 7 181 15 10 9 . . . 8 1 19 . . . 80 458 . . .51 Southeastern California Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 32 . . . 38 271 34 3 . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . 609 . . .52 Southern California Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 2 103 9 55 15 . . . 12 . . . 17 . . . 37 378 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 71 585 69 679 123 8 63 2 178 . . . 11,940 14,372 480

53 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7 109 46 177 1 . . . 33 . . . 82 . . . 28,391 28,879 52154 Carolina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 . . . 57 15 17 20 . . . 4 . . . 20 8 5 225 . . .55 Florida Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 38 137 50 19 13 3 35 29 15 . . . 24 538 . . .56 Georgia-Cumberland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 . . . 135 22 45 11 4 27 4 23 . . . . . . 395 . . .57 Gulf States Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . 24 2 8 16 . . . 2 1 4 7 4 99 . . .58 Kentucky-Tennessee Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 36 . . . 13 3 . . . 10 . . . 13 8 22 146 . . .59 South Atlantic Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1 65 . . . 16 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 . . .60 South Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 2 44 . . . 7 16 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 7 155 . . .61 Southeastern Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . 21 4 11 18 . . . 14 2 7 . . . 27 178 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 50 628 139 313 112 7 130 36 164 23 28,480 30,774 521

62 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 38 10 42 . . . . . . 7 . . . 19 . . . 2,723 2,852 14563 Arkansas-Louisiana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1 6 . . . 16 5 . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . 76 . . .64 Oklahoma Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 3 . . . 7 15 . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . 12 66 . . .65 Southwest Region Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 12 . . . 12 6 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 5 79 . . .66 Texas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 70 12 18 33 3 19 . . . 36 . . . 70 389 . . .67 Texico Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 15 . . . 6 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 57 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 9 144 22 101 68 3 31 . . . 76 . . . 2,812 3,519 145

68 NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3 2 35 136 1 1 . . . 1 41 . . . 2 264 1269 Atlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 4 209 14 131 54 2 116 1 56 23 321 1,260 27670 Canada, SDA Church in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 49 227 2 127 68 8 41 2 47 . . . 944 1,750 7071 Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 24 203 15 189 62 8 117 2 89 5 11,054 12,140 13072 Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 4 154 36 84 52 15 32 4 47 . . . 3,766 4,447 9973 Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 10 111 28 89 39 5 42 . . . 64 . . . 5,393 5,992 8174 North Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 23 421 95 171 43 7 67 9 79 . . . 2,184 3,434 21375 Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 71 585 69 679 123 8 63 2 178 . . . 11,940 14,372 48076 Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 50 628 139 313 112 7 130 36 164 23 28,480 30,774 52177 Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 9 144 22 101 68 3 31 . . . 76 . . . 2,812 3,519 145

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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 CHINESE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 72 9 . . . . . . . . . 239 . . . 1,709 2,049 212 China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,870 . . . . . . 4,980 . . .3 Hong Kong-Macao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 19 29 . . . . . . . . . 81 . . . 209 349 . . .4 Taiwan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 30 95 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 . . . . . . . . . 91 61 . . . . . . . . . 5,199 . . . 1,948 7,473 21

5 JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 105 . . . 383 4 . . . 15 . . . 87 . . . 785 1,398 766 East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . .7 Okinawa Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . .8 West Japan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 1 8 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 33 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . 105 . . . 384 25 . . . 15 . . . 88 . . . 785 1,487 76

9 KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . . . . . . . 111 26 . . . . . . . . . 960 . . . 895 2,135 18610 East Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 . . . . . . . . . 60 48 . . . . . . . . . 120 54 69 505 . . .11 Middlewest Korean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . 19 16 . . . . . . . . . 43 13 65 251 . . .12 North Korean Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Southeast Korean Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . 12 16 . . . . . . . . . 7 13 34 168 . . .14 Southwest Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . 12 9 . . . . . . . . . 32 13 23 159 . . .15 West Central Korean Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 . . . . . . . . . 31 52 . . . . . . . . . 62 31 26 370 . . .16 KUC Jeju Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 . . . . . . . . . 245 168 . . . . . . . . . 1,224 124 1,112 3,594 186

17 ATTACHED FIELD18 Mongolia Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 21 47 . . .

19 NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 17 1 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . 41 . . .20 Chinese Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 . . . . . . . . . 91 61 . . . . . . . . . 5,199 . . . 1,948 7,473 2121 Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 . . . 105 . . . 384 25 . . . 15 . . . 88 . . . 785 1,487 7622 Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 . . . . . . . . . 245 168 . . . . . . . . . 1,224 124 1,112 3,594 18623 Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 7 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 21 47 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998 . . . 105 . . . 744 262 . . . 15 . . . 6,528 124 3,866 12,642 283

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION1 AUSTRAL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 129 8 . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . 991 1,211 3352 Buenos Aires Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . 19 8 . . . . . . . . . 15 3 132 229 . . .3 Central Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 15 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 16 181 269 . . .4 North Argentine Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . 27 5 . . . . . . . . . 13 20 . . . 104 . . .5 Northwest Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 136 . . .6 Paraguay Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 33 . . .7 South Argentine Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 8 7 . . . . . . . . . 5 2 83 123 . . .8 Uruguay Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 5 7 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 6 34 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 . . . . . . . . . 212 62 . . . . . . . . . 92 44 1,510 2,139 335

9 BOLIVIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 14 1 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 246 294 310 Central Bolivia Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 5 8 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 215 247 . . .11 East Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 253 288 . . .12 West Bolivia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 1 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 349 390 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . 24 28 . . . . . . . . . 23 1 1,063 1,219 3

13 CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . 181 12 . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . 1,353 1,659 29914 Central Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . 51 12 . . . . . . . . . 18 13 654 823 . . .15 East Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 60 6 . . . . . . . . . 21 7 285 428 . . .16 Sao Paulo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . . . . . 36 12 . . . . . . . . . 27 14 944 1,099 . . .17 Sao Paulo Paraiba Valley Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 27 10 . . . . . . . . . 16 20 424 541 . . .18 South Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . . . . . 44 19 . . . . . . . . . 23 17 1,241 1,405 . . .19 West Sao Paulo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . 23 7 . . . . . . . . . 15 24 694 813 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 . . . . . . . . . 422 78 . . . . . . . . . 186 95 5,595 6,768 299

20 CHILE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 466 494 8621 Austral Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 10 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 160 194 . . .22 Central Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 8 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 101 . . .23 Metropolitan Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 18 16 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 277 362 . . .24 North Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 282 334 . . .25 Pacific Chile Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 11 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 176 220 . . .26 South Chile Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 30 15 . . . . . . . . . 32 2 603 722 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . 92 69 . . . . . . . . . 67 4 2,039 2,427 86

27 EAST BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 45 1 . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . 1,185 1,271 5628 Central Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 12 18 . . . . . . . . . 7 4 126 212 . . .29 East Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 7 3 169 211 . . .30 Espirito Santo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 4 11 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 179 227 . . .31 Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 14 9 . . . . . . . . . 9 8 201 273 . . .32 Rio Fluminense Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 . . . . . . . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 246 300 . . .33 South Espirito Santo Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 142 184 . . .34 South Minas Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 3 11 . . . . . . . . . 7 7 92 144 . . .35 South Rio de Janeiro Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . . . . 9 2 92 154 . . .

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (CONT’D)36 ECUADOR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 11 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 151 . . .37 North Ecuador Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 2 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 240 279 . . .38 South Ecuador Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 8 142 191 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 16 33 . . . . . . . . . 2 12 514 621 . . .

39 NORTH BRAZIL UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 17 2 . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . 1,459 1,520 2140 Amazonas-Roraima Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . 10 20 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 380 441 . . .41 Central Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 4 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 306 361 . . .42 Lower Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 3 28 . . . . . . . . . 10 6 517 598 . . .43 Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 2 15 . . . . . . . . . 8 3 242 303 . . .44 South Maranhao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 2 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 157 197 . . .45 South Para Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 3 16 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 224 272 . . .46 South Rondonia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 4 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 198 233 . . .47 West Amazon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 225 . . .48 West Para Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 1 13 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 143 174 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 . . . . . . . . . 52 142 . . . . . . . . . 65 28 3,811 4,324 21

49 NORTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . 683 767 3450 North Central Peru Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 11 27 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 248 336 . . .51 North Pacific Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 7 21 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 139 204 . . .52 North Peru Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 2 20 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 129 185 . . .53 Northeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 3 21 . . . . . . . . . 7 2 92 141 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 23 95 . . . . . . . . . 49 4 1,291 1,633 34

54 NORTHEAST BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . 312 379 855 Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 6 14 . . . . . . . . . 11 2 657 726 . . .56 Central Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . 5 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 176 238 . . .57 Central Pernambuco Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 4 19 . . . . . . . . . 3 4 149 200 . . .58 North Coast Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . 2 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 104 157 . . .59 Northeast Brazil Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 55 97 . . .60 Pernambuco Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 5 8 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 197 243 . . .61 Sergipe-Alagoas Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 3 14 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 139 195 . . .62 South Bahia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 3 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 173 217 . . .63 Southwest Bahia Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 136 170 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 . . . . . . . . . 30 114 . . . . . . . . . 71 17 2,098 2,622 8

64 SOUTH BRAZIL UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 189 231 12265 Central Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 7 14 . . . . . . . . . 14 14 504 585 . . .66 North Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . 14 13 . . . . . . . . . 9 14 633 745 . . .67 Rio Grande do Sul Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 . . . . . . . . . 16 21 . . . . . . . . . 11 4 545 639 . . .68 Santa Catarina Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . . . . . . . 11 26 . . . . . . . . . 19 24 596 731 . . .69 South Parana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . . . . 21 20 . . . . . . . . . 19 15 1,102 1,247 . . .70 Western Rio Grande do Sul Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . 5 9 222 263 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 . . . . . . . . . 83 103 . . . . . . . . . 96 80 3,791 4,441 122

71 SOUTH PERU UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 43 1 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 958 1,031 2072 Central Andina Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 134 174 . . .73 East Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 13 . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 132 170 . . .74 Lake Titicaca Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 6 18 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 270 318 . . .75 South Central Peru Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 18 21 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 198 273 . . .76 South Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . 5 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 190 230 . . .77 Southeast Peru Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 3 15 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 23 59 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . 83 88 . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . 1,905 2,255 20

78 WEST CENTRAL BRAZIL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 14 44 4879 Central Brazil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 13 10 . . . . . . . . . 9 5 272 344 . . .80 Central Planalto Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . . . . . . . 19 12 454 549 . . .81 Mato Grosso Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 12 13 . . . . . . . . . 10 8 423 503 . . .82 South Mato Grosso Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 1 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 157 208 . . .83 Tocantins Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 147 171 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . 48 57 . . . . . . . . . 53 33 1,467 1,819 48

84 SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 141 13 . . . . . . . . . 107 . . . 1,838 2,134 . . .85 Austral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 . . . . . . . . . 212 62 . . . . . . . . . 92 44 1,510 2,139 33586 Bolivia Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . 24 28 . . . . . . . . . 23 1 1,063 1,219 387 Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 . . . . . . . . . 422 78 . . . . . . . . . 186 95 5,595 6,768 29988 Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 . . . . . . . . . 92 69 . . . . . . . . . 67 4 2,039 2,427 8689 East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 . . . . . . . . . 91 83 . . . . . . . . . 73 32 2,432 2,976 5690 Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 16 33 . . . . . . . . . 2 12 514 621 . . .91 North Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 . . . . . . . . . 52 142 . . . . . . . . . 65 28 3,811 4,324 2192 North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 . . . . . . . . . 23 95 . . . . . . . . . 49 4 1,291 1,633 3493 Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 . . . . . . . . . 30 114 . . . . . . . . . 71 17 2,098 2,622 894 South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 . . . . . . . . . 83 103 . . . . . . . . . 96 80 3,791 4,441 12295 South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 . . . . . . . . . 83 88 . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . 1,905 2,255 2096 West Central Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 . . . . . . . . . 48 57 . . . . . . . . . 53 33 1,467 1,819 48

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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION1 AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 16 . . . 23 1 . . . 6 . . . 17 . . . 6 79 2722 Greater Sydney Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 2 60 . . . 20 7 . . . 54 . . . 21 2 40 256 . . .3 North New South Wales Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1 79 . . . 13 16 1 100 . . . 17 . . . 57 334 . . .4 Northern Australian Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 4 . . . 2 2 . . . 6 . . . 8 . . . 7 39 . . .5 South Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 8 . . . 1 3 . . . 19 . . . 3 . . . 21 69 . . .6 South New South Wales Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 4 . . . 1 3 . . . 5 . . . 2 . . . 10 39 . . .7 South Queensland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1 92 . . . 20 5 5 33 . . . 12 . . . 68 291 . . .8 Tasmanian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 7 . . . . . . 3 . . . 3 . . . 7 . . . 3 29 . . .9 Victorian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 1 58 . . . 5 7 15 51 . . . 10 . . . 119 302 . . .

10 Western Australian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 12 . . . 5 4 1 15 . . . 25 . . . 29 118 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 7 340 . . . 90 51 22 292 . . . 122 2 360 1,556 272

11 NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . 6 1 5 . . . 3 . . . . . . 9 . . . 18 . . . 6 48 2412 Cook Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 4 . . . 1 2 . . . 5 . . . 1 . . . . . . 17 . . .13 French Polynesia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 10 . . . 14 6 . . . . . . . . . 10 13 11 76 . . .14 New Caledonia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 10 . . .15 North New Zealand Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . 28 . . . . . . 14 . . . 36 . . . 2 11 81 206 . . .16 South New Zealand Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . 7 . . . 1 2 . . . 4 . . . 3 3 5 32 . . .17 Pitcairn Island Attached Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 1 54 . . . 19 26 . . . 54 . . . 35 27 106 390 24

18 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 50 . . . 38 4 1 35 . . . 72 1 1 220 10819 Bougainville Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 1 . . . 1 8 . . . 50 . . . 8 3 . . . 77 . . .20 Central Papua Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1 38 . . . 9 34 2 9 . . . 27 35 . . . 193 . . .21 Eastern Highlands Simbu Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . 27 . . . 3 52 1 34 . . . 2 19 . . . 179 . . .22 Madang Manus Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 13 . . . 4 8 . . . 51 . . . . . . 3 . . . 91 . . .23 Morobe Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 6 . . . 1 18 2 34 . . . 5 36 5 125 . . .24 New Britain New Ireland Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1 49 . . . 8 13 . . . 33 . . . . . . 26 17 174 . . .25 North East Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . 1 9 . . . 11 . . . . . . 8 . . . 36 . . .26 Sepik Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 26 . . . . . . 7 3 5 . . . . . . 1 8 64 . . .27 South West Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 26 . . .28 Western Highlands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . 20 . . . 9 39 3 65 . . . 4 8 7 213 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 5 236 . . . 74 200 12 327 . . . 118 145 40 1,398 108

29 TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 15 . . . 22 . . . . . . 15 . . . 99 . . . 10 174 10530 Fiji Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9 46 . . . 2 10 19 47 . . . 14 18 14 211 . . .31 Kiribati Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 72 . . .32 Samoas-Tokelau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1 18 . . . 4 10 6 25 . . . 7 8 . . . 101 . . .33 Solomon Islands Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 14 190 . . . 15 16 13 34 . . . 1 35 55 414 . . .34 Tonga Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 22 . . . 8 5 6 11 . . . 2 . . . 8 68 . . .35 Vanuatu Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . 30 . . . 13 11 3 31 . . . 31 20 23 175 . . .36 Niue Attached Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .37 Tuvalu Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 30 326 . . . 64 52 51 169 . . . 154 81 167 1,224 105

38 SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 44 . . . 140 . . . . . . 59 . . . 113 . . . 3,598 3,996 . . .39 Australian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 7 340 . . . 90 51 22 292 . . . 122 2 360 1,556 27240 New Zealand Pacific Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 1 54 . . . 19 26 . . . 54 . . . 35 27 106 390 2441 Papua New Guinea Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 5 236 . . . 74 200 12 327 . . . 118 145 40 1,398 10842 Trans Pacific Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 30 326 . . . 64 52 51 169 . . . 154 81 167 1,224 105

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 47 1,000 . . . 387 329 85 901 . . . 542 255 4,271 8,564 509

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION1 ANGOLA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 39 1 1 1 . . . 8 . . . . . . 60 1742 Central Association Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . . . 21 30 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 123 . . .3 East Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 1 16 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 36 . . .4 North Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 15 28 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 85 . . .5 Sao Tome and Principe Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 12 . . .6 South Association Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . 10 9 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . 72 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 . . . . . . . . . 86 86 1 1 . . . 45 . . . . . . 388 174

7 BOTSWANA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . 3 1 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 6 17 78 North Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 25 . . .9 South Botswana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . 5 12 1 . . . . . . 2 2 12 41 . . .

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10 INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 20 141 11011 Antsiranana Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 . . . . . . 1 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 12 43 . . .12 Central Malagasy Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5 68 . . . 33 19 . . . 17 . . . 2 15 25 227 . . .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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 12 . . .16 Seychelles Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 7 . . .17 South Malagasy Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 2 . . . 28 15 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 13 80 . . .

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (CONT’D)18 MALAWI UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 49 . . . 423 1 . . . 9 . . . 191 . . . 258 945 12219 Central Malawi Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . 28 . . . 34 19 . . . 7 . . . 9 16 . . . 159 . . .20 North Malawi Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 5 23 . . . . . . . . . 8 5 . . . 73 . . .21 South Malawi Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . 30 . . . 18 25 . . . 16 . . . 22 23 . . . 196 . . .

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22 MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 10 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 11 37 2623 Central Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 6 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . .24 North Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 12 6 9 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 48 . . .25 North-East Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 15 . . .26 South Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 25 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . 35 7 24 22 . . . 10 . . . 11 173 26

27 SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . 18 6 19 . . . 84 . . . 1 . . . . . . 90 . . . 145 363 10428 Cape Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 5 100 . . . 51 17 . . . 48 . . . 29 1 208 516 . . .29 KwaZulu Natal-Free State Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 3 . . . 19 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 1 4 57 . . .30 Lesotho Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . 1 2 2 . . . . . . 1 1 128 140 . . .31 Namibia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 6 27 2 51 . . .32 Swaziland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 13 . . . 1 3 . . . 29 . . . 3 10 2 69 . . .33 Trans-Orange Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2 7 . . . 11 23 2 7 . . . 7 . . . 5 90 . . .34 Transvaal Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4 17 . . . 59 16 2 25 . . . 37 . . . 54 243 . . .

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35 ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1 33 . . . 155 6 . . . 16 . . . 81 . . . 528 875 3136 Central Zambia Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . 16 24 . . . . . . . . . 10 375 15 474 . . .37 Copperbelt Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 9 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 194 3 240 . . .38 East Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 19 2 38 . . .39 Luapula Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 18 . . . 38 . . .40 North Zambia Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . . . . . . . . 4 27 2 46 . . .41 South Zambia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . 11 2 . . . . . . . . . 5 85 22 154 . . .42 West Zambia Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 138 . . . 162 . . .

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43 ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2 . . . . . . 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 . . . 36 284 5444 Central Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 10 17 . . . . . . . . . 74 34 . . . 171 . . .45 East Zimbabwe Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . 62 12 . . . . . . . . . 46 17 26 206 . . .46 West Zimbabwe Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . 11 26 . . . . . . . . . 69 73 9 223 . . .

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47 SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION. . . . . . 11 8 . . . . . . 12 . . . 2 . . . . . . 10 . . . 1 44 . . .48 Angola Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 . . . . . . . . . 86 86 1 1 . . . 45 . . . . . . 388 17449 Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 . . . . . . 12 17 2 . . . . . . 4 4 22 83 750 Indian Ocean Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 17 71 . . . 168 52 3 17 . . . 35 28 81 583 11051 Malawi Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 . . . 107 . . . 480 68 . . . 32 . . . 230 44 258 1,373 12252 Mozambique Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . 35 7 24 22 . . . 10 . . . 11 173 2653 Southern Africa Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 18 159 . . . 226 76 7 109 . . . 177 40 548 1,529 10454 Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 1 33 . . . 206 52 . . . 16 . . . 110 856 572 2,027 3155 Zimbabwe Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 2 . . . . . . 191 55 . . . . . . . . . 305 124 71 884 54

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION1 EAST-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 12 12 . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . 40 269 602 Guntur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . .3 Hyderabad Metro Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11 . . .4 North Andhra Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 15 6 . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 59 . . .5 North Orissa Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 3 . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 80 103 . . .6 North Rayalaseema Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 26 . . .7 Northeast Andhra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 12 . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . .8 Northwest Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 4 6 . . . 2 1 5 33 . . .9 Orissa Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 4 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 23 . . .

10 South Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 15 . . . 24 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 68 . . .11 South Rayalaseema Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 19 . . .12 Southeast Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . 9 3 . . . 31 . . .13 Vishaka Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . 12 . . .14 West Andhra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 10 27 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 24 41 . . . 62 38 15 6 . . . 226 24 146 722 60

15 NORTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 . . . 2 16 2216 Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 8 . . .17 Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . 11 . . .18 Garo Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 4 4 . . . 5 . . . 3 5 3 31 . . .19 Khasi Jaintia Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 19 . . . 5 4 . . . 28 . . . 4 5 10 80 . . .20 Manipur Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 10 . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 6 2 5 48 . . .21 Mizo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 8 . . . 5 24 . . . 50 . . . 37 2 . . . 147 . . .22 Nagaland Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 3 . . . 11 . . .

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (CONT’D)23 NORTHERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 9 26 6224 Bihar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 3 . . .25 Chhattisgarh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . 1 . . . 2 9 . . .26 Delhi Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 3 1 2 16 . . .27 Eastern Jharkhand Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 5 14 . . .28 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . 1 1 10 . . .29 Haryana Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 1 9 . . .30 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 9 . . . 4 5 1 8 . . . 5 1 6 46 . . .31 North Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 31 . . . 1 2 1 13 . . . 3 5 14 81 . . .32 North India Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 24 . . . 3 2 2 3 . . . 5 7 15 80 . . .33 South Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 17 . . . 3 . . . 1 10 . . . 4 . . . 12 55 . . .34 Upper Ganges Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 56 . . . 6 6 2 16 . . . 7 1 29 138 . . .35 Western Jharkhand Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 34 . . . 4 3 2 18 . . . 6 12 12 103 . . .36 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 1 1 3 13 . . .

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37 SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 195 . . . 76 . . . 46 325 838 Bangalore Metro Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 25 . . .39 Goa-West Karnataka Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 11 . . . . . . 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 47 . . .40 Kolar-Chinthamani Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 46 . . .41 North Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 59 . . .42 Raichur-Bellary Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 20 23 . . .43 South Karnataka Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 58 . . .

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44 SOUTHEAST INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . 2 32 6145 Chennai Metro Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . 11 13 . . . 119 . . . 19 4 40 222 . . .46 Coimbatore Tirupur Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . 8 . . . 7 1 14 38 . . .47 Erode Nilgiris Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 54 . . . 10 . . . 11 81 . . .48 Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 . . . 21 . . . 16 . . . 15 59 . . .49 North Tamil Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 5 11 . . . 230 . . . 32 . . . 42 344 . . .50 Pudukottai-Thirumayam Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 2 3 . . . 8 . . .51 Sivagangai Ramanathapuram Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . 14 . . . 7 . . . 15 45 . . .52 South Tamil Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . 355 . . . 4 . . . 44 445 . . .53 Thanjavur-Karaikal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . 27 . . . 11 5 25 81 . . .54 Theni-Periyakulam Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . 4 2 10 31 . . .55 Villupuram-Thindivanam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 13 . . . 4 . . . 8 28 . . .

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56 SOUTHWEST INDIA UNION SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 15 10 . . . 15 4 . . . 236 . . . 151 . . . 559 1,002 2057 Alappuzha-Pathanamthitta Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 10 . . .58 Idukki Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . .59 Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 8 . . .60 North Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 13 36 . . .61 South Kerala Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 12 48 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 15 10 . . . 18 10 . . . 238 . . . 156 1 591 1,111 20

62 WESTERN INDIA UNION SECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 80 . . . 24 6 25 34 . . . 72 . . . 116 362 1163 Central Maharashtra Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 . . . 4 2 1 . . . . . . 25 . . . 22 62 . . .64 Gujarat Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 21 . . . 1 1 . . . 13 . . . 11 2 54 111 . . .65 Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 6 2 1 17 . . .66 North Maharashtra Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 . . . 1 2 1 10 . . . 11 2 5 39 . . .67 Saurashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 4 . . .68 South Gujarat Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 30 . . .69 South Maharashtra Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 10 . . . . . . 3 . . . 10 . . . 8 3 25 62 . . .70 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 10 . . .

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71 ATTACHED FIELDS72 Andaman and Nicobar Island Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .73 Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 2 4 5 4 . . . 5 5 . . . 32 . . .

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74 SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 2 145 . . . 87 10 . . . 358 . . . 337 15 289 1,325 2075 East-Central India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 24 41 . . . 62 38 15 6 . . . 226 24 146 722 6076 Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 40 . . . 18 40 . . . 92 . . . 61 17 24 352 2277 Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 23 178 . . . 28 23 9 80 . . . 46 31 111 603 6278 South-Central India Union Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 31 . . . . . . 15 27 5 195 . . . 77 6 187 583 879 Southeast India Union Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 . . . . . . . . . 36 42 . . . 854 . . . 126 15 226 1,414 6180 Southwest India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 15 10 . . . 18 10 . . . 238 . . . 156 1 591 1,111 2081 Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 10 113 . . . 31 18 27 67 . . . 137 12 248 697 1182 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . . . . . . 4 4 5 4 . . . 5 5 . . . 34 . . .

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 107 527 . . . 299 212 61 1,894 . . . 1,171 126 1,822 6,841 264

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION1 BANGLADESH UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10 31 . . . 29 . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 . . . 11 100 102 East Bangladesh Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 37 . . .3 North Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 47 . . .4 South Bangladesh Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 32 . . . 18 3 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . .5 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 10 . . . 2 10 . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 1 46 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 31 135 . . . 49 13 15 20 . . . 6 1 14 312 10

6 CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . 18 . . . 64 . . . 99 2 . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . 222 487 457 Central Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 36 . . . 31 7 . . . 3 . . . . . . 15 16 135 . . .8 East Visayan Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . 13 . . . 11 4 . . . 6 . . . 10 59 9 133 . . .9 Negros Occidental Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 32 . . . 26 11 . . . 12 . . . 2 34 . . . 140 . . .

10 Negros Oriental-Siquijor Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 4 . . . 8 2 . . . 4 . . . 2 7 1 42 . . .11 Romblon Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 3 . . . 4 2 . . . 3 . . . 1 4 7 30 . . .12 West Visayan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . 25 . . . 17 9 . . . 15 . . . 6 39 14 148 . . .

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13 EAST INDONESIA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 99 6814 Central Sulawesi Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . 8 . . . 5 4 . . . 5 . . . . . . 10 . . . 46 . . .15 Maluku Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 21 . . . . . . 12 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 . . .16 Minahasa Conference (formerly South Minahasa). . . . . . 51 15 94 . . . 18 6 . . . . . . . . . 5 104 12 305 . . .17 North Minahasa Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 10 74 . . . 8 29 7 . . . . . . 15 22 . . . 228 . . .18 Northern Island Mission (formerly Sangihe Talaud) . . . . . 7 4 9 . . . . . . 2 9 . . . . . . 3 1 2 37 . . .19 Papua Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 54 . . . 16 85 . . . 207 . . .20 South Sulawesi Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3 16 . . . 7 10 3 4 . . . 2 13 18 105 . . .21 Bolaang Mongondow and Gorontalo Attached Field . . . . 10 . . . 14 . . . 5 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 57 . . .

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22 MYANMAR UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 16 4 . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . 20 76 6923 Ayeyarwady Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . . . . . . . . . 13 1 7 39 . . .24 Central Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 1 6 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 10 36 . . .25 South East Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 8 38 . . .26 Upper Myanmar Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 12 22 . . . . . . . . . 5 3 14 77 . . .27 Yangon Attached District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 7 3 11 30 . . .

