Adventist Statistics - SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION

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SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION (2003-Present)

Parent Field:	General Conference (1901-Present)
Sub Fields:	ANGOLA UNION MISSION (2003-2008) BOTSWANA UNION MISSION (2004-2008) INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION (2003-2008) MALAWI UNION MISSION (2003-2008) MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION (2003-2008) SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE (2003-2008) ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE (2004-2008) ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE (2003-2008)

Historical Parent Fields:	Church Total (1863-1900)
Historical Sub Fields:	ATTACHED FIELDS TO SID (2003-2003) ZAMBIA UNION MISSION (2003-2003)

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Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division

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Field Name	Churches	Beginning Membership	Accessions (Bapt&POF)	Deaths	Dropped & Missing	Ending Membership	Ord & Lic Ministers
ANGOLA UNION MISSION	982	329,266	15,881	424	1,367	342,387	277
BOTSWANA UNION MISSION	85	27,921	1,398	11	29	28,601	37
INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION	499	108,309	6,945	148	666	114,584	156
MALAWI UNION MISSION	1,262	278,752	34,134	1,696	5,710	305,090	195
MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION	993	228,463	9,919	552	1,001	236,740	65
SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE	956	111,732	5,988	336	2,635	115,063	251
ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE	1,787	567,881	52,807	1,633	3,171	612,644	220
ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE	1,063	534,801	40,521	797	3,290	570,754	187
SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION	7,627	2,187,125	167,593	5,597	17,869	2,325,863	1,399

Field Name	Accession Rate	Death Rate	Dropped/ Missing Rate	Members/ Accession	Members/ Church	Churches/ Minister	Members/ Minister
ANGOLA UNION MISSION	4.82%	0.13%	0.42%	20.73	348.66	3.55	1,236.05
BOTSWANA UNION MISSION	5.01%	0.04%	0.10%	19.97	336.48	2.30	773.00
INDIAN OCEAN UNION MISSION	6.41%	0.14%	0.61%	15.60	229.63	3.20	734.51
MALAWI UNION MISSION	12.25%	0.61%	2.05%	8.17	241.75	6.47	1,564.56
MOZAMBIQUE UNION MISSION	4.34%	0.24%	0.44%	23.03	238.41	15.28	3,642.15
SOUTHERN AFRICA UNION CONFERENCE	5.36%	0.30%	2.36%	18.66	120.36	3.81	458.42
ZAMBIA UNION CONFERENCE	9.30%	0.29%	0.56%	10.75	342.83	8.12	2,784.75
ZIMBABWE UNION CONFERENCE	7.58%	0.15%	0.62%	13.20	536.93	5.68	3,052.16
SOUTHERN AFRICA-INDIAN OCEAN DIVISION	7.66%	0.26%	0.82%	13.05	304.95	5.45	1,662.52

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Field	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Churches	6,479	6,735	6,973	7,105	7,404	7,627
Companies	11,525	12,001	12,413	11,638	11,772	11,978
Beginning Membership	1,624,282	1,713,768	1,863,895	1,961,735	2,064,919	2,187,125
Baptisms	118,592	180,920	138,787	132,770	143,195	165,561
Professions of Faith	2,884	4,763	3,048	1,959	2,325	2,032
Transfers In	15,537	16,847	20,134	16,100	14,567	14,847
Transfers Out	16,540	17,551	19,739	21,039	16,565	18,844
Deaths	6,583	7,646	6,782	6,691	6,997	5,597
Dropped	13,776	13,406	11,414	11,470	9,679	9,090
Missing	11,204	11,412	13,209	9,601	8,122	8,779
Total Gains	137,013	202,530	161,969	150,829	160,087	182,440
Total Losses	48,103	50,015	51,144	48,801	41,363	42,310
Adjustment	576	-2,388	-12,985	1,156	3,482	-1,392
Net Growth	89,486	150,127	97,840	103,184	122,206	138,738
Ending Membership	1,713,768	1,863,895	1,961,735	2,064,919	2,187,125	2,325,863
Growth Rate	5.51%	8.76%	5.25%	5.26%	5.92%	6.34%
Accession Rate	7.48%	10.83%	7.61%	6.87%	7.05%	7.66%
Death Rate	0.41%	0.45%	0.36%	0.34%	0.34%	0.26%
Ordained Ministers	827	831	832	866	898	948
Licensed Ministers	401	414	476	476	430	451

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