Statistical Report, 2008

Presented by Brook P. Hales
Secretary to the First Presidency

Brook P. Hales
Brothers and sisters, the First Presidency has issued the following report concerning the growth and activity of the Church as of December 31, 2008.
Number of Church Units  
   Stakes 2,818 
   Missions 348 
   Districts 622 
   Wards and Branches 28,109 
   
Church Membership  
   Total Membership 13,508,509 
   Increase in Children of Record 123,502 
   Converts Baptized 265,593 
   
Missionaries  
   Full-Time Missionaries 52,494 
   
Temples  
   Temples Dedicated during 2008
   (Rexburg Idaho, Curitiba Brazil,
   Panama City Panama, and Twin Falls Idaho)
   Temples Rededicated during 2008
   (Mexico City Mexico)
   Number of Temples in Operation as of December 31 128 


Prominent Church Members Who Have Passed Away since Last April

Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Sister Alice Thornley Evans, widow of Elder Richard L. Evans of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder J. Thomas Fyans, an emeritus General Authority; Elder Douglas H. Smith, a former member of the Seventy; Sister Harriet Barbara Washburn, wife of Elder J. Ballard Washburn, a former member of the Seventy; and Brother Daniel H. Ludlow, former director of the Church Correlation Department and editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. © 2009 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.