Statistical Report 1985
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 1985. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1985 reports available prior to conference.)
Church Units
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Number of stakes |
1,582 |
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Number of districts |
352 |
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Number of missions |
188 |
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Number of wards |
10,168 |
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Number of branches in stakes |
2,766 |
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Number of branches in missions |
2,071 |
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Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches |
95 |
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Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches |
20 |
(These statistics reflect an increase of 75 stakes and 542 wards and branches during 1985.)
Church Membership
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Total membership at the close of 1985 |
5,920,000 |
Church Growth During 1985
|
Increase in Children of Record |
95,000 |
|
Children of Record baptized |
70,000 |
|
Converts baptized |
197,640 |
Priesthood
|
Deacons |
248,000 |
|
Teachers |
186,000 |
|
Priests |
375,000 |
|
Elders |
481,000 |
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Seventies |
33,000 |
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High Priests |
208,000 |
Missionaries
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Full-time Missionaries |
29,265 |
Genealogical Data
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Names cleared in 1985 for temple endowments |
10,552,130 |
Temples
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Number of endowments performed during 1985: |
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Temples in operation |
37 | ||||
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Temples planned or under construction |
10 | ||||
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Temples closed during the year for renovation |
1 |
Five temples were dedicated and one rededicated in 1985.
Church School System
Total enrollment during 1984–85 school year:
|
Seminaries and institutes, including special programs |
349,827 |
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Church schools and colleges |
45,558 |
|
Continuing education |
366,257 |
Welfare Services
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Persons assisted by LDS Social Services |
82,804 |
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Persons placed in gainful employment |
34,552 |
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Man-days of labor donated to Welfare Services |
244,766 |
|
Bishop’s orders from storehouses |
344,562 |
Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April
President Spencer W. Kimball, twelfth President of the Church, at age ninety, on November 5, 1985; Elder Bruce R. McConkie, a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Norma P. Anderson, wife of Elder Joseph Anderson; Dorothy C. Stone, wife of Elder O. Leslie Stone; and Richard P. Condie, director of the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir for seventeen years.