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SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION (1985-Present)
Parent Field:  General Conference (1901-Present)
Sub Fields: AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE (2001-2008)
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE (2003-2008)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION (1972-2008)
TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION (2003-2008)
Historical Names: AUSTRALASIAN DIVISION (1925-1984)
SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION (1985-Present)
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Parent Fields:		 Church Total (1863-1900)
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Entry:  		 South Pacific Division

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE 415 53,518 1,266 475 287 54,173 327
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE 136 17,439 569 119 927 16,943 92
PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION 870 237,220 6,801 521 3,296 240,296 331
TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION 444 91,802 4,697 80 329 96,093 167
SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION 1,865 399,979 13,333 1,195 4,839 407,505 958
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
AUSTRALIAN UNION CONFERENCE 2.37% 0.89% 0.54% 42.27 130.54 1.27 165.67
NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE 3.26% 0.68% 5.32% 30.65 124.58 1.48 184.16
PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNION MISSION 2.87% 0.22% 1.39% 34.88 276.20 2.63 725.97
TRANS PACIFIC UNION MISSION 5.12% 0.09% 0.36% 19.54 216.43 2.66 575.41
SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION 3.33% 0.30% 1.21% 30.00 218.50 1.95 425.37

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Field   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  1,673  1,688  1,740  1,768  1,797  1,887  1,828  1,830  1,830  1,850  1,865
Companies  2,875  2,541  2,535  2,887  3,249  3,282  3,134  3,137  3,188  3,197  3,358
Beginning
Membership		  299,018  317,560  335,990  348,351  358,451  361,758  366,672  378,281  390,425  397,189  399,979
Baptisms  20,310  22,344  15,634  11,242  8,354  12,861  15,473  16,775  12,281  9,393  12,162
Professions
of Faith		  385  678  689  747  824  2,556  1,662  1,769  5,669  1,193  1,171
Transfers In  4,909  2,413  2,919  3,251  3,088  3,479  2,718  2,534  2,439  2,514  2,677
Transfers Out  2,955  2,284  3,087  3,096  2,849  3,259  2,957  2,371  2,302  2,323  2,450
Deaths  981  809  1,127  819  1,169  1,603  1,017  1,119  1,291  1,180  1,195
Dropped  1,332  1,153  1,100  873  1,273  2,002  1,024  1,847  1,232  1,330  989
Missing  1,253  2,525  1,675  1,527  3,668  7,118  3,246  3,597  8,800  5,477  3,850
Total Gains  25,604  25,435  19,242  15,240  12,266  18,896  19,853  21,078  20,389  13,100  16,010
Total Losses  6,521  6,771  6,989  6,315  8,959  13,982  8,244  8,934  13,625  10,310  8,484
Adjustment  -541  -234  108  1,175  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Net Growth  18,542  18,430  12,361  10,100  3,307  4,914  11,609  12,144  6,764  2,790  7,526
Ending
Membership		  317,560  335,990  348,351  358,451  361,758  366,672  378,281  390,425  397,189  399,979  407,505
Growth Rate  6.20%  5.80%  3.68%  2.90%  0.92%  1.36%  3.17%  3.21%  1.73%  0.70%  1.88%
Accession Rate  6.92%  7.25%  4.86%  3.44%  2.56%  4.26%  4.67%  4.90%  4.60%  2.67%  3.33%
Death Rate  0.33%  0.25%  0.34%  0.24%  0.33%  0.44%  0.28%  0.30%  0.33%  0.30%  0.30%
Ordained
Ministers		  693  717  715  770  716  674  702  689  689  694  715
Licensed
Ministers		  242  245  254  337  288  244  245  230  245  217  243

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