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28 NORTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . 51 38 192 . . . 670 4 1 75 . . . 119 . . . 166 1,316 4929 Central Luzon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 . . . 157 . . . 95 33 . . . 44 . . . 51 119 36 602 . . .30 Mountain Provinces Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 22 . . . 19 8 . . . 1 . . . 12 42 7 140 . . .31 Northern Luzon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 84 . . . 24 3 . . . 2 . . . 2 94 14 241 . . .32 Palawan Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 14 . . . 7 3 . . . 11 . . . 2 2 1 50 . . .33 South-Central Luzon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 17 103 . . . 22 5 . . . 61 . . . 6 80 . . . 332 . . .34 Southern Luzon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 30 . . . 10 5 . . . 3 . . . . . . 45 5 114 . . .

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35 SOUTH PHILIPPINE UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1536 Davao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4 45 . . . 16 12 . . . 8 . . . 12 12 2 145 . . .37 Northeastern Mindanao Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . 27 3 . . . 26 . . . 7 21 24 135 . . .38 Northern Mindanao Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 13 91 . . . 147 14 50 106 . . . 164 34 29 692 . . .39 Southern Mindanao Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 66 8 . . . . . . . . . 27 23 4 169 . . .40 Western Mindanao Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 7 . . . 28 6 . . . 28 . . . 21 18 2 124 . . .41 Zamboanga Peninsula Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 13 . . . 5 6 . . . 1 . . . 2 15 1 52 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 24 156 . . . 289 49 50 169 . . . 233 123 62 1,338 15

42 SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1 . . . . . . 99 3 . . . . . . . . . 284 . . . 1,529 1,926 3343 Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 24 8 . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 69 . . .44 Peninsular Malaysia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . 2 14 . . . . . . . . . 3 7 7 48 . . .45 Sabah Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . 61 24 . . . . . . . . . 21 7 . . . 136 . . .46 Sarawak Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . 31 17 . . . . . . . . . 8 2 10 87 . . .47 Singapore Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 14 . . . 9 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 36 . . .48 Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . . . 141 37 . . . 41 . . . 80 5 49 389 . . .49 Vietnam Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 102 . . .50 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 6 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 3 15 . . .

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 1 14 . . . 370 205 . . . 41 . . . 425 22 1,604 2,808 33

51 WEST INDONESIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 96 . . . 331 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 252 Central Java Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 21 . . . 33 10 . . . 3 . . . . . . 7 17 113 . . .53 Central Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . 37 . . . 12 11 . . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . 101 . . .54 East Java Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 7 27 . . . 6 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 107 . . .55 East Kalimantan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 10 20 . . . 13 16 14 3 . . . 1 57 54 211 . . .56 Jakarta Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 . . . 92 . . . 107 20 51 . . . . . . 129 22 . . . 522 . . .57 North Sumatra Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 90 . . . 10 9 1 281 . . . . . . 15 5 450 . . .58 Nusa Tenggara Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10 16 . . . 22 6 . . . 5 . . . 9 25 96 213 . . .59 South Sumatra Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 8 . . . 9 12 . . . 1 . . . 4 3 . . . 55 . . .60 West Java Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4 2 . . . 17 . . . 5 30 . . . 4 67 . . . 156 . . .61 West Kalimantan Attached District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 4 . . . 1 7 2 5 . . . . . . 18 7 59 . . .

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (CONT’D)62 ATTACHED FIELDS63 East Timor Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1664 Guam-Micronesia Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . 83 4 . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . . . . 158 765 Sri Lanka Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 43 11 . . . . . . . . . 54 6 40 167 5

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66 SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8 . . . . . . 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . 109 . . .67 Bangladesh Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 31 135 . . . 49 13 15 20 . . . 6 1 14 312 1068 Central Philippine Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 . . . 177 . . . 196 37 . . . 43 . . . 103 158 269 1,115 4569 East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 32 236 . . . 88 98 36 63 . . . 67 254 32 1,152 6870 Myanmar Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . 38 41 . . . . . . . . . 58 9 70 296 6971 North Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 76 602 . . . 847 61 1 197 . . . 192 382 229 2,795 4972 South Philippine Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 24 156 . . . 289 49 50 169 . . . 233 123 62 1,338 1573 Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 1 14 . . . 370 205 . . . 41 . . . 425 22 1,604 2,808 3374 West Indonesia Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 52 413 . . . 561 93 79 328 . . . 148 235 179 2,433 275 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . 126 16 . . . . . . . . . 114 6 40 327 28

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TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION1 ADRIATIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 172 Albanian Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . .3 Croatian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 29 . . .4 Slovenian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 . . .

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5 BALTIC UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 226 Estonian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 . . . . . . 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . .7 Latvian Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 40 . . .8 Lithuanian Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 . . . . . . 3 4 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . .

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9 BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 9 . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . 57 106 15910 Irish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 2 . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 1 15 . . .11 North England Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3 9 . . . 8 13 3 4 . . . 14 . . . 10 101 . . .12 Scottish Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 7 . . .13 South England Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 1 28 . . . 8 10 5 30 . . . 27 . . . 20 215 . . .14 Welsh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 7 . . .

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15 DANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE . . . . . 17 1 . . . . . . 16 6 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 46 21

16 FINLAND UNION CONFERENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 4 . . . 48 . . . 1 . . . . . . 14 . . . 34 103 9917 Finland Finnish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5 1 . . . 7 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 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 2 . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . . . . 67 2021 Duna Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 31 . . .22 Tisza Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 . . . . . . 2 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 21 . . .

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23 MIDDLE EAST UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 3 . . . 19 1 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . 34 524 Cyprus Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .25 East Mediterranean Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 24 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 191 . . .26 Egypt Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 9 . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . .27 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .28 Gulf Section South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . .29 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . .30 South Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 1 . . . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 8 30 . . .31 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 14 . . .

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

33 NORWEGIAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 . . . . . . 15 1 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 192 236 1434 East Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 87 104 . . .35 North Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 18 24 . . .36 West Norway Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 20 30 . . .

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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 . . .

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40 POLISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 119 1041 East Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 1 2 5 . . . . . . 8 1 4 31 . . .42 South Polish Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 2 . . . . . . 7 1 5 29 . . .43 West Polish Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 . . . . . . 1 1 3 26 . . .

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44 SOUTH-EAST EUROPEAN UNION CONFERENCE . . . 7 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 58 7245 Macedonian Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . .46 North Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 31 . . .47 South Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 29 . . .48 West Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 15 . . .

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49 SWEDISH UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 . . . . . . 30 . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 81 20

50 ATTACHED FIELDS51 Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 4 11 552 Iceland Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 9 153 Israel Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 . . .

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54 TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 13 . . . 31 1 . . . 3 . . . 11 . . . 11 91 . . .55 Adriatic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 49 1756 Baltic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 16 . . . . . . 15 8 3 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . 91 2257 British Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 6 48 . . . 38 26 8 34 . . . 51 1 88 451 15958 Danish Union of Churches Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1 . . . . . . 16 6 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . 46 2159 Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 5 . . . 56 2 1 . . . . . . 15 . . . 35 134 9960 Hungarian Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 9 2 . . . 34 5 . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . 119 2061 Middle East Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2 13 . . . 54 26 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 171 312 562 Netherlands Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 18 48 2363 Norwegian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 14 . . . . . . 17 3 . . . . . . . . . 11 2 317 394 1464 Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 3 38 1 54 . . . . . . . . . 808 922 . . .65 Polish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 4 7 10 . . . . . . 16 3 121 205 1066 South-East European Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1 . . . . . . 1 35 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 49 142 7267 Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 . . . . . . 30 . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 81 2068 Attached Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . 2 . . . 7 28 6

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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION1 CENTRAL AFRICAN UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 6 30 . . .2 Central African Republic Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 1 9 3 22 . . .3 Central-South Cameroon Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1 . . . . . . 26 13 3 . . . . . . 23 . . . 95 190 . . .4 Chad Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 2 6 . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . 38 . . .5 East Cameroon Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . 21 7 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . 43 95 . . .6 Equatorial Guinea Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 7 3 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 17 . . .7 Gabon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 4 2 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . 13 . . .8 North Cameroon Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . 9 . . . 6 2 3 1 . . . 6 . . . 3 49 . . .9 West Cameroon Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 4 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 6 36 . . .

10 Republic of Congo Attached Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . 5 . . .Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 1 9 . . . 84 45 6 1 . . . 81 10 156 495 . . .

11 EASTERN NIGERIA UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 176 . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . 220 5612 Anambra-Imo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 4 11 . . . . . . . . . 3 33 . . . 63 . . .13 East Central Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . 6 10 . . . . . . . . . 4 18 6 65 . . .14 East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . 21 21 . . . . . . . . . 3 20 18 132 . . .15 Rivers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . 1 . . . 14 22 . . . . . . . . . 7 39 16 133 . . .16 South East Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . 3 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 11 . . . 27 . . .

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17 GHANA UNION CONFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . 36 3618 Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . . . . . . 25 28 . . . . . . . . . 4 60 . . . 155 . . .19 East Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . 11 7 . . . . . . . . . 7 4 . . . 61 . . .20 Mid-West Ghana Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . 9 12 . . . . . . . . . 3 12 31 91 . . .21 North Ghana Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 7 5 . . . . . . . . . 2 11 5 42 . . .22 South Central Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . . . . . . . 8 40 . . . 123 . . .23 South Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . 33 22 . . . . . . . . . 22 80 . . . 198 . . .24 South West Ghana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . 10 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 32 . . . 67 . . .

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 10 17 52 . . . . . . 2 56 4 153 . . .27 North East Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 21 . . . . . . 19 14 15 . . . . . . 6 15 13 128 . . .28 North West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 22 . . . . . . 4 21 12 . . . . . . 4 12 3 98 . . .29 South West Nigeria Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 35 . . . . . . 185 37 24 . . . . . . 113 9 142 573 . . .30 West Nigeria Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 41 . . . . . . 248 22 31 . . . . . . 165 37 258 844 . . .

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31 SAHEL UNION MISSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 18 432 Benin Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 23 . . .33 Burkina Faso Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 68 81 . . .34 Cape Verde Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 6 17 . . .35 Cote d'Ivoire Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . 8 5 . . . . . . . . . 4 16 49 92 . . .36 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19 . . .37 Guinea-Bissau Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . .38 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 . . .39 Niger Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 . . .40 Senegal/Mauritania Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 6 16 . . .41 Togo Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 3 9 . . . . . . . . . 37 24 2 83 . . .

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42 WEST AFRICAN UNION MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 2 12 943 Gambia Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 . . .44 Liberia Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . 5 . . . 4 . . . 24 49 . . .45 Sierra Leone Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 3 14 . . . 1 . . . 6 . . . 22 50 . . .

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46 WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 8 25 . . . 423 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . 511 147 Central African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 1 9 . . . 84 45 6 1 . . . 81 10 156 495 . . .48 Eastern Nigeria Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 . . . 1 . . . 224 69 . . . . . . . . . 54 121 40 640 5649 Ghana Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 . . . . . . . . . 129 97 . . . . . . . . . 56 239 36 773 3650 North-Western Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 119 . . . . . . 474 111 134 . . . . . . 299 129 423 1,824 6551 Sahel Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . 37 23 . . . . . . . . . 48 51 179 382 452 West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . 8 20 . . . 6 . . . 13 . . . 53 118 9

DIVISION TOTALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 128 35 . . . 1,379 365 140 7 . . . 556 550 887 4,743 171

WORLD SUMMARY1 General Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 44 439 295 1,516 10 2 61 16 423 . . . 9,007 12,116 87

2 East-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,346 195 187 . . . 1,201 551 24 701 . . . 1,331 2,086 1,731 9,353 797

3 Euro-Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 79 104 . . . 465 228 88 42 . . . 224 316 1,407 3,890 579

4 Euro-Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 . . . 8 . . . 205 674 . . . 4 . . . 175 73 440 2,137 58

5 Inter-American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,952 42 1,160 . . . 3,194 1,086 11 915 . . . 1,779 741 5,889 16,769 1,202

6 North American Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,376 247 2,684 455 2,020 622 64 639 57 841 51 66,896 77,952 2,027

7 Northern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998 . . . 105 . . . 744 262 . . . 15 . . . 6,528 124 3,866 12,642 283

8 South American Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,465 . . . . . . . . . 1,317 965 . . . . . . . . . 927 350 29,354 35,378 1,032

9 South Pacific Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 47 1,000 . . . 387 329 85 901 . . . 542 255 4,271 8,564 509

10 Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,015 48 370 . . . 1,416 413 39 197 . . . 926 1,096 1,564 7,084 628

11 Southern Asia Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 107 527 . . . 299 212 61 1,894 . . . 1,171 126 1,822 6,841 264

12 Southern Asia-Pacific Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 224 1,733 . . . 2,627 613 181 861 . . . 1,367 1,190 2,499 12,685 319

13 Trans-European Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 65 81 . . . 301 162 46 92 . . . 148 17 1,657 3,113 488

14 West-Central Africa Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 128 35 . . . 1,379 365 140 7 . . . 556 550 887 4,743 171

WORLD TOTALS 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,949 1,226 8,433 750 17,071 6,492 741 6,329 73 16,938 6,975 131,290 213,267 8,444

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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 2009

Division and Institution(SDA

Yearbook 2010 ed. p. 463)

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PART I—Tertiary Institutions

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

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdventist University of Lukanga. . . . . . . C 475 724 122 45 45 34Adventist University of Central Africa . . . C 779 2,332 37 45 62 18Bugema University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,330 1,992 496 62 74 99Ethipian Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . C 371 1,002 369 27 30 61The University of Arusha . . . . . . . . . . . . C 548 1,167 335 39 40 46University of Eastern Africa, Baraton . . . G 1,205 2,146 410 86 113 293Totals (6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,708 9,363 1,769 304 364 551

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBogenhofen Seminary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 37 37 37 10 10 15Bulgarian Theological Seminary. . . . . . . JC 48 49 5 19 21 3Friedensau Adventist University. . . . . . . G 129 174 42 19 23 39Italian Adventist College Villa Aurora . . . C 63 64 11 21 25 13Romanian Adv School of Nursing . . . . . JC 25 160 40 14 20 3Romanian Adv Theological Institute. . . . C 246 250 65 22 49 38Saleve Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 164 166 12 13 14 1Sazava Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . C 119 119 . . . 29 29 5Spanish Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . . C 89 95 33 18 18 11Totals (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 1,114 245 165 209 128

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONUkrainian Inst of Arts and Sciences . . . . C 340 669 199 28 40 50Zaoksky Adventist University . . . . . . . . . G 630 644 160 29 29 33Totals (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 1,313 359 57 69 83

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAntillean Adventist University . . . . . . . . . G 629 955 133 42 43 103Belize Adventist Junior College . . . . . . . JC 65 123 25 8 8 6Central American Adventist University . . C 406 425 124 61 66 20Colombia Adventist University . . . . . . . . C 1,062 1,279 86 64 116 60Cuba Adventist Seminary. . . . . . . . . . . . JC 102 104 21 10 10 21Dominican Adventist University . . . . . . . C 1,080 2,780 280 140 157 39Haitian Adventist University (2008) . . . . C 403 571 30 60 90 57Inter-American Adv Theol Seminary . . . G 324 324 76 37 37 4Linda Vista University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 655 788 113 27 27 74Montemorelos University . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2,090 2,214 474 236 244 160Navojoa University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 251 321 54 48 48 37Northern Caribbean University . . . . . . . . G 2,410 5,216 1,111 180 261 407Univ of the Southern Caribbean (2007) . C 798 1,268 193 80 90 142Venezuelan Adventist University (2006). C 292 434 97 35 39 72Totals (14). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,567 16,802 2,817 1,028 1,236 1,202

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAndrews University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 3,158 3,599 659 276 298 540Atlantic Union College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 314 461 100 69 89 90Canadian University College . . . . . . . . . C 348 410 62 46 51 73Florida Hosp Coll of Health Sciences. . . C 438 2,662 652 76 156 112Griggs University*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 996 2,491 67 50 70 36Kettering College of Medical Arts . . . . . . C 103 899 234 20 68 49La Sierra University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,220 1,857 349 132 173 236Loma Linda University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,916 4,211 1,517 854 1,705 1,273Oakwood University* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,616 1,916 261 138 168 222Pacific Union College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,095 1,580 276 98 100 185Southern Adventist University . . . . . . . . G 2,501 2,891 571 236 254 324Southwestern Adventist University. . . . . G 709 815 175 69 76 68Union College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 874 953 199 52 91 152Walla Walla University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 1,334 1,808 432 145 168 192Washington Adventist University . . . . . . G 430 1,179 227 41 109 . . .Totals (15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,052 27,732 5,781 2,302 3,576 3,552

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONHong Kong Adventist College (2008) . . . C 22 45 17 10 13 15Sahmyook Health College . . . . . . . . . . . JC 428 1,253 463 33 33 32Sahmyook University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 2,092 5,771 1,013 168 168 164Saniku Gakuin College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 50 215 89 30 45 20Taiwan Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . C 47 62 7 13 13 41Totals (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,639 7,346 1,589 254 272 272

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONBolivia Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 1,332 2,836 248 217 240 18Brazil Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . . Engenheiro Coelho Campus . . . . . . . C 1,800 2,282 353 218 247 158 Hortolandia Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 551 1,346 171 52 76 16 Sao Paulo Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 876 2,059 411 112 161 28Brazil-Parana College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 275 294 60 46 74 7

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Chile Adventist University. . . . . . . . . . . . G 832 1,451 189 201 275 25Ecuador Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . C 67 69 26 22 29 20Latin-American Adv Theol Seminary . . . G 288 288 21 37 37 . . .Minas Gerais Adventist College . . . . . . . C 96 410 . . . 15 23 32North Argentina College . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 79 128 14 53 54 28Northeast Brazil College. . . . . . . . . . . . . G 841 1,148 333 74 104 12Peruvian Union University (Lima) . . . . . . G 2,104 2,416 405 201 237 29 Juliaca Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 951 1,334 69 85 110 4 Tarapoto Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 193 409 . . . 41 49 14River Plate Adventist University . . . . . . . G 2,110 2,530 154 456 600 291Totals (15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,395 19,000 2,454 1,830 2,316 682

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAvondale College Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . G 833 1,285 310 81 89 106Fulton College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 171 245 106 16 16 30Pacific Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . G 402 509 98 48 48 5Sonoma Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . C 294 354 150 30 30 15Totals (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,700 2,393 664 175 183 156

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventist University Zurcher. . . . . . . . . . C 141 171 . . . 14 16 61Helderberg College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 225 307 42 36 39 36Malawi Adventist University . . . . . . . . . . C 166 207 37 20 23 18Solusi University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 927 2,647 629 46 46 232Zambia Adventist Univeristy . . . . . . . . . . C 687 954 24 20 25 30Totals (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,146 4,286 732 136 149 377

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONFlaiz Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 136 256 76 10 30 8Lowry Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 163 449 115 15 52 10Metas of SDA College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 180 821 206 35 86 27 Metas of SDA College (Nuzvid). . . . . C 31 132 . . . 4 15 6 Metas of SDA College (Ranchi). . . . . C 22 142 . . . 5 15 4Northeast Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . C 48 168 32 20 28 18Roorkee Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . JC 21 405 13 5 20 9SDA College of Education (Vellore) . . . . C 20 115 85 8 20 4Spicer Memorial College . . . . . . . . . . . . G 722 1,385 286 58 175 82Totals (9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,343 3,873 813 160 441 168

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdv Intl Inst of Advanced Studies* . . . . . G 393 394 167 37 37 87Adventist College of Nursing . . . . . . . . . C 61 195 62 4 16 4Adventist University of the Philippines . . G 2,276 3,566 615 217 217 159Asia-Pacific International University . . . . G 434 934 151 70 93 82Bangladesh Adv Sem and College. . . . . C 181 186 33 17 17 . . .Central Philippine Adventist College . . . C 1,239 1,376 188 82 82 22Indonesian Adventist University . . . . . . . C 1,106 1,248 289 81 83 40Klabat University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,346 2,613 318 106 106 25Manila Adv Medical Ctr and Colleges. . . C 606 997 219 58 63 26Mindanao Sanitarium and Hosp College C 469 1,671 295 79 96 37Mountain View College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,996 2,401 230 132 132 73Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary . . . C 311 311 76 24 24 12Naga View Adventist College . . . . . . . . . C 137 138 54 10 10 . . .Northern Luzon Adventist College . . . . . G 588 768 285 70 70 27South Philippine Adventist College. . . . . C 282 301 31 37 37 15Surya Nusantara Adventist College . . . . JC 155 193 40 24 26 11Totals (16). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,580 17,292 3,053 1,048 1,109 620

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdriatic Union College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 44 45 1 8 8 3Belgrade Theological Seminary . . . . . . . C 26 27 5 34 34 5Hungarian Theological Seminary . . . . . . C 57 78 21 6 6 4Middle East University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 22 219 36 9 34 10Newbold College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 200 265 56 30 31 24Pakistan Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . . C 30 66 . . . 15 16 39Polish Sr Coll of Theol and Hum (2007) . C 385 2,137 958 32 152 31Totals (7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764 2,837 1,077 134 281 116

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdventist University Cosendai . . . . . . . . C 235 438 . . . 41 70 25Babcock University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,084 5,793 901 132 202 275Valley View University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C 1,482 3,059 195 87 130 184Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,801 9,290 1,096 260 402 484

WORLD TOTALS 2009 (110) . . . . . . . . . 69,585 122,641 22,449 7,853 10,607 8,391*General Conference institutions are listed in the division where the home campus is located.

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Yearbook 2010 ed. p. 463)

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Division and Union Schools

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PART 2—Worker Training Institutions

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission . . . . . . . . 4 1,034 1,946 754 86 87 69Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 61 134 43 11 12 10Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1,095 2,080 797 97 99 79

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONNorth German Union Conference. . . . 1 11 65 . . . 4 5 . . .

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONWest Russian Union Conference . . . . 1 29 33 . . . 29 29 . . .

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONTrans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . 2 278 556 98 23 23 6

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAngola Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 32 32 . . . 6 6 . . .Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 1 55 203 . . . 15 38 72Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 198 350 . . . 26 32 72Mozambique Union Mission (2008) . . 1 17 17 . . . 5 5 15Southern Africa Union Conference. . . 2 125 242 . . . 6 9 7Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 1 5 95 . . . 5 5 18Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 432 939 . . . 63 95 184

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONEast-Central India Union Section . . . . 5 202 230 22 21 29 6Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . 1 33 90 18 10 15 3Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . 3 180 240 31 15 22 2South-Central India Union Section . . . 2 55 160 25 8 11 2Southeast India Union Section . . . . . . 2 245 320 30 18 21 8Southwest India Union Section . . . . . 2 48 80 8 6 11 3Western India Union Section . . . . . . . 2 138 165 18 9 12 8Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 901 1,285 152 87 121 32

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdriatic Union Conference (2008) . . . 1 47 47 . . . 8 8 1Danish Un of Churches Conf (2008) . 2 22 54 . . . 2 6 2Middle East Union Mission (2007) . . . 1 5 126 . . . 3 24 2Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . 2 302 957 53 42 59 40South-East European Un Conference 1 8 8 . . . 1 1 1Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 384 1,192 53 56 98 46

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONCentral African Union Mission . . . . . . 2 64 100 34 18 32 8Ghana Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 3 625 1,502 422 28 89 61North-Western Nigeria Union Mission 1 70 151 . . . 10 12 30Sahel Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 87 173 . . . . . . 9 3Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 846 1,926 456 56 142 102

WORLD TOTALS 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3,976 8,076 1,556 415 612 449

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Parenthesized figures after "Totals" represent the number of secondary schools in the divisions.EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAkaki SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 240 1,844 152 45 62 131Baraton Secondary School . . . . . . . . CSB 58 98 34 8 8 4Bomani Adventist School (2008) . . . . CS 72 85 5 5 5 2Bugema Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 613 1,034 346 57 66 80Bupandagila Secondary School . . . . . CS 406 627 193 15 24 27Busegwe Girls High School . . . . . . . . CSB 28 42 . . . 5 5 8Bwasi Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 323 446 145 7 7 18Changamwe Secondary School . . . . . CS 41 85 27 8 9 9Chebwai Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 67 67 15 11 11 . . .Chesowos Adv Secondary School . . . CS 60 89 22 8 12 3Chome Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 441 701 51 13 13 7Gimbie Adventist Academy (2008). . . CS 136 331 . . . 5 7 6Gitwe Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 770 989 188 19 35 6Ikizu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 546 920 156 21 21 40Iringa Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 122 194 30 7 7 6Kabokyek Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 200 230 73 10 11 16Kagwathi Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 147 247 88 13 13 19Kamagambo High School . . . . . . . . . CSB 90 94 29 12 12 . . .Kameya Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 19 35 . . . 2 2 5Karura Church School . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 181 236 71 18 19 . . .Katikamu SDA Secondary School . . . CS 755 1,960 670 41 64 45Kimolwet Secondary School. . . . . . . . CS 100 110 37 9 9 5Kiriiria SDA Secondary School. . . . . . CSB 94 120 19 6 9 5

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d)Kitui Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 76 118 51 9 10 18Kuyera Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 701 1,866 670 26 73 82Luzira Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 467 1,867 641 20 55 48Masii SDA Secondary School. . . . . . . CSB 202 297 93 12 12 11Matutu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 80 137 35 9 10 10Maxwell Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 75 103 9 17 17 6Mekele SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 4 501 . . . 5 17 6Mugonero Secondary School . . . . . . . CS . . . 348 33 4 13 8Mutitu SDA Secondary School . . . . . . CSB 60 110 46 7 9 8Mwein Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 62 89 18 8 8 3Ndembela Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 358 734 151 30 30 28Nyabehore Secondary School . . . . . . CS 405 585 95 8 8 20Nyabikaye Secondary School. . . . . . . CS 40 113 35 8 9 3Nyabola Girls' Secondary School . . . . CS 86 141 19 10 10 12Nyanchwa Adv Secondary School . . . CS 100 122 35 14 14 3Nyansincha Secondary School. . . . . . CS 482 615 127 13 13 16Nyanza Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 401 489 . . . 18 20 17P J Mwangola Girls' Sec School. . . . . CS 8 24 6 2 3 2Parane Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CSB 418 635 219 16 18 20Ranen Secondary School. . . . . . . . . . CS 79 93 35 9 9 7Rift Valley Adv Secondary School . . . CSB 63 116 34 5 8 8Rwankeri Adv Secondary School . . . . CS 680 1,036 161 17 27 10Segero Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CS 318 416 69 21 22 22South Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 47 763 95 5 25 11Suji Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 533 743 202 19 19 16Tanzania Adv Secondary School . . . . CSB 267 341 72 19 19 26Other Secondary Schools (422) . . . . . CS 37,312 62,368 2,544 2,791 4,401 494Totals (471). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,833 85,354 7,846 3,467 5,310 1,357

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBogenhofen Senior High School . . . . CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marienhoehe College . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 130 685 87 36 70 36Sagunto Adv Secondary School. . . . . CSB . . . 308 75 8 11 22Saleve Adventist Secondary School. . CSB 54 142 12 12 18 4Other Secondary Schools (8) . . . . . . . CS 860 1,113 156 104 131 88Totals (12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,044 2,248 330 160 230 150

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONLight School (Abhazia) (2008) . . . . . . CS . . . 3 104 2 16 9Narnia Christian School . . . . . . . . . . . CS . . . 54 63 14 16 3Russian Christian School . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 7 80 11 16 12Source of Knowledge School . . . . . . . CS 8 10 30 4 10 1Zaoksky Settlement School . . . . . . . . CS 20 98 143 20 21 4Totals (5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 172 420 51 79 29

