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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 17, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 38.

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Financial Summary for 1907

Membership

Total Sabbath-keepers in United States 64,515
Total in all other countries 29,533
Grand total 94,048
Grand total for 1906 91,531
Gain for 1907 2,517
Per cent of gain 2.75

Tithes

Total tithes paid in United States $790,095.56
Paid in all other countries 274,657.87
Grand total paid in 1907 $1,064,753.43
Paid in 1906 998,275.82
Gain in 1907 $66,477.61
Per cent of gain 6.56
Average for each Sabbath-keeper in 1907 $11.32
Average in 1906 10.91
Increase per capita .41

Foreign Mission Offerings

Offerings to missions, weekly and annual collections $185,720.35
Offerings to missions, from Sabbath-schools 71,475.59
Offerings to missions, from Missionary Volunteer Societies (including $185.04 from Southern California not specified) 7,127.22
Total for 1907 $264,323.16
Total for 1906 193,005.86
Gain for 1907 71,317.30
Per cent of gain 36.85

Special Funds

Tithes appropriated by United States for evangelistic work in mission fields in 1907 $118,391.84
Appropriated by all other fields 12,605.32
Total for 1907 $130,997.16
Total “offerings” noted above 264,323.16
Grand total contributed for mission fields, 1907 $395,320.32
Total of similar funds for 1906 333,378.12
Net increase for 1907 $61,942.20

Home Missions

Contributed for support of orphanages, religious liberty work, work for colored people in the United States, etc., where the funds are sent outside the church, but not to a foreign mission field:—
Reported by conferences $166,949.65
Reported by Missionary Volunteer Societies 3,317.14
Total for 1907 $170,266.79
Total for 1906 145,257.73
Gain for 1907 $25,009.06

Local Church Work

Contributed for local church work, such as distribution of literature, assisting needy poor, church expenses, salaries and other expenses of church schools, and all other local missionary work or enterprises:—
Reported by conferences $91,676.52
Retained by local Sabbath-schools 13,630.30
Maintenance of church-schools 99,389.68
Reported by Missionary Volunteer Societies 678.24
Total for 1907 $205,374.74
Total for 1906 $57,822.52
Gain for 1907 $147,552.22

Grand Total

Grand total of all funds raised by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in 1907 for evangelistic work $1,704,718.12
Total of similar funds for 1906 1,394,361.93
Gain for 1907 $310,356.19
Per cent of gain 22.26
Per capita for the entire field $18.13
Per capita for 1906 $15.23
Increase per capita $2.90

Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions

Church and Conference Work

No. Name of conference or mission Organized Population Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers 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 District of Columbia 1903 339,403 5 482 1 9 125 616 $10,433.65 $16.94 2 $22,000.00 350 1 1 5 6 $1,200.00
Standing for 1906 279,000 4 475 1 9 484 10,126.41 20.92 3 2 4 7 500.00
Gain for 1907 1 7 125 132 307.14 1 1 700.00
Atlantic Union Conference 1901 279.16 2 1 1 5
Central New England 1903 3,216,934 34 1,131 3 17 59 1,207 17,660.17 14.54 5 13,800.00 950 8 8 18 16 52 12,909.74
Greater New York 1902 4,300,000 22 775 59 795 20,408.76 26.33 3 30,000.00 800 5 8 11 8 32 2,086.55
Maine 1867 694,466 21 384 1 17 123 524 6,023.72 11.49 6 7,000.00 1,300 5 3 6 4 15 2,110.12
New York 1906 1,674,499 36 906 14 75 75 981 14,489.97 8.65 21 14,130.00 1,825 7 3 4 9 23 9,405.22
Southern New England 1903 1,336,976 18 460 5 38 47 545 7,768.36 14.25 5 5,200.00 560 5 2 3 2 12 3,606.96
Vermont 1863 343,644 15 402 1 5 69 476 4,996.99 10.50 8 7,400.00 1,000 2 1 1 3 9 809.12
Western New York 1906 1,523,044 37 600 3 13 187 800 7,592.99 9.49 5 5,000.00 750 5 4 7 12 28 7,932.72
Total for 1907 13,089,563 183 4,658 27 165 485 5,308 73,220.12 13.79 53 72,700.00 7,185 39 30 51 54 176 38,860.43
Total for 1906 26,462,468 302 8,395 35 241 323 8,959 107,803.72 12.03 100 78 34 73 101 293 42,645.64
Gain for 1907 162 1.76 2 9 13,611.04
Central Union Conference 1902 20 5 20 35
Colorado (inc. New Mexico) 1882 735,010 52 2,285 50 2,335 30,135.31 12.91 29 58,100.00 6,000 20 4 17 15 56 26,981.33
Kansas 1875 1,611,460 98 2,500 30 450 300 3,250 31,841.81 9.80 52 17,400.00 2,672 11 8 20 12 51 14,986.00
Missouri 1876 3,106,665 49 1,350 9 50 100 1,500 13,524.32 9.02 36 24,486.00 6,300 7 2 14 32 55 6,902.79
Nebraska 1878 1,036,090 47 2,150 7 50 125 2,325 33,487.76 14.40 34 38,600.00 6,075 11 4 8 14 37 10,120.85
Wyoming 1907 225,000 16 350 6 50 10 420 7,275.86 17.75 5 3,300.00 350 2 5 3 10 20 2,720.75
Total for 1907 6,714,225 262 8,635 52 600 585 9,820 116,264.46 11.84 156 141,886.00 21,397 61 28 82 83 254 61,711.72
Total for 1906 8,921,078 364 12,349 82 929 710 13,988 157,282.40 11.24 231 61 60 113 80 275 48,100.68
Gain for 1907 .60 3 13,611.04

For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907—Table No. 1

Sabbath-School Dept.

25. Number of Sabbath-schools; 26. Membership; 27. Total Sabbath-school contributions; 28. Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions.

Educational Department

29. Number of church schools; 30. Number of teachers; 31. Total enrollment; 32. Estimated value of buildings and equipment; 33. Expense of annual maintenance.

Missionary Volunteer Dept.

34. Number of Young People’s Societies; 35. Membership; 36. Contributions for foreign work; 37. Contributions for home mission work; 38. Contributions for local society work; 39. Total contributions.
Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions Total contributions for home mission work Total contributions for local church work Sabbath-schools Membership Sabbath-school contributions Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions
$3,484.88 $1,071.40 $1,002.89 $2,107.07 6 441 $507.70 $357.24
2,244.34 12,251.29 11,965.36 6,793.67 381 4,044 5,273.86 4,541.53
5,332.50 11,554.79 9,546.95 4,924.93 342 7,482 7,993.66 6,128.12
28,466.31 32,970.29 28,489.28 9,542.99 333 8,310 7,534.43 6,463.61
37,206.71 31,898.55 17,002.70 10,972.09 485 10,757 10,119.66 7,546.33
6,170.46 8,678.07 6,084.76 6,264.43 255 5,600 6,633.05 5,100.49
17,570.21 42,189.45 26,815.97 13,995.46 450 10,475 10,468.37 8,120.86
21,264.91 19,481.49 20,192.82 7,642.50 517 12,398 12,211.49 8,660.00
8,456.69 4,280.55 13,502.44 3,561.70 161 2,945 2,780.41 2,576.98
24,667.07 18,840.58 24,795.48 5,149.20 336 7,012 7,238.63 6,426.41
9,376.86 9,008.17 17,768.68 4,894.29 118 2,540 2,316.31 2,088.39

Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions

Church and Conference Work

Conference or mission Organized Population Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Tithe receipts Tithe per capita Buildings Estimated value Seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Canvassers Total laborers Retail value of sales
Syria (inc. Mesopotamia and Arabia) 6,288,600 1 11 10 21 $264.05 $12.61 1 3 4
Turkey 17,999,998 21 232 44 276 726.66 2.63 3 3 8
Greece 2,433,806 54.40 1
Persia (unentered) 9,500,000
Total for 1907 50,740,696 23 253 54 307 1,380.09 4.52 5 4 9 18 13.88
Russian Union Conference12 1908
Caucasian 1901 11,759,600 16 592 9 93 14 699 2,374.46 3.40 2 3 3 8 478.67
East Russia 28,848,100 7 167 13 212 81 460 1,151.67 2.50 2 4 5 11 437.91
Middle Russia 66,925,100 3 189 8 147 1 337 1,913.81 5.68 2 1 3 3 9
North Russia 24,246,300 9 360 14 221 5 586 2,189.30 3.73 3 2 5 4 14 146.15
South Russia 14,201,000 6 124 13 308 52 484 2,124.96 4.39 2 2 8 12 532.51
Total for 1907 145,980,100 41 1,432 57 981 153 2,566 9,754.20 3.80 11 3 17 23 54 1,595.24
Scandinavian Union Conference 1903
Denmark 1880 2,588,919 20 814 814 8,122.48 9.97 4 $17,027.02 700 5 1 1 17 25 13,663.60
Norway 1887 2,052,221 22 821 821 6,422.14 7.80 2 7,500.00 400 2 2 3 13 21 9,453.00
Sweden 1882 4,751,046 31 768 90 858 4,987.95 5.81 2 1,355.23 400 5 1 2 32 40 19,382.25
Finland 1897 2,816,500 3 74 4 26 16 116 2,107.04 18.16 2 1 2 16 22 7,703.14
Iceland (inc. Greenland) 1901 90,363 1 26 11 37 100.55 2.72 1 2,297.30 250 1 2 3 827.01
Northland 1906 845,315 4 81 19 100 294.55 2.94 3 3
Abyssinia 1907 8,280,000 1 2 2
Total for 1907 21,424,364 81 2,586 4 26 136 2,748 22,034.71 8.02 9 28,179.55 1,750 19 4 12 78 117 51,029.00
South African Union Conference 1902
Cape Colony 1892 2,794,849 11 474 3 22 8 504 6,168.04 13.24 9 19,967.00 1,200 4 1 1 8 22 8,850.84
Natal-Transvaal 1901 2,480,216 4 64 3 41 31 136 3,484.99 25.62 4 11,688.00 500 1 1 4 9 23 8,666.27
Barotseland (Rhodesia) 1905 300,000 1 11 11 206.37 18.75 1 1
Basutoland (Kolo) 1899 478,000 1 2 3 133.36 66.68 1 1
Malamulo (Nyasaland) 1902 850,705 1 32 32 119.70 3.74 1 2
Total for 1907 7,370,437 20 673 8 83 39 795 10,628.88 13.37 15 32,507.25 2,040 10 4 21 17 61 15,518.11
Conference or mission Organized Population Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Tithe receipts Tithe per capita Buildings Estimated value Seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Canvassers Total laborers Retail value of sales
