Statistical Report 1986
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 December 31, 1986. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1986 reports available prior to conference.)
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.