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Atlantic Secondary School . CS 131 257 36 11 11 5Adventist Edu Center (Cali) . . . . . . . . CS 96 206 29 9 9 4Adventist Edu Center (El Limon) . . . . CS 78 252 24 13 16 8Adventist Edu Center (Hatillo) . . . . . . CS 85 461 170 20 20 12Adventist Edu Center (Pena Blanca) . CS 93 233 37 14 14 3Adventist Edu Center (Santiago) . . . . CS 74 165 42 10 10 5Adventist Edu Inst (NW Honduras). . . CS 59 152 17 12 12 2Adventist School From Apartado . . . . CS 45 283 20 13 17 3Adventist School From Turbo . . . . . . . CS 27 122 23 13 15 3Adventist Trng Sch of El Salvador . . . CS 142 387 80 12 12 8Adventist Voc School of Nicaragua . . CS 38 126 19 11 11 6Ahome School (Sinaloa) (2008) . . . . . CS 75 160 53 15 16 3Alejandro Oropeza Castillo Academy. CS 20 189 32 3 7 3Amado Nervo SDA School . . . . . . . . . CS 144 200 56 14 14 6Andres Bello Academy (El Limon) . . . CS 76 173 36 10 14 6Andres Bello School (Puerto Ordaz) . CS 83 213 10 7 13 4Andres Bello Sec School (Guanare). . CS 49 220 38 6 11 6Angel de Campo Institute . . . . . . . . . . CS 61 112 30 8 8 2Antigua SDA School (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 191 243 41 15 15 7Bahamas Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 251 404 33 24 24 13Baluarte Interamerican Adv Academy CS 24 155 32 9 10 1Barbados SDA Sec School (2008) . . . CS 217 347 37 24 24 11Bates Memorial High School (2008). . CS 31 76 30 11 11 4Belize Adventist Academy (2008). . . . CS 214 428 . . . 26 26 17Bella Vista Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 79 129 15 7 7 10Bequia SDA Secondary School (2008) CS 86 143 19 9 9 1Bethania Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 18 81 21 7 7 . . .Bethel Adv Center (Puerto Tejada). . . CS 36 150 25 10 10 3Bethel Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 50 314 39 16 16 7Bluefields Adventist College . . . . . . . . CS 115 183 38 8 8 . . .Braulio P Marcio Adv Edu Unit (Calab) CS 21 106 32 5 9 3Braulio P Marcio Sch (Hermosillo) . . . CS 71 142 56 12 12 3Braulio Perez Marcio Academy . . . . . CS 73 481 60 7 33 9Braulio Perez Marcio Adv School . . . . CS 25 110 21 7 11 1British Virgin Isl Sec School (2008) . . CS 55 111 6 8 8 4Canaan High School (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 91 181 . . . 14 14 5Carare Adv Academy (Cimitarra) . . . . CS 34 104 14 7 8 2Cartagena Adventist School . . . . . . . . CS 78 178 35 10 11 . . .Cecilio Acosta Adventist Academy . . . CS 35 303 40 5 13 9

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Ceibano Adventist Educational Center CS 111 311 35 9 11 5Central Adv Acad (Caguas) . . . . . . . . CS 66 144 13 9 9 6Central Adv Acad (San Sebastian). . . CS 71 144 25 8 8 9Central Adv School (San Salvador) . . CS 152 241 52 7 7 5Central American Adv Univ Academy CS 82 236 35 13 13 6Chalatenango Adventist Academy . . . CS 63 133 22 8 8 2Changuinola Adventist Academy . . . . CS 54 234 23 12 12 2Chimendega Adventist Academy . . . . CS 53 118 20 6 6 3Chorrera Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 85 104 8 11 11 4Cinco de Febrero Adventist School . . CS 107 258 86 21 22 9Cinco de Mayo SDA School . . . . . . . . CS 95 125 41 9 9 4Climaco Giron Secondary School . . . CS 87 353 38 3 15 9Cojutepeque Adventist Academy . . . . CS 106 167 25 7 10 2Colombia Adv Univ Sec School . . . . . CS 111 344 48 18 18 4Colombian Islands Mission Sec Sch . CS 40 203 39 9 12 9Colon Adventist Secondary School . . CS 26 145 40 7 7 4Constitucion Mexicana Academy . . . . CS . . . 97 34 11 11 4Cucuta Adventist Institute . . . . . . . . . CS 165 269 23 7 9 3Culiacan School (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . CS 85 338 127 23 24 5David Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . CS 120 401 45 28 29 7Dominica SDA Sec School (2008) . . . CS 151 234 32 16 16 1Dominican Adv Univ Sec School . . . . CS 80 171 25 10 10 10Dr Dennis Soto Academy (Ponce) . . . CS 29 123 13 9 9 8E B Carapita Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 26 148 30 5 11 4East Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 69 178 25 8 8 7Eben-Ezer Adventist School . . . . . . . CS 72 196 35 14 14 4Eden High School (2008) . . . . . . . . . . CS 164 327 . . . 21 21 3El Alba Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 18 144 18 13 13 2El Llano Adventist Vocational Institute CSB 109 154 32 24 24 8El Progreso Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 89 134 35 16 16 6Elena de White Adventist Academy . . CS 4 75 . . . 4 8 2Eligio Contreras Adventist School . . . CS 37 175 47 8 8 9Ellen Harmon School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 64 146 52 12 13 3Emmanuel Adv Sch (Nueva Concep). CS 14 130 12 6 10 2Emmanuel Adv Secondary School. . . CS 170 300 49 12 13 5Espaillat Adventist School . . . . . . . . . CS 18 152 17 9 9 7Esteli Adventist College (Nicaragua) . CS 28 131 34 6 6 3Florencio Jimenez-Quibor Academy . CS 23 97 . . . 2 7 5Francisco I Madero SDA School . . . . CS 121 231 70 9 9 7French Harbour Adventist Institute. . . CS 122 280 39 13 13 3Gen Ignacio Zaragoza Adv School . . CS 176 301 98 22 22 5Gen Rafael Urdaneta Adv Edu Unit . . CS 72 224 20 13 17 4Getsemani Las Cruces Sch (Peten). . CS 15 127 15 2 11 1Gilberto Velazquez SDA School. . . . . CS 176 367 119 18 18 10Gran Sabana School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 176 241 47 14 14 5Granada Adventist Academy (Meta) . CS 51 161 24 6 10 1Grand Bahamas Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 47 123 12 7 8 4Grenada SDA Comp School (2008) . . CS 201 442 46 16 22 5Guanaja Adventist Insitute . . . . . . . . . CS 25 62 9 7 8 2Gustavo Garrido-Merida Academy. . . CS 42 210 45 9 20 12Haitian Adventist Schools (3) (2008) . CS 1,725 3,266 192 339 461 130Harmon High School (2008). . . . . . . . CS 201 318 57 24 24 6Harrison Memorial High School . . . . . CS 147 267 42 19 22 9Health and Knowledge Sec School . . CS 99 154 57 12 12 3Ibague Adventist Secondary School . CS 80 224 16 11 13 3Ideal Adv Edu Center (Honduras) . . . CS 95 524 101 15 24 8Ignacio Allende Adventist School . . . . CS 63 108 33 18 18 5Ignacio Comonfort SDA School . . . . . CS 169 234 69 14 14 4Ignacio de la Llave Adventist School . CS 179 245 60 11 11 2Ignacio M Altamirano Edu Center . . . CS 110 134 56 14 14 4Ignacio Ravon-Quintana Roo School . CS 96 185 48 10 11 4Integral Education Institute (Choco) . . CS 36 139 11 12 16 3Jose Maria Pino Suarez Sec School . CS 90 215 25 10 11 8Josefina Wright Adventist School. . . . CS 58 209 44 9 9 11Juan de la Barrera School (2008) . . . CS 46 67 23 7 7 1Juan Escutia Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 62 180 68 14 14 2Juan Pablo Duarte Sch (Barahona) . . CS 21 105 18 6 7 4Juan Pablo Duarte Sch (San Juan) . . CS 19 101 23 7 8 4Juan Pablo Duarte Sec Sch (Macoris) CS 175 568 93 18 19 22Julia Garcia Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 23 191 27 7 8 1Kingsway High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 174 472 50 26 28 6La Paz Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 56 104 38 8 10 3Las Americas School (Azua) . . . . . . . CS 14 246 77 8 10 6Las Margaritas Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 106 257 29 18 18 6Lazaro Cardenas Del Rio Adv School CS 64 171 57 10 10 3Lazaro Cardenas School (Chiapas) . . CS 75 152 53 10 10 6Libertad Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 300 493 54 14 15 12Libertador Adv Academy (Cabinas) . . CS 27 512 74 6 19 6Libertador Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 13 139 . . . 8 17 6Linda Vista Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 123 201 52 22 22 4Los Girasoles Adventist School . . . . . CS 45 105 23 8 8 5Luis Pasteur School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 55 144 34 7 9 1Mangrove Bight Adventist Institute. . . CS 23 54 5 8 8 3Manuel M Ponce Adventist School. . . CS 17 35 14 9 9 3

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Manuel Sanchez Marmol School . . . . CS 118 172 59 12 13 6Maracas Adv High School (2008). . . . CS 242 490 78 27 27 8Maranatha Adv Sch (Cent Honduras) CS 70 233 40 19 23 7Maranatha Adv Sch (Guatemala) . . . . CS 70 97 38 10 10 1Maranatha Adv Sch (Higuey-Este) . . . CS 90 452 118 21 22 18Maranatha Adv School (Valencia) . . . CS 47 148 22 9 12 4Maranatha Adv Sec Sch (San Fran). . CS 24 97 21 7 9 5Maranatha Bilingual Institute . . . . . . . CS 56 257 25 6 11 5Maranatha School (San Felix) . . . . . . CS 67 386 35 13 18 7Maria Trinidad Sanchez Sec School. . CS 61 244 78 13 14 10Mariscal de Ayacucho-Coro Adv Acad CS 21 252 22 3 19 9Matagalpa Adv School (Nicaragua) . . CS 46 194 38 8 8 6Mayab Adventist School (Merida). . . . CS 115 177 45 10 11 4Metropolitan Academy (Nicaragua) . . CS 13 106 22 5 5 1Metropolitan Adv Acad (Panama). . . . CS 150 242 28 17 17 2Metropolitan Adv Acad (Puerto Rico) . CS 156 343 40 15 15 15Metropolitan Adv Acad (S Domingo) . CS 103 207 47 11 12 7Metropolitan Adv Inst (Barquismeto) . CS 120 398 71 14 22 4Metropolitan Adv Inst (Honduras). . . . CS 79 129 16 10 11 4Metropolitan Inst (San Cris) (2008) . . CS 77 241 36 8 13 12Modelo de Zacatecoluca Adv School . CS 10 43 . . . 2 2 1Modelo Scandia Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 41 138 . . . 7 7 5Moises Tahay Adventist Academy . . . CS 24 44 19 12 16 3Moria Adventist School (Japala). . . . . CS 25 151 19 8 13 3Mountain View Adv Academy (2008) . CS 185 272 32 15 15 3Moutachy Adventist School . . . . . . . . CS 187 430 78 20 30 30Nicanor Gonzalez Mendoza Sec Sch. CS 236 383 35 20 20 9Nicolas Bravo Adv School (Cuautla) . CS 60 107 49 10 11 3Ninos Heroes School (Pueblo Nuevo) CS 21 93 32 10 10 3Ninos Heroes School (Veracruz) . . . . CS 98 155 49 15 16 3Ninos Heroes SDA Sch (Pichuaco) . . CS 69 124 39 11 11 5Ninos Heroes SDA School (Sinaloa) . CS 32 77 26 7 8 2Nogales School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 54 166 68 13 13 4North Adventist Academy (Arrecibo) . CS 28 152 12 8 8 5North Adventist Academy (Bogota) . . CS 124 198 25 9 9 4North Adventist Regional Academy . . CS 66 147 23 8 8 4Northwestern Adventist Academy . . . CS 55 154 28 7 7 4Oasis Adventist School (Las Coles) . . CS 17 71 20 1 8 . . .Obregon SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 55 140 39 13 13 3Olga Priego de Ceintron Academy . . . CS 161 254 85 14 14 3Orion Adv School (Jocatenango) . . . . CS 16 104 . . . 6 6 4Orion Adventist School (Tecun) . . . . . CS 27 209 48 11 11 4Ozama Adventist Secondary School . CS 60 203 51 9 9 12Pacific School (Navojoa) . . . . . . . . . . CS 90 147 59 19 19 5Panama Adventist Institute. . . . . . . . . CS 280 335 43 20 20 8Perseverance Boissard School . . . . . CS 197 412 86 16 36 16Peten Adv Academy (San Benito) . . . CS 20 87 19 3 9 1Port Maria High School. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 37 116 30 8 9 4Portland High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 91 212 34 12 13 1Puerto Cabeza Adv Sch (Nicaragua) . CS 70 210 45 9 9 5Quetzaltepeque Adventist Academy . CS 28 118 . . . 4 4 1Rama Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 281 571 165 35 54 30Ramon Mella Adventist School. . . . . . CS 28 119 47 6 6 . . .Reparto Schick Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 40 140 19 7 7 . . .Richard Greenidge Academy . . . . . . . CS 142 364 70 19 22 13Rosario Castellanos SDA School . . . . CS 102 111 44 14 14 4Salvador Alvarez Adv Sec School . . . CS 25 120 25 7 8 6San Cristobal Adv Sec School (2008) CS 86 228 41 10 10 10San Jose del Guaviare Adv Acad. . . . CS 35 255 24 13 13 1San Miguel Academy (El Salvador) . . CS 38 66 19 7 7 5San Vicente Adventist Academy . . . . CS 38 66 15 5 6 . . .Saravena-Bethel Adventist School . . . CS 96 148 13 10 11 4Savanna-La-Mar High School . . . . . . CS 52 183 29 10 12 3Sierra Maestra Adv Edu Unit (2008). . CS 98 430 25 15 21 11Simon Bolivar Adv Acad (Medellin) . . CS 77 173 21 11 11 3Soganmoso Commercial College . . . . CS 49 141 11 7 12 1Soledad Acevedo de los Reyes Sch . CS 166 188 67 17 17 5Sonsonate Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 64 113 21 7 7 2South Adv Academy (Guayama) . . . . CS 11 70 34 5 5 6Southern Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . CS 105 326 73 20 20 8Southern Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 24 82 20 7 7 4St Ann's Bay High School. . . . . . . . . . CS 42 186 28 8 10 8St Croix SDA Secondary School . . . . CS 67 79 27 9 9 6St Lucia SDA Academy (2008). . . . . . CS 194 254 33 18 18 5St Thomas-St John Sec Sch (2008) . . CS 89 115 15 10 10 . . .Utila Adv Institute (Bay Islands) . . . . . CS 10 60 7 9 9 1Valentin Gomez Farias Adv School . . CS 73 154 56 13 13 4Valley of Peace Academy (2008) . . . . CS 44 87 . . . 7 7 . . .Venezuela-Ciudad Bolivar Academy . CS 133 186 19 11 14 4Venezuela Vocational Institute . . . . . . CS 101 340 48 17 24 2Vicente Guerrero Sch (Chiapas) . . . . CS 39 120 41 8 10 3Vicente Guerrero Sch (Guadalajara) . CS 52 123 54 9 9 2Vicente Suarez Institute . . . . . . . . . . . CS 105 132 36 13 13 5Victor Dixon High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 124 270 42 23 25 3Villa Esperanza Adventist School . . . . CS 38 129 20 6 6 . . .Villavicencio Adv Academy (Meta) . . . CS 48 155 23 6 6 1

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INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Western Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 93 299 80 16 16 15Willowdene Group of Schools . . . . . . CS 139 255 45 22 22 7Yaritagua Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 40 214 38 7 13 4Other Secondary Schools (93) . . . . . . CS 2,784 6,521 790 562 661 127Totals (307) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,786 52,838 8,905 3,309 3,912 1,359

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAndrews Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 229 247 74 17 17 4Armona Union Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 41 48 12 11 11 3Atlanta Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 91 116 26 24 24 . . .Auburn Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 240 306 71 33 33 20Bakersfield Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 53 58 12 13 13 8Bass Memorial Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 92 98 27 18 18 5Battle Creek Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 46 46 18 15 15 6Bermuda Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 80 131 28 37 37 7Blue Mountain Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 205 216 69 30 30 17Burton Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 100 127 30 26 26 7Calexico Adventist Mission School. . . CS 10 112 19 19 19 12Campion Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 161 166 45 22 25 9Cariboo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 10 21 4 12 12 7Cascade Christian Academy . . . . . . . CS 36 39 17 17 18 6Central Valley Christian Academy . . . CS 68 78 25 21 21 8Central Vermont Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 16 19 6 3 3 3Chinook Winds Adventist Academy . . CS 48 53 14 14 14 4Chisholm Trail Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 170 204 37 17 17 2College View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 71 73 26 19 20 5Collegedale Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 356 360 99 34 34 3Columbia Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 110 116 26 17 17 3Crawford Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 176 186 28 36 36 11Dakota Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 36 41 8 13 13 7Deer Lake SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 45 67 . . . 18 18 7El Dorado Adventist School . . . . . . . . CS 53 64 11 13 13 7Escondido Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 77 92 18 21 21 5Forest Lake Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 405 413 106 36 36 16Fraser Valley Adventist Academy. . . . CS 74 89 31 20 20 7Fresno Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 55 60 23 24 24 5Gem State Adventist Academy . . . . . CSB 107 115 24 14 14 8Georgia-Cumberland Academy . . . . . CSB 234 241 85 28 28 17Glendale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 199 255 60 45 45 12Great Lakes Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 230 235 79 24 24 10Great Plains Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 30 33 16 16 16 5Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy . . CS 158 164 38 17 17 6Greater Boston Academy. . . . . . . . . . CSB 40 44 10 15 15 6Greater Miami Adventist Academy. . . CS 132 144 42 25 25 13Greater New York Academy. . . . . . . . CS 183 201 33 15 15 2Griggs International Academy*. . . . . . CS 652 870 406 31 39 36Hawaiian Mission Academy . . . . . . . . CS 66 105 34 21 21 8Highland Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 90 94 28 21 21 5Highland View Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 107 118 29 20 20 4Hinsdale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 69 72 14 22 22 4Holbrook Adventist Indian School . . . CSB 10 43 6 26 26 8Indiana Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 84 87 37 15 15 8Kingsway College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 165 178 40 25 25 12La Sierra Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 241 293 64 50 50 29Livingstone Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 64 69 17 19 20 7Lodi Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 85 106 24 13 13 6Loma Linda Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 411 511 139 95 95 31Los Angeles Adventist Academy . . . . CS 80 95 22 17 17 3Madison Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 86 93 12 16 16 2Maplewood Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 89 95 27 17 17 4Mesa Grande Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 105 131 30 26 26 3Miami Union Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 79 92 14 27 28 6Midland Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 47 49 11 13 14 3Mile High Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 70 80 26 20 20 5Milo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 91 107 40 16 16 11Minnetonka Christian Academy . . . . . CS 37 47 11 15 15 5Monterey Bay Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 154 210 56 24 24 16Mount Ellis Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 70 73 15 9 9 10Mount Pisgah Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 137 148 40 18 18 4Mount Vernon Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 109 118 35 19 20 7Mountain View Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 112 143 55 13 13 5Napa Christian Campus of Education CS 30 35 5 12 12 6Newbury Park Adventist Academy. . . CS 121 183 62 12 12 7Northeastern Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CS 149 150 48 17 17 3Oakwood Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 78 78 27 32 34 5Okanagan Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 29 41 11 9 9 6Orangewood Adventist Academy. . . . CS 59 79 27 21 21 6Orcas Christian School. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 5 35 10 8 17 6Ozark Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 106 117 37 16 16 9Pacific Un Coll Preparatory School . . CS 61 67 24 9 9 1Paradise Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 80 83 12 18 18 4Parkview Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 91 107 46 22 22 1Peterson-Warren Academy . . . . . . . . CS 49 49 12 13 13 . . .Pine Forge Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 143 154 46 29 29 9

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Pine Hills Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 53 58 16 13 13 7Pine Tree Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 45 45 14 13 13 11Pleasant Hill Adventist Academy . . . . CS 76 86 24 16 16 9Portland Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 172 218 60 24 25 11Puget Sound Adventist Academy . . . . CS 84 90 31 11 11 2Redding Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 39 48 16 15 15 8Redlands Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 115 120 39 30 30 9Redwood Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 36 44 15 11 11 3Richmond Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 15 27 6 10 12 4Rio Lindo Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CSB 126 163 52 24 24 13Rogue Valley Adventist School. . . . . . CS 53 60 14 13 13 4Sacramento Adventist Academy . . . . CS 101 116 23 24 24 9San Diego Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 81 130 24 22 22 8San Fernando Valley Academy . . . . . CS 39 62 19 11 11 6San Gabriel Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 134 134 49 24 24 6Sandia View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 39 46 7 7 7 2Sandy Lake Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 24 3 6 6 2Shenandoah Valley Academy. . . . . . . CSB 220 240 48 27 27 17Skagit Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 25 27 5 13 14 1South Lancaster Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 96 97 23 22 22 9South Texas Christian Academy. . . . . CS 32 71 20 22 22 3Spencerville Adventist Academy . . . . CS 136 136 46 29 29 24Spring Valley Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CS 84 94 35 28 30 16Sunnydale Adventist Academy. . . . . . CSB 87 92 21 14 14 10Takoma Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 197 225 70 23 23 8Thunderbird Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 119 132 40 17 17 4Tidewater Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 2 2 3 7 7 5Union Springs Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 69 69 25 31 31 12Upper Columbia Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 248 260 99 24 24 20Valley Grande Adventist Academy . . . CS 75 89 16 19 19 7Walla Walla Valley Academy . . . . . . . CS 206 211 43 23 23 4Wisconsin Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 89 92 24 14 14 10Totals (109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,691 13,591 3,826 2,212 2,246 852*General Conference institution is listed in the division where the home campus is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONDonghae Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 34 185 63 22 22 4Hahnkook Senior Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 1,223 1,255 412 70 70 9Hiroshima Saniku Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 154 298 98 38 38 19Honam Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 442 680 210 41 41 5Kowloon Sam Yuk Secondary School CS 32 812 120 25 53 25Macao Sam Yuk Middle School . . . . . CS 12 633 18 23 44 14Seohae Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 168 354 118 34 34 5Seoul Senior Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 495 1,777 590 85 85 11Tai Po Sam Yuk Secondary School . . CS 69 960 285 26 63 33Taiwan Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CSB 59 214 33 17 46 12Taiwan Adventist International School CSB 11 42 1 12 15 2Taiwan Adventist Prep Academy . . . . CSB 2 115 31 15 16 6Wonju Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 216 718 241 59 59 9Yungnam Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 354 486 162 32 32 4Other Secondary Schools (3) . . . . . . . CS 180 432 156 40 40 14Totals (17). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451 8,961 2,538 539 658 172

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION28 Julio Adventist Academy (Tacna) . CS 246 333 61 20 21 3Achacachi Adv Center (Omas) (2008) CS 10 52 10 2 6 . . .Adv Agricultural-Industrial Academy. . CSB 94 126 28 13 13 5Agro-Ind Adv Trans-Amazon Acad. . . CSB 87 97 25 4 4 54Alborada Adv Academy (Callao) . . . . CS 30 112 19 11 11 2Alta Gracia Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 66 215 25 14 16 3Altamira Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 17 63 20 5 11 11Alto Mayo Adv Academy (Rioja). . . . . CS 49 84 4 4 9 2Amazonas Adv Academy (Iquitos) . . . CS 87 175 31 8 11 4Ambato Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 16 330 51 14 27 2American Adv Academy (Juliaca). . . . CS 110 258 53 18 20 3American Union Adv Academy. . . . . . CS 72 117 25 9 11 13Ananundeua Adventist Academy . . . . CS 40 100 27 15 16 38Antofagasta Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 70 322 68 7 12 7Araguaina Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 8 83 24 5 10 9Arica Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . PS 123 153 34 6 11 8Aroma-Patacamaya Adv Acad (2007) CS 55 89 25 3 11 3Arturo Carcagno-Azangaro Adv Acad CS 51 71 8 4 7 . . .Asuncion Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 41 68 20 13 14 10Avellaneda Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 118 158 14 19 29 2Bahia Blanca Adventist Academy. . . . CS 80 144 22 17 28 2Balcarce Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 207 223 69 22 24 27Bauru Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 24 63 14 8 11 6Belen-San Raman Adv Academy . . . . CS 90 138 18 15 15 2Belo Horizonte Adventist Academy . . CS 43 80 17 22 22 13Bethel Adv Acad (Chanchamayo) . . . CS 45 147 21 7 8 2Bolivia Adv University Academy . . . . . CSB 172 251 51 18 20 3Braganca Paulista Adv Academy . . . . CS 17 80 13 7 12 13Brasil Adv Academy (Jesus Maria). . . CS 110 149 20 12 12 7Brasilia Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 56 160 42 10 18 27Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Eng Coelho) . . CSB 292 360 116 23 23 8Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Hortolandia) . . CSB 207 391 118 39 41 8

