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EURO-AFRICA DIVISION (1972-Present)
Parent Field:  General Conference (1901-Present)
Sub Fields: AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE (2008-2008)
BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE (2008-2008)
CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE (1993-2008)
FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE (1972-2008)
ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE (2008-2008)
NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE (1992-2008)
PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE (2008-2008)
ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE (1972-2008)
SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE (1972-2008)
SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE (2008-2008)
SWISS UNION CONFERENCE (1972-2008)
TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES (2004-2008)
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Parent Fields:		 Church Total (1863-1900)
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Entry:  		 Euro-Africa Division

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 49 3,823 87 27 48 3,871 34
BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 118 7,616 245 128 110 7,598 59
CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE 186 9,777 218 135 72 9,861 96
FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE 138 14,006 701 159 229 14,626 84
ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 107 8,361 302 51 50 8,675 76
NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE 357 20,581 337 332 192 20,301 140
PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 97 9,180 261 114 98 9,332 27
ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE 1,085 68,860 1,778 1,621 795 67,393 318
SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE 225 15,344 279 201 100 15,350 112
SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 104 13,892 633 70 168 14,625 77
SWISS UNION CONFERENCE 49 4,365 89 57 102 4,311 42
TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES 7 242 24 0 0 266 8
EURO-AFRICA DIVISION 2,522 176,047 4,954 2,895 1,964 176,209 1,113
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
AUSTRIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 2.28% 0.71% 1.26% 43.94 79.00 1.44 113.85
BULGARIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 3.22% 1.68% 1.44% 31.09 64.39 2.00 128.78
CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN UNION CONFERENCE 2.23% 1.38% 0.74% 44.85 53.02 1.94 102.72
FRANCO-BELGIAN UNION CONFERENCE 5.00% 1.14% 1.64% 19.98 105.99 1.64 174.12
ITALIAN UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 3.61% 0.61% 0.60% 27.69 81.07 1.41 114.14
NORTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE 1.64% 1.61% 0.93% 61.07 56.87 2.55 145.01
PORTUGUESE UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 2.84% 1.24% 1.07% 35.17 96.21 3.59 345.63
ROMANIAN UNION CONFERENCE 2.58% 2.35% 1.15% 38.73 62.11 3.41 211.93
SOUTH GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE 1.82% 1.31% 0.65% 55.00 68.22 2.01 137.05
SPANISH UNION OF CHURCHES CONFERENCE 4.56% 0.50% 1.21% 21.95 140.63 1.35 189.94
SWISS UNION CONFERENCE 2.04% 1.31% 2.34% 49.04 87.98 1.17 102.64
TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN TERRITORIES 9.92% 0.00% 0.00% 10.08 38.00 0.88 33.25
EURO-AFRICA DIVISION 2.81% 1.64% 1.12% 35.54 69.87 2.27 158.32

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Field   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  3,932  3,948  3,985  4,095  4,163  2,467  2,479  2,475  2,496  2,507  2,522
Companies  901  940  3,557  3,583  3,921  523  591  621  673  701  706
Beginning
Membership		  475,823  498,721  520,503  539,920  558,991  170,111  170,264  171,733  173,725  174,734  176,047
Baptisms  28,166  27,805  25,792  23,405  25,624  4,081  4,676  4,504  4,679  4,267  4,440
Professions
of Faith		  1,083  528  1,049  1,324  1,004  434  465  590  474  566  514
Transfers In  5,083  5,462  5,708  6,785  6,534  5,307  5,120  6,137  4,865  4,740  5,698
Transfers Out  5,181  5,267  5,646  5,826  6,086  5,562  4,811  5,354  4,714  4,488  5,596
Deaths  2,913  3,103  3,108  2,909  3,078  2,292  2,184  2,280  2,406  2,468  2,895
Dropped  3,217  3,357  3,854  3,713  3,430  1,733  1,874  1,541  1,704  1,748  1,824
Missing  66  223  102  110  63  120  133  107  72  64  140
Total Gains  34,332  33,795  32,549  31,514  33,162  9,822  10,261  11,231  10,018  9,573  10,652
Total Losses  11,377  11,950  12,710  12,558  12,657  9,707  9,002  9,282  8,896  8,768  10,455
Adjustment  -57  -63  -422  115  3,482  38  210  43  -113  508  -35
Net Growth  22,898  21,782  19,417  19,071  23,987  153  1,469  1,992  1,009  1,313  162
Ending
Membership		  498,721  520,503  539,920  558,991  582,978  170,264  171,733  173,725  174,734  176,047  176,209
Growth Rate  4.81%  4.37%  3.73%  3.53%  4.29%  0.09%  0.86%  1.16%  0.58%  0.75%  0.09%
Accession Rate  6.15%  5.68%  5.16%  4.58%  4.76%  2.65%  3.02%  2.97%  2.97%  2.77%  2.81%
Death Rate  0.61%  0.62%  0.60%  0.54%  0.55%  1.35%  1.28%  1.33%  1.38%  1.41%  1.64%
Ordained
Ministers		  917  949  972  1,011  1,053  861  853  886  853  876  886
Licensed
Ministers		  350  390  389  357  333  220  279  235  217  261  227

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