Adventist Statistics - SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION

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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)
Historical Parent Fields:	Church Total (1863-1900)
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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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