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Brazil Adv Univ Acad (Sao Paulo) . . . CSB 111 389 96 27 27 25Buen Pastor Adv Academy (Nana) . . CS 125 166 36 10 11 . . .Buenaventura Adventist Academy . . . CS 43 176 29 10 12 14Caceres Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 12 53 23 3 11 10Calama Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 127 316 70 12 14 10Campinas Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 36 95 38 9 13 13Campo Grandense Adv Academy . . . CS 44 105 18 11 14 18Campo Limpo Adventist Academy . . . CS 36 140 41 13 14 41Campo Mourao SDA School . . . . . . . CS 10 54 14 7 13 12Capao Redondo/Ellen White Acad. . . CS 102 291 87 14 14 38Capiapo Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 85 303 55 12 13 8Caracollo Adv Acad (Oruro) (2007) . . CS 12 22 3 4 7 1Caranavi Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 50 91 26 2 9 2Carreno Ortuno Adventist Academy. . CS 17 82 22 8 10 2Cascavel SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 50 16 6 12 18Castelo Branco Adventist Academy. . CS 35 150 42 13 15 31Central Brazil Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 105 142 40 23 24 56Chiclayo Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 100 170 31 9 9 . . .Chile Adventist University Academy. . CS 249 659 165 29 30 13Chulumani Adv Academy (2008) . . . . CS 20 79 23 8 12 4Cidade Ademar Adventist Academy. . CS 14 94 35 13 15 35Cisterna Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 91 169 40 8 9 17Cochabamba Adventist Academy . . . CS 22 48 10 15 19 4Concepcion Adv Academy (Chile) . . . CS 186 328 75 15 17 11Cordoba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 107 266 28 29 38 4Corumba Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 8 95 21 2 11 11Cotia Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 86 25 24 26 25Cruzeiro do Sul Adv Academy (2008) CSB 333 525 184 18 18 92Cuiaba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 32 106 29 13 14 19Curitiba/Alto Boqueirao Adv Academy CS 25 106 24 10 12 33Curitiba/Boa Vista Adv Academy . . . . CS 31 109 17 10 12 29Curitiba/Boqueiao Adv Academy . . . . CS 39 155 41 12 12 50Curitiba/Centenario Adv Academy . . . CS 43 131 32 14 18 37Curitibano Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 71 162 33 11 14 31D F Sarmiento Adventist Academy . . CS 80 129 27 13 13 5Daniel A Carrion Advenist Academy . CS 105 179 28 21 22 . . .Diadema Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 32 154 36 14 14 33East Paraguay Adventist Academy . . CSB 53 80 24 9 12 2Eben Ezer Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 41 51 8 4 8 . . .Ecuador Adv Sup Tech Inst Sec Sch . CSB 146 314 52 21 23 40Eduardo F Forga Adv Acad (Chosica) CS 50 76 7 9 9 4Eduardo F Forga Adv Academy. . . . . CS 127 168 36 15 15 1El Buen Maestro Adventist Academy. CS 44 113 26 7 8 3El Buen Pastor Adv Academy (Satipo) CS 97 133 22 6 8 2El Buen Pastor Adventist Academy . . CS 135 153 34 14 14 2El Faro Adventist Academy (Tacna) . . CS 96 183 23 16 17 5El Mantaro Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 126 168 28 11 12 2El Porvenir Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 70 203 26 10 15 3El Salvador Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 159 293 46 22 23 8El Santa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 115 221 33 11 11 1Ellen G White Adventist Academy . . . CS 115 154 43 8 14 3Elmer Bottsford Adventist Academy. . CS 23 70 22 3 6 1Emanuel Adv Academy (Ecuador) . . . CS 50 77 8 3 8 3Entre Rios Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 10 22 3 6 10 2Espaady Adv Academy (Yucuiba) . . . CS 35 123 25 4 11 2Espana Adv Academy (Lima-Brena) . CS 213 254 59 11 11 4Espinar Adventist Academy (Yauri) . . CS 84 134 21 7 15 2Espirito Santo Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 142 159 54 12 12 19Estados Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 36 109 26 10 14 14Esteban Lopez Adventist Academy . . CS 50 90 13 5 8 . . .Esteio SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 26 86 20 12 13 17Eunapolis Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 5 26 . . . 5 10 10Fernando Stahl Acad (Moquegua) . . . CS 55 110 10 19 22 3Fernando Stahl Academy (Perene) . . CS 38 56 8 5 8 1Fernando Stahl Academy (Plateria) . . CS 35 42 6 5 7 . . .Fernando Stahl Academy (Tocache) . CS 29 102 8 7 11 3Florianopolis/Centro Adv Academy . . CS 43 108 32 15 18 31Florianopolis/Estreito Adv Academy. . CS 39 84 26 15 19 49Florida Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 163 309 26 32 33 17Formosa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 53 378 52 16 30 6Fortaleza Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 48 88 18 8 13 14Foz do Iguacu SDA School . . . . . . . . CS 12 102 22 6 12 41Franz Tamayo Adventist Academy. . . CS 153 338 105 11 16 7Gama Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 46 271 50 14 21 37Gedeon Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 64 132 19 10 13 2Goiania/Jardim Europa Adv Academy CS 24 66 12 12 15 10Goiania/Setor Pedro Ludovico Acad . CS 19 63 21 11 15 12Goianiense-Goiania Adv Academy . . CS 40 159 48 11 17 18Grao Para Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 113 426 99 21 26 . . .Gravatai Sch (Monte Belo) (2008) . . . CS 28 95 22 10 14 21Guarapuava Adventist Academy . . . . CS 20 62 15 3 6 10Guarulhos/Gopouva Adv Academy . . CS 39 128 39 18 18 24Guarulhos/Vila Galvao Adv Academy CS 25 131 45 12 16 14Harry Pittman Adventist Academy . . . CS 104 249 48 15 24 9

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Hortolandia Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 37 77 22 9 12 8Imperatriz Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 40 132 30 27 30 17Indaial Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 19 76 21 8 11 13Interlagos Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 37 130 29 13 13 32Ipatinga Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 12 77 33 7 15 11Iquique Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 84 281 61 14 15 8Itabuna Adventist Secondary School . CS 23 71 17 10 13 15Itajal Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 26 98 25 14 17 30Itapagipe/Salvador Adv Academy . . . CS 43 164 39 13 17 26Itapecerica da Serra Adv Academy . . CS 42 211 55 15 15 34Itarare Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 14 69 20 5 12 16Ivirgarzama Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 80 102 22 4 14 2Jacarei Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 19 65 23 9 14 10Jacarepagua Adventist Academy . . . . CS 30 77 19 11 11 21Jaime White Adv Acad (Tambopata) . CS 66 190 34 13 13 6Jesus el Sembrador Adv Academy . . CS 97 110 17 9 11 1Jesus Nazareth Adventist Academy. . CS 152 255 39 10 12 1Ji-Parana Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 14 86 22 4 8 11Joinville Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 41 133 38 13 18 18Jorge Chavez Adventist Academy . . . CS 37 84 9 5 7 2Jose de San Martin Acad (P-Areq). . . CS 177 210 40 9 9 6Jose de San Martin Acad (Tarapoto) . CS 65 145 22 7 13 2Jose de San Martin Adv Acad (Trujillo) CS 145 174 40 13 14 6Jose Pardo Adv Academy (Cusco). . . CS 90 184 27 14 14 5Juan Bautista Alberdi Adv Institute. . . CS 212 263 69 30 32 5La Asunta Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 20 75 19 8 10 2La Serena Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 110 355 85 13 16 13Lahuachaca Adv Academy (2008) . . . CS 15 33 10 6 9 1Las Americas Adv Acad (Tumbes) . . . CS 55 132 21 10 12 2Las Condes Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 50 131 33 11 13 15Liberdade Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 159 423 130 14 23 47Loma Linda Academy (Ecuador) . . . . CS 12 80 11 15 17 3Londrina SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 57 220 68 9 23 40Lorena Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . CS 16 85 25 6 14 14Los Andes Adv Academy (Huancane) CS 22 45 6 4 8 . . .Los Andes Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 223 463 127 14 20 7Los Angeles Adv Academy (Chile) . . . CSB 291 768 189 34 35 41Los Polvorines Adventist Academy . . CS 164 381 39 29 33 13Luciano Chambi Adventist Academy . CS 10 155 16 10 10 . . .Maceio Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 95 323 83 10 17 50Manaus Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 247 393 162 12 16 26Manuel Cevallos Adv Academy . . . . . CS 24 60 9 10 11 1Maraba Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 14 70 19 6 11 18Marechal Rondon SDA School. . . . . . CS 93 268 72 16 16 50Mariano Moreno Adventist Academy . CS 64 198 25 20 21 7Maringa SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 58 137 39 4 8 25Mariscal Castilla Adventist Academy . CS 20 98 15 9 10 . . .Mendoza Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 73 137 18 21 29 3Miguel de Unamuno Adv Academy . . CS 17 98 10 4 8 1Minas Gerais Adventist Academy. . . . CSB 139 188 62 16 17 41Miraflores Adv Academy (La Paz) . . . CS 149 222 61 8 14 7Miraflores Adventist Academy (Lima). CS 306 464 82 33 33 11Mogi das Cruzes Adventist Academy. CS 47 141 43 5 13 10Molina Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 36 238 33 10 14 . . .Montero Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 45 77 19 5 11 1Moron Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 115 167 19 28 29 6Moyobamba Adventist Academy . . . . CS 60 104 12 10 12 2North Santiago Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 30 119 22 8 10 12Northeast Brazil Academy . . . . . . . . . CSB 382 462 159 22 24 3Novo Hamburgo SDA School . . . . . . . CS 58 139 29 11 12 15Novo Mundo Adventist Academy . . . . CS 16 128 36 10 15 15Nueva Cajamarca Adv Academy . . . . CS 70 109 15 8 8 2Nuevo Horizonte Adventist Academy . CS 32 63 8 4 5 1Osasco/Vila Yara Adv Academy. . . . . CS 63 161 42 13 13 42Pacajes Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 131 253 63 21 27 8Pacific Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 135 175 29 17 21 6Palos Blancos Adv Academy (2008) . CS 8 51 9 8 9 3Panamericana Adventist Academy. . . CS 24 84 7 7 8 . . .Parana Adv Institute (Argentina) . . . . CS 46 199 22 16 22 4Paranaense/Ivatuba Adv Academy . . CS 241 317 96 25 25 11Partenon SDA School (2008) . . . . . . . CS 4 14 14 11 11 15Paul Bernard Adventist Academy. . . . CS 83 192 42 13 16 35Paulinia Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 13 63 19 11 13 8Pedro Kalbermater Adv Academy . . . CS 28 54 10 4 5 . . .Peruvian Union Academy. . . . . . . . . . CSB 203 313 71 21 21 9Petropolis Adventist Academy . . . . . . CSB 202 265 91 15 15 46Piracicaba Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 15 50 13 5 12 7Plan 3000 Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 106 144 34 8 8 2Planaltina Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 19 97 18 10 14 16Poniente Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 74 151 35 10 14 11Portales del Saber Adv Academy. . . . CS 133 163 21 12 12 2Portao Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 37 149 25 9 12 39Porto Alegre SDA School (2008) . . . . CS 65 302 73 15 16 30Porto Velho Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 41 105 22 9 11 25Porvenir Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 213 317 72 15 15 14Presidente Prudente Adv Academy . . CS 17 131 42 9 12 11

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Puerto Iguazu Adventist Academy . . . CS 25 328 25 10 12 6Puerto Quijarro Adventist Academy . . CS 37 151 30 8 13 2Puno/Central Adventist Academy. . . . CS 243 347 67 23 24 . . .Quilpue Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 130 326 67 14 16 13Quito Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 154 514 106 23 28 6Recife Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 36 133 40 10 12 27Recife/Central Adventist Academy. . . CS 70 184 54 20 21 38Resistencia Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 78 365 56 25 26 15Ribeirao Preto Adventist Academy. . . CS 21 98 23 28 36 10Ricardo Bustamante Adv Acad (2008) CS 5 25 10 9 9 1Ricardo Palma Adventist Academy . . CS 69 112 17 6 8 1Rio Branco Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 17 45 10 2 10 6Rio de Janeiro Adventist Academy . . CS 39 78 24 13 14 13River Plate Adv University Academy . CSB 255 349 52 58 58 1Rondonopolis Adventist Academy . . . CS 6 56 16 17 26 14Salomon Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 58 128 33 9 10 3Salta Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 118 370 37 18 26 10Salvador/Central Adventist Academy. CS 103 354 103 15 21 69Salvador/Liberdade Adv Academy. . . CS 9 140 32 12 15 24San Jose Adv Academy (Mazamari) . CS 49 110 17 7 8 2San Jose Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 59 102 34 6 11 3San Marcos Adv Academy (2007) . . . CS 22 31 8 5 7 1San Miguel Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 91 166 38 11 13 4Santa Catarina Adventist Academy . . CSB 105 118 26 11 14 33Santa Cruz de la Sierra Adv Academy CS 94 116 30 7 12 3Santa Fe Adventist Academy. . . . . . . CS 73 146 . . . 21 27 2Santa Maria Adv Academy (2008) . . . CS 14 46 12 1 8 6Santo Amaro Adventist Academy. . . . CS 43 159 49 13 14 15Santo Andre/Central Adv Academy . . CS 63 285 103 13 14 48Santo Domingo Adventist Academy. . CS 105 189 24 6 13 3Santos Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 9 97 25 5 11 17Sao Borja Adv Academy (2008) . . . . . CS 4 57 16 3 10 12Sao Caetano Adventist Academy . . . CS 14 116 35 29 33 15Sao Caetano do Sul Adv Academy . . CS 19 94 19 11 11 16Sao Carlos Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 29 77 25 7 12 16Sao Francisco do Sul Adv Academy . CS 12 52 17 25 29 9Sao Jose do Rio Preto Adv Academy CS 22 103 27 5 16 15Sao Jose dos Campos Adv Academy CS 54 154 36 21 26 24Sao Jose dos Pinhais Adv Academy . CS 24 152 33 11 17 41Sao Luiz Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 83 347 89 13 23 4Sao Miguel Paulista Adv Academy . . CS 57 109 41 9 10 21Septimo Dia-Baua Adv Academy. . . . CS 27 92 15 9 11 1Shalom Adv Educational Center . . . . CS 50 132 26 6 12 3SINOP Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 9 67 24 3 13 7Sorocaba Adventist Academy . . . . . . CS 32 78 18 6 6 17South Adventist Academy (Ecuador) . CS 100 138 20 12 13 1South Santiago Adventist Academy. . CS 76 285 56 14 14 7Taboao da Serra Adventist Academy. CS 12 156 36 17 17 29Taguatinga Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 81 169 65 8 11 23Talcahuano Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 261 374 76 12 14 13Tatui Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 41 . . . 14 15 13Taubate-Tremembe Adv Academy. . . CS 20 69 17 7 7 16Telemaco Borba Adventist Academy . CS 11 138 41 6 15 26Temuco Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 198 307 64 18 18 9Titicaca Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 130 315 47 21 21 . . .Trinidad Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CS 29 131 23 3 9 3Tucuma Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 9 49 7 6 11 13Tucuruvi Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 51 203 64 16 16 29Tupa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 11 53 11 5 12 8Ucayali Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 66 169 33 10 13 7Uruguay Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 77 192 12 22 31 14Varzea Grande/Central Adv Academy CS 32 134 31 9 15 29Viacha Adventist Academy (Ingavi) . . CS 20 223 54 18 25 2Viamao SDA School (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 48 156 41 12 12 28Vila Alpina Adventist Academy. . . . . . CS 24 82 25 13 14 22Vila Nova Cachoeirinha Adv Academy CS 26 76 15 14 15 22Villa Regina Adventist Academy . . . . CS 34 133 16 17 22 1Vitoria Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 40 119 24 14 14 13Votuporanga Adventist Academy . . . . CS 18 103 28 9 14 14West Amazon Adventist Academy . . . CSB 82 101 23 12 12 23Yapacani Adventist Academy (Ichilo) . CS 45 125 31 4 10 2Other Secondary Schools (17) . . . . . . CS 389 1,212 . . . 191 252 79Total (290) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,990 46,040 9,966 3,514 4,460 3,726

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAore Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . . CSB 150 194 21 17 17 5Auckland SDA High School . . . . . . . . CS 171 292 39 26 26 10Avondale School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 242 489 59 38 44 26Bekabeka Junior High School . . . . . . CS 280 285 40 14 14 1Betikama Adventist College . . . . . . . . CSB 310 495 39 26 26 . . .Beulah College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 97 202 16 12 13 7Blue Hills College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 30 71 6 9 12 9Border Christian College . . . . . . . . . . PS 17 62 6 6 8 4Brisbane Adventist College . . . . . . . . CS 221 323 53 21 21 13

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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Burns Creek Junior High School . . . . CS 418 472 130 16 16 . . .Buruku Junior High School . . . . . . . . . CS 128 128 14 10 11 . . .Carlisle Christian College . . . . . . . . . . PS 7 19 7 4 4 . . .Carmel Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . CSB 85 252 37 18 22 10Central Coast Adventist School . . . . . CS 105 464 72 36 44 32Christchurch Adventist School . . . . . . CS 56 88 15 14 16 4Darling Downs Christian School . . . . . PS 33 94 10 7 7 3Devare High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 64 104 . . . 4 4 2Espauto Junior Secondary School . . . CS 142 182 23 13 13 1Gilson College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 37 372 23 29 30 18Gwaunasu Adventist High School . . . CS 57 100 25 8 8 . . .Henderson College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 10 65 19 5 8 5Heritage College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 39 140 8 18 20 10Hilliard Christian School . . . . . . . . . . . PS 24 52 18 7 8 5Hilliard Memorial School. . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 72 38 3 3 . . .Hills Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 28 56 . . . 4 7 . . .Iakina SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 42 55 15 6 6 2Imbo Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 15 15 5 7 7 . . .Jones Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 260 284 42 19 21 8Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School . CSB 510 600 169 25 25 . . .Kambubu Adv Secondary School. . . . CSB 361 645 131 26 26 15Kauma Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 112 160 12 19 20 6Kempsy School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 124 15 13 17 9Kopiu School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 83 83 28 9 9 . . .Kukele Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 58 68 21 7 7 . . .Kukudu Adventist College . . . . . . . . . CS 414 414 65 22 22 . . .Kwataparen SDA Junior Sec School . CS 70 90 15 9 9 . . .Lilydale Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CSB 96 210 29 23 24 11Lokobou High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 109 169 72 9 11 . . .Longburn Adventist College . . . . . . . . CSB 66 223 38 22 31 8Macarthur Adventist College . . . . . . . PS 29 72 5 6 7 . . .Macquarie College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 64 341 26 26 35 26Mizpah Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 39 162 35 6 8 . . .Mount Diamond Adv Sec School . . . . CS 276 441 92 17 17 14Mountain View Adventist College . . . . PS 106 195 24 21 23 26Nagum High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 81 163 . . . 5 5 3Navesau Junior Secondary School . . PS 202 211 28 16 18 . . .Noosa Adventist High School . . . . . . . CS 8 42 13 5 6 1North West Christian School . . . . . . . PS 12 39 9 5 6 4Northpine Christian College . . . . . . . . CS 87 290 44 27 28 10Nunawading Adventist College. . . . . . CS 105 186 34 21 22 3Paglum High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 270 370 117 13 13 . . .Papaaroa High School . . . . . . . . . . . . PS 15 16 . . . 3 3 2Port Quiremi Central School. . . . . . . . CS 8 16 24 4 4 . . .Prescott College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 103 206 30 15 20 5Puzivai Adventist High School . . . . . . CS 103 103 32 7 7 . . .Samoa Adventist College . . . . . . . . . . CS 172 233 15 15 18 3Suva Adventist High School . . . . . . . . PS 276 368 30 19 20 . . .Sydney Adv College (Strathfield) . . . . CS 75 248 32 24 32 15Talakali Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 95 95 40 8 8 . . .Tenakoga Junior High School. . . . . . . CS 207 228 45 11 11 . . .Tiarama Adventist College . . . . . . . . . CS 22 141 29 8 8 . . .Tweed Valley College . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 40 68 8 10 12 5Totals (62). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,384 12,447 2,087 873 968 341

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventville High School (2007) . . . . . CSB 5 385 109 7 15 . . .Anderson Adv High School (2008) . . . CSB 316 405 126 18 25 22Bethel High School (2007) . . . . . . . . . CSB 159 467 . . . 15 15 10Bulawayo Adventist High School . . . . CS 238 622 176 23 36 7Chegore High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS . . . 190 . . . 7 11 2Chikwairo High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 99 302 . . . 4 14 2Chiwawa High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 54 109 . . . 3 7 . . .Eastern Gate Academy (2008) . . . . . . CS 36 125 25 13 13 10Ellen G White School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 99 780 . . . 11 81 5Emmanuel High School (2007). . . . . . CSB 34 392 32 8 18 10Good Hope High School (2008) . . . . . CSB 177 328 58 17 17 7Gotora High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 31 221 . . . 5 8 . . .Gunde High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 110 220 . . . 6 16 . . .Handina High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 227 358 . . . 7 16 . . .Hanke Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 205 405 . . . 22 25 . . .Helderberg High School (2007) . . . . . CSB 82 182 32 12 14 4Karirwi Adventist Secondary School. . CS 38 510 . . . 4 18 1Katsenga High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 143 286 . . . 12 13 3Lakeview Secondary School . . . . . . . CS 74 143 30 10 10 10Lower Gweru Adventist High School . CSB 338 677 . . . 29 34 . . .Lunjika Secondary School . . . . . . . . . CSB 139 220 74 9 9 15Malamulo Secondary School . . . . . . . CSB 221 369 102 12 12 21Mamvuramachena High School . . . . . CS 81 163 . . . 1 7 . . .Manga Adventist School. . . . . . . . . . . CS 96 825 . . . 9 78 10Maranatha High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 230 686 154 12 20 10Maranatha Incomplete H Sch (2007) . PS 30 182 . . . 6 6 1Mashame High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 135 270 . . . . . . 7 . . .Matandani Secondary School. . . . . . . CSB 150 172 31 9 9 6Mateme High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 71 143 . . . 3 7 . . .Mathabiswana High School . . . . . . . . CS 23 143 . . . 2 5 . . .

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Mauya High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS . . . 148 . . . 3 6 . . .Mbukwane High School (2008) . . . . . CSB 27 300 . . . 6 23 1Mbwatalika High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 20 118 32 4 9 6Mukwada High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 28 237 . . . 5 11 2Mukwasi High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 42 443 . . . 5 11 2Mundondo Secondary School . . . . . . CS 211 423 . . . 7 19 . . .Mutiweshiri High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 155 244 . . . 10 15 3Nemane Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 236 477 . . . 13 15 2Ntabamhlophe Secondary School . . . CS 70 141 . . . 3 7 . . .Nyahuni Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 180 614 131 25 27 18Nyazura Adv High School (2008) . . . . CSB 612 702 . . . 28 33 33Nzira Secondary School. . . . . . . . . . . CS 26 230 . . . 1 9 . . .Rusangu Secondary School. . . . . . . . CSB 945 995 . . . 52 52 7Ruya Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 408 464 . . . 2 7 . . .Samahuru High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 68 159 . . . 6 8 . . .Sashane Secondary School . . . . . . . . CS 65 324 90 8 18 2Sedaven High School (2007) . . . . . . . CSB 108 192 24 16 16 11Shutu Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 22 146 . . . 2 7 . . .Skombingo High School (2008) . . . . . CS 60 95 . . . 1 4 . . .Skopo Secondary School . . . . . . . . . . CS 91 208 . . . 7 9 1Soche High School (2008) . . . . . . . . . CS 69 223 78 8 8 4Solusi Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 455 608 140 20 24 35Sonja Uster High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 435 . . . 3 16 3Tshabanda High School . . . . . . . . . . . CS 119 564 . . . 9 18 1Tshitatshawa Secondary School . . . . CS 100 235 52 8 11 2Westrand High School (2008) . . . . . . CS 52 52 . . . 4 4 . . .Other Secondary Schools (59) . . . . . . CS 5,995 20,593 552 440 772 202Totals (115). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,821 39,650 2,048 992 1,725 491

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONAdv Higher Secondary School (Jowai) CS 92 713 9 5 10 3Adv Training School (Meghalaya) . . . CS 301 1,070 62 11 33 8Ajit Singh SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 72 193 18 3 7 10Avanigadda SDA Higher Sec School . CS 69 290 32 4 11 2Azamnagar SDA High School . . . . . . CS 189 407 22 2 10 2Bahraich SDA Senior Sec School . . . CS 98 785 74 18 30 8Baljipeta SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 105 466 42 7 20 3Bangalore (HAL) Higher Sec School . CS 44 752 51 15 21 7Bangalore SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 83 568 38 10 26 8Bhalki SDA High School. . . . . . . . . . . PS 59 819 58 12 18 6Bidar SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . . PS 89 371 22 6 14 4Chengalpet SDA Higher Sec School . CS 127 1,150 44 15 52 18Chennai SDA Higher Sec School. . . . CS 187 1,787 68 22 54 15Chickmagalur SDA High School. . . . . PS 22 483 16 3 12 4Chittor SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 28 186 . . . 3 7 8Coimbatore SDA Higher Sec School . CS 17 497 32 12 30 8Dharmapuri SDA Higher Sec School . CS 62 363 . . . 12 28 6Dindigal SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 18 657 28 11 23 8E D Thomas Mem Hghr Sec School . CSB 225 987 196 15 50 15E D Willmott Mem Hghr Sec School. . CS 69 718 32 12 22 9Ernakulam SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 29 936 35 16 41 22Flaiz Memorial Hr Sec Sch of SDA . . CSB 140 1,030 50 29 45 10Gudiyatham SDA Higher Sec School. CS 35 2,327 56 24 56 15Hapur SDA Senior Sec School. . . . . . CS 42 692 54 17 38 10Helen Lowry Higher Sec School. . . . . CS 268 1,139 54 30 50 12Hosur SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . . CS 253 2,322 189 32 60 18Hubli SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . . PS 5 374 21 9 20 6Hume McHenry SDA Hr Sec School . CS 40 2,187 46 30 62 15Indore SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 9 237 26 9 27 6Jalahalli SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 165 976 85 9 23 6Jalandhar SDA Senior Sec School. . . CS 89 613 36 11 19 6James Memorial Higher Sec School . CSB 153 1,033 55 15 50 15Kaloor SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 89 422 82 15 30 8KGF SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 7 280 35 5 17 5Khunti SDA Senior Sec School . . . . . CSB 131 813 37 25 32 11Khurda SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . CSB 492 1,076 38 22 50 12Kodambakkam SDA High School. . . . CS 75 524 35 9 28 14Kolar SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . . PS 36 274 18 4 7 3Kolhapur SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 286 1,651 54 10 26 12Kolkata SDA Senior Sec School . . . . CS 186 869 38 7 28 7Kollegal SDA High School . . . . . . . . . PS 26 328 94 14 29 3Kottarakara SDA Higher Sec School . CSB 137 619 23 32 47 41Kovilpatti SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 64 440 29 8 20 6Kulathapuzha SDA School . . . . . . . . . CS 60 517 37 16 25 20Kuttapuzha SDA Higher Sec School . CS 60 517 37 31 40 29Laxmeshwar SDA Hghr Sec School. . CS . . . 405 5 6 10 2Lowry Memorial Higher Sec School . . CSB 414 1,924 274 66 96 28Lucknow SDA Senior Sec School . . . CS 59 701 71 8 21 11Madurai C SDA Mat Hr Sec School . . CS 94 1,703 106 72 106 26Madurai E SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 17 346 7 13 26 8Madurai N SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 6 478 37 16 38 10Madurai S SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 24 732 32 34 59 14Madurai W SDA Higher Sec School. . CS 47 346 22 5 32 8Manamadurai SDA Hghr Sec School . CS 13 470 41 15 40 10

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SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISION (Cont’d)Maninagar SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 36 8,550 221 62 242 34Mantharakuppam SDA Hr Sec School CS 17 244 12 5 20 8Mavelikara SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 9 199 27 6 14 7METAS Adv School (Surat) . . . . . . . . CS 80 5,777 275 41 131 34METAS Adv School (Vyara Gujarat). . CS 487 950 38 7 33 12Mysore SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . PS 22 832 50 15 27 8Nedumkandam SDA Sec School . . . . CS 106 448 27 9 22 6Neyveli SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . CS 76 488 18 12 34 12Nuzvid SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CSB 686 1,424 39 43 72 26Ottapalam SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 65 543 91 13 20 6Palakkad SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 62 448 25 10 16 8Panruti SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 49 485 28 14 41 14Pathanamthitta SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 60 1,026 133 10 25 8Periyakulam SDA Higher Sec School. CS 91 977 18 31 49 13Pondicherry SDA Hr Sec Sch (GN) . . CS 292 2,565 130 42 96 34Pondicherry SDA Higher Sec School . CS 289 3,525 165 74 135 49Puliangudi SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 62 481 18 6 30 4Pulieranghy SDA Higher Sec School . CS 75 1,045 51 23 68 14Ranchi SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 59 475 32 18 27 11Raymond Memorial Hr Sec School . . CSB 249 849 76 40 49 12Rohru SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . . PS 41 347 38 9 17 6Sankarankoil SDA Hghr Sec School . CS 4 190 . . . 8 14 2Sanpada SDA English Hr Sec School CS 38 2,215 53 21 91 9Sivakasi SDA High School . . . . . . . . . CS 14 381 12 4 22 4Spencer Road SDA Junior College . . CS 190 4,059 43 48 107 15Spicer Memorial Coll Hr Sec School . CS 28 2,011 85 39 70 20Sri Ganganagar SDA Sr Sec School . CS 109 698 42 11 21 7Subramaniapuram SDA Hr Sec Sch . CS 12 444 12 8 24 6Tambaram SDA High School . . . . . . . CS 38 651 26 4 30 8Tenkasi SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 13 285 13 8 18 3Thanjavur SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 40 506 15 14 26 8Thiruchengode SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 27 248 18 6 12 3Thiruvilwamala SDA Hr Sec School . . CS 104 673 39 20 45 18Thrissur SDA Higher Sec School . . . . CS 36 1,120 57 20 36 15Tiruchirapalli SDA High School . . . . . CS 182 1,701 48 23 55 15Trichy SDA Higher Sec School. . . . . . CS 102 1,689 106 40 73 8Tuticorin SDA High School . . . . . . . . . CS 23 315 9 8 17 5Usilampatti SDA High School . . . . . . . CS 67 989 45 12 21 6Vadagoan SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 6 335 24 8 21 3Valavanur SDA Higher Sec School . . CS 89 858 48 15 30 11Vellore SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 187 2,520 82 13 73 30Vemagal SDA Higher Sec School . . . CS 62 383 10 4 16 2Vepery SDA Higher Sec School . . . . . CS 147 1,953 93 32 72 18Viruthunagar SDA Hghr Sec School. . CS 45 557 25 11 25 14Vyasarpadi SDA High School . . . . . . . CS 113 1,043 29 18 36 8Other Secondary Schools (58) . . . . . . CS 4,203 27,493 1,269 845 2,337 510Totals (157). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,299 127,558 6,418 2,592 6,236 1,655

