Statistical Report, 2009
The First Presidency has issued the following statistical report of the Church as of December 31, 2009.
Church Units
|
Stakes |
2,865 |
|
Missions |
344 |
|
Districts |
616 |
|
Wards and Branches |
28,424 |
Church Membership
|
Total Church Membership |
13,824,854 |
|
New Children of Record during 2009 |
119,722 |
|
Converts Baptized during 2009 |
280,106 |
Missionaries
|
Number of Full-Time Missionaries |
51,736 |
Temples
|
Temples Dedicated during 2009 (Draper Utah and Oquirrh Mountain Utah) |
2 |
|
Temples in Operation |
130 |
Former General Church Officers and Other Prominent Church Members Who Have Passed Away since Last April
Elder Royden G. Derrick, an emeritus General Authority; Elders George I. Cannon, W. Don Ladd, Douglas J. Martin, and Joseph C. Muren, former members of the Seventy; Sister Colleen W. Asay, widow of Elder Carlos E. Asay, an emeritus General Authority; Sister Jeanne C. Dunn, widow of Elder Paul H. Dunn, an emeritus General Authority; Sister Jelaire C. Simpson, widow of Elder Robert L. Simpson, an emeritus General Authority; Sister Jacqueline Y. Lawrence, wife of Elder W. Mack Lawrence, a former member of the Seventy; Sister Betty N. Turley, wife of Elder Richard E. Turley Sr., a former member of the Seventy; Brother David S. King, former assistant in the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association general superintendency; Sister Ann S. Reese, former counselor in the Relief Society general presidency; Brother Robert J. Matthews, an authority on the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible; and Brother Truman G. Madsen, Church scholar and former director of the BYU Jerusalem Center.