South American Union Conference 1906
Argentina 1902 5,161,000 16 472 4 28 500 6,179.80 12.36 1 1 13 24 13,359.83
Chile 1907 1,500,000 9 260 1 30 290 1,895.00 6.53 4 1 3 4 24 3,482.24
Rio Grande 1906 1,000,000 7 318 7 80 17 415 3,897.80 9.39 2 900.00 300 1 2 5 2 8 3,482.24
Santa Catharina Paraná 1906 700,000 15 476 7 89 15 585 2,785.69 4.80 6 1,900.00 1,000 1 3 2 6
Bolivia 1907 2,000,000 2 2 47.69 23.85 1 1 246.56
Ecuador 1906 1,204,400 1 4 2 6 141.02 23.50 1 1 1 1 939.24
North Brazil 1906 17,356,000 5 201 4 34 5 235 1,212.00 5.15 3 1,100.00 500 1 1 1 2 185.00
Peru 1906 4,559,550 1 19 4 29 2 50 329.21 6.58 1 2 3 450.00
São Paulo 1906 2,600,000 2 29 10 39 290.44 7.44 1 1 1 4 362.00
Upper Paraná 1906 1,000,000 5 75 1 4 7 82 418.92 5.11 1 1 1 3
Uruguay 1906 1,000,000 5 76 2 78 1,254.52 16.08 1 2
Total for 1907 40,180,950 63 1,926 28 271 80 2,277 18,450.09 8.10 11 3,900.00 1,800 17 11 28 19 75 9,034.87
West Indian Union Conference 1906
British Guiana 1906 387,086 11 350 8 25 375 613.32 1.63 6 2,600.00 800 2 2 3 5 9 3,000.00
East Caribbean 1906 900,000 7 195 11 180 375 769.90 2.05 5 2,350.00 550 5 3 2 10 200.00
Jamaica 1903 806,600 29 1,385 28 412 171 1,968 3,137.06 1.59 26 9,253.00 3,500 4 3 2 6 15 5,840.70
South Caribbean 1906 386,947 8 312 2 21 15 348 1,159.08 3.33 8 7,000.00 989 4 2 2 8 400.00
West Caribbean 1906 1,000,000 8 274 6 61 10 345 2,399.04 6.72 6 2,420.00 900 2 4 8 12 23 2,500.00
Central America 1892 3,433,845 6 89 3 46 215 350 1,283.20 3.38 7 2,500.00 900 5 1 6 4 12 1,282.50
Cuba 1905 2,000,000 2 28 2 9 5 42 522.85 12.45 1 1 2 48.35
Hayti 1904 900,000 1 40 6 53 2 95 140.15 1.16 1 150.00 100 1 1 1 4 50.00
Porto Rico 1901 953,241 2 20 20 172.91 8.64 1 3 6 700.00
Total for 1907 10,767,807 74 2,693 66 807 418 3,918 9,997.51 2.55 59 26,273.00 7,739 23 16 24 31 94 14,021.55
Miscellaneous Missions
Bermuda 1903 20,000 1 38 10 48 923.50 19.24 1 2,073.00 200 1 1 2 250.00
British West Africa 1894 50,000,000 1 31 3 24 5 60 206.43 3.44 1 1,500.00 300 1 2 3 5 11 1,150.00
China 1903 426,000,000 4 70 8 66 41 177 966.85 5.46 7 17 17 41 287.45
India (inc. Burma and Ceylon) 1895 297,970,499 4 119 5 50 52 221 3,396.38 15.36 5 4 33 2 44 2,765.02
Japan 1897 50,000,000 4 110 24 134 557.68 4.16 1 265.00 60 3 2 9 8 22
Korea 1904 10,000,000 5 105 6 50 7 155 65.83 4.16 7 200.00 400 2 3 8 13
Mexico 1893 13,607,259 2 62 4 38 21 121 1,114.25 9.21 1 1,000.00 300 2 1 4 7 1,271.45
Total for 1907 847,597,758 21 535 26 228 153 916 7,230.92 7.89 11 3,038.00 1,060 21 8 67 44 140 5,723.92

Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions — Recapitulation

Church and Conference Work

Group Population Churches Membership Companies Membership Isolated Sabbath-keepers Total Sabbath-keepers Tithe receipts Tithe per capita Buildings Estimated value Seating capacity Ordained ministers Licensed ministers Licensed missionaries Canvassers Total laborers Retail value of sales
General Conference $2,000.00 22 8 9 49 $14,232,054.03
District of Columbia 339,403 5 482 1 9 125 616 10,433.65 16.94 2 $22,000.00 350 1 1 5 6 1,200.00
Atlantic Union 13,089,563 183 4,658 27 165 485 5,308 73,220.12 13.79 53 72,700.00 7,185 39 30 51 54 176 38,860.43
Central Union 6,714,225 262 8,635 52 600 585 9,820 116,264.46 11.84 156 141,886.00 21,397 61 28 82 83 254 61,711.72
Columbia Union 17,329,198 206 5,717 22 179 167 6,063 71,621.01 11.81 85 78,150.00 13,025 42 23 54 104 226 42,215.46
Lake Union 11,828,038 388 12,914 45 369 894 14,177 147,450.57 10.40 250 309,895.00 48,880 82 51 114 80 332 47,205.57
Northern Union 5,050,835 256 6,708 19 292 534 7,534 95,838.74 12.72 142 129,662.00 17,515 40 29 56 59 184 31,266.15
North Pacific Union 1,897,649 147 5,712 13 107 282 6,101 83,867.75 13.75 78 78,450.00 10,050 59 25 56 85 225 34,588.35
Pacific Union 2,567,000 106 6,878 15 142 114 7,134 112,578.75 15.78 73 155,000.00 12,825 52 17 45 109 223 56,413.76
Southeastern Union 8,645,183 56 1,424 36 244 165 1,833 20,766.42 11.32 39 28,050.00 5,630 31 14 55 36 136 28,472.05
Southern Union 8,672,066 66 1,560 7 54 93 1,707 15,406.15 9.03 26 20,850.00 3,000 22 12 51 34 119 31,472.05
Southwestern Union 6,110,274 132 3,869 14 95 258 4,222 40,647.94 9.63 57 41,733.00 8,570 35 24 28 89 176 36,608.07
Total for 1907—United States 82,243,434 1,807 58,557 251 2,256 3,702 64,515 790,095.56 12.25 961 1,078,376.55 148,427 486 261 606 733 2,106 642,067.64
Total for 1906—United States 79,178,072 1,750 58,402 268 2,401 3,529 64,332 738,526.41 11.48 928 488 278 555 635 1,956 474,187.11
Grand total for 1907 1,561,252,466 2,504 80,897 675 7,618 5,533 94,048 1,064,753.43 11.32 1,172 1,331,330.85 180,576 712 394 1,013 1,382 3,587 1,035,565.62
Total for 1906 1,555,247,877 2,416 79,422 633 6,722 5,387 91,531 998,275.82 10.91 1,132 693 408 948 1,218 3,267 824,027.69
Net gain for 1907 6,004,589 88 1,475 42 896 146 2,517 66,477.61 .41 40 19 65 164 320 211,537.93
Per cent of gain .38 3.23 1.86 6.54 13.33 2.71 2.75 6.56 3.53 2.74 6.86 13.45 9.79 25.67

For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1907—Table No. 1 (Concluded)

The concluding columns of the table contain the following totals and comparisons:
Amount of tithe appropriated to fields outside of conference Total offerings to foreign missions Total contributions for home mission work Total contributions for local church work Number of Sabbath-schools Membership Total Sabbath-school contributions Total Sabbath-school offerings to foreign missions Number of church schools Number of teachers Total enrolment Estimated value of buildings and equipment Expense of annual maintenance Young People’s Societies Membership Contributions for foreign work Contributions for home mission work Contributions for local society work Total contributions
$118,391.84 $156,943.88 $134,289.33 $77,424.24 2,265 55,351 $59,564.17 $48,940.81 362 385 5,706 $118,233.74 $85,002.05 365 6,673 $5,573.92 $2,872.68 $611.94 $9,243.58
117,395.99 106,806.41 111,500.10 52,913.49 2,171 51,868 52,257.99 38,591.43 350 386 6,066
995.85 50,137.47 22,789.23 44,510.75 94 3,483 7,306.18 10,349.38 12
.85 46.98 20.44 135.23 4.33 6.71 13.91 26.82 3.43
130,997.16 185,720.35 166,949.65 91,676.52 3,573 84,744 88,105.89 71,475.59 458 506 8,007 121,586.76 99,389.68 461 8,933 6,942.18 3,317.14 678.24 11,122.60
140,372.26 134,139.72 145,257.73 41,620.11 3,378 79,090 75,068.55 58,866.14 434 498 7,784
51,386.63 21,691.92 50,056.41 195 5,654 10,037.34 12,609.91 24 24
38.41 4.93 120.27 5.77 7.15 13.57 31.42 5.53 1.61 1.61 2.88
*Superior figures ¹ to ¹⁶ refer to foot-notes for Table No. 1.
ᵃ Native colporteurs and evangelists.