“Statistical Report 1984,” Ensign, May 1985, 20
Statistical Report 1984
For the information of the members of the Church, the First Presidency has issued the following statistical report concerning the growth and status of the Church as of 31 December 1984.
Church Units
|
Number of stakes |
1,507 |
|
Number of districts |
353 |
|
Number of missions |
180 |
|
Number of wards |
9,723 |
|
Number of branches in stakes |
2,697 |
|
Number of branches in missions |
2,043 |
|
Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches |
96 |
|
Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches |
18 |
Church Membership
|
Total membership at the close of 1984 |
5,650,000 |
Church Growth During 1984
|
Increase in Children of Record |
98,000 |
|
Children of Record baptized |
69,000 |
|
Converts baptized |
192,983 |
Priesthood
|
Deacons |
240,000 |
|
Teachers |
178,000 |
|
Priests |
356,000 |
|
Elders |
465,000 |
|
Seventies |
33,000 |
|
High Priests |
198,000 |
Missionaries
|
Full-time Missionaries |
27,655 |
Genealogical Data
|
Names cleared in 1984 for temple endowments |
6,328,870 |
Temples
Number of endowments performed during 1984:
|
For the living |
53,998 |
|
For the dead |
4,395,424 |
|
Temples in operation |
31 |
|
Temples planned or under construction |
15 |
|
Temples closed during the year for renovation |
1 |
(Six temples were dedicated in 1984, and seven are planned to be dedicated in 1985.)
Church Educational System
Total enrollment during 1983–84 school year:
|
Seminaries and Institutes, including special programs |
322,802 |
|
Church schools, colleges, and continuing education |
440,502 |
Welfare Services
|
Persons assisted by LDS Social Services |
84,069 |
|
Persons placed in gainful employment |
26,116 |
|
Man-days of labor donated to Welfare Services |
277,754 |
|
Bishop’s orders from storehouses |
345,498 |
Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April
Elder G. Homer Durham, a member of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy, who was Church Historian and Recorder; Ethel D. Stapley, widow of Elder Delbert L. Stapley, a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Neil D. Schaerrer, former general president of the Young Men Organization; and Emily Higgs Bennett, former counselor in the YWMIA Presidency.