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SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE (2003-Present)
Parent Field:  INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION (1922-Present)
Sub Fields: Caribbean Costa Rica Mission (2003-2008)
Central Panama Mission (2007-2008)
Central-South Costa Rica Conference (2006-2008)
East Panama Conference (2003-2008)
Nicaragua Mission (2003-2008)
North Costa Rica Mission (2003-2008)
West Panama Mission (2003-2008)
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Sub Fields:		 Central South Costa Rica Mission (2003-2003)
Central-South Costa Rica Mission (2004-2005)
Costa Rica Mission (2003-2003)
Yearbook
Entry:  		 South Central American Union Conference

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Field Name Churches Beginning
Membership		 Accessions
(Bapt&POF)		 Deaths Dropped
& Missing		 Ending
Membership		 Ord & Lic
Ministers
Caribbean Costa Rica Mission 54 13,443 792 53 229 13,953 10
Central Panama Mission 41 11,685 1,626 20 424 12,908 14
Central-South Costa Rica Conference 66 23,178 1,100 30 308 23,948 20
East Panama Conference 74 26,725 2,751 73 411 28,625 27
Nicaragua Mission 208 92,474 10,399 60 479 102,307 32
North Costa Rica Mission 59 21,026 1,500 9 51 22,437 15
West Panama Mission 126 43,071 2,514 27 137 45,411 17
SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE 628 231,602 20,682 272 2,039 249,589 141
Field Name Accession Rate Death Rate Dropped/
Missing Rate		 Members/
Accession		 Members/
Church		 Churches/
Minister		 Members/
Minister
Caribbean Costa Rica Mission 5.89% 0.39% 1.70% 16.97 258.39 5.40 1,395.30
Central Panama Mission 13.92% 0.17% 3.63% 7.19 314.83 2.93 922.00
Central-South Costa Rica Conference 4.75% 0.13% 1.33% 21.07 362.85 3.30 1,197.40
East Panama Conference 10.29% 0.27% 1.54% 9.71 386.82 2.74 1,060.19
Nicaragua Mission 11.25% 0.06% 0.52% 8.89 491.86 6.50 3,197.09
North Costa Rica Mission 7.13% 0.04% 0.24% 14.02 380.29 3.93 1,495.80
West Panama Mission 5.84% 0.06% 0.32% 17.13 360.40 7.41 2,671.24
SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION CONFERENCE 8.93% 0.12% 0.88% 11.20 397.43 4.45 1,770.13

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Field   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008  
Churches  512  521  557  566  601  628
Companies  74  74  100  131  142  162
Beginning
Membership		  147,919  153,494  155,570  198,967  215,534  231,602
Baptisms  9,790  4,972  47,784  19,292  18,901  20,364
Professions
of Faith		  51  48  8  81  82  318
Transfers In  43,137  111  216  216  12,654  683
Transfers Out  43,188  163  313  347  13,013  1,067
Deaths  122  147  189  374  262  272
Dropped  1,213  1,076  1,375  1,276  920  1,259
Missing  2,867  1,669  2,734  1,025  1,374  780
Total Gains  52,978  5,131  48,008  19,589  31,637  21,365
Total Losses  47,390  3,055  4,611  3,022  15,569  3,378
Adjustment  -13  0  0  0  0  0
Net Growth  5,575  2,076  43,397  16,567  16,068  17,987
Ending
Membership		  153,494  155,570  198,967  215,534  231,602  249,589
Growth Rate  3.77%  1.35%  27.90%  8.33%  7.45%  7.77%
Accession Rate  6.65%  3.27%  30.72%  9.74%  8.81%  8.93%
Death Rate  0.08%  0.10%  0.12%  0.19%  0.12%  0.12%
Ordained
Ministers		  65  71  82  79  82  85
Licensed
Ministers		  42  44  32  47  49  56

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