Statistical Report 1986

F. Michael Watson

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 (These statistics reflect an increase of 40 stakes and 379 wards and branches during 1986.)	24

Total membership at the close of 1986

6,170,000

Increase in Children of Record	93,000
Children of Record baptized	72,000
Converts baptized	216,210

Adult males with Melchizedek Priesthood	745,000
Adult males and young men with Aaronic Priesthood	844,000

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.