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WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE (1964-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: Bahamas Conference (1965-2008)
Cayman Islands Conference (2004-2008)
Central Jamaica Conference (1962-2008)
East Jamaica Conference (1959-2008)
North Bahamas Mission (2003-2008)
North Jamaica Mission (2003-2008)
Turks and Caicos Islands Mission (1965-2008)
West Jamaica Conference (1959-2008)
Historical Names: WEST INDIES UNION MISSION (1959-1963)
WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE (1964-Present)
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Sub Fields:		 Bahamas Mission (1959-1964)
Cayman Islands Mission (1959-2003)
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Entry:  		 West Indies Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
Bahamas Conference 42 14,426 808 15 7 15,212 27
Cayman Islands Conference 15 3,692 249 18 18 3,846 11
Central Jamaica Conference 174 71,136 3,699 142 125 74,550 64
East Jamaica Conference 122 65,231 2,687 117 72 67,696 42
North Bahamas Mission 11 2,248 184 3 12 2,364 4
North Jamaica Mission 114 24,448 1,735 105 135 25,930 28
Turks and Caicos Islands Mission 7 1,622 178 0 0 1,804 3
West Jamaica Conference 197 68,780 3,601 226 322 71,822 49
WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE 682 251,583 13,141 626 691 263,224 249
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
Bahamas Conference 5.60% 0.10% 0.05% 17.85 362.19 1.56 563.41
Cayman Islands Conference 6.74% 0.49% 0.49% 14.83 256.40 1.36 349.64
Central Jamaica Conference 5.20% 0.20% 0.18% 19.23 428.45 2.72 1,164.84
East Jamaica Conference 4.12% 0.18% 0.11% 24.28 554.89 2.90 1,611.81
North Bahamas Mission 8.19% 0.13% 0.53% 12.22 214.91 2.75 591.00
North Jamaica Mission 7.10% 0.43% 0.55% 14.09 227.46 4.07 926.07
Turks and Caicos Islands Mission 10.97% 0.00% 0.00% 9.11 257.71 2.33 601.33
West Jamaica Conference 5.24% 0.33% 0.47% 19.10 364.58 4.02 1,465.76
WEST INDIES UNION CONFERENCE 5.22% 0.25% 0.27% 19.14 385.96 2.74 1,057.12

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Field   1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  595  596  603  606  634  646  660  666  669  676  682
Companies  73  75  74  85  80  79  69  69  67  65  64
Beginning
Membership		  162,129  171,552  184,938  195,429  202,324  208,101  215,889  226,783  234,498  242,741  251,583
Baptisms  12,180  16,332  13,300  9,407  9,224  10,319  13,639  10,184  12,148  10,560  13,078
Professions
of Faith		  84  64  89  86  53  60  53  59  34  100  63
Transfers In  443  507  715  507  572  32,478  4,324  496  381  410  302
Transfers Out  514  586  696  620  973  32,754  4,504  620  676  628  439
Deaths  563  619  750  704  858  677  670  637  528  585  626
Dropped  1,857  1,829  1,675  1,392  1,655  1,451  1,498  1,286  1,250  978  627
Missing  350  483  492  389  672  187  450  481  271  60  64
Total Gains  12,707  16,903  14,104  10,000  9,849  42,857  18,016  10,739  12,563  11,070  13,443
Total Losses  3,284  3,517  3,613  3,105  4,158  35,069  7,122  3,024  2,725  2,251  1,756
Adjustment    0  0  0  86  0  0  0  -1,595  23  -46
Net Growth  9,423  13,386  10,491  6,895  5,777  7,788  10,894  7,715  8,243  8,842  11,641
Ending
Membership		  171,552  184,938  195,429  202,324  208,101  215,889  226,783  234,498  242,741  251,583  263,224
Growth Rate  5.81%  7.80%  5.67%  3.53%  2.86%  3.74%  5.05%  3.40%  3.52%  3.64%  4.63%
Accession Rate  7.56%  9.56%  7.24%  4.86%  4.59%  4.99%  6.34%  4.52%  5.19%  4.39%  5.22%
Death Rate  0.35%  0.36%  0.41%  0.36%  0.42%  0.33%  0.31%  0.28%  0.23%  0.24%  0.25%
Ordained
Ministers		  142  138  145  140  155  170  162  158  159  159  167
Licensed
Ministers		  54  54  60  65  54  64  66  74  68  81  82

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