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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 26, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 26.

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Church and Conference Work

No. Name of conference or mission Organized (a) Population (b) Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Total tithe receipts Tithe per capita (c) Church buildings Estimated value Seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Book and periodical canvassers Total laborers (d) Retail value of book and periodical sales
West Indian Union Conf. 1906 — — — — — — — 3.86 — — — — 1 — 4 — 5 —
1 Central Amer. Conf. (e) 1908 3,530,242 5 200 4 50 — 250 1,470.10 5.88 7 1,125.00 700 1 1 6 — 11 —
2 Jamaica Conference 1903 831,000 37 1,421 19 191 254 1,866 5,614.92 3.01 23 12,350.32 3,140 5 3 6 10 24 4,561.07
3 South Caribbean Conf. 1906 650,000 15 926 — — — 926 3,337.65 3.60 15 8,350.00 1,880 4 3 6 3 16 —
4 West Caribbean Conf. (e) 1906 1,069,297 13 425 9 100 20 545 4,000.00 7.34 10 8,600.00 1,320 4 1 3 5 13 7,000.00
5 British Guiana Mission 1906 300,000 12 437 4 20 — 457 836.81 1.83 10 3,200.00 800 2 3 1 2 8 446.64
6 Cuban Mission (e) 1905 2,028,282 3 84 2 20 20 124 1,200.00 9.68 — — — 2 1 7 4 14 5,000.00
7 East Caribbean Mission 1909 600,000 5 260 3 80 6 296 988.67 3.33 8 3,000.00 1,050 3 1 1 — 2 150.00
8 Haitian Mission 1906 1,500,000 4 146 7 57 3 206 779.00 3.78 1 1,250.00 160 1 1 2 — 4 48.92
9 Porto Rico Mission 1906 1,768,012 1 28 — — 2 30 654.55 21.81 — — — 1 1 3 2 7 3,000.53
10 Venezuela Mission (e) 1911 3,000,000 1 20 — — — 20 140.00 7.00 — — — 1 — 1 — 2 —
Totals — 15,276,833 96 3,947 50 468 305 4,720 19,025.56 4.03 74 37,855.32 9,056 25 15 40 26 109 20,207.17
ASIATIC DIVISION — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
11 Asiatic Division (e) (g. Missions) — 362,000,000 28 1,000 76 366 487 1,853 6,800.00 3.67 17 11,000.00 1,800 26 11 77 70 260 5,000.00
India Union Mission 1910 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
12 Bengal Mission 1910 78,000,000 5 100 1 9 44 153 1,845.77 12.06 2 96.00 200 2 4 15 15 36 —
13 Burma Mission 1914 12,000,000 2 71 — — — 71 1,615.90 22.76 — — — 3 3 7 1 14 —
14 North India Mission 1914 130,000,000 3 45 — — 3 48 1,824.29 38.01 — — — 2 4 15 3 24 —
15 South India Mission 1911 28,000,000 — — 2 46 6 52 305.42 5.87 1 600.00 150 1 2 3 8 14 —
16 West India Mission 1915 30,000,000 — — 3 27 1 28 356.92 12.75 — — — 3 1 5 — 9 —
Totals — 318,000,000 10 216 6 82 54 352 5,948.30 16.90 3 696.00 350 11 14 45 27 97 —
Miscellaneous Missions — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 Bahamas Mission 1909 56,000 1 12 — — 4 16 368.92 23.06 2 102.00 200 1 — 1 — 2 283.40
18 Bermuda Mission 1903 20,000 1 39 — — 23 62 889.65 14.35 1 2,100.00 150 1 1 — 1 3 —
19 Canary Islands Mission 1911 385,564 — — 1 2 — 2 81.64 40.82 — — — — — 2 — 2 499.34
20 Hawaiian Mission 1895 20,000 1 42 — — — 42 955.83 22.76 1 2,500.00 150 1 — 2 — 3 500.00
21 Mexican Mission 1893 15,000,000 4 121 14 125 2 248 1,449.68 5.92 2 1,250.00 200 1 3 10 8 23 3,252.37
22 West African Mission 1894 4,000,000 3 138 — — 5 143 621.16 4.34 2 2,500.00 600 2 4 11 1 17 148.07
Totals — 19,634,564 10 352 15 127 34 513 4,366.88 8.51 8 8,452.00 1,300 6 8 26 10 50 4,683.18

Recapitulation

