Statistical Report 1986
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.