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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=168 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credits"><U><IMG SRC="07189810.gif" border=0 width="137" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=462 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ab00c00dvldtc.jpg"> <div> Fact & Figures</div> <div> Seventh-day Adventists are one of the fastest-growing Christian churches in the world today adding one new member by baptism every 38 seconds of every day and passed the 10 million mark in 1998 with an average of 2,100+ people baptized each day. From its organization in the US in 1863 with around 3,500 members, today nine out of ten members live elsewhere--in 205 other countries of the world. </div> <bR> <div> Growth in China believers has been phenomenal in a country without a national Church organization. During 1993 one congregation, led by two local elders, held the second largest single baptism in Seventh-day Adventist history when 4,415 became believers. In 1994, 2,300 were baptized over two days in a province in Northern China. China experienced a net growth of over ten per cent in the year to June 1997.</div> <div> With the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union, new doors of opportunity for mission and educational work have opened. The first-ever Seventh-day Adventist church building in Albania was officially dedicated in the city of Korce, and two Adventist schools have moved to new locations in the Czech Republic and Romania. </div> <bR> <div> Seventh-day Adventists are communicating to their different publics using new communications technologies. The Church operates a website at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://www.adventist.org</U></FONT> Church members can download Church news, information files, inspirational materials and statistics.</div> <div> In 1994 Adventist News Network (ANN), an official press agency from world headquarters, was launched; and Adventist Communication Network (ACN) began broadcasting via satellite to 500 churches in North America. In the past two years, the Network has grown and now has more than 2,000 churches downlinking four satellite programs regularly. Adventist World Radio (AWR) continued its expansion in 1994 by adding new languages and transmitters. Today, AWR broadcasts 1,000 hours per week in more than 40 languages from 18 transmitters in 7 international locations. In 1995, the Seventh-day Adventist Church entered the world of Internet with a Web page, providing information about the Church. </div> <bR> <div> Seventh-day Adventists have one of the most extensive centralized Protestant educational systems in the world (5,846 schools, colleges and universities) and have one of the most comprehensive networks of health-care providers (166 hospitals, 371 clinics, medical launches and medivac planes, 30 orphanages, and 117 homes for the elderly). Adventists speak in at least 725 languages and another one thousand dialects, leading to the establishment of 56 Church-owned printing plants and editorial offices including the newest in Russia and Bulgaria. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Seventh-day Adventist World Church Statistics-1999</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>Churches, Companies, Membership, and Employees</B> </div> <div> Churches </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 46,740 </div> <div> Companies</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 46,908 Church Membership </div> <div> 10,939,182 Total Accessions </div> <div> 1,090,848 Baptisms </div> <div> 1,068,329 Professions of Faith </div> <div> 22,519 Ordained Ministers, Active </div> <div> 13,815 Total Active Employees </div> <div> 165,882 </div> <div> <B>Mission to the World</B></div> <div> Countries and Areas of the World as Recognized by the United Nations 229 Countries and Areas of the World in Which Seventh-day Adventist Work Is Established 204 Languages Used in Seventh-day Adventist Publications and Oral Work 803 Divisions 12 Union Conferences and Missions 91 Local Conferences and Missions 490 </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Educational Program</B></div> <div> Total Schools </div> <div> 5,846 Tertiary Institutions </div> <div> 95 Worker Training Institutions </div> <div> 38 Secondary Schools </div> <div> 1,115 Primary Schools </div> <div> 4,598 Total Enrollment </div> <div> 1,055,189 Tertiary Institutions </div> <div> 62,348 Worker Training Institutions </div> <div> 4,163 Secondary Schools </div> <div> 241,441 Primary Schools </div> <div> 747,237 </div> <div> <B>Food Industries</B> </div> <div> 27 </div> <div> <B>Healthcare Ministry</B> </div> <div> Hospitals and Sanitariums</div> <div> 166 Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers </div> <div> 117 Clinics and Dispensaries </div> <div> 371 </div> <div> Orphanages and Children's Homes</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 30 Airplanes and Medical Launches </div> <div> 12 Outpatient Visits </div> <div> 9,663,376 </div> <div> <B>Media Centers</B> </div> <div> 10 </div> <div> <B>Publishing Work</B></div> <div> Publishing Houses and Branches </div> <div> 56 Literature Evangelists, Credentialed and Licensed </div> <div> 7,407 Languages Used in Publications </div> <div> 310 </div> <div> <B>Sabbath Schools</B> </div> <div> Sabbath Schools </div> <div> 110,229 Sabbath School Membership </div> <div> 12,802,672 </div> <div> <B>Contributions</B> </div> <div> Tithe</div> <div> US $1,030,159,36 </div> <div> Tithe Per Capital</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> US $107.99 Sabbath School Mission Offerings-World </div> <div> US $44,394,885 Ingathering-World </div> <div> US $10,387,581 Total Tithe and Offerings-World </div> <div> US $1,605,715,044 Total Tithe and Offerings Per Capita </div> <div> US $168.32 </div> <div> <B>Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA)</B></div> <div> Countries and Areas of the World Where ADRA is Involved </div> <div> 124 Projects Funded </div> <div> 3,615 Beneficiaries of Projects </div> <div> 19,310,324 Value of Total Aid </div> <div> US $159,488,614</div> <div> <B>INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES: </B></div> <div> <B>SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST WORLD CHURCH</B></div> <div> 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total Accessions 629,710 659,899 719,679 744,798 818,754 1,090,848 Accessions per day 1,724 1,807 1,970 2,039 2,242 2986.58 Accessions per hour 72 75 82 84.96 93.40 124.44 Accessions per minute 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.42 1.56 2.07 One accession per so many seconds 1 per 50 sec 1 per 48 sec 1 per 44 sec 42.37 38.54 28.93 Accession rate (%) 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.01 8.44 10.73 New church organized per so many hours 1 every 4.7 hours 1 every 6.2 hours 1 every 4.3 hours 8.35 5.42 4.73 Growth rate (%) 5.3 5.1 5.5 4.38 4.75 7.63</div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=18 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Powered & Donated By <A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Credits"><U>Moon Water Designs</U></A> © 2003  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>