No. Union conferences in United States / Canada / other divisions Organized Population Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Total tithe receipts Tithe per capita Church buildings Estimated value Seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Book and periodical canvassers Total laborers Retail value of book and periodical sales
1 General Conference (f) — — — — — — — — 4,412.45 — — — — 30 9 6 — 62 472,841.40
2 Atlantic Union Conf. 1901 15,666,295 183 5,466 11 42 262 5,770 105,335.12 18.26 66 150,200.00 8,915 45 12 89 101 248 68,716.30
3 Central Union Conf. 1902 7,183,488 248 8,044 18 141 846 9,031 126,822.16 12.18 145 210,072.00 22,485 56 20 79 80 241 56,866.00
4 Columbia Union Conf. 1907 20,080,887 205 6,649 8 79 310 7,038 120,375.08 17.10 95 179,204.00 14,152 59 23 67 80 232 96,646.53
5 Lake Union Conference 1901 13,485,500 376 10,898 26 205 357 11,460 180,541.90 15.75 217 306,787.00 38,892 70 29 74 92 265 92,615.92
6 Northern Union Conf. 1902 5,390,422 237 6,211 11 98 366 6,675 108,215.83 16.21 118 145,522.00 15,705 46 33 46 107 232 51,795.80
7 North Pacific Un. Conf. 1906 2,580,768 161 8,942 15 57 376 9,375 121,298.23 16.45 107 145,100.00 14,940 46 25 63 82 216 65,699.79
8 Pacific Union Conf. 1901 3,037,129 143 8,777 12 94 123 8,994 179,772.45 19.09 113 271,641.14 21,170 63 27 67 47 204 75,712.40
9 Southeastern Un. Conf. 1908 7,845,410 80 2,391 15 200 78 2,669 33,506.01 12.57 53 59,500.00 7,725 27 18 32 66 143 54,272.03
10 Southern Union Conf. 1901 9,304,306 73 2,013 7 53 137 2,203 34,839.92 15.81 32 44,510.00 4,625 25 9 55 81 170 34,142.00
11 Southwestern Un. Conf. 1902 7,455,447 135 4,331 9 85 315 4,731 72,251.09 15.27 75 70,334.46 12,190 37 18 41 215 311 102,882.87
12 Totals — 92,036,622 1,841 61,722 132 1,054 3,170 65,946 1,087,424.24 16.49 1,021 1,582,970.60 160,907 504 229 619 951 2,324 1,172,192.69
13 Canadian Union Conf. 1901 5,418,247 40 859 9 74 85 1,018 13,411.49 13.17 20 28,500.00 3,000 17 8 23 8 56 14,831.92
14 Western Can. Un. Conf. 1907 1,646,869 48 1,284 2 20 497 1,801 36,044.23 20.01 25 38,756.70 2,370 15 10 33 46 104 34,233.90
15 Totals — 7,065,116 88 2,143 11 94 582 2,819 49,455.72 17.54 45 67,256.70 5,370 32 18 56 54 166 49,065.82
16 Australasian Un. Conf. 1894 5,906,623 123 4,476 23 152 277 4,905 94,967.63 19.36 77 87,737.92 10,068 37 26 91 94 267 109,628.56
17 General — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — — — 4 —
18 British Union Conf. 1902 45,584,969 63 2,192 10 157 6 2,355 30,039.33 12.76 10 8,320.59 1,470 16 11 25 165 221 69,393.60
19 East German Un. Conf. 1909 68,784,710 77 3,894 109 3,480 77 7,711 103,836.67 13.47 1 1,500.00 400 40 37 79 231 393 88,469.17
20 Latin Union Conf. 1907 99,675,397 33 1,000 23 216 — 1,286 14,807.92 11.30 2 14,000.00 400 14 12 21 9 85 17,211.27
21 Levant Union Mission — 21,713,316 4 124 19 171 22 317 1,401.74 4.42 — — — 5 5 7 11 32 896.22
22 Russian Union Conf. 1907 114,215,690 150 4,168 — — 4 4,168 26,046.98 6.25 8 12,500.00 1,750 19 10 37 54 135 11,637.63
23 Scandinavian Un. Conf. 1901 15,878,454 93 3,305 3 23 63 3,391 32,462.54 9.57 9 20,896.00 1,440 17 12 33 83 149 73,397.02
24 Siberian Union Miss. 1911 47,728,000 64 1,077 — — 1 1,077 4,215.39 3.91 2 400.00 200 10 1 12 9 32 912.77
