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NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION (1997-Present)
Parent Field:  General Conference (1901-Present)
Sub Fields: CHINESE UNION MISSION (1999-2008)
JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE (1997-2008)
KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE (1997-2008)
Mongolia Mission Field (2000-2008)
Historical
Parent Fields:		 Church Total (1863-1900)
Historical
Sub Fields:		 CHINA AND MONGOLIA (1997-1997)
EAST ASIA ASSOCIATION (1997-1998)
Mongolian Field (1999-1999)
SOUTH CHINA ISLAND UNION MISSION (1997-1998)
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Entry:  		 Northern Asia-Pacific Division

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Sub Field Data for 2008
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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
CHINESE UNION MISSION 1,149 370,752 12,255 75 2,455 380,476 234
JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE 115 15,213 308 178 60 15,299 116
KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE 702 203,517 6,418 79 54 209,883 892
Mongolia Mission Field 4 1,202 179 0 0 1,399 17
NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION 1,970 590,684 19,160 332 2,569 607,057 1,269
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
CHINESE UNION MISSION 3.31% 0.02% 0.66% 30.25 331.14 4.91 1,625.97
JAPAN UNION CONFERENCE 2.02% 1.17% 0.39% 49.39 133.03 0.99 131.89
KOREAN UNION CONFERENCE 3.15% 0.04% 0.03% 31.71 298.98 0.79 235.29
Mongolia Mission Field 14.89% 0.00% 0.00% 6.72 349.75 0.24 82.29
NORTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION 3.24% 0.06% 0.43% 30.83 308.15 1.55 478.37

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Field   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  1,510  1,525  1,618  1,762  1,708  1,729  1,759  1,776  1,825  1,940  1,970
Companies  2,305  2,299  2,145  1,460  2,670  2,211  2,221  2,541  2,729  3,145  3,302
Beginning
Membership		  402,513  427,955  460,701  483,610  499,763  512,254  520,614  546,176  559,264  575,949  590,684
Baptisms  20,993  33,554  26,804  18,358  13,111  9,999  19,604  17,655  17,478  16,426  15,688
Professions
of Faith		  6,071  83  101  2,609  116  142  137  342  445  3,760  3,472
Transfers In  673  942  959  846  803  674  665  770  1,189  821  633
Transfers Out  617  964  992  871  818  679  623  731  693  762  537
Deaths  473  487  477  335  406  436  347  526  407  450  332
Dropped  79  76  178  60  102  194  114  3,315  766  54  47
Missing  1,104  275  3,307  4,395  419  1,123  215  1,082  543  5,002  2,522
Total Gains  27,737  34,579  27,864  21,813  14,030  10,815  20,406  18,767  19,112  21,007  19,793
Total Losses  2,273  1,802  4,954  5,661  1,745  2,432  1,299  5,654  2,409  6,268  3,438
Adjustment  -22  -31  -1  1  206  -23  6,455  -25  -18  -4  18
Net Growth  25,442  32,746  22,909  16,153  12,491  8,360  25,562  13,088  16,685  14,735  16,373
Ending
Membership		  427,955  460,701  483,610  499,763  512,254  520,614  546,176  559,264  575,949  590,684  607,057
Growth Rate  6.32%  7.65%  4.97%  3.34%  2.50%  1.63%  4.91%  2.40%  2.98%  2.56%  2.77%
Accession Rate  6.72%  7.86%  5.84%  4.34%  2.65%  1.98%  3.79%  3.30%  3.20%  3.50%  3.24%
Death Rate  0.12%  0.11%  0.10%  0.07%  0.08%  0.09%  0.07%  0.10%  0.07%  0.08%  0.06%
Ordained
Ministers		  634  666  779  809  842  851  881  892  921  931  971
Licensed
Ministers		  320  294  283  311  313  334  324  321  302  305  298

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