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SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE (1985-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: Central Chiapas Conference (1989-2008)
Mayab Conference (2000-2008)
North Chiapas Conference (1992-2008)
Quintana Roo Mission (2006-2008)
Soconusco Conference (1999-2008)
Tabasco Conference (1992-2008)
Upper Chiapas Mission (2005-2008)
West Chiapas Mission (2008-2008)
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Entry:  		 South Mexican Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
Central Chiapas Conference 139 42,321 2,417 275 632 32,703 44
Mayab Conference 121 29,658 1,827 452 1,160 29,697 31
North Chiapas Conference 164 53,204 3,566 78 1,603 46,095 38
Quintana Roo Mission 63 19,112 1,856 6 165 20,810 30
Soconusco Conference 179 54,861 2,893 85 672 54,644 47
Tabasco Conference 171 36,596 2,987 72 1,005 38,511 42
Upper Chiapas Mission 57 30,938 2,690 23 837 32,765 26
West Chiapas Mission 93 0 2,703 28 412 24,715 24
SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE 987 266,690 20,939 1,019 6,486 279,940 297
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
Central Chiapas Conference 5.71% 0.65% 1.49% 17.51 235.27 3.16 743.25
Mayab Conference 6.16% 1.52% 3.91% 16.23 245.43 3.90 957.97
North Chiapas Conference 6.70% 0.15% 3.01% 14.92 281.07 4.32 1,213.03
Quintana Roo Mission 9.71% 0.03% 0.86% 10.30 330.32 2.10 693.67
Soconusco Conference 5.27% 0.15% 1.22% 18.96 305.27 3.81 1,162.64
Tabasco Conference 8.16% 0.20% 2.75% 12.25 225.21 4.07 916.93
Upper Chiapas Mission 8.69% 0.07% 2.71% 11.50 574.82 2.19 1,260.19
West Chiapas Mission 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00 265.75 3.88 1,029.79
SOUTH MEXICAN UNION CONFERENCE 7.85% 0.38% 2.43% 12.74 283.63 3.32 942.56

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Field   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  1,098  1,148  1,236  600  640  697  780  841  881  939  987
Companies  3,773  3,593  3,460  2,038  2,147  2,231  2,349  2,545  2,242  2,195  2,312
Beginning
Membership		  342,333  362,014  386,198  394,564  232,901  241,137  245,051  247,504  244,542  255,206  266,690
Baptisms  35,261  36,071  32,366  21,106  17,119  14,177  16,118  18,485  18,381  19,276  20,849
Professions
of Faith		  416  418  427  270  206  244  131  110  166  159  90
Transfers In  1,937  401  656  304  416  195  171  27,701  17,660  215  22,652
Transfers Out  1,402  405  585  168,477  362  190  342  29,080  17,719  395  22,865
Deaths  915  796  1,147  772  476  614  619  603  490  464  1,019
Dropped  12,119  11,689  20,485  11,745  6,490  8,386  9,406  8,025  6,251  5,613  5,129
Missing  4,796  1,503  2,866  2,688  1,619  1,751  3,600  1,808  970  1,728  1,357
Total Gains  37,614  36,890  33,449  21,680  17,741  14,616  16,420  46,296  36,207  19,650  43,591
Total Losses  19,232  14,393  25,083  183,682  8,947  10,941  13,967  39,516  25,430  8,200  30,370
Adjustment  1,299  1,687  0  339  -558  239  0  -9,742  -113  34  29
Net Growth  19,681  24,184  8,366  -161,663  8,236  3,914  2,453  -2,962  10,664  11,484  13,250
Ending
Membership		  362,014  386,198  394,564  232,901  241,137  245,051  247,504  244,542  255,206  266,690  279,940
Growth Rate  5.75%  6.68%  2.17%  -40.97%  3.54%  1.62%  1.00%  -1.20%  4.36%  4.50%  4.97%
Accession Rate  10.42%  10.08%  8.49%  5.42%  7.44%  5.98%  6.63%  7.51%  7.58%  7.62%  7.85%
Death Rate  0.27%  0.22%  0.30%  0.20%  0.20%  0.25%  0.25%  0.24%  0.20%  0.18%  0.38%
Ordained
Ministers		  177  195  211  118  132  139  142  135  157  160  161
Licensed
Ministers		  164  161  151  87  78  92  86  90  92  120  136

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