25 West Ger. Union Conf. 1909 77,416,561 74 4,172 207 3,480 149 7,801 110,505.12 14.17 2 — 600 44 33 93 331 598 161,238.20
26 European Div. Miss. — 61,900,691 10 251 4 24 2 277 2,233.92 8.06 — — — 12 14 17 4 51 220.59
27 Totals for European Division — 550,897,698 568 20,233 465 7,811 319 28,363 325,049.61 11.46 34 57,616.39 6,260 179 135 324 897 1,590 423,376.47
28 South Afr. Union Conf. 1902 10,560,000 34 1,257 15 94 110 1,461 23,670.13 16.30 14 21,458.44 2,070 17 24 71 15 127 22,689.64
29 South Amer. Un. Conf. 1906 20,799,510 46 1,694 11 50 18 1,762 20,689.06 11.74 3 3,400.00 300 19 5 31 23 78 29,684.33
30 Brazilian Union Conf. 1911 21,795,000 30 1,004 25 357 151 1,512 16,227.41 10.73 21 16,000.00 1,680 7 7 6 27 49 —
31 West Indian Un. Conf. — 15,276,853 96 3,947 50 468 305 4,720 19,025.56 4.03 74 37,855.32 9,056 25 15 40 26 109 20,207.17
32 Asiatic Division — 362,000,000 28 1,000 76 366 487 1,853 6,800.00 3.67 17 11,000.00 1,800 20 11 77 70 250 5,000.00
33 India Union Mission 1910 318,000,000 10 216 6 82 54 352 5,948.30 16.90 3 696.00 350 11 14 45 27 97 —
34 Miscellaneous Missions — 19,634,564 10 352 15 127 34 513 4,366.88 8.51 8 8,452.00 1,300 6 8 26 10 50 4,683.18
35 Totals — 708,065,907 254 9,470 198 1,544 1,159 12,173 96,727.34 7.9 140 98,861.76 16,556 11 84 296 188 760 82,264.32
36 Totals for United States — 92,036,622 1,841 61,722 132 1,054 3,170 65,946 1,087,424.24 16.4 1,021 1,582,970.60 160,907 504 229 619 951 2,324 1,172,192.69
37 All other Countries — 1,331,935,344 1,033 36,322 697 9,601 2,337 48,260 566,200.30 11.7 296 311,472.77 38,254 35 263 767 1,243 2,777 664,335.17
38 Grand Totals for 1912 — 1,423,971,966 2,874 98,044 829 10,655 5,507 114,206 1,653,624.54 14.48 1,317 1,894,443.37 199,161 863 492 1,386 2,194 5,101 1,836,527.86
39 Grand Totals for 1911 — 1,413,182,984 2,799 98,378 797 10,169 5,460 108,923 1,477,590.26 13.56 1,318 1,892,824.92 204,381 852 475 1,388 2,066 4,877 1,627,657.83
40 Grand Totals for 1908 — 1,579,586,069 2,537 83,145 729 9,170 5,264 97,579 1,101,396.47 11.29 1,177 1,514,549.80 185,027 779 427 1,017 1,681 4,907 1,286,981.24
41 Grand Totals for 1904 — 1,414,694,654 2,243 71,891 523 5,582 4,298 81,721 691,819.33 8.47 1,017 — — 625 335 713 1,053 2,750 436,600.68
No. Amount of tithe appropriated as Herald outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions (except as noted under 23 and 26) Total contributions for a home mission work Total contributions for a local church work Sabbath School Dept. No. of Sabbath schools Membership Total Sabbath-school contributions Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions Educational Department No. of church schools Number of teachers Total enrollment Estimated value of buildings and equipment Expense of annual maintenance Missionary Volunteer Dept. Number of Young People's Societies Membership Contributions for foreign work Contributions for home mission work Contributions for local society work Total contributions
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1 — 100.00 100.00 20.00 11 214 400.00 400.00 1 2 25 — — — — — — — —
2 41.09 508.50 — 958.94 60 1,800 701.92 701.92 1 2 68 467.52 502.58 15 250 10.36 15.25 12.00 37.61
3 — 445.47 — — 29 846 130.86 130.86 1 1 15 400.00 — 6 156 — 47.03 — 47.03
4 — 100.00 200.00 100.00 24 675 600.00 600.00 — — — — — 6 125 15.00 50.00 — 65.00