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdv Univ of the Philippines Academy. CS 328 511 154 31 31 2Adventist International School . . . . . . CS 100 1,217 120 50 128 15Ayeyarwady Adventist Academy . . . . CSB 458 524 62 25 25 . . .Baesa Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 34 134 69 15 15 3Baguio Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 62 124 27 10 10 . . .Balikpapan Academy (2008) . . . . . . . CS 56 105 32 14 16 4Bandung Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . CS 105 150 30 14 17 6Cambodia Adventist School . . . . . . . . CSB 91 367 11 25 25 10Central Luzon Adventist Academy . . . CSB 112 125 28 11 11 1Central Myanmar Adv Seminary. . . . . CSB 156 229 26 18 19 . . .Chiang Mai Adventist Academy . . . . . CSB 335 705 127 26 30 19Chuuk SDA High School . . . . . . . . . . CS 11 49 28 4 4 7Cimindi Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . . CS 67 113 41 13 16 3Concepcion Adventist Academy. . . . . CS 75 218 59 11 11 . . .Delap SDA School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 5 65 20 8 8 8East Java Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 97 131 41 18 21 3East Visayan Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 212 356 83 22 22 5East Visayan Adventist Academy. . . . CSB 174 218 57 13 13 9Ebeye SDA High School. . . . . . . . . . . CS 13 54 10 5 5 3Ekamai International School. . . . . . . . CS 106 1,343 124 130 137 58 Adventist Ekamai School. . . . . . . . CS 44 461 50 35 37 8Goshen Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 213 413 112 14 14 . . .Guam Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . . CS 24 29 2 4 4 4Irian Jaya Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 193 341 56 16 21 1Jakarta Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . . CS 140 194 71 16 21 3Kandana SDA High School . . . . . . . . CS 75 2,130 250 39 131 9Kellogg-Mookerjee Mem Seminary . . CSB 549 650 . . . 42 42 6Klabat Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 100 110 65 20 20 2Lake View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 140 197 49 9 9 4Lakpahana Adv Coll and Seminary . . CS 107 286 35 29 48 20Lipa Adventist Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 216 296 85 19 19 8Malang Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . . CS 35 76 27 8 15 2Matutum View Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CSB 256 294 63 12 12 6Medan Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 130 165 35 6 12 2Mindanao Mission Academy. . . . . . . . CSB 155 212 57 17 17 1Monokwari Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 41 493 101 10 22 3

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SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Monosapara Adventist Seminary . . . . CSB 504 606 . . . 34 35 11Mountain View College Academy. . . . CSB 61 130 32 14 14 2Naga View Adv College Academy . . . CSB 119 154 30 7 7 . . .Negros Mission Academy. . . . . . . . . . CS 279 317 78 14 14 3North Sumatra Academy . . . . . . . . . . CS 215 241 36 9 12 2Northeastern Mindanao Mission Acad CSB 151 249 33 12 12 4Northern Luzon Adv Coll Academy . . CSB 130 225 55 12 12 . . .Nusa Tenggara Academy (2008) . . . . CSB 155 209 54 10 17 2Palau Mission Academy. . . . . . . . . . . CS 31 130 28 10 10 6Palawan Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CSB 131 165 38 9 9 . . .Palu Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 38 64 32 10 15 . . .Pasay City Adventist Academy . . . . . CS 178 223 63 13 13 1Pohnpei Adventist High School . . . . . CS 20 170 37 15 15 10Ratahan Adventist Academy . . . . . . . CS 79 135 36 16 18 2Sabah Adventist Secondary School . . CSB 150 221 58 16 16 5Salemba Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . CS 250 330 120 17 22 2San Yu Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 41 387 62 15 23 5SDA Maranatha Seminary . . . . . . . . . CSB 750 770 . . . 45 47 18Semarang Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 14 64 20 4 9 4Sorong Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 128 278 100 21 26 3South East Adventist Seminary . . . . . CSB 212 310 24 19 20 . . .South Philippine Adv Coll Academy. . CSB 279 327 72 14 14 2Sunny Hill School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 17 81 . . . 7 11 6Surabaya Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . CS 35 76 21 8 15 2Tamika Adventist Academy . . . . . . . . CS 109 539 195 23 36 6Tirad View Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 156 239 50 11 11 . . .Toraja View Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 69 125 30 7 8 . . .Upper Myanmar Adventist Seminary . CSB 236 352 23 12 18 . . .West Visayan Academy . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 274 304 64 14 14 3Western Mindanao Academy . . . . . . . CSB 284 384 80 17 17 3Yangon Adventist Seminary . . . . . . . . CS 161 349 19 20 20 . . .Yap SDA School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 16 61 12 4 4 . . .Other Secondary Schools (32) . . . . . . CS 3,030 7,324 930 417 552 84Totals (100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,317 28,624 4,639 1,635 2,094 421

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAdv Sec Sch Marusevec (Croatia) . . . CSB 51 120 22 16 41 10Amman Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 3 62 10 2 13 2Bergen Adventist Secondary School . CS 2 14 11 4 8 2Bouchrieh Adv Secondary School . . . CS 6 98 18 2 20 11Danish Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 55 185 30 16 31 7Eden High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 11 19 11 7 7 2Ekrehagen School (2007) . . . . . . . . . CS 4 25 6 4 5 2Engesvea School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 14 4 4 8 1Eyira Adv Vocational Academy . . . . . WT 38 115 35 13 16 8Finland Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 66 140 10 13 15 11John Loughborough School (VA) . . . . CS 100 239 57 17 28 27Karachi Adventist School . . . . . . . . . . CS 32 62 . . . 3 5 1Kotri Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 41 48 . . . 2 4 1Lahore Adv Sec Sch (Adventpura). . . CS 30 48 . . . 4 4 . . .Lahore Adv Sec School (Mozang) . . . CS 14 31 . . . 3 4 1Liljedahl School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 14 34 16 6 11 . . .Mokollen School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 25 7 6 7 2Mouseitbeh Adv Secondary School . . CS 3 188 27 20 80 7Naerum School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 2 11 6 5 9 . . .Nile Union Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 58 135 18 14 14 13Nindelven School (2007) . . . . . . . . . . CS 3 36 14 1 6 3Norwegian Junior College (Tyrifjord) . CS 144 253 65 38 40 17Ostmarka School (2008) . . . . . . . . . . CS 8 31 . . . 6 7 1Pakistan Adv Middle Seminary. . . . . . CS` 50 105 . . . 7 13 39Peshawar Adv Secondary School . . . CS 11 18 . . . 2 4 1Quetta Adventist Secondary School . CS 30 33 . . . 2 4 1Ringsted School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 5 85 9 7 8 2Rosendal Secondary School (2007). . CS 16 49 . . . 9 10 1Sanda School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 9 14 3 2 2 . . .Stanborough School . . . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 79 118 38 21 24 25Sudurhlidarskoli Sec Sch (Iceland) . . CS 6 24 3 1 4 2Svanevej School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS . . . 71 9 . . . 6 1Swedish Junior College . . . . . . . . . . . CS 36 42 18 11 15 17Vatneli School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CS 33 49 9 9 9 2Zivorad Jankovic School . . . . . . . . . . CS 48 70 13 4 16 6Other Secondary Schools (5) . . . . . . . CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Totals (40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,024 2,611 469 281 498 226

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAbidjan Adventist Secondary School . CS 13 186 14 9 17 4Adventist High School (2008). . . . . . . CS 143 1,093 205 21 44 37Adventist Sec Technical School . . . . . CS 22 184 123 7 15 22Agona SDA Secondary School . . . . . CS 449 1,110 377 23 47 73Akyem Sekyere SDA School . . . . . . . CS 155 391 122 8 27 37Asokore 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 19 32 5 5 13 2Bassa SDA High School (2008) . . . . . CS 76 567 35 15 26 5

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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d)Bekwai SDA Secondary School . . . . . CSB 795 1,677 . . . 33 83 90Bertoua Adventist Sec School . . . . . . CS 682 1,702 264 69 93 26Bethel Adventist Secondary School . . CS 36 601 114 20 26 14Bolama Adventist Secondary School . CS 10 310 30 10 20 6Bouake Adventist Secondary School . CSB 40 219 82 5 18 4Canchungo Adventist Sec School . . . CS 10 210 35 7 15 4Divo Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 9 25 18 6 11 . . .Dogba Secondary School. . . . . . . . . . CS 63 116 76 6 8 3Ebem Ohafia Adv Tech Sec School . . CSB 48 425 52 15 20 17Ebenezer SDA High School (2008) . . CS 37 569 74 11 25 5Elele Adventist Comp High School. . . CS 224 794 205 23 37 46Hyde Memorial Sec School (2007). . . CS 449 661 106 17 24 5Ile Ife Adventist Sec School (2007) . . CS 184 929 . . . 24 43 13Kelo Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 112 230 . . . 8 12 4Kenyasi SDA Secondary School . . . . CS 368 917 165 18 44 17Kofiase SDA Secondary School . . . . . CS 106 237 41 10 21 7Koforidua SDA Secondary School . . . CS 72 446 154 14 32 10Konola Academy (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . CSB 89 197 18 5 12 4Kribi Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 436 1,056 221 44 62 18Kumasi Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 462 1,730 454 26 81 64Malabo Adventist Secondary School . CS 59 953 605 13 49 8Maroua Adventist Secondary School . CS 98 234 . . . 16 19 4Milton Comp Sr Sec School (2007) . . CS 266 2,804 322 14 48 7Moundou Adv Secondary School . . . . CS 53 111 . . . 8 10 3Nanga-Eboko Adv Sec School . . . . . . CSB 113 326 47 38 54 5Ndjamena-Tchad Adv Sec School . . . CS 358 998 . . . 32 48 12Niamvoudou Adv Secondary School . CS 32 67 . . . 7 7 3Ntonso SDA Girls Secondary School . CS 267 669 87 13 20 29Obite Adventist Mission High School . CS 23 60 . . . 11 14 8Odza Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 608 1,315 260 59 75 31Oke Ode Adv Sec School (2007) . . . . CSB 5 137 . . . 11 21 5Osogbo Adv High School (2007) . . . . CS 52 286 . . . 10 13 7Otun-Ekiti Adv Comp High Sch (2007) CS 118 140 20 11 21 5Owerrinta Adv Sec Tech College . . . . CS 1,282 2,005 544 67 80 87Paynesville SDA Secondary School. . CS 345 1,386 131 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 Secondary School . . . . . CS 6 53 12 2 10 . . .Shirley Harrison Sec School (2008) . . CS 35 209 23 5 14 6Sunyani SDA Secondary School . . . . CS 48 317 104 5 22 5Swedru Adv Secondary School . . . . . CS 305 651 292 9 56 37Takoradi Adv Secondary School. . . . . CS 112 339 . . . 7 18 12Tamale Adventist Secondary School . CS 17 264 83 3 18 9Togo Adventist Secondary School . . . CS 37 153 43 7 8 2Yaounde Adv Secondary School . . . . CS 1,034 2,620 601 75 96 26Yele Adv Secondary School (2008) . . CS 95 1,002 52 12 28 5Other Secondary Schools (8) . . . . . . . CS 660 744 . . . 44 79 535Totals (63). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,714 37,592 6,516 1,014 1,872 1,494

WORLD TOTALS 2009 (1,748) . . . . . 168,402 457,686 56,008 20,639 30,288 12,273

Division and Union Schools

Enrollment Teachers and Other Employees

SDA Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

PART 4—Primary Schools*

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . 40 3,562 6,142 298 316 130East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 168 11,374 22,925 501 1,064 10Ethiopian Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1,383 7,597 204 256 70Rwanda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 18,452 28,721 304 451 . . .Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 844 1,612 81 83 59Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 23,993 57,211 563 1,421 802West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 243 12,151 35,754 1,178 1,461 . . .Attached Fields Burundi Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6,357 15,176 190 399 25 Eritrea Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 339 7 12 . . . North East Congo Attached Territory. 391 141,249 170,180 2,393 3,289 412Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100 219,366 345,657 5,719 8,752 1,508

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAustrian Union of Churches Conference 5 92 137 24 24 1Czecho-Slovakian Union Conference. . . 1 12 47 2 4 1Franco-Belgian Union Conference . . . . . 1 71 132 7 7 5North German Union Conference. . . . . . 2 11 79 3 7 10Portuguese Un of Churches Conference 4 111 424 36 41 31Romanian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 6 243 457 61 87 10South German Union Conference . . . . . 5 51 86 21 21 . . .Spanish Union of Churches Conference 4 432 705 45 54 56Swiss Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17 32 6 7 2Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1,040 2,099 205 252 116

Division and Institution

Category (SDA

Yearbook 2010 ed. p. 521)

Enrollment and Graduates

Teachers and Other Employees

SDA Enroll-ment

Total Enroll-ment

Grad-uates

SDA Teachers

Total Teachers

Other Em-

ployees

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INSTITUTIONAL STATISTICS FOR 200964

PART 4—Primary Schools*

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONCaucasus Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 173 3 11 8Moldova Union of Churches Conference 1 5 15 . . . 2 . . .Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . 1 12 145 9 18 9Ukrainian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 1 30 47 10 12 5West Russian Union Conference . . . . . . 3 77 151 23 28 3Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 132 531 45 71 25

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONBelize Union of Churches Mission . . . . . 20 1,357 3,334 163 163 20Caribbean Union Conference (2008) . . . 38 3,997 7,371 390 406 106Central Mexican Union Mission . . . . . . . 6 299 592 56 57 6Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . 45 2,322 5,386 270 278 64Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . 58 2,930 10,848 438 513 254French Antilles-Guiana Union Mission . . 9 921 1,851 76 78 76Guatemala Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1,923 3,918 187 217 46Haitian Union Mission (2003) . . . . . . . . . 219 12,763 28,226 765 828 226Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union Mission . . 44 2,274 4,612 306 324 57Mid-Central American Union Mission . . . 50 2,157 6,813 334 399 97North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . 41 1,696 3,613 250 257 75Puerto Rican Union Conference. . . . . . . 18 1,051 2,737 161 161 110South Central American Un Conference 38 1,799 4,950 313 330 92South Mexican Union Conference . . . . . 41 2,792 4,637 320 338 87Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . 33 1,980 6,651 289 323 111West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . 21 1,870 3,752 221 226 74Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 42,131 99,291 4,539 4,898 1,501

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAtlantic Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 56 2,187 3,307 272 272 96Canada, SDA Church in. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1,671 2,655 172 175 74Columbia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 85 3,126 4,269 369 377 183Griggs International Academy** . . . . . . . 1 406 451 8 9 36Lake Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2,224 2,682 241 241 99Mid-America Union Conference . . . . . . . 70 1,401 1,838 143 144 93North Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . 102 3,526 4,936 376 380 216Pacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 102 6,687 9,157 344 345 134Southern Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . 157 5,678 7,391 612 617 198Southwestern Union Conference . . . . . . 58 2,010 2,532 218 218 41Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755 28,916 39,218 2,755 2,778 1,170**General Conference institution is listed in the division where the home campus is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChinese Union Mission (2008) . . . . . . . . 1 10 117 13 14 4Japan Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 56 785 60 60 17Korean Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1,260 4,201 180 180 32Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1,326 5,103 253 254 53

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAustral Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4,245 14,516 987 1,108 141Bolivia Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 2,547 6,179 349 480 103Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . 76 7,270 34,865 1,822 1,966 1,370Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 5,202 16,458 582 634 453East Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . 31 2,606 8,096 395 440 423Ecuador Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1,048 2,417 152 188 42North Brazil Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . 60 5,195 19,125 819 961 686North Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2,361 4,257 239 250 54Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . 38 3,669 14,877 696 799 519South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . 77 6,119 27,389 1,254 1,493 1,201South Peru Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 49 3,877 7,682 410 438 79West Central Brazil Union Mission . . . . . 36 2,561 11,503 519 672 471Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 46,700 167,364 8,224 9,429 5,542

Note—Dates in parentheses 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

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAustralian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 45 2,236 6,319 396 464 210New Zealand Pacific Union Conference. 18 849 1,506 72 74 20Papua New Guinea Union Mission. . . . . 93 13,875 17,548 540 555 11Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 133 10,287 13,991 610 617 13Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 27,247 39,364 1,618 1,710 254

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAngola Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7,272 14,544 272 544 . . .Botswana Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 174 304 16 16 4Indian Ocean Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . 70 2,145 9,697 290 344 281Malawi Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2,516 3,560 75 83 1Mozambique Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 6 813 1,950 55 58 14Southern Africa Union Conference. . . . . 22 1,358 6,232 110 274 37Zambia Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4,226 9,412 150 244 10Zimbabwe Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 75 10,635 33,612 501 890 86Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 29,139 79,311 1,469 2,453 433

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONEast-Central India Union Section . . . . . . 18 687 3,328 73 175 52Northeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . 18 1,242 5,345 110 230 73Northern India Union Section . . . . . . . . . 38 2,055 5,342 201 372 48South-Central India Union Section . . . . . 4 111 1,176 52 86 39Southeast India Union Section . . . . . . . . 14 426 3,943 183 224 208Southwest India Union Section. . . . . . . . 8 186 1,490 57 115 42Western India Union Section . . . . . . . . . 5 308 1,319 39 57 37Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 5,015 21,943 715 1,259 499

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 191 3,880 6,046 251 263 24Central Philippine Union Conference . . . 74 2,615 6,110 237 237 33East Indonesia Union Conference . . . . . 130 5,940 12,571 718 844 62Myanmar Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 1,120 2,846 129 150 . . .North Philippine Union Mission. . . . . . . . 161 5,892 14,005 585 585 5South Philippine Union Conference . . . . 69 6,542 11,926 385 385 . . .Southeast Asia Union Mission . . . . . . . . 28 1,045 5,226 292 349 26West Indonesia Union Mission . . . . . . . . 141 5,220 12,173 683 717 73Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 443 3,845 174 271 32Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 32,697 74,748 3,454 3,801 255

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONBritish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 256 514 40 53 28Danish Union of Churches Conference . 7 64 592 42 73 22Finland Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 4 65 303 16 30 8Middle East Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . 6 32 1,831 47 191 28Netherlands Union Conference . . . . . . . 1 4 265 3 21 2Norwegian Union Conference . . . . . . . . 11 236 587 93 120 22Pakistan Union Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1,261 2,330 68 81 49Swedish Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 1 27 221 19 24 20Attached Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 25 2 5 2Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,952 6,668 330 598 181

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONCentral African Union Mission . . . . . . . . 40 3,755 11,170 216 272 16Eastern Nigeria Union Mission . . . . . . . . 65 2,111 8,205 280 469 41Ghana Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 881 33,437 134,133 2,093 5,309 252North-Western Nigeria Un Miss (2007) . 36 2,643 7,425 196 341 76Sahel Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 408 5,161 103 126 25West African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 112 6,932 37,786 328 719 105Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159 49,286 203,880 3,216 7,236 515

WORLD TOTALS 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,899 484,947 1,085,177 32,542 43,491 12,052

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . 122,641 . . . . . . . . . 22,449 . . . . . . . . . 10,607 8,391Worker Training Institutions . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . 8,076 . . . . . . . . . 1,556 . . . . . . . . . 612 . . . 449Secondary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,748 . . . 457,686 . . . . . . . . . 56,008 . . . . . . . . . 30,288 . . . . . . 12,273

Institutional Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588,403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,507 . . . . . . . . . . . 21,113Primary Schools* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,899 1,085,177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,491 . . . . . . . . . 12,052

WORLD TOTALS 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,804 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,673,580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,998 . . . . . . . . . . . 33,165

WORLD TOTALS 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,597 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,545,464 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,091 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,833 . . . . . . . . . . . 31,867*Not included in the institutional totals.

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 2009 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 Sanitariums US$

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

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONBaraton Jeremic Community Medical Centre. . . . . . Eldoret, Kenya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 8 580 9,737 15 . . . 15 6,200Gimbie Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gimbie, Wollega, Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 . . . 3,500 15,000 159 21 180 3,000Heri Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kigoma, United Republic of Tanzania . . . . . 97 35 1,811 4,794 75 8 83 8,500Ishaka Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bushenyi, Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 76 12,045 26,478 86 27 113 13,000Kendu Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendu Bay, Kenya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 60 6,264 21,618 165 6 171 25,500Mugonero Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kibuye, Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 20 2,077 4,243 68 33 101 . . .SDA Surgical Clinic - Lubumbashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lubumbashi, Dem Rep of the Congo . . . . . 55 3 1,037 6,098 52 10 62 . . .Songa Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D/S Kamina, Dem Rep of the Congo . . . . . 95 30 625 794 43 . . . 43 300Totals (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 232 27,939 88,762 663 105 768 56,500

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONBerlin Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berlin, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 175 9,000 15,000 147 450 597 . . .Lake Geneva Sanitarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gland, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 83 1,420 2,332 40 110 150 . . .Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 258 10,420 17,332 187 560 747 . . .

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Hospital of Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port-au-Prince, Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 37 2,180 18,604 144 14 158 10,335Adventist Sanitarium - ACFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 924 7,539 28 8 36 35,000Andrews Memorial Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kingston, Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 34 3,174 28,772 128 59 187 49,753Antillean Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. . . . . . . . . . . 50 14 2,582 23,776 78 52 130 38,079Bella Vista Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayaguez, Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 134 8,984 10,261 240 525 765 184,927Community Hospital of Seventh-day Adventists . . . Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 36 1,125 18,170 89 80 169 12,407Davis Memorial Clinic and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgetown, Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 15 1,071 6,070 60 15 75 2,800La Loma Luz Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santa Elena, Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 545 8,018 24 12 36 1,807Montemorelos University Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montemorelos, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 10 1,149 47,541 170 7 177 23,552Southeast Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. . . . . . . . . . 38 17 5,874 7,704 127 12 139 89,077Valley of the Angels Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tegucigalpa, Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 6 259 6,254 41 15 56 3,426Venezuela Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barquisimeto, Venezuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 328 9,883 40 42 82 5,862Vista del Jardin Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . . . . . 21 12 4,398 38,901 109 85 194 19,190Totals (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 322 32,593 231,493 1,278 926 2,204 476,215

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Bolingbrook Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolingbrook Illinois, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 46 5,072 75,775 41 598 639 4,433,863Adventist GlenOaks Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glendale Heights, Illinois, USA . . . . . . . . . . 144 78 5,149 32,525 22 633 655 2,777,885Adventist Hinsdale Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hinsdale, Illinois, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 162 13,066 205,902 253 2,206 2,459 2,813,541Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital. . . . . . . . . . La Grange, Illinois, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 103 8,414 110,087 14 1,099 1,113 2,853,045Adventist Medical Center (Portland). . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Oregon, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 119 11,010 128,412 485 1,030 1,515 19,711,599Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland, Inc. . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 55 1,642 23,264 8 253 261 180,000Avista Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louisville, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 41 4,715 49,236 . . . . . . 633 2,003,128Castle Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kailua, Hawaii, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 93 6,953 100,583 45 698 743 698,356Central Texas Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Marcos, Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 49 5,317 107,586 5 652 657 7,649,560Central Valley General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanford, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 30 4,253 514,562 24 779 803 10,089,767Chippewa Valley Hosp and Oakview Care Center . . Durand, Wisconsin, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 54 391 15,682 5 145 150 98,954Emory Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smyrna, Georgia, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 22 2,065 93,958 40 406 446 4,310,493Feather River Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paradise, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 54 4,938 130,504 111 746 857 4,230,369Florida Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,188 1,507 115,081 2,177,891 2,206 14,301 16,507 145,178,918Florida Hospital DeLand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeLand, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 95 8,664 123,498 19 956 975 8,613,679Florida Hospital Fish Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orange City, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 108 9,373 125,623 23 965 988 10,206,413Florida Hospital Flagler, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . Bunnell, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 70 6,274 157,641 12 811 823 5,483,688Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center. . . . . . . . Sebring, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 145 12,212 262,190 63 1,288 1,351 7,010,849Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center . . . . . . . . Daytona Beach, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 277 131 11,297 71,928 23 1,729 1,752 7,003,062Florida Hospital—Oceanside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ormond Beach, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 119 24 699 20,338 . . . . . . . . . 864,355Florida Hospital Waterman, Incorporated. . . . . . . . . Tavares, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 140 12,560 124,850 49 1,475 1,524 4,294,194Florida Hospital Zephyrhills, Incorporated . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 100 8,642 126,236 53 924 977 6,337,563Frank R Howard Memorial Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willits, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15 1,431 32,363 15 193 208 1,567,037Glendale Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glendale, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 288 18,467 267,984 252 1,547 1,799 34,033,231Gordon Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calhoun, Georgia, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 42 3,716 90,434 33 563 596 4,606,964Grandview Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 122 8,129 211,191 34 1,130 1,164 5,871,373Hackettstown Regional Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA. . . . . . . . . 111 56 5,313 45,757 . . . . . . 659 7,408,337Hanford Community Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanford, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 94 9,478 200,021 68 902 970 15,750,051Huguley Memorial Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burleson, Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 116 9,779 134,304 276 1,078 1,354 11,328,309Jellico Community Hospital, Incorporated . . . . . . . . Jellico, Tennessee, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 16 1,947 37,180 6 303 309 1,048,682Kettering Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kettering, Ohio, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 248 19,162 213,317 265 2,871 3,136 6,071,519Kettering Youth Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dayton, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 33 2,079 . . . 11 73 84 . . .Littleton Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Littleton, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 110 9,851 68,290 . . . . . . 1,160 5,682,888Loma Linda Univ Behavorial Medical Center, Inc. . . Redlands, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 78 4,466 21,450 99 257 356 2,035,014Loma Linda University Medical Center** . . . . . . . . . Loma Linda, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . 787 579 31,213 750,000 2,440 5,224 7,664 75,393,157Manchester Memorial Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manchester, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 36 3,567 114,607 13 484 497 4,018,829Metroplex Adventist Hospital, Incorporated . . . . . . . Killeen, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 74 7,694 119,738 15 1,080 1,095 7,952,242Park Ridge Hospital (Fletcher Hospital, Inc.) . . . . . Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA . . . . . 103 61 4,313 317,979 125 922 1,047 2,011,875Parker Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parker, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 62 6,024 59,924 . . . . . . 763 1,921,947

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Parkview Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brunswick, Maine, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 1,309 71,401 49 215 264 492,592Porter Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver, Colorado, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 129 10,159 69,393 . . . . . . 1,389 9,623,262Potomac Ridge Behavorial Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 180 3,305 5,522 13 623 636 348,028Rollins Brook Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lampasas, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 799 14,617 . . . . . . 95 872,977San Joaquin Community Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakersfield, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 188 17,488 19,013 91 1,211 1,302 10,682,662Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 263 22,102 115,691 90 1,621 1,711 8,454,714Shawnee Mission Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawnee Mission, Kansas, USA. . . . . . . . . 466 227 20,732 435,451 59 2,841 2,900 7,369,582Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services . . . . Simi Valley, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 83 5,939 84,814 26 626 652 3,991,807Sonora Regional Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonora, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 116 4,832 278,948 45 856 901 3,919,790Southview Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centerville, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 64 4,613 71,015 12 379 391 1,808,254St Helena Hospital and Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . Deer Park, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 110 6,663 86,341 184 525 709 2,680,400St. Helena Hospital - Clearlake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clearlake, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 18 1,729 138,385 21 279 300 1,633,482Sycamore Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 67 5,623 88,759 32 478 510 3,557,185Takoma Regional Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greeneville, Tennessee, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 100 30 2,374 161,765 38 417 455 . . .Tillamook County General Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tillamook, Oregon, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 11 1,161 16,553 29 264 293 5,745,013Ukiah Valley Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ukiah, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 32 3,938 95,881 64 470 534 2,281,715Walla Walla General Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walla Walla, Washington, USA . . . . . . . . . . 72 13 1,642 41,166 150 170 320 2,776,872Washington Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takoma Park, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 300 204 17,576 59,988 308 1,036 1,344 9,166,203White Memorial Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles, California, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 353 256 19,011 72,319 183 1,340 1,523 61,434,042Totals (58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,242 7,272 555,411 9,389,832 8,547 61,672 74,918 580,383,316**General Conference institution is listed in the division where the main facility is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONAdventist Medical Center (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Okinawa, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 34 1,297 73,158 68 99 167 . . .Busan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busan, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 632 67,714 176,877 161 80 241 . . .Busan Adventist Oriental Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busan, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 3,265 13,594 5 4 9 . . .Eden Senior Sanitarium Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyunggi, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 148 54,165 4,224 94 . . . 94 100,809Hongkong Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 58 9,573 63,837 40 493 533 70,441Kobe Adventist Hospital (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kobe, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 76 1,817 78,679 85 117 202 . . .Seoul Adventist Dental Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 204 13 58,579 54 26 80 4,828Seoul Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 302 110,102 284,924 470 141 611 56,575Taiwan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taipei, Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 154 12,834 438,565 76 825 901 1,092,368Tokyo Adventist Hospital (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 179 6,399 55,228 142 222 364 . . .Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong SAR . . . . . . . . . . . 138 85 12,885 101,410 56 311 367 22,262Yosu Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yosu, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 45 808 . . . 28 . . . 28 10,430Totals (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886 1,966 280,872 1,349,075 1,279 2,318 3,597 1,357,713

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAna Stahl Adventist Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iquitos, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 85 31,176 . . . 13 105 118 . . .Asuncion Adventist Sanitarium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asuncion, Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 22 2,322 79,265 20 185 205 40,000Belem Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belem, Para, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 76 6,755 80,817 34 925 959 6,600,000Belgrano Adventist Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buenos Aires, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 18 11 . . . 13 297 310 69,387Hohenau Adventist Sanitarium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hohenau, Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 14 1,775 35,604 10 83 93 20,000Juliaca Adventist Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juliaca, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 11 . . . 15,000 11 53 64 2,090Los Angeles Adventist Clinic (2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . Los Angeles, Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 1,015 11,993 9 52 61 3,333Manaus Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 41 4,373 105,550 13 457 470 5,270,064Miraflores Adventist Clinic (Good Hope Clinic) . . . . Lima, Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 800 189,786 4,844 25 452 477 183,000Northeast Argentine Sanitarium (2003) . . . . . . . . . . Leandro N Alem, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 22 1,750 19,560 6 78 84 . . .Penfigo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Campo Grande, MS, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 122 7,271 80,397 8 395 403 190,459Quito Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quito, Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 12 1,114 9,407 3 42 45 . . .River Plate Sanitarium and Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . Libertador San Martin, Argentina . . . . . . . . 177 107 7,921 . . . 39 409 448 11,000Sao Paulo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . 47 27 1,793 39,360 12 232 244 354,817Sao Roque Adventist Clinic (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Roque, Sao Paulo, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . 44 14 661 108 2 35 37 22,225Silvestre Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 78 4,353 74,202 39 1,033 1,072 36,730,420Totals (16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 1,457 262,076 556,107 257 4,833 5,090 49,496,795

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAtoifi Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Honiara, Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 . . . 1,700 11,500 . . . . . . 74 . . .Sydney Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wahroonga, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 312 23,751 209,743 . . . . . . 2,332 . . .Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430 312 25,451 221,243 . . . . . . 2,406 . . .

