Belarus

Adventist Members: 4,053

Adventist Churches: 46

Number of Ordained Ministers: 6

Net Membership Growth Over Past 10 Years: 415%

(Statistics current Dec. 31, 2000)

Seventh-day Adventists: 4,500

Adventist churches: 45

Church plants in progress: 24

Global Mission pioneers: 24

Average cost for house-church: $5,000

Official name: Respublika Belarus (Republic of Belarus).

Head of state and government: President assisted by Prime Minister.

Capital: Minsk.

Official languages: Belarussian; Russian.

Official religion: none.

Monetary unit: Ruble

Population (2001 est.): 10,350,194.

Urban-rural (1996): urban 68.9%; rural 31.1%.

Ethnic composition:Belarussian 81.2%; Russian 11.4 %; Polish, Ukrainian, and other 7.4%.

Religious affiliation (1997 est.): Belarussian Orthodox 31.6%; Roman Catholic 17.7%; other (mostly nonreligious) 50.7%.

Major cities (1995): Minsk 1,695,000,000; Homel 514,000; Mahilyou 366,000.

Divorce rate per 1,000 population (1994): 4.3.

Life expectancy at birth (2001 est.): male 62.06 years; female 74.52 years; total pop. 68.14 years.

Population below poverty line: 22% (1995 est.).

Sources:

Encyclopedia Britannica

www.countryreports.org