5 — 111.47 — 427.75 16 388 131.96 131.96 4 4 68 — — 6 100 — .34 3.72 4.06
6 — 100.00 50.00 — 9 113 150.00 150.00 — — — — — — — — — — —
7 — 80.71 — 150.00 11 315 114.54 114.54 1 2 35 450.00 600.00 3 85 — — 12.00 12.00
8 — 8.90 — 7.80 10 231 47.55 47.55 1 2 30 — 142.50 — — — — — —
9 — 332.56 11.00 — 3 17 44.82 44.82 — — — — — — — — — — —
10 — 25.00 — 25.00 1 27 30.00 30.00 1 1 10 — 150.00 — — — — — —
41.09 1,815.71 361.00 1,689.49 174 4,626 2,351.65 2,351.65 10 14 251 1,317.52 1,395.08 36 716 25.36 112.62 27.72 165.70
11 — 500.00 60.00 1,500.00 30 2,000 700.00 1,000.00 — — — — — — — — — — —
12 — 200.59 — — 13 400 227.98 227.98 9 13 346 — — — — — — — —
13 — 81.90 — 545.92 4 75 239.09 239.09 — — — — — — — — — — —
14 — 97.15 — — 4 60 218.40 218.40 2 8 125 — — — — — — — —
15 — 61.47 — — 2 124 29.63 29.63 1 6 108 — 250.00 — — — — — —
16 — 119.76 — — 5 132 101.48 101.48 4 5 133 — — — — — — — —
— 560.87 — 545.92 26 781 846.58 846.58 16 32 712 — 250.00 — — — — — —
17 — 73.41 — 199.37 1 26 261.65 261.65 — — — — — — — — — — —
18 — — — 175.90 5 80 107.69 107.69 1 1 21 240.00 — 1 11 9.68 — — 9.68
19 — .90 — — 1 3 11.06 11.06 — — — — — — — — — — —
20 — 338.87 112.19 — 1 45 154.28 154.28 — — — — — — — — — — —
21 — 166.27 — 144.10 9 183 138.52 138.52 2 2 30 50.00 110.00 — — — — — —
22 — — — — 3 125 104.96 104.96 — — — — — — — — — — —
— 579.42 112.19 518.47 20 456 778.50 778.50 3 3 51 290.00 110.00 1 11 9.68 — — 9.68
## Recapitulation
No. Amount of tithe appropriated as Herald outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions Home mission work Local church work Sabbath schools Membership Sabbath-school contributions Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions Church schools Teachers Enrollment Buildings and equipment Annual maintenance Young People's Societies Membership Foreign work Home mission work Local society work Total contributions
1 — 13,883.70 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2 18,605.91 23,792.90 30,664.43 16,763.64 210 5,294 18,105.28 18,105.28 24 24 250 3,608.00 6,166.24 55 911 295.01 353.14 116.23 764.38
3 14,526.57 37,301.42 13,241.79 11,178.07 233 8,602 21,170.30 21,156.08 51 57 850 14,650.00 13,053.80 49 1,126 1,823.41 139.31 106.80 1,606.58
4 20,468.45 26,252.32 8,444.97 21,684.63 251 6,802 20,063.95 20,063.95 30 31 407 5,519.50 4,565.94 48 928 660.65 168.20 144.62 973.47
5 30,893.39 33,540.13 15,738.87 14,118.57 252 10,555 27,197.54 27,197.54 52 57 1,146 22,475.75 19,131.12 70 1,442 819.35 300.59 328.80 1,648.74
6 17,459.48 38,291.64 15,349.04 7,539.54 332 7,251 18,391.77 18,391.77 27 29 446 9,000.00 8,339.00 41 632 595.08 376.40 162.75 1,534.23
7 29,291.06 29,386.45 17,406.32 12,742.06 199 7,056 20,314.67 20,314.67 57 66 1,328 25,369.00 19,557.00 57 887 519.19 251.11 271.70 1,142.00
8 34,646.20 34,725.90 10,836.47 22,149.11 192 8,394 34,344.17 34,360.21 69 88 1,656 41,325.00 29,055.85 71 1,754 1,046.03 929.60 705.00 2,680.63
9 2,374.30 8,978.26 688.72 4,505.84 119 2,849 6,355.99 6,355.99 35 38 810 2,185.00 6,082.00 37 449 346.33 192.35 195.05 724.23
10 1,496.24 6,941.95 1,812.66 3,730.02 84 2,457 4,881.44 4,756.58 18 16 223 1,165.00 3,084.50 13 522 32.34 154.59 46.95 253.79
11 5,637.02 13,398.06 7,142.68 2,287.05 213 5,284 11,862.34 11,862.34 48 62 1,148 11,130.00 12,134.06 41 826 118.80 69.07 84.69 272.86
