Presented by