Graphic Representation as to Total Funds, Foreign Mission Funds, and Membership, 1863 to 1915

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 23, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 58.

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Graphic Representation as to Total Funds, Foreign Mission Funds, and Membership, 1863 to 1915

EACH SPACE REPRESENTS TOTAL FUNDS $100,000 FOREIGN MISSION FUNDS $50,000 MEMBERSHIP 10,000

Summary of Statistical Reports, 1863 to 1915—Summary 2

Year Union Conferences Local Conferences Missions Ministers Licentiates Licensed Missionaries Canvassers Total Laborers Churches Membership Communicants Tithe Per Capita Book and Periodical Sales
1863 6 22 8 30 125 3,500 $8,000.00 $2.29 $3,000.00
1864 6 1 24 10 34 130 3,800 10,000.00 2.63 3,500.00
1865 7 1 25 10 35 140 4,000 12,000.00 3.00 4,000.00
1866 7 1 27 10 37 150 4,250 15,000.00 3.53 4,500.00
1867 7 1 28 10 38 160 4,320 18,661.39 4.32 5,000.00
1868 8 1 32 10 51 159 4,475 23,366.57 5.22 6,000.00
1869 8 2 33 24 57 167 4,900 18,952.77 3.87 6,500.00
1870 8 3 37 33 72 179 5,440 21,822.46 4.01 7,000.00
1871 11 2 35 48 83 185 4,550 25,066.42 5.07 8,000.00
1872 12 1 40 46 86 205 4,801 25,956.42 5.41 8,000.00
Total, 10 yrs. 179,826.03 56,000.00
1873 13 1 51 83 134 239 5,875 30,687.40 5.22 10,578.40
1874 13 3 60 80 140 300 7,000 31,000.00 4.43 14,000.00
1875 13 2 69 76 145 339 8,022 32,518.62 4.04 18,000.00
1876 14 2 96 70 166 398 10,044 43,998.47 4.38 20,000.00
1877 15 3 106 97 203 478 11,708 47,176.56 4.03 25,000.00
1878 16 6 117 154 271 549 13,077 47,637.29 3.64 27,000.00
1879 20 8 135 151 286 599 14,141 51,714.38 3.65 31,780.00
1880 24 8 144 116 260 640 15,570 61,856.88 3.98 40,000.00
1881 24 7 148 126 274 646 16,916 74,185.55 4.39 45,000.00
1882 26 6 167 134 301 660 17,169 84,261.36 4.91 47,000.00
Total, 10 yrs. 505,136.60 278,359.06
1883 26 3 165 135 300 680 17,436 96,418.62 5.53 55,000.00
1884 28 3 176 145 321 705 18,702 105,543.41 5.64 62,409.12
1885 28 3 186 151 337 741 20,547 122,641.69 6.97 41,862.38
1886 28 3 213 166 379 788 23,111 146,936.78 6.31 76,219.52
1887 30 8 227 182 400 800 25,841 192,720.99 7.44 113,795.05
1888 32 7 232 168 400 901 26,112 163,129.23 6.20 250,000.00
1889 34 7 226 183 543 1,386 972 28,234 224,743.78 7.95 500,000.00
1890 34 8 227 184 411 1,016 29,711 225,433.98 7.59 734,397.00
1891 34 8 230 166 396 1,066 31,665 258,037.27 8.11 819,749.00
1892 34 11 244 156 400 1,102 33,778 302,310.19 8.94 706,650.33
Total, 10 yrs. 1,637,915.94 3,359,912.39
1893 35 11 267 193 460 1,151 37,404 350,690.56 9.27 416,044.52
1894 1 35 12 301 214 515 1,225 42,763 321,517.06 7.51 310,434.55
1895 1 36 22 326 257 583 1,331 47,680 309,142.76 6.45 250,000.00
1896 1 37 27 336 237 573 1,439 52,202 341,978.37 6.55 250,000.00
1897 1 37 24 407 240 656 1,574 56,436 363,415.16 6.43 250,000.00
1898 2 39 27 446 260 706 1,654 59,447 432,158.08 7.26 300,000.00
1899 2 44 41 490 331 543 1,386 1,785 64,003 490,656.16 7.66 300,000.00
1900 2 45 42 510 337 571 1,500 1,892 66,647 78,767 510,258.97 7.73 250,000.00
1901 9 57 41 553 340 611 1,591 2,011 69,356 78,188 578,628.13 7.40 300,000.00
1902 13 72 42 553 323 528 826 2,278 2,077 67,150 73,522 643,747.83 8.75 430,027.71
Total, 10 yrs. 4,342,193.08 2,956,566.58
1903 13 78 48 616 324 662 1,032 2,704 2,120 69,072 77,554 684,030.54 8.82
1904 13 78 52 625 335 713 1,053 2,750 2,243 71,891 81,721 691,810.33 8.47
1905 13 80 56 647 339 719 1,068 2,797 2,340 77,443 87,311 858,014.91 9.83 548,067.03
1906 16 86 66 693 408 946 1,218 3,587 2,416 79,422 91,531 908,274.82 10.91 824,027.69
1907 21 93 68 712 394 1,013 1,382 3,587 2,554 80,897 94,048 1,064,753.43 11.32 1,035,565.62
1908 21 101 66 779 427 1,017 1,681 4,007 2,537 83,145 97,579 1,101,396.47 11.29 1,280,981.24
1909 21 104 72 787 425 1,107 1,860 4,104 2,691 88,502 100,931 1,218,243.46 12.07 1,402,444.00
1910 23 106 87 828 458 1,234 1,697 4,346 2,769 90,808 104,526 1,338,689.65 12.81 1,500,510.58
1911 23 116 93 852 475 1,358 2,006 4,677 2,799 93,378 108,975 1,477,590.26 13.56 1,627,657.83
1912 23 126 100 863 492 1,386 2,194 5,101 2,874 98,044 114,206 1,503,624.54 14.48 1,830,527.86
Total, 10 yrs. 11,086,438.41 11,036,097.51
1913 25 126 101 958 572 1,508 2,060 5,248 3,589 114,557 122,386 1,771,989.60 15.47
1914 26 128 106 926 565 1,454 2,076 5,313 3,702 125,844 1,819,436.08 14.45
1915 26 130 109 940 581 1,519 1,986 5,225 3,876 136,879 1,969,168.26 14.38