Statistical Report 1986
Church Units
|
Number of stakes |
1,622 |
|
Number of districts |
346 |
|
Number of missions |
193 |
|
Number of wards |
10,527 |
|
Number of branches in stakes |
2,792 |
|
Number of branches in missions |
2,070 |
|
Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches |
98 |
|
Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches |
24 |
(These statistics reflect an increase of 40 stakes and 379 wards and branches during 1986.)
Church Membership
|
Total membership at the close of 1986 |
6,170,000 |
Church Growth During 1986
|
Increase in Children of Record |
93,000 |
|
Children of Record baptized |
72,000 |
|
Converts baptized |
216,210 |
Priesthood
|
Adult males with Melchizedek Priesthood |
745,000 |
|
Adult males and young men with Aaronic Priesthood |
844,000 |
Missionaries
|
Full-time missionaries |
31,803 |
Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April
Elder A. Theodore Tuttle, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Elder Henry D. Taylor, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Elder James A. Cullimore, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Elder O. Leslie Stone, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; May J. Dyer, widow of Elder Alvin R. Dyer, former Counselor in the First Presidency and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Beverly J. Call, wife of Elder Waldo P. Call of the First Quorum of the Seventy; G. Carlos Smith, Jr., former general superintendent of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association.