Statistical Report 1983

Francis M. Gibbons

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 1983. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1983 reports available prior to conference.)

Number of stakes	1,458
Number of districts	343
Number of missions	178
Number of wards	9,329
Number of branches in stakes	2,641
Number of branches in missions (These statistics reflect an increase of 66 stakes and 378 wards and branches during 1983.)	2,024
Number of sovereign countries with organized wards or branches	90
Number of territories, colonies, and possessions with organized wards or branches	17

Total membership at the close of 1983

5,400,000

Increase in children of record	112,000
Children of record baptized	69,000
Converts baptized	189,419

Birthrate per thousand

24.5

Deacons	229,000
Teachers	169,000
Priests	335,000
Elders	444,000
Seventies	32,000
High Priests	190,000

Full-time missionaries

26,565

Names cleared in 1983 for temple endowments

4,288,303

For the living	52,116
For the dead	4,364,928
Temples in operation	25
Temples planned or under construction or renovation Six temples were dedicated in 1983, and six are planned to be dedicated in 1984. (If problems arise, one or more might be delayed until 1985)	17

Seminaries and Institutes, including special programs

389,258

Persons assisted by LDS Social Services	118,672
Persons placed in gainful employment	25,460
Man-days of labor donated to Welfare Services	399,375
Bishops' orders from storehouses	305,891

Prominent Members Who Have Passed Away Since Last April

Elder Mark E. Petersen, member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Clara May Jeffs Hunter, wife of Elder Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve Apostles; Lucille Thurman Buehner, widow of Carl W. Buehner, counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Margaret Ann Newman Wells, widow of John Wells, Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric; Blanche Black Stoddard, former general Relief Society secretary; and Paul Benjamin Tanner, former general Sunday School treasurer.