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAndapa Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andapa, Sahamazava, Madagascar . . . . . . 60 15 1,041 4,757 27 . . . 27 100Ankazanubo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ankazanubo, Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 17 1,054 12,548 10 . . . 10 200Blantyre Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blantyre, Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 130 2,053 38,351 . . . . . . 109 25,806Kanye Seventh-day Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . Kanye, Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 147 6,237 81,564 144 148 292 . . .Lusaka Eye Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lusaka, Zambia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 150 3,578 31,980 31 10 41 40,816Mahabo Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahabo, Indian Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 1,100 1,046 2 . . . 2 100Malamulo Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Makwasa, Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 25 5,293 7,551 141 28 169 . . .Maluti Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mapoteng, Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 130 7,377 249,068 120 120 240 270,000Mwami Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chipata, Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 87 7,848 15,168 113 23 136 1,338Yuka Adventist Hospital (2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kalabo, Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 72 1,000 12,000 69 . . . 69 70Totals (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 777 36,581 454,033 657 329 1,095 338,430

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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1 229 3,220 11 4 15 175Totals (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 440 51,096 216,770 731 421 1,152 161,064

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBacolod Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bacolod City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 74 7,539 30,895 312 38 350 100,350Bandar Lampung Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia . . . . 140 68 8,511 61,006 355 63 418 12,903Bandung Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bandung, West Java, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . 214 135 10,225 61,977 500 138 638 . . .Cagayan Valley Adventist Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines . . . . . . . 65 42 4,255 14,600 150 27 177 6,000Calbayog Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calbayog City, Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 1,573 2,433 31 3 34 40,031Davao Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davao City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 30 3,428 17,220 55 31 86 . . .Gingoog Sanitarium and Hospital (2008) . . . . . . . . . Gingoog City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13 1,696 874 18 . . . 18 1,553H W Miller Memorial Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . Cebu City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 50 4,266 5,422 138 33 171 . . .Lakeside Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kandy, Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 59 2,768 18,340 31 67 98 1,597Manado Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manado, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 50 300 400 186 6 192 . . .Manila Adventist Medical Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manila, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 65 6,415 60,658 409 1 410 650Medan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 50 50 2,935 111 39 150 . . .Mindanao Sanitarium and Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iligan City, Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 77 8,517 25,075 184 33 217 45,999Mission Hospital Bangkok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bangkok, Thailand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 51 5,626 191,730 10 445 455 52,881Mission Hospital Phuket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phuket, Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 70 72 222,436 20 231 251 3,090Palawan Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines . . . . 53 41 4,345 11,842 148 2 150 32,432Penang Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penang, Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 790 15,900 240,904 219 670 889 6,200,000Valencia Sanitarium and Hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines . . . . . . 70 53 5,105 2,820 118 1 119 . . .Totals (18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,746 1,729 90,591 971,567 2,995 1,828 4,823 6,497,486

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONKarachi Adventist Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karachi, Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 93 8,746 46,995 129 235 364 28,557Skogli Health and Rehabilitation Center. . . . . . . . . . Lillehammer, Norway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 108 1,820 3 25 48 73 . . .Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 201 10,566 46,998 154 283 437 28,557

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 2009 (167). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,225 15,251 1,399,884 13,641,425 17,176 73,464 97,854 638,801,074

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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 54 15 17 35 52Etablissement Medico-Social Le Flon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 26 16 3 24 27Forli Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forli, Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 78 31 35 12 47Friedensau Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friedensau, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 117 35 17 73 90Haus Stefanie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semmering, Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 34 3 2 15 17Haus Wittelsbach Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bad Aibling, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 189 49 27 63 90Lapi - Avintes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avintes, Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 40 14 9 15 24Lapi - Funchal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funchal, Portugal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16 4 7 6 13Lapi - Vale Queimado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 76 6 10 32 42Maison de Retraite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clapiers, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 94 18 13 36 49Neandertal Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neandertal, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 172 62 16 105 121Nursing, Old People's, and Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krattigen, Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 48 11 10 27 37Spanish Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barcelona, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 70 63 25 13 38Uelzen Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uelzen, Germany. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 112 30 11 94 105Totals (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161 1,126 357 202 550 752

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONCave's Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Michael, Barbados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 23 . . . 8 13 21

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAdventist Care Center - Courtland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 113 597 . . . . . . 129Adventist HealthCare Bradford Oaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clinton, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 169 201 2 180 182Adventist HealthCare Fairland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 79 209 2 106 108Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 126 477 2 161 163Adventist HealthCare Sligo Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Takoma Park, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 89 312 2 103 105Adventist HealthCare Springbrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver Spring, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 82 177 1 92 93Bradford Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 84 173 . . . . . . 77Carolina Living, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 19 5 . . . 8 8Creekwood Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . Russellville, Kentucky, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 98 94 . . . . . . 96East Park Lodge, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 58 9 1 . . . 1Florida Living Nursing Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 188 566 . . . . . . 213Florida Living Retirement Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 93 . . . 12 2 14Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walkersville, Maryland, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 118 346 2 147 149Hays Nursing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . San Marcos, Texas, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 99 325 . . . . . . 88Heritage Green Retirement Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 19 5 7 11 18Heritage Green Senior Centre and Nursing Home, Incorporated . . . Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 165 57 61 139 200Highland Manor Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Tennessee, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 98 176 . . . . . . 88Highland Rim Terrace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland, Tennessee, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 53 . . . 1 . . . 1Huguley Nursing Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burleson, Texas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 140 476 . . . . . . 122Kingsway Pioneer Home, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oshawa, Ontario, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 89 . . . 1 . . . 1Mills Manor Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mayfield, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 93 123 . . . . . . 86Napa Valley Adventist Retirement Estates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yountville, California, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 82 . . . 12 7 19Oakview Care Center (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durand, Wisconsin, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Overland Park Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overland Park, Kansas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 93 361 . . . . . . 90Park Manor Personal Care Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 99 29 22 81 103Porter Place Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denver, Colorado, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 166 . . . 10 72 82Princeton Health Care Manor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Princeton, Kentucky, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 102 129 . . . . . . 92Rest Haven Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidney, British Columbia, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 69 24 18 94 112Sherwood Park Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 35 . . . . . . 170Spring View Health and Rehabilitation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leitchfield, Kentucky, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 64 103 . . . . . . 60Summit Ridge Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrah, Oklahoma, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 49 28 55 3 58Sunbelt Healthcare and Subacute Center Apopka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apopka, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 117 546 . . . . . . 122Sunbelt Healthcare and Subacute Center E Orlando. . . . . . . . . . . . . Orlando, Florida, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 111 732 . . . . . . 127Sunbelt Healthcare Center (Zephyrhills) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 103 569 . . . . . . 117Sunnyside Adventist Care Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 97 51 17 63 80Sycamore Glen Health Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 83 447 1 96 97Sycamore Glen Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miamisburg, Ohio, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 69 . . . 3 53 56Trinity Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merriam, Kansas, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 114 333 . . . . . . 103West Park Manor Personal Care Home, Incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 149 46 30 118 148W R Winslow Memorial Home, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 140 388 2 161 163Zephyr Haven Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zephyrhills, Florida, USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 116 384 . . . . . . 127Totals (41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,351 3,995 8,533 264 1,697 3,868

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChiba Home Nursing Care Service Center - Saiwai-cho . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 1,394 1 10 11Donghae Senior Sanatorium (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gangwon-do, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 75 75 13 21 34Eden Senior Sanitarium Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyonggi, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 100 53 . . . 53Eden Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong, SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 11 11 1 4 5Gospel Villa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hong Kong, SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 3 . . . . . . . . .Hakusan Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 3 1 10 11Honamanuma Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 . . . . . . 14 14House of Saffron Group Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama-shi, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportMiltos Tsurugamine Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 4 . . . 6 6Miltos Kamishirane Group Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 3 1 4 5Rainbow House Group Nursing Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 6,570 3 15 18Sahmyook Sanitarium Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gyeonggi-do, Korea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 37 37 17 12 29Saiwaicho Day Service Center (Higashikurume) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tokyo, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 26 . . . 13 13Senior Sanitarium Center - SAH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seoul, Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 120 120 40 29 69

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

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Shalom Higashikurume Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Higashikurume, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 89 621 13 73 86Shalom Hikarigaoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . 7 7 14Shalom Minamisawa Day Service Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Higashikurume, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 31 . . . 27 27Shalom Nursing Home and House of Ruth Retirement Center . . . . . Yokosuka, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 140 . . . 15 81 96Shalom Sakurayama Retirement Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 49 3 3 3 6Shalom Uragamidai Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokosuka, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportShalom Wakaba I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7,619 2 19 21Shalom Wakaba II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6,376 1 12 13Shalom Wakaba III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chiba, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 44 45Shalom Yokohama Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yokohama, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 114 25 34 54 88Totals (24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 936 23,021 206 458 664

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONCasa Lar Cachoeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cachoeira - BA, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 60 . . . 30 30Casa Lar Somoes Filho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simões Filho - BA, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . 39 . . . 47 47Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 . . . 99 . . . 77 77

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAdventist Residential Care (Busselton) (2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busselton, Western Australia, Australia. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 . . . . . . . . . . . .Adventist Residential Care (Nollamara) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nollamara, Western Australia, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 12 25 37Adventist Residential Care (Rossmoyne). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rossmoyne, Western Australia, Australia . . . . . . . . . . 157 169 . . . 44 80 124Adventist Retirement Village (Kings Langley) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kings Langley, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . 126 96 26 19 60 79Adventist Retirement Village (Manukau) (2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manukau City, New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Adventist Retirement Village (Normanhurst) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 97 91 17 60 48 108Alawara Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bendigo, Victoria, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 52 68 . . . . . . 50Almond 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 84 14 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 134 191 . . . . . . 140Hornsby Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 37 1 1 . . . 1Melody Park Retirement Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nerang, Queensland, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 38 42 1 38 40Victoria Point Adventist Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 271 . . . 10 104 114Wahroonga Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Normanhurst, New South Wales, Australia . . . . . . . . . 50 48 2 2 1 3Yarra View Retirement Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warburton, Victoria, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 180 51 . . . . . . 160Totals (19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318 2,132 602 182 480 1,178

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 44 13 13 17 30Gyula Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gyula, Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1 . . . 22 12 34Mosserod Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandefjord, Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 55 47 13 38 51Netherlands 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Radal, Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 31 17 6 54 60Old People's Home (Konak) (2005) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ovca, Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . 4 . . . 4Old People's Home (Plejecentret Solbakken) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randers, Denmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 32 . . . 6 29 35Old People's Home (Soendervang Plejehjem). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fakse, Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 21 . . . 4 30 34Polish Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bielsko-Biala, Poland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 90 29 37 14 51Tass Old People's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tass, Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 . . . 3 17 20Totals (11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 378 138 127 246 373

WORLD TOTALS 2009 (132). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,632 9,296 37,142 1,126 3,856 7,405

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PART 3—Clinics and Dispensaries

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 . . . 138,318 323 30 353East Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 55 6,098 52 10 62Ethiopian Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 25,344 21 18 39Rwanda Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 111 75,599 111 42 153Tanzania Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 98 241,033 236 42 278Uganda Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 81 33,342 44 27 71West Congo Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 201 522 57 12 69Attached Fields Burundi Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 391 24,941 25 15 40 North East Congo Attached Territory . . . . 4 288 6,173 144 34 178Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 1,225 551,370 1,013 230 1,243

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

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

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONCaribbean Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 6,331 14 3 17Colombian Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 20,400 11 3 14Dominican Union Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 4,665 16 1 17North Mexican Union Conference . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 720 2 2 4Venezuela-Antilles Union Mission . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 87,218 34 25 59West Indies Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . 13,492 10 . . . 10Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . 132,826 87 34 121

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONColumbia Union Conference (2003) . . . . . . . no reportPacific Union Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 810,846 251 1,279 1,530Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . 810,846 251 1,279 1,530

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONJapan Union Conference (2008) . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 134,779 17 24 41

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAustral Union Conference (2001) . . . . . . . . . 3 2 2,915 10 . . . 10Central Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . 2 127 37,462 7 122 129Chile Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 16 22,600 8 76 84East Brazil Union Conference (2003) . . . . . . 9 6 4,120 23 9 32Northeast Brazil Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . 1 25 . . . . . . 3 3South Brazil Union Conference . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 34,447 2 31 33Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 176 101,544 50 241 291

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONPapua New Guinea Union Mission (2008) . . 30 80 100,535 44 6 50Trans Pacific Union Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 16 70,000 64 3 67Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 96 170,535 108 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 DIVISIONGuam-Micronesia Mission of SDA . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 80,015 173 57 230

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONPakistan Union Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 11,897 8 2 10

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 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 1,886 2,427,397 2,141 1,919 4,066

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 10 2 4 6Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 10 51 8 59

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONCatarinense Adventist Children's Home Sao Francisco do Sul, SC, Brazil. . . . . . . . . 14 14 . . . 2 2Cidinho Project Rio Sena, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 8 8Day Care Ctr Adventist Dev and Assist for Chldrn III Franca, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 . . . 14 14Day Care Center Anazia Jose Bolcone Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 . . . 40 40Day Care Center Aracariguama Aracariguama, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 . . . 1 1Day Care Center Bom Samaritano Apiai, SP, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . 7 7Day Care Center Cassia Rodrigues Lasca Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 . . . 8 8Day Care Center Dom Jose de Aquino Pereira Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . 14 14Day Care Center Helena Maria Osasco, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 . . . 3 3Day Care Center IMAC I Varzea Grande, MT, Brazil (2003) . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 3 . . . 3Day Care Center IMAC II Cuiaba, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportDay Care Center IMAC III Sinop, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportDay Care Ctr Inst of Form and Assist for Children Itabera, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 . . . 9 9Day Care Center of Cotia Cotia, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 . . . 3 3Day Care Center of Cubatao Cubatao, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 4 4Day Care Center of Engenheiro Coelho Engenheiro Coelho, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . 1 1Day Care Center of Ibiuna Ibiuna, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . 3 3Day Care Center of Itanhaem Itanhaem, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 . . . 3 3

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SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Day Care Center of Presidente Prudente Presidente Prudente, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . 6 6Day Care Center of Sao Jose do Rio Preto Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 . . . 16 16Day Care Center Plan of Assistance for Infants Rio Claro, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 146 . . . 16 16Day Care Center Projeto Amar I Aparecida de Goiania, GO, Brazil (2003) . . 200 . . . . . . 7 7Day Care Center Projeto Amar II Senador Canedo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportDay Care Center Vinde a Mim Hortolandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . 120 200 . . . 8 8Jardim Pinheiros Home for Girls Curitiba, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 . . . 8 8Ligia Hans Boys' Home Campo Grande, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10 . . . 6 6Ligia Hans Childrens' Home Campo Grande, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 26 . . . 13 13Palmeira das Missoes Children's Home Palmeira das Missoes, RS, Brazil . . . . . . . . 21 21 . . . 7 7Porto Alegre Childrens' Home I Porto Alegre, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 . . . 2 2Porto Alegre Childrens' Home II Porto Alegre, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 . . . 2 2Vovo Josephina Orphanage Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . 40 71 . . . 7 7Xaxim Adventist Home for Boys Curitiba, Parana, Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 . . . 9 9Totals (32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 2,071 3 227 230

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 2009 (42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 2,283 99 256 355

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PART 5—Airplanes and Medical Launches

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONAirplanes (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no report

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONAirplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 31 1 50 51Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3,862 9 27 36

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION Airplanes (1997) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no report

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONAirplanes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 4Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 5

WORLD TOTALS 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3,893 10 77 96

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US$Hospitals and Sanitariums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 22,225 15,251 1,399,884 13,641,425 17,176 73,464 97,854 638,801,074

Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 10,632 9,296 37,142 . . . 1,126 3,856 7,405 . . .

Clinics and Dispensaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 1,886 . . . . . . 2,427,397 2,141 1,919 4,066 . . .

Orphanages and Children's Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 1,122 2,283 . . . . . . 99 256 355 . . .

Airplanes and Medical Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . 3,893 10 77 96 . . .

WORLD TOTALS 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 35,873 26,830 1,437,026 16,072,715 20,552 79,572 109,776 638,801,074

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

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

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

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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) . . . . . . . . . . 64,494 . . . . . . 38,103 400,887 47,118 19,093 569,695 35 13 5Ethiopian Advent Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 946 . . . . . . 5,000 1,131 29,247 7,535 43,859 6 . . . . . .Tanzania Adventist Press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,045 . . . . . . . . . 358,121 40,618 . . . 628,784 37 5 2Upper Nile Press (Uganda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,289 . . . . . . . . . 28,575 1,794 1,282 34,940 8 4 2Totals (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,774 . . . . . . 43,103 788,714 118,777 27,910 1,277,278 86 22

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAdvent Publishers (Switzerland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517,673 551,142 . . . 299,262 128,700 13,006 27,594 1,537,377 6 1 1Austrian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736,305 . . . . . . 749,750 . . . . . . . . . 1,486,055 7 2 1Bulgarian Adventist Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,853 . . . 3,969 . . . 37,663 . . . . . . 68,485 4 4 1Czech Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportGerman SDA Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,835 . . . . . . 1,039,870 1,152,590 135,409 . . . 2,333,704 10 15 1Italian Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportLife and Health Publishing House (France) . . . . . . . . 34,590 62,240 . . . 595,710 508,120 114,230 139,230 1,454,120 13 5 1"Life and Health" Romanian Adventist Pub House. . . 1,894,346 263,902 . . . 899,915 206,819 62,992 1,265,326 4,593,300 260 28 2Portuguese Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportSafeliz Publishing House (Spain)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,894,465 244,019 . . . 371,042 . . . . . . . . . 3,509,526 13 16 8Slovakian Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportTotals (11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,110,067 1,121,303 3,969 3,955,549 2,033,892 325,637 1,432,150 14,982,567 313 71

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONSource of Life Publishing House (Russian Federation) 202,717 250,509 115,202 187,087 304,605 184,502 535,492 1,780,114 44 16 2Source of Life Publishing House (Ukraine) . . . . . . . . 248,135 11,150 385,696 141,594 100,128 57,610 391,889 1,336,202 20 15 2Totals ( 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450,852 261,659 500,898 328,681 404,733 242,112 927,381 3,116,316 64 31

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONInter-American Division Publishing Association (USA) 1,663,267 108,902 . . . 5,962,321 4,661,656 1,142,528 . . . 13,538,674 30 6 3Mexican Adventist Editorial Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,325,747 . . . . . . . . . 4,218,875 . . . . . . 8,544,622 160 2 1Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,989,014 108,902 . . . 5,962,321 8,880,531 1,142,528 . . . 22,083,296 190 8

NORTH AMERICAN DIVISIONPacific Press Publishing Association**. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,154,323 . . . . . . 4,501,877 10,319,190 581,224 3,637,058 20,193,672 118 33 4Review and Herald Publishing Association** . . . . . . . 12,411,257 250,667 . . . 8,006,177 7,757,247 . . . 8,287,373 36,712,721 195 55 4Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,565,580 250,667 . . . 12,508,054 18,076,437 581,224 11,924,431 56,906,393 313 88**General Conference institutions are listed in the division where the main plant is located.

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONJapan Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,857 691,561 1,737 160,027 525,711 32,922 46,436 1,626,251 13 8 1Korean Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315,952 387,371 . . . 362,225 1,887,589 5,182 2,383,783 5,342,102 72 6 1Signs of the Times Publishing Association (Taiwan) . 53,291 57,012 1,200 41,594 85,518 1,799 211,914 452,328 14 2 1Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537,100 1,135,944 2,937 563,846 2,498,818 39,903 2,642,133 7,420,681 99 16

SOUTH AMERICAN DIVISIONBrazil Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,822,386 4,732,833 144,426 13,760,021 7,085,843 2,441,481 5,648,647 52,635,637 483 28 1South American Spanish Publishing House. . . . . . . . 2,025,677 428,514 . . . 1,108,967 607,306 1,625,007 3,459,174 9,254,645 160 16 1 Chile Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710,898 81,185 2,090 34,214 122,758 470,705 300,606 1,722,456 30 2 1Totals (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,558,961 5,242,532 146,516 14,903,202 7,815,907 4,537,193 9,408,427 63,612,738 673 46

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONSigns Publishing Company (Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,291,867 941,489 229,187 1,270,682 1,725,646 305,112 1,203,260 6,967,243 30 2 1

SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISIONAdventist Printing House (Madagascar). . . . . . . . . . . 18,036 . . . . . . 494 99,394 46,513 76,885 241,322 29 . . . 2Angola Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,597 . . . . . . 263,302 . . . . . . . . . 369,899 1 1 1Malamulo Publishing House (Malawi) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,109 . . . . . . 35,411 58,469 292 71,021 194,302 20 3 3Mozambique Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,794 392 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,186 8 . . . . . .Southern Publishing Association (South Africa). . . . . 588,440 . . . . . . 526,669 . . . 77,610 41,236 1,233,955 17 9 5Zambia Adventist Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,096 . . . . . . 160,672 296,069 69,826 68,890 671,553 14 2 5Totals (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884,072 392 . . . 986,548 453,932 194,241 258,032 2,777,217 89 15

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONOriental Watchman Publishing House (India) . . . . . . 64,162 44,953 . . . 2,622 . . . . . . . . . 111,737 52 6 4

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Adventist Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . 4,793 . . . . . . 290 . . . . . . 1,029 6,112 . . . . . . 1Home Health Education Service (Southeast Asia Pub) 366,179 15 285 9,174 4,899 302 . . . 380,854 5 . . . . . .Indonesia Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373,943 29,227 . . . 45,590 320,700 . . . 118,431 887,891 52 3 1Kinsaung Publishing House (Myanmar) . . . . . . . . . . . 13,924 . . . . . . 19,344 8,364 5,452 1,153 48,237 14 9 7Lakpahana Publishing House of SDA (Sri Lanka) . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,070 13,266 . . . 13,758 40,094 8 2 3Philippine Publishing House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportTotals (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758,839 29,242 285 87,468 347,229 5,754 134,371 1,363,188 79 14

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISIONAlbanian SDA Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 . . . . . . 2,000 2 10 1Croatian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportDanish Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,271 . . . 106,269 . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,540 1 1 2Finland SDA Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,685 402,396 26,517 6,686 . . . . . . . . . 528,284 4 3 1Greek Mission Publishing Centre* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,396 1,209 . . . 864 3,670 . . . . . . 12,139 1 1 1Hungarian Publishing House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,250 . . . . . . 133,717 . . . . . . . . . 144,967 4 . . . 1Iceland Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,119 . . . 446 12,865 24,430 1 . . . . . .Latvia Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,960 . . . . . . 12,262 5,040 . . . . . . 21,262 2 16 1Life and Peace Pub House* (Israel Pub Service*) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,800 6,800 . . . . . . 40,600 1 2 1Lithuanian Publishing Centre* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,865 . . . . . . 21,865 3,187 . . . . . . 46,917 2 1 1

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Publishing Houses (Cont’d)

TRANS-EUROPEAN DIVISION (Cont’d)Macedonian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,093 140 . . . 220 95 . . . . . . 1,548 1 2 1Middle East Publishers* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no reportNetherlands Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,156 132,828 . . . . . . 185,984 2 3 2Norwegian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,015,411 352,055 167,123 76,199 304,794 43,664 129,281 3,088,527 12 4 1Polish Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,745 2,194 899 197,878 63,319 1,044 26,412 392,491 9 4 1Qasid Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 3,665 . . . . . . 4,717 6,341 . . . 15,399 4 4 1Serbian and Montenegro Publishing House* . . . . . . . 22,051 . . . 218 53,336 42,134 5,127 23,711 146,577 12 5 5Slovenian Publishing House* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,422 13,845 3,518 2,700 30,485 1 1 1Stanborough Press Limited (England)* . . . . . . . . . . . 714,097 36,105 . . . 1,721,536 688,611 376,152 539,111 4,075,612 24 4 5Swedish Union Publishing Service* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,560 63,938 9,959 . . . 84,457 2 1 1Totals (20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,072,500 797,764 301,026 2,343,620 1,334,978 446,251 734,080 9,030,219 85 62

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONAdvent Press (Ghana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,224 . . . . . . 272,965 . . . . . . 675,741 971,930 40 290 4Central African Publishing House (Cameroon) . . . . . 10,000 . . . . . . 54,000 . . . . . . 136,000 200,000 14 2 2Totals (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,224 . . . . . . 326,965 . . . . . . 811,741 1,171,930 54 292

WORLD TOTALS 2009 (63). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,615,012 9,934,847 1,184,818 43,282,661 44,360,817 7,938,732 29,503,916 190,820,803 2,127 673 . . .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 . . .*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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sold in February 2008

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONGranovita UK (De-vau-ge Foundation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lueneburg, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . 20 150Primavita (De-vau-ge Foundation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lueneburg, Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 . . . 70 700Spanish Food Factory (Granovita) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vall D'Uixo (Castellon), Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . 79 155Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 . . . 169 1,005

INTER-AMERICAN DIVISIONInter-American Health Food Company Alimentos Colpac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 21 45 28 Boulangerie Adventiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port-au-Prince, Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 24 14 4 Cetebedi, S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alajuela, Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 3 35 8 College Health Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Port of Spain, Trinidad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 20 70 25 Industrias Venepan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nirgua, Yaracuy, Venezuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 . . . 15 50 Productos Granix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 9 15 7 Productos Icolpan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medellin, Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 45 22 12 Viva Mejor Barquisimeto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barquisimeto, Venezuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . 7 5 Viva Mejor Bucaramanga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bucaramanga, Colombia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 30 22 Viva Mejor Cali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cali, Valle, Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . 19 35Totals (10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 130 272 196

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONKorean Sahmyook Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864 . . . 293 42Brazil Food Factory (Superbom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sao Paulo, Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 1 45 5Totals (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048 1 338 47

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISIONSanitarium Health Food Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845 . . . 243 . . .Sanitarium Health Food Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auckland, New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 . . . 166 . . .Other South Pacific Division International Operations . . . . . Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 . . . 85 . . .Totals (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350 . . . 494 . . .

