For the information of the members of the Church, the First Presidency has issued the following statistical report regarding the growth and status of the Church as of December 31, 2014.
|
Church Units
|
Number
|
Increase*
|
Percent Increase*
|
|
Stakes
|
3,113
|
63
|
2.07%
|
|
Missions**
|
406
|
1
|
0.25%
|
|
Districts
|
561
|
|
|
|
Wards and Branches
|
29,621
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Church Membership
|
|
|
|
|
Total Membership
|
15,372,337
|
341,127
|
1.92%
|
|
New Children of
Record during 2012
|
116,409
|
|
|
|
Converts Baptized
during 2012***
|
296,803
|
13,858
|
4.90%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Missionaries
|
|
|
|
|
Full-Time
Missionaries****
|
85,147
|
2,112
|
2.54%
|
|
Church-Service
Missionaries
|
30,404
|
|
new high
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Temples
|
|
|
|
|
Temples Dedicated
during 2014
|
|
|
|
|
(Fort Lauderdale
Florida, Gilbert Arizona, and Phoenix Arizona)
|
3
|
|
2.13%
|
|
Temples Rededicated
during 2014 (Ogden)
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Temples in Operation
|
144
|
|
|
* my own calculations
** The Church created 58 last year and has announced 13 more for 2015
*** Highest number of convert baptisms since 1999 (flood earth with Books of Mormon)
**** The maximum was 88,000 hit Oct 2014, Dec 2012 was 59,000
Total Membership growth dipped below 2% for the first time since 1946, however stake growth was the highest since 1998. My analysis is not that the church is choosing smaller stakes, but that foreign computer records are improving and being cleaned up, while the increased missionary force is helping with reactivation and retention and allowing for the best stake and unit growth in years.
Additional analysis here: ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2015/04/2014-statistical-report and here: cumorah.com/case_studies
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