12 175,398.62 266,188.22 121,325.95 117,692.53 2,436 65,014 172,756.56 172,463.82 441 508 8,250 146,367.25 121,144.11 460 9,197 5,776.19 2,934.77 2,549.65 11,260.61
13 771.70 3,274.20 389.10 1,078.85 43 928 2,311.87 2,311.87 2 2 66 — 675.00 7 77 94.78 28.25 20.08 143.11
14 1,808.51 8,031.08 7,296.64 1,500.51 68 1,659 5,914.02 5,914.02 14 16 246 3,100.00 3,794.00 10 145 179.95 108.17 67.00 355.12
15 2,580.21 11,305.28 7,685.74 2,579.36 111 2,587 8,225.89 8,225.89 16 18 312 3,100.00 4,469.00 17 222 274.73 136.42 87.06 498.23
16 9,578.06 12,134.85 8,127.07 10,048.95 194 5,643 13,128.95 13,128.95 18 21 321 1,489.58 4,433.43 88 2,099 4,456.32 380.77 207.20 5,044.29
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 4,029.20 4,457.60 — — 92 2,244 2,500.21 2,500.21 — — — — — 30 181 21.67 3.72 2.45 27.84
19 40,324.70 17,306.70 6,248.00 10,780.00 271 7,563 7,565.27 7,565.27 — — — — — 30 729 189.88 158.30 80.36 428.54
20 1,101.60 2,334.36 881.10 2,001.00 64 982 1,621.15 1,621.15 — — — — — 2 60 — 28.00 — 28.00
21 — 266.06 — 125.00 23 317 113.76 113.76 — — — — — — — — — — —
22 — 3,748.40 — — 150 4,877 2,875.67 2,875.67 — — — — — — — — — — —
23 — 5,321.06 2,526.55 — 166 2,976 2,822.33 2,822.33 4 3 62 60.00 450.00 6 181 — 36.69 — 36.69
24 — 427.60 — — 64 1,416 582.27 582.27 — — — — — — — — — — —
25 35,179.92 23,749.95 3,417.00 — 277 8,079 8,888.49 8,888.49 — — — — — 39 432 94.12 66.83 24.04 184.98
26 — 438.68 — — 14 283 285.79 285.79 — — — — — — — — — — —
27 76,635.51 58,051.18 13,072.63 12,906.00 1,123 28,086 27,204.94 27,204.94 4 3 62 60.00 450.00 72 1,583 305.67 203.53 106.85 706.05
28 — 631.88 3,616.20 2,682.80 73 1,578 1,802.54 1,802.54 56 66 1,924 3,516.75 6,068.60 3 64 — 51.99 — 51.99
29 — — 3,383.28 178.27 112 2,225 5,029.03 5,029.03 — — — — — 6 104 — 46.75 35.30 82.05
30 — — — — 91 1,901 1,557.46 1,557.46 9 9 154 — — 2 32 — — — —
31 41.09 1,815.71 361.00 1,689.49 174 4,626 2,351.65 2,351.65 10 14 251 1,317.52 1,395.08 36 716 25.36 112.62 27.72 165.70
32 — 500.00 60.00 1,600.00 90 2,000 1,000.00 1,000.00 — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — 560.87 — 545.92 26 781 846.58 846.58 16 33 712 — 250.00 — — — — — —
34 — 579.46 112.19 518.47 20 456 778.50 778.50 3 3 51 290.00 110.00 1 11 9.68 — — 9.68
35 41.09 4,067.91 7,532.67 7,014.95 586 13,567 11,365.76 11,365.76 94 124 3,092 5,124.27 7,823.68 48 927 35.04 211.36 63.02 309.42
36 175,398.62 266,188.22 121,325.95 117,692.53 2,436 65,014 172,756.56 172,463.82 441 508 8,250 146,367.25 121,144.11 460 9,197 5,776.19 2,934.77 2,549.65 11,260.61
37 88,834.87 85,579.19 36,418.11 32,549.26 2,614 49,883 59,925.54 59,925.54 132 166 3,787 9,773.85 17,176.11 225 4,831 5,071.76 1,022.08 464.15 6,557.99
38 204,233.49 351,787.41 157,744.06 150,241.79 4,450 114,897 232,682.40 232,389.36 572 674 12,037 156,141.19 138,320.22 685 14,028 10,847.95 3,956.85 3,013.80 17,818.60
39 197,904.52 314,365.35 137,862.51 128,395.06 4,267 106,000 160,762.29 160,991.50 618 790 15,498 152,283.92 126,622.98 615 14,013 10,788.58 4,495.13 2,706.01 17,989.72
40 136,082.26 203,295.46 139,653.50 104,028.86 3,825 91,230 104,620.77 95,280.90 535 625 10,487 147,749.06 101,371.55 539 10,148 9,469.38 5,244.23 1,568.91 16,282.52
41 83,051.11 104,434.10 — — 3,064 71,643 60,460.80 40,278.00 451 490 7,943 — — — — — — — —