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

WORLD TOTALS 2009 (21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,553 131 1,404 1,451WORLD TOTALS 2008 (23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,369 103 1,655 909

Food Industry Sales, World 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . not availableFood Industry Sales, World 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US $598,373,317

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GENERAL STATISTICS FOR 200974

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 254 9 5 . . . 1,952,255 . . . . . . 1,952,255 Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11 10 1 10,741 151,069 2,160 . . . 153,229 Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 30 1 . . . 11,000 852,570 . . . . . . 852,570 Argentina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 4 2 2 59,400 111,285 513,505 5,000 629,790 Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 5 2 . . . 4,341 60,824 . . . 3,778 64,602 Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 19 144 8 626,516 5,804,463 . . . 83,848 5,888,311 Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 4 6 27 14,833 308,077 5,000 906,654 1,219,731 Azerbaijan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 40 4 . . . 10,410 . . . . . . 459,459 459,459 Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 129 7 8 95,788 67,498 . . . . . . 67,498 Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 . . . 14 52,860 7,750 . . . 185,020 192,770 Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 8 3 6,290 276,640 . . . 13,500 290,140 Bolivia (Plurinational State of ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 55 21 . . . 136,749 1,366,115 14,653 47,359 1,428,127 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1,077 89 31 351,441 11,006,326 655,148 98,218 11,759,692 Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . 7 . . . 118,779 78,695 5,106 154,490 238,291 Burkina Faso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 41 5 2 94,681 1,015,848 . . . . . . 1,015,848 Burundi - Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 42 6 3 1,572,456 1,637,241 . . . 501,610 2,138,851 Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 94 16 1 589,206 2,713,463 5,063 140,359 2,858,885 Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 1 . . . 2 . . . . . . 12,370 12,370 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 14 49 139 425,177 2,774,228 . . . . . . 2,774,228 Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 36 1 . . . 19,829 366,133 1,494,380 . . . 1,860,513 Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 163 14 18 8,794 2,708,261 49,310 11,400 2,768,971 China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 8 10 . . . 2,223 453,693 . . . . . . 453,693 Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 72 5 2 66,770 573,237 . . . 20,000 593,237 Congo, Democratic Republic of the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 257 13 10 1,438,099 5,343,142 565,069 2,487,544 8,395,755 Costa Rica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Cote d'Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Croatia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 18 20 27 620,800 13,251,947 . . . . . . 13,251,947 Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9 4 6 7,857 56,398 18,626 18,580 93,604 El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9 4 2 8,385 425,447 . . . . . . 425,447 Equatorial Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 1 . . . 10,000 9,126 . . . . . . 9,126 Ethiopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 140 7 9 459,300 10,791,868 . . . . . . 10,791,868 Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 10 5 7 . . . 323,126 . . . . . . 323,126 Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 53 22,623 55,100 216,600 157,000 428,700 France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 4 3 8,563 117,411 . . . . . . 117,411 Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 2 . . . 98 134,344 . . . . . . 134,344 Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9 3 1 1,272 187,804 . . . . . . 187,804 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 39 24 56 1,271,849 8,527,549 . . . . . . 8,527,549 Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 76 9 . . . 139,858 3,804,313 . . . . . . 3,804,313 Guatemala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Guinea-Bissau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 3 1 . . . 10,000 15,000 . . . . . . 15,000 Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 22 6 5 43,161 374,751 5,000 2,945,274 3,325,025 Honduras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 30 2 . . . 63,103 1,604,710 . . . . . . 1,604,710 Hungary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 6 12 20,100 23,022 4,000 21,018 48,040 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 314 17 9 23,025,525 3,097,479 . . . . . . 3,097,479 Indonesia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 43 10 5 33,069 735,443 . . . . . . 735,443 Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 7 2 6,430 47,250 . . . 11,750 59,000 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1 8 3 5,382 122,055 . . . . . . 122,055 Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 2 5 420 10,031 . . . . . . 10,031 Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 65 13 2 787,884 1,775,051 . . . . . . 1,775,051 Korea, Republic of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 60 22 12,103 255,594 . . . 448,000 703,594 Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 21 1 1 8,341 89,935 . . . 38,380 128,315 Lao People's Democratic Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 58 9 1 34,000 637,000 . . . . . . 637,000 Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 39 2 2 91,571 87,300 . . . 50,000 137,300 Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 137 4 6 402,600 2,102,485 9,634,848 . . . 11,737,333

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Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 116 13 2 169,900 2,366,299 3,233,139 20,000 5,619,438 Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 23 7 15,609 466,751 . . . 15,651 482,402 Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Moldova, Republic of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 15 11 14 25,507 534,570 . . . . . . 534,570 Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 97 18 1 43,400 1,641,078 . . . . . . 1,641,078 Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 4 . . . 159 37,278 . . . 4,323 41,601 Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 105 4 . . . 993,556 3,183,933 . . . 450,000 3,633,933 Myanmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 392 11 8 315,957 4,382,420 1,964,100 . . . 6,346,520 Namibia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 1 . . . 1,320 100,000 . . . . . . 100,000 Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 80 21 4 247,180 2,270,132 337,114 36,000 2,643,246 Netherlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 22 7 . . . 202,545 . . . 25,095 227,640 New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 5 8 14 80,528 1,191,807 . . . . . . 1,191,807 Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11 4 . . . 86,029 1,549,740 . . . . . . 1,549,740 Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 72 7 1 23,875 519,870 . . . 100,000 619,870 Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . 26 18 764,031 2,070,190 . . . . . . 2,070,190 Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 18 3 . . . 3,020 34,535 . . . . . . 34,535 Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 56 3 1 21,200 1,022,607 . . . . . . 1,022,607 Paraguay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1 6 10 77,618 117,551 . . . 2,220,000 2,337,551 Peru. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 324 31 1 105,753 12,026,074 . . . . . . 12,026,074 Philippines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 20 12 13 237,609 1,047,156 . . . 545,350 1,592,506 Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 6 1 47,219 114,013 . . . 31,544 145,557 Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11 7 8 4,273 566,931 . . . 30,174 597,105 Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 24 7 35 6,812 354,236 . . . . . . 354,236 Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 96 12 . . . 279,704 2,388,010 . . . 5,525,667 7,913,677 Sao Tome and Principe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 22 8 1 110,733 202,364 . . . . . . 202,364 Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 4 . . . 22,000 125,824 . . . . . . 125,824 Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 10 7 1 252,232 56,730 . . . . . . 56,730 Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 13 9 . . . 7,095 818,222 . . . . . . 818,222 Slovakia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 2 3 1 8,600 434,385 . . . . . . 434,385 Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 33 38 . . . 29,180 1,629,000 . . . . . . 1,629,000 Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 74 4 3 . . . 2,719,410 . . . . . . 2,719,410 South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 4 3 3 19,020 718,795 . . . . . . 718,795 Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S no report Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 38 5 12 39,845 1,520,713 . . . 950 1,521,663 Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 630 15 18 914,270 20,885,794 231,192 3,937,214 25,054,200 Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 13 2 2 37,285 278,710 . . . . . . 278,710 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 3 28 10 3,255,580 2,702,178 . . . . . . 2,702,178 Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 5 20 12 118,050 975,660 62,000 265,000 1,302,660 Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Tanzania, United Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 59 11 1 626,568 8,208,000 . . . 80,000 8,288,000 Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 99 10 4 19,008 1,067,858 . . . . . . 1,067,858 Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 27 17 . . . 76,002 204,545 . . . . . . 204,545 Trinidad (West Indies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 1 2 300 1,500 . . . . . . 1,500 Tunisia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 10 . . . 1,323 80,840 . . . . . . 80,840 Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I no report Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 75 13 2 264,703 1,439,016 . . . 2,700 1,441,716 Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 8 1 20,696 98,111 . . . 255,560 353,671 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . S 6 11 10 312,550 2,776,353 . . . . . . 2,776,353 United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . 154 58 8,649,861 44,638,914 2,880,877 5,540,109 53,059,900 Uruguay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 12 2 . . . 100 97,729 3,564 . . . 101,293 Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 9 . . . 1 8,500 84,024 . . . . . . 84,024 Vanuatu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2 3 1 1,663 250,408 . . . . . . 250,408 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 7 35 10 220,000 27,000 19,000 63,000 109,000 Viet Nam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 31 8 2 10,240 556,523 . . . . . . 556,523 Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 119 5 9 67,607 1,259,691 91,875 175,753 1,527,319 Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 16 5 1 306,491 1,832,414 4,903 22,398 1,859,715 Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 22 5 2 52,547 337,041 . . . 3,078 340,119

WORLD TOTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,246 1,349 818 51,812,987 222,505,830 22,016,232 28,170,177 272,692,239

*I = Implementing, S = Supporting.

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Employees

Projects Value of Aid

Country or Area of the World Type*Projects Funded

Beneficiaries Cash FoodMedicines

and Materials

TotalDevelopment Relief

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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 2010Seventh-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 15.8million and 11 churches. Therefore, on average, each church serves apopulation of 1.4 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 2009 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-2009 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. LXII, No. 1, Data available as of 1 January 2010, 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 2010 is 236. Our count is 232 because we do not countHong Kong SAR, Macao SAR (or Taiwan) since they are considered part ofChina according to the United Nation’s listing. Also, we only count Saint Helena,not Ascension 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)

2009

Churches2009

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20091990 or When

Organized

EAST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONEast African Union Mission (Somalia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 0 no church no churchEthiopian Union Mission Tigray Attached Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 2 2.1 1.0West Congo Union Mission Congo Equatorial Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.6 4 1.7 no church Lower Congo Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 2 3.0 3.4Attached Field Eritrea Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 3 1.7 1.2

EURO-AFRICA DIVISIONAttached FieldTrans-Mediterranean Territories Iran Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.6 1 101.6 18.5

EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (Cont’d) Maghreb Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.1 3 28.0 75.3 Turkey Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.8 3 24.9 no church

EURO-ASIA DIVISIONSouthern Union Conference Tajikistan Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 7 1.1 1.1 Turkmenistan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 1 5.1 5.6 Uzbekistan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.6 14 2.0 1.7Trans-Caucasus Union Mission Azerbaijan Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 5 1.8 2.1

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONChinese Union Mission (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,331.4 1,109 1.2 2.9

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2009

Churches2009

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20091990 or When

Organized

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TABLE 1—Conferences or Missions Where Each Church Serves More Than One Million Persons (Cont’d)

NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d)Japan Union Conference East Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.1 61 1.1 1.2 West Japan Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.1 37 1.6 1.7Korean Union Conference (Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of) . . . . . . . 22.7 0 no church no church

SOUTHERN ASIA DIVISIONNortheast India Union Section Arunachal Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1 1.2 no church Assam Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.1 16 1.9 2.1Northern India Union Section Bihar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.7 3 30.2 30.2 Chhattisgarh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 9 2.6 6.9 Delhi Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 5 3.4 7.0 Eastern Uttar Pradesh Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.7 32 1.4 32.7 Haryana Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 16 1.6 21.0 Madhya Bharat Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.1 39 3.5 5.1 North India Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.6 43 1.1 1.3 South Bengal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.0 50 1.3 9.5 Upper Ganges Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.8 39 3.2 5.8 Western Uttar Pradesh Region . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.3 11 3.1 4.2Southeast India Union Section Kancheepuram-Chengalpet Region . . . . . . . . 3.1 3 1.0 1.0Southwest India Union Section Malabar Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 7 1.2 1.5Western India Union Section Mumbai Metro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 17 1.3 1.3 Saurashtra Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 4 3.9 3.6 Vidharbha Region (Nagpur). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.5 9 2.6 2.3Attached Field Nepal Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.5 14 2.0 2.7

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISIONBangladesh Union Mission East Bangladesh Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.1 25 2.2 16.9

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2009

Churches2009

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20091990 or When

Organized

SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (Cont’d) South Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.8 34 1.1 0.7 West Bangladesh Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.4 23 1.7 2.2Southeast Asia Union Mission Cambodia Adventist Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 6 2.5 no church Thailand Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 42 1.6 1.4 Vietnam Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.3 6 14.6 3.2 Laos Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3 4 1.6 5.1West Indonesia Union Mission Central Java Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.0 31 1.3 1.2Attached Field East Timor Attached Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 1 1.1 1.1

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.7 7 4.5 2.5 Egypt Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.6 16 4.9 3.9 Gulf Section North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 6 0.9 1.2 Gulf Section South. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.9 5 7.4 7.5 Iraq Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.0 3 10.0 4.7 Sudan Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.1 26 1.4 1.2 (Yemen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.9 0 no church no churchPakistan Union Section Northern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119.3 91 1.3 2.3 Southern Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.5 31 2.0 2.9Attached Field Greek Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 9 1.3 1.3

WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISIONSahel Union Mission Burkina Faso Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 11 1.4 3.0 Guinea Mission Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 2 5.1 3.0 Mali Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.0 3 4.3 4.1 Niger Mission Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.3 1 15.3 no church Senegal/Mauritania Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.8 3 5.3 3.7

(Occupied Palestinian Territory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 0 no church no church

Conference, Mission, or CountryPopulation Estimate (Millions)

2009

Churches2009

Population Estimate(Millions) Per Church

20091990 or When

Organized

Countries and Areas of the World Showing Where

t

Seventh-day Adventist Work is Not Currently Established As of December 31, 2009

Country or Area of the World Continent Division

Population Estimatemid-2009

Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,396,000Aland Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000Andorra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,000Brunei Darussalam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . 383,000Comoros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Southern Africa-Indian Ocean . 676,000Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . . . . . . . South America. . . South American . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,000Guernsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,000Holy See. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,000Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,000Korea, Democratic People's Rep of . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Northern Asia-Pacific . . . . . . . . 22,665,000Liechtenstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000

Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Southern Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315,000Mauritania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . West-Central Africa . . . . . . . . . 3,291,000Monaco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,000Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,495,000Occupied Palestinian Territory . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,933,000Saint Pierre and Miquelon . . . . . . . . North America . . . North American . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000San Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,000Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . East-Central Africa. . . . . . . . . . 9,133,000Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands . . . Europe. . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000Syrian Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,906,000Tokelau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oceania . . . . . . . . South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Africa . . . . . . . . . . Euro-Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511,000Yemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asia . . . . . . . . . . . Trans-European . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,880,000

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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is not established (listed above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Estimated population of the world as of June 30, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,809,974,000Estimated population of countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,663,892,000Estimated population of countries and areas of the world in which Seventh-day Adventist work is not established (listed above) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,082,000

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Afghanistan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AF As 0 0 0 3 28,396 0 7,099,000 0 +Aland Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AX Eur 0 0 1 10 27 370 2,455 0 +Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AL Eur 4 3 3 331 3,196 104 9,627 3 31Algeria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD DZ Afr 0 1 3 45 35,370 1 768,913 13 200American Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD AS Oc 6 10 4 1,797 71 25,310 39 0 110Andorra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AD Eur 0 0 1 10 86 116 7,818 0 +Angola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID AO Afr 154 1,049 1,447 366,710 17,074 21,478 47 8 84Anguilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AI NA 2 3 0 826 16 51,625 19 8 34Antigua and Barbuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AG NA 9 27 4 8,379 88 95,216 11 3 17Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD AR SA 155 510 303 106,106 40,276 2,634 380 4 43Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD AM As 2 16 14 863 3,097 279 3,584 (4) 1Aruba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AW NA 4 7 2 736 107 6,879 145 9 17Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD AU Oc 259 414 83 54,967 21,854 2,515 398 2 10Austria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD AT Eur 29 49 8 3,871 8,374 462 2,163 0 8Azerbaijan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD AZ As 3 5 6 712 8,781 81 12,316 2 19Bahamas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BS NA 23 55 0 18,477 341 54,185 18 5 80Bahrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED BH As 1,217Bangladesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD BD As 20 115 298 31,569 162,221 195 5,138 8 58Barbados . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BB NA 17 58 2 18,152 281 64,598 15 2 28Belarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD BY Eur 20 76 15 5,145 9,662 532 1,878 1 32Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. EUD BE Eur 7 28 0 1,945 10,792 180 5,546 2 25Belize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD BZ NA 9 76 40 33,916 329 103,088 10 6 62Benin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD BJ Afr 4 14 45 4,936 8,935 552 1,810 11 195Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD BM NA 6 10 1 3,727 64 58,234 17 1 11Bhutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD BT As 0 0 0 0 683 0 683,000 0 –Bolivia (Plurinational State of). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD BO SA 63 290 583 77,892 9,863 7,897 127 (63) (12)Bosnia and Herzegovina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED BA Eur 5 23 0 614 3,843 160 6,249 (12) (6)Botswana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID BW Afr 17 88 110 29,634 1,991 14,884 67 4 53Brazil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD BR SA 1,507 6,435 6,592 1,229,879 191,481 6,423 156 0 31British Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VG NA 3 8 0 1,565 24 65,208 15 9 30Brunei Darussalam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD BN As 0 0 0 0 383 0 383,000 0 0Bulgaria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD BG Eur 34 119 224 7,531 7,590 992 1,008 (1) 4Burkina Faso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD BF Afr 4 11 63 3,610 15,757 229 4,364 4 211Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD BI Afr 43 268 343 122,007 8,303 14,694 68 7 99Cambodia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD KH As 11 6 44 5,932 14,805 401 2,495 (0) 86Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CM Afr 75 838 540 107,622 18,879 5,701 175 (0) 18Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD CA NA 225 352 81 60,825 33,707 1,805 554 2 24Cape Verde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CV Afr 3 31 31 6,486 509 12,743 78 4 99Cayman Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD KY NA 9 14 0 4,098 55 74,509 13 7 122Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CF Afr 5 51 48 10,058 4,511 2,230 448 6 65Chad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD TD Afr 9 43 11 3,721 10,329 360 2,775 10 108Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD CL SA 139 599 260 119,026 16,970 7,014 143 (5) 22China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD CN As 110 1,109 3,412 382,039 1,331,398 287 3,485 3 36Colombia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CO SA 184 1,195 822 278,933 45,065 6,190 162 6 65Comoros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID KM Afr 0 0 0 0 676 0 676,000 0 –Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CG Afr 2 13 10 709 3,683 193 5,187 11 255Congo, Democratic Republic of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD CD Afr 252 1,623 1,562 504,708 68,693 7,347 136 (4) 35Cook Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD CK Oc 4 14 2 850 12 70,833 14 11 9Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CR NA 23 191 53 61,743 4,509 13,693 73 2 100Cote d'Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD CI Afr 10 60 88 11,980 21,395 560 1,786 4 77Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED HR Eur 20 83 11 2,888 4,433 651 1,534 (3) (12)Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD CU NA 58 279 154 29,759 11,225 2,651 377 2 34Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED CY As 1 1 1 70 1,072 65 15,099 (3) 25Czech Republic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD CZ Eur 55 142 27 7,455 10,511 709 1,410 (1) (4)Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED DK Eur 17 45 1 2,439 5,529 441 2,266 (2) (11)Djibouti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD DJ Afr 0 0 0 0 864 0 864,000 0 –Dominica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD DM NA 4 23 5 6,738 72 93,583 11 2 49Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD DO NA 107 630 543 265,905 10,090 26,353 38 5 109Ecuador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD EC SA 38 171 301 34,802 13,625 2,554 391 (54) 6Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED EG Afr 78,629El Salvador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD SV NA 24 640 199 196,838 7,339 26,821 37 4 120Equatorial Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GQ Afr 2 17 0 2,401 676 3,552 281 6 211Eritrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD ER Afr 1 3 12 526 5,073 104 9,626 1 20Estonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED EE Eur 9 19 0 1,642 1,340 1,225 816 (2) (12)Ethiopia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD ET Afr 89 817 222 173,310 82,825 2,092 478 3 26Faeroe Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED FO Eur 0 1 0 63 49 1,286 766 3 (18)Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD FK SA 0 0 0 0 3 0 3,000 0 –Fiji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD FJ Oc 32 144 146 28,717 844 34,025 29 2 42Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED FI Eur 13 72 5 5,027 5,312 946 1,056 (1) (11)France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD FR Eur 55 112 23 12,514 62,621 200 5,004 (1) 29French Guiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GF SA 6 9 6 2,298 226 10,168 98 (0) 53French Polynesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PF Oc 12 36 14 4,101 266 15,417 65 (16) (4)Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GA Afr 3 14 14 3,472 1,475 2,354 425 7 73Gambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GM Afr 1 5 8 1,243 1,609 773 1,293 3 154Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD GE As 1 8 4 401 4,611 87 11,470 6 (17)Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD DE Eur 206 570 35 35,386 81,980 432 2,317 (1) (1)Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GH Afr 206 1,125 1,677 357,260 23,837 14,988 67 3 54Gibraltar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD GI Eur 0 0 0 0 30 0 30,000 – 0Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GR Eur 4 9 10 511 11,277 45 22,025 0 101

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Greenland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GL NA 0 0 0 0 56 0 56,000 0 –Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GD NA 12 46 2 12,921 106 121,896 8 2 46Guadeloupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GP NA 18 59 17 12,028 445 27,029 37 (0) 17Guam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD GU Oc 4 6 2 1,256 182 6,901 145 2 50Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GT NA 50 730 130 214,976 14,027 15,326 65 4 133Guernsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED GG Eur 0 0 0 0 64 0 64,000 0 0Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GN Afr 1 2 25 1,309 10,058 130 7,678 2 195Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD GW Afr 4 2 22 2,022 1,611 1,255 796 3 400Guyana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD GY SA 24 148 55 54,863 773 70,974 14 3 48Haiti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD HT NA 97 477 523 338,223 9,242 36,596 27 3 47Holy See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD VA Eur 0 0 0 0 1 0 798 0 0Honduras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD HN NA 29 414 202 229,594 7,466 30,752 33 5 181Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) . . . . NSD HK As 11 18 1 4,458 7,037 634 1,578 1 22Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED HU Eur 35 110 30 4,683 10,024 467 2,140 (0) 6Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IS Eur 2 6 1 560 321 1,745 572 (0) 2India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD IN As 489 3,877 5,368 1,468,865 1,171,029 1,254 797 3 321Indonesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD ID As 544 1,416 655 207,284 243,306 852 1,174 5 15Iran (Islamic Republic of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD IR As 0 1 1 29 73,244 0 2,441,467 0 (9)Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IQ As 30,047Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IE Eur 2 3 3 271 4,528 60 16,647 7 113Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IM Eur 0 0 1 16 83 193 4,882 + +Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED IL As 5 13 9 877 7,634 115 8,695 (1) 80Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD IT Eur 52 108 19 9,043 60,274 150 6,665 5 53Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD JM NA 109 617 75 247,448 2,702 91,580 11 3 44Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD JP As 66 115 39 15,337 127,568 120 8,317 0 6Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED JE Eur 0 0 0 0 92 0 92,000 0 0Jordan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED JO As 5,915Kazakhstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD KZ As 21 50 28 3,366 15,880 212 4,716 3 (19)Kenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD KE Afr 468 4,190 3,954 657,447 39,070 16,827 59 6 15Kiribati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD KI Oc 7 12 14 2,147 99 21,687 46 4 88Korea, Democratic People's Republic of** . . . . . . . . . . . NSD KP As 0 26 0 866 22,665 38 26,142 0 0Korea, Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD KR As 578 681 199 215,227 48,747 4,415 226 3 40Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED KW As 2,985Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD KG As 8 17 15 1,043 5,304 197 5,080 (5) (18)Lao People's Democratic Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD LA As 1 4 5 1,742 6,320 276 3,626 (7) 332Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LV Eur 19 52 0 3,977 2,256 1,763 567 1 4Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LB As 3,876Lesotho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID LS Afr 4 37 23 6,744 2,135 3,159 317 5 84Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD LR Afr 8 50 53 25,014 3,955 6,325 158 2 65Libyan Arab Jamahiriya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LY Afr 0 1 0 72 6,283 11 86,068 0 +Liechtenstein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LI Eur 0 0 0 0 36 0 36,000 0 –Lithuania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED LT Eur 10 17 0 867 3,339 260 3,847 (1) (8)Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD LU Eur 0 1 0 77 498 155 6,385 0 33Macao Special Administrative Region (China) . . . . . . . . NSD MO As 0 2 1 220 555 396 2,511 5 52Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of. . . . . . . . TED MK Eur 5 16 0 569 2,049 278 3,595 (3) 35Madagascar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MG Afr 82 644 1,057 113,649 19,464 5,839 171 5 80Malawi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MW Afr 140 1,284 1,529 327,131 14,214 23,015 43 7 78Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MY As 57 254 148 52,760 28,295 1,865 536 4 30Maldives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD MV As 0 0 0 0 315 0 315,000 0 0Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD ML Afr 1 3 22 1,514 13,010 116 8,587 4 184Malta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MT Eur 1 1 0 27 414 65 14,786 0 80Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MH Oc 2 3 4 716 54 13,259 75 5 19Martinique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MQ NA 22 66 8 14,849 406 36,574 27 1 15Mauritania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD MR Afr 0 0 1 7 3,291 2 411,375 0 +Mauritius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MU Afr 11 30 9 4,541 1,276 3,559 281 6 46Mayotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID YT Afr 0 1 0 50 188 266 3,686 + +Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MX NA 458 2,694 4,150 647,484 109,610 5,907 169 5 27Micronesia (Federated States of) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD FM Oc 3 7 0 1,223 111 11,018 91 6 55Moldova, Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD MD Eur 35 154 87 10,800 4,133 2,613 383 (3) (0)Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MC Eur 0 0 0 0 35 0 35,000 0 0Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD MN As 8 4 6 1,506 2,708 556 1,797 8 2,329Montenegro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED ME Eur 2 4 0 257 628 409 2,434 0 +Montserrat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD MS NA 0 2 1 1,217 5 243,400 4 4 6Morocco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD MA Afr 1 0 2 14 31,495 0 2,099,667 0 (30)Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID MZ Afr 53 993 1,591 247,338 21,971 11,257 89 4 62Myanmar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MM As 66 207 104 27,973 50,020 559 1,788 4 31Namibia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID NA Afr 8 75 43 17,621 2,171 8,117 123 3 140Nauru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NR Oc 1 0 1 20 10 2,000 476 0 (20)Nepal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUD NP As 5 14 26 8,001 27,504 291 3,437 17 745Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED NL Eur 24 54 13 4,853 16,527 294 3,405 0 12Netherlands Antilles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD AN NA 12 34 6 8,992 203 44,296 23 6 95New Caledonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NC Oc 4 5 3 715 251 2,849 351 6 114New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NZ Oc 41 79 29 10,835 4,317 2,510 398 3 (3)Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD NI NA 18 209 53 107,962 5,669 19,044 53 6 122Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD NE Afr 1 1 5 227 15,290 15 67,061 0 255Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD NG Afr 250 858 1,162 276,936 152,616 1,815 551 4 60Niue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NU Oc 1 1 0 16 2 8,000 118 14 (27)Norfolk Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD NF Oc 1 1 0 43 2 21,500 45 0 8Northern Mariana Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD MP Oc 1 1 4 244 63 3,873 257 6 69Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED NO Eur 22 64 2 4,607 4,824 955 1,047 (1) (8)Occupied Palestinian Territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PS As 3,933Oman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED OM As 3,108Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED PK As 16 122 166 13,153 180,808 73 13,745 6 98Palau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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TABLE 2—Seventh-day Adventist Presence in Countries and Areas of the World (Cont’d)

Papua New Guinea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PG Oc 225 866 2,665 249,378 6,610 37,727 27 4 26Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD PY SA 17 54 47 15,782 6,349 2,486 402 3 85Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD PE SA 249 1,940 2,987 425,080 29,165 14,575 69 (13) (7)Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD PH As 433 4,341 1,995 674,816 92,227 7,317 137 9 (16)Pitcairn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD PN Oc 1 1 0 18 0 360,000 3 (18) (64)Poland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED PL Eur 35 122 34 5,741 38,146 151 6,643 (0) 2Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD PT Eur 29 97 29 9,322 10,639 876 1,141 (0) 17Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD PR NA 106 299 26 36,553 3,971 9,205 109 (0) 14Qatar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED QA As 1,409Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID RE Afr 8 16 3 1,378 812 1,697 589 (1) 12Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD RO Eur 292 1,091 280 67,635 21,474 3,150 317 0 (8)Russian Federation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD RU Eur 191 705 493 53,269 141,839 376 2,663 2 1Rwanda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD RW Afr 98 1,508 556 468,384 9,877 47,422 21 5 37Saint Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SH Afr 0 1 1 108 5 21,600 46 35 38Saint Kitts and Nevis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD KN NA 2 11 4 2,111 50 42,220 24 1 26Saint Lucia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD LC NA 11 46 9 15,136 172 88,000 11 0 29Saint Pierre and Miquelon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD PM NA 0 0 0 0 6 0 6,000 0 0Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VC NA 5 36 3 13,733 110 124,845 8 2 37Samoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD WS Oc 16 29 32 6,388 190 33,621 30 10 74San Marino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD SM Eur 0 0 0 0 31 0 31,000 0 0Sao Tome and Principe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ST Afr 5 13 14 2,607 163 15,994 63 15 99Saudi Arabia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SA As 28,687Senegal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD SN Afr 4 3 7 496 12,534 40 25,219 2 69Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED RS Eur 31 168 0 6,626 9,544 694 1,440 (0) (6)Seychelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SC Afr 2 5 4 676 87 7,770 129 (21) 3Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD SL Afr 4 52 74 18,168 5,696 3,190 314 4 53Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD SG As 5 7 0 2,632 5,113 515 1,942 4 17Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD SK Eur 16 41 12 2,197 5,417 406 2,465 (6) (1)Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SI Eur 4 13 2 560 2,043 274 3,642 0 10Solomon Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD SB Oc 41 184 238 40,252 519 77,557 13 3 37Somalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD SO Afr 0 0 0 0 9,133 0 9,133,000 0 0South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZA Afr 131 862 318 90,223 50,674 1,780 562 4 47Spain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD ES Eur 71 105 31 15,244 46,916 325 3,077 4 111Sri Lanka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD LK As 13 36 23 3,735 20,502 182 5,488 1 11Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SD Afr 18 46 177 16,055 42,272 380 2,633 5 98Suriname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD SR SA 3 17 3 3,724 502 7,418 135 0 27Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SJ Eur 0 0 0 0 3 0 3,000 0 0Swaziland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID SZ Afr 8 16 14 5,250 1,185 4,430 226 7 88Sweden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SE Eur 13 39 2 2,800 9,288 301 3,316 0 (3)Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD CH Eur 31 50 6 4,310 7,754 556 1,799 (0) 6Syrian Arab Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED SY As 21,906Taiwan (China) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NSD TW As 33 53 28 5,973 23,079 259 3,863 8 (23)Tajikistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD TJ As 1 7 4 636 7,450 85 11,695 1 19Tanzania, United Republic of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD TZ Afr 150 1,851 1,847 452,199 43,739 10,339 97 11 100Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD TH As 36 42 82 13,071 67,764 193 5,184 4 14Timor-Leste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD TL As 1 1 8 412 1,134 363 2,746 35 358Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAD TG Afr 8 39 91 11,028 6,619 1,666 600 5 131Tokelau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TK Oc 0 0 0 4 1 4,000 200 0 +Tonga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TO Oc 6 12 26 2,456 103 23,845 42 7 34Trinidad and Tobago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD TT NA 65 146 28 63,131 1,333 47,360 21 2 17Tunisia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD TN Afr 0 1 0 28 10,429 3 359,621 0 155Turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD TR As 2 3 2 77 74,816 1 959,179 (4) 75Turkmenistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD TM As 0 1 1 89 5,110 17 56,778 (2) 3Turks and Caicos Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD TC NA 3 8 2 2,045 38 53,816 19 13 239Tuvalu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD TV Oc 0 1 2 157 11 14,273 70 13 3Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ECD UG Afr 155 817 1,813 205,875 30,700 6,706 149 7 89Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD UA Eur 213 915 330 61,613 46,030 1,339 747 1 4United Arab Emirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED AE As 5,066United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . TED GB Eur 138 247 35 30,241 61,823 489 2,044 5 51United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NAD US NA 2,936 4,893 677 1,043,716 306,806 3,402 294 2 21United States Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VI NA 17 13 1 8,121 109 74,505 13 2 8Uruguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAD UY SA 11 49 26 7,343 3,364 2,183 458 6 67Uzbekistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESD UZ As 3 14 4 1,257 27,562 46 21,909 3 3Vanuatu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD VU Oc 13 56 149 17,769 239 74,347 13 8 29Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IAD VE SA 124 815 496 217,538 28,368 7,668 130 10 132Viet Nam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SSD VN As 6 6 31 9,897 87,263 113 8,816 4 47Wallis and Futuna Islands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPD WF Oc 14Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUD EH Afr 0 0 0 0 511 0 511,000 0 0Yemen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TED YE As 0 0 0 0 22,880 0 22,880,000 0 0Zambia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZM Afr 126 1,877 3,618 659,336 12,555 52,516 19 8 98Zimbabwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SID ZW Afr 114 1,180 2,047 616,875 12,523 49,259 20 8 97

SUMMARY Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751 22,545 26,324 5,941,523 998,705 5,949 168 5 59 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,562 12,613 12,732 3,158,465 4,117,435 767 1,304 5 64 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,751 5,534 1,774 387,547 737,725 525 1,904 1 7 North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,529 13,416 7,068 3,822,026 534,233 7,154 140 3 48 Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 1,885 3,421 425,053 35,846 11,858 84 3 25 South America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,520 12,232 12,481 2,573,266 386,030 6,666 150 (7) 28

WORLD TOTALS 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,794 68,225 63,800 16,307,880 6,809,974 2,395 418 2 49

WORLD TOTALS 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,426 65,961 62,430 15,921,408 6,705,479 2,374 421 2 57Note—Statistics for some countries or areas are not available. *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

2009

Churches2009

Companies2009

Church Membership

2009

PopulationEstimate

(Thousands)2009

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 ECDAfar Ethiopia ECDAfrikaans United States of America NADAfrikaans Namibia; South Africa SIDAfrikaans United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern IrelandTED

Akan: Asante; Fante; Kwawu; (Akuapim)

Ghana WAD

Akan: Twi (Ghana) United States of America NADAkawaio 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 Republic of

the; UgandaECD

Ambae, East Vanuatu SPDAmbrym, North Vanuatu SPDAmharic (Amarigna) Ethiopia ECDArabe* Mauritania WADArabic, Contextualized* Morocco EUDArabic, Standard Algeria; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya EUDArabic, Standard Egypt; Iraq; Israel; Jordan;

Kuwait; Lebanon; Sudan; United Arab Emirates

TED

Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Tunisia EUDArakanese (Rakhine) Myanmar SSDArmenian Turkey EUDArmenian Arnenia ESDArmenian United States of America NADArmenian Lebanon TEDAssamese India SUDAvar Russian Federation ESDAymara, Central Bolivia (Plurinational State of);

EcuadorSAD

Aymara, Southern Peru SADAzerbaijani, North Azerbaijan ESDBabatana: Avaso Solomon Islands SPDBadjara Mali WADBadyara Senegal WADBago Philippines SSDBainouk: Gunyamoolo Senegal WADBali (Balinese) Indonesia SSDBalkar 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, Central 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 WADBribri Costa Rica IADBudik Senegal WADBughotu Solomon Islands SPD

Bulgarian Bulgaria EUDBulu Cameroon WADBurmese United States of America NADBurmese (Myen) Myanmar SSDBwamu Burkina Faso WADCatalan Andorra; Spain EUDCebuano (Visayan)

Filipino LanguageUnited States of America NAD

Cebuano: Cebu Philippines SSDChagga: Kihai Tanzania, United Republic of ECDChamorro Guam; Northern Mariana Islands SSDChiga (Rukiga) Uganda ECDChin, Falam Myanmar SSDChin, Haka United States of America NADChin, Haka: Zotung Myanmar SSDChin, Matu (Matupi) Myanmar SSDChin, Ngawn Myanmar SSDChin, Tedim Myanmar SSDChin, Thado Myanmar SSDChinese, Mandarin Canada; United States NADChinese, Mandarin China; Hong Kong SAR (China);

Macao SAR (China); Taiwan (China)

NSD

Chinese, Mandarin Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam

SSD

Chinese, Yue (Cantonese) United States of America NADChisua* Mozambique SIDChuukese (Truk; Trukese) Micronesia (Federated States of) SSDCrioulo, Upper Guinea Cape Verde WADCzech Czech Republic EUDCzech Croatia TEDDagbani Ghana WADDakaka (Baiap; South

Ambrym)Vanuatu SPD

Danish United States of America NADDanish Denmark TEDDayak, Land Malaysia SSDDogon Mali WADDusun Witu Indonesia SSDDutch United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern IrelandTED

Efate, North: Tongoa Vanuatu SPDEfik Nigeria WADEnglish Numerous countries of the worldEpi* Vanuatu SPDErzya (Mordvin) Russian Federation ESDEstonian United States of America NADEstonian Estonia TEDEwe Ghana; Togo WADFaroese Faeroe Islands TEDFarsi, Eastern (Dari) Afghanistan EUDFarsi, Western Iran (Islamic Republic of); Turkey EUDFe'Fe' (Bamileke-Fe'Fe') Cameroon WADFijian United States of America NADFijian (Fiji; Ra;* Rabi*) Fiji; New Zealand SPDFilipino United States of America NADFinnish United States of America 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TED

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

WAD

French, Cajun United States of America NAD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Fulfulde, 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 of America NADGerman, Standard Brazil SADGerman, Standard Namibia; South Africa SIDGhananian Languages Canada; United States NADGikuyu (Kikuyu) Kenya ECDGourmanchema

(Goulmancema; Gourma)

Burkina Faso WAD

Greek United States of America NADGreek Greece TEDGujarati India SUDGurage (Guragigna*) Ethiopia ECDGusii (Ekegusii; Kisii) Kenya ECDGusii (Kisii) United States of America NADGwere (Bagwere;*

Lugwere)Uganda ECD

Ha (Kiha) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDHadiyya (Guddelign;*

Gudeilla;* Hadiyigna*)Ethiopia ECD

Haitian Creole French United States of America NADHausa United States of America NADHausa Ghana; Nigeria WADHaya (Ekihaya) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDHebrew Israel TEDHiligaynon: Bantayan Philippines SSDHindi India SUDHindi, Caribbean

(Hindustani)Suriname IAD

Hmong United States of America NADHmong Njua (Miao) China NSDHungarian Romania; Slovakia EUDHungarian Ukraine ESDHungarian Canada; United States NADHungarian Croatia; Hungary; Israel; Serbia;

SloveniaTED

Ibaloi Philippines SSDIban (Sea Dayak) Malaysia SSDIcelandic Iceland TEDIgbo (Ibo) United States of America NADIgbo (Ibo) Nigeria WADIlocano United States of America NADIlocano Philippines SSDIndian* Fiji SPDIndonesian United States of America NADIndonesian Indonesia; Timor-Leste SSDInuit, Greenlandic

(Greenlandic Eskimo)Greenland TED

Isnag Philippines SSDItalian Italy; Switzerland EUDItalian United States of America NADItneg, Binongan Philippines SSDJapanese United States of America NADJapanese Japan NSDJapanese Brazil; Paraguay SADJavanese Indonesia SSDJingpho (Kachin) Myanmar SSDJita (Kijita*) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDJola-Fogny (Diola-Fogny) Senegal WADJola-Kasa Senegal WAD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

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Languages and Dialects. . .Now in Print (Cont’d)

Jula (Dioula) Burkina Faso WADKabardian Russian Federation ESDKabiye (Cabrais; Kabre) Togo WADKabyle Algeria EUDKaimga* Senegal WADKakwa Uganda ECDKalangaya* (Kalinga,

Madukayang)Philippines SSD

Kalenjin: Nandi, Kipsigis, Tugen

Kenya ECD

Kamba (Kikamba) Kenya ECDKambaata (Kembatigna*) Ethiopia ECDKankanaey Philippines SSDKannada India SUDKaonde Zambia SIDKaramojong Uganda ECDKaren United States of America NADKaren, Pwo Myanmar; Thailand SSDKaren, S'gaw (Burmese

Karen; S'gaw)Myanmar; Thailand SSD

Kazakh Kazakhstan ESDKgalagadi (Shekgalagadi) Botswana SIDKhasi India SUDKhmer, Central

(Cambodia)Canada; United States NAD

Khmer, Central (Cambodia)

Cambodia SSD

Khwe: Bukakhwe, River Bushman

Botswana SID

Kinga (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 Canada; 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 Solomon Islands SPDKwatay 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 of America NADLao (Laotian) Lao People's Democratic Rep;

ThailandSSD

Latvian Latvia TEDLau United States of America NADLenakel Vanuatu SPDLengo Solomon Islands SPDLenje (Chilenje) Zambia SIDLithuanian Lithuania TEDLomwe (Ngulu) Malawi; Mozambique SIDLopevi* Vanuatu SPDLow Lugbara Uganda ECDLozi Zambia SIDLuba-Kasai (Chiluba;*

Tshiluba)Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Lunda: Ndembu Zambia SIDLuo Kenya; Tanzania, United

Republic ofECD

Lusengo: Mongo Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Lushai: Mizo (Hualngo, Lushai)

India SUD

Lushai: Mizo (Hualngo, Lushai)

Myanmar SSD

Luvale Zambia SIDLuyia (Luhya) United States of America 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 IADMizo: Lushai United States of America NADMoba Togo WADMon Myanmar SSDMongolian, Halh: Halh

(Khalkha)Mongolia NSD

Mongolian, Peripheral China NSDMono: Alu (Alo) Solomon Islands SPDMotu, Hiri (Police Motu) Papua New Guinea SPDMpotovoro (Botovoru) Vanuatu 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 of America NADNdau (Chindau; Shanga) Mozambique SIDNdebele Zimbabwe SIDNdowe* Equatorial Guinea WADNepali Bhutan; Nepal SUDNgatik Men's Creole

(Ngatikese)Micronesia (Federated States of) SSD

Ngumba (Mabea) Cameroon WADNias Indonesia SSDNiue Niue SPDNoon Senegal WADNorwegian, Bokmal United States of America 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 ECDNyoro (Runyoro) Uganda ECDOriya India SUDOromo, West Central

(Oromiffa)Ethiopia ECD

Osetin Russian Federation ESDPaama (Asaa*) Vanuatu SPDPalauan (Palau) Palau SSDPampangan (Pampango) Philippines SSDPangasinan Philippines SSD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Panjabi, Eastern (Gurmukhi)

India SUD

Panjabi, Eastern (Punjabi) United States of America NADPapiamentu (Papiamento) Netherlands Antilles IADPapiamentu (Papiamento) Netherlands TEDPidgin, Nigerian United States of America NADPijin Solomon Islands SPDPingelap (Pingelapese) Micronesia (Federated States of) SSDPolish Germany EUDPolish United States of America NADPolish South Africa SIDPolish Israel; Poland; United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TED

Ponapean (Pohnpeian) Micronesia (Federated States of) SSDPortuguese Portugal; Switzerland EUDPortuguese Canada; 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 (Plurinational State of) SADQuichua, Chimborazo

HighlandEcuador SAD

Raltasa* (Linbul*) Vanuatu SPDRarotongan (Cook Islands

Maori)Cook Islands SPD

Rennel (Bellona) Solomon Islands SPDRomanian Chile SADRomanian, Istro Serbia TEDRomanian (Rumanian) Romania EUDRomanian (Rumanian) Moldova, Republic of; Ukraine ESDRomanian (Rumanian) Canada; United States NADRoti (Rote; Rotti) Indonesia SSDRotuman Fiji SPDRoviana Solomon Islands SPDRundi (Kirundi) Burundi; Congo, Democratic Rep

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 of America 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 United States of America NADSamoan New Zealand; Samoa SPDSango Central African Republic WADSanta Cruz Solomon Islands SPDSasak Indonesia SSDSena, Malawi (Chisena) Malawi SIDSerbo-Croatian (Croatian;

Serbian)Canada; United States NAD

Serbo-Croatian (Croatian; Serbian)

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of; Montenegro; Serbia; Slovenia; Sweden

TED

Serere-Sine Senegal WADShan Myanmar SSDShona United States of America NADShona Zimbabwe SIDSidamo (Sidamogna*) Ethiopia ECDSinhala (Sinhalese) Sri Lanka SSDSlavic United States of America NADSlovak (Slovakian) Slovakia EUDSlovak (Slovakian) Serbia TED

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

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Slovenian 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 Republic of)

IAD

Spanish Bermuda; Canada; United States NADSpanish Argentina; Bolivia (Plurinational

State of); Chile; Ecuador; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay

SAD

Spanish United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TED

Spanish Equatorial Guinea WADSranan (Taki-Taki) Suriname IADSukuma (Kisukuma) Tanzania, United Republic of ECDSunda (Sundanese) United States of America NADSunda (Sundanese) Indonesia SSDSururabanga*

(Pentecost*)Vanuatu SPD

Swahili United States of America NADSwahili United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern IrelandTED

Swahili (Kiswahili) Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of

ECD

Swahili, Congo (Zaire Swahili)

Congo, Democratic Rep of the ECD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Swedish United States of America NADSwedish Finland; Sweden TEDTagalog Canada; 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 ECDTetun Dili (Tetum) Timor-Leste SSDThai United States of America NADThai Thailand SSDTibetan China NSDTigrigna (Tigrinya) Eritrea; Ethiopia ECDTo'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 of America NADTongan (Tonga) New Zealand; Tonga SPDToraja-Sa'dan (Toraja) Indonesia SSDTsonga (Shangaan) South Africa SIDTswana (Setswana) Botswana; South Africa SIDTumbuka Malawi; Zambia SIDTurkish Bulgaria; Iran (Islamic Republic

of); TurkeyEUD

Turkmen Turkmenistan ESD

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Tuvaluan (Tuvalu) Tuvalu SPDUghele Solomon Islands SPDUkrainian Italy; Spain EUDUkrainian Ukraine ESDUkrainian Canada; United States NADUrdu United States of America NADUrdu India SUDUrdu Pakistan TEDUrhobo Nigeria WADUripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin:

Atchin (Nale)Vanuatu SPD

Uyghur China NSDUzbek, Northern Uzbekistan ESDVangunu: Bareke Solomon Islands SPDVenda South Africa SIDVietnamese United States of America NADVietnamese Viet Nam SSDVlaams (Flemish) Belgium EUDVlaams (Flemish) United States of America NADVlaams (Flemish) Netherlands TEDWaray-Waray (Samareno) Philippines SSDWolaytta (Wolaitta) Ethiopia ECDWolof (Ouolof) Mauritania; Senegal WADXhosa South Africa SIDYakut Russian Federation ESDYao Malawi SIDYeyi: (Shiyeyi, Moyeyi*) Botswana SIDYoruba Nigeria WADYoruba (Nigerian

Language)United States of America NAD

Yugoslavian* Canada NADZulu South Africa SID

Languageor Dialect

Country or Areaof the World

Divi-sion

Languages and Dialects Used in Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Languages and Dialects Used in Publications and Oral Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901

Summary of All Languages and Dialects in Which Seventh-day Adventist Work is Being Conducted

Key to Seventh-day Adventist Divisions

Symbols Used in the Languages Column in this Table: ( ) = Synonym. : = Dialect. * = Not found in Ethnologue Languages of the World, 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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Notes—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.*Revised.

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 1,929,768,053 106,705,487 590,553,973 170.502009 . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 575 16,949 1,226 8,433 17,071 6,492 741 6,329 16,938 1,106 6,975 78,453 68,225 16,307,880 1,891,325,291 101,510,360 717,183,205 172.05Grand Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,860,262,219 3,362,976,685 13,275,847,292 . . .

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STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 200985

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 2006 2007 2008 2009

Churches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,924 10,237 12,975 16,505 21,155 31,654 48,933 61,818 64,017 65,961 68,225Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,225 61,361 61,700 62,430 63,800Church Membership at End of Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504,752 756,812 1,245,125 2,051,864 3,480,518 6,694,880 11,687,239 15,115,806 15,660,347 15,921,408 16,307,880Baptisms and Professions of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,069 71,796 93,915 157,766 274,767 586,912 1,043,843 1,107,425 1,040,642 1,033,534 1,055,312Net Membership Increase Over Previous Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,082 40,174 51,055 98,786 172,327 477,877 748,057 716,734 544,541 261,061 386,472

General Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,332 24,067 26,799 30,065 41,887 49,606 61,928 72,784 ** 77,048 75,232 78,453Institutional Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,438 14,860 22,091 35,892 51,025 75,294 108,912 129,673 ** 124,313 ** 129,851 134,814Total Active Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,770 38,927 48,890 65,957 92,912 124,900 170,840 202,457 ** 201,361 ** 205,083 213,267

Tithe, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,071,654 27,728,250 59,132,241 124,046,447 398,880,407 659,924,400 1,093,239,507 1,617,800,560 1,911,649,916 1,929,768,053 1,891,325,291World Mission Fund, Including Sabbath School, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,827,536 9,998,658 16,729,067 27,222,200 41,347,973 46,952,476 50,676,432 59,182,024 65,995,632 69,299,763 69,957,923 Sabbath School Mission Offerings, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765,277 4,828,091 8,162,705 14,420,872 34,564,983 40,388,328 44,986,478 53,327,823 59,601,995 60,646,884 61,198,264Other General Conference Funds, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,771,067 31,095,701 22,024,981 24,224,586 30,498,412 26,363,007 23,438,603 Ingathering Funds, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,326,120 4,125,463 7,274,440 10,598,152 16,356,170 15,616,983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Intradivision Funds, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265,164 1,826,479 4,212,698 8,727,373 22,636,910 32,091,500 68,681,659 58,726,281 62,893,995 55,721,745 60,693,636Ingathering Funds,* US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,622,709 10,034,443 11,327,239 11,042,717 8,113,834Local Church Funds, US$. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,061,975 6,354,670 19,828,349 51,185,638 148,807,859 241,651,295 418,356,904 613,722,344 585,641,370 534,832,228 656,489,569Total Tithe and Offerings, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,226,329 45,908,057 99,902,355 211,181,658 642,444,216 1,011,715,372 1,662,602,192 2,383,690,238 2,668,006,564 2,627,027,513 2,710,018,856

Primary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,626 4,155 4,453 4,045 3,849 4,267 4,809 5,666 5,716 5,763 5,899Tertiary Inst, Worker Training Inst, and Secondary Schools . . . . . . . . . . 251 283 370 512 882 995 1,255 1,618 1,726 1,834 1,905Total Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,877 4,438 4,823 4,557 4,731 5,262 6,064 7,284 7,442 7,597 7,804Enrollment—Primary Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,594 166,793 230,446 286,600 331,894 540,647 732,698 944,243 955,012 989,039 1,085,177Enrollment—Tertiary Inst, Worker Training Inst, and Sec Schools . . . . . 19,185 35,884 59,554 85,492 144,809 196,015 332,394 492,047 524,124 556,425 588,403Total Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,779 202,677 290,000 372,092 476,703 736,662 1,065,092 1,436,290 1,479,136 1,545,464 1,673,580

Food Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 32 26 27 20 28 26 29 24 23 21Sales, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161,596,678 301,718,937 414,134,361 835,194,400 939,112,373 598,373,317 . . .

Hospitals and Sanitariums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 106 108 139 153 154 174 168 168 171 167Clinics and Dispensaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 57 102 152 266 322 393 442 433 429 351Nursing Homes and Retirement Ctrs, Orphngs and Children's Homes . . . . . . . 30 49 80 71 158 172 163 162 174Airplanes and Medical Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 20 28 14 8 10 10 10 8

Publishing Houses and Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 43 42 48 50 58 56 63 62 61 63Sales, US$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,324,907 12,602,590 23,543,133 46,882,360 134,693,433 106,422,910 102,041,495 143,500,601 172,343,230 185,321,993 190,820,803Literature Evangelists, Credentialed and Licensed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,062 3,793 3,320 3,973 7,073 7,730 7,085 6,617 ** 6,464 7,048 6,975Languages Used in Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 197 228 266 182 190 327 361 369 ** 369 372

Sabbath Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,817 16,694 22,617 30,601 41,906 76,323 120,865 131,892 129,216 133,191 140,769Sabbath School Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618,507 952,229 1,682,983 2,607,713 4,144,386 8,011,268 14,513,424 19,199,944 19,162,863 20,295,344 19,563,034

Youth Societies (AY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,622 10,892 14,064 19,107 25,100 39,547 52,691 88,448 80,941 103,578 77,346Youth Membership (AY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148,698 268,354 449,996 630,827 1,044,947 1,916,652 2,782,940 3,399,919 3,011,480 2,983,402 3,132,469

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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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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 11,042,7172009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891,325,291 120.07 69,957,923 4.44 23,438,603 60,693,636 8,113,834 656,489,569 2,710,018,856 172.05 61,198,264 8,113,834

Grand Totals . . . . . . . . . . . 31,860,262,219 . . . 2,332,720,264 . . . 922,827,910 1,689,314,713 107,428,511 11,586,532,579 48,499,086,196 . . . 1,756,442,884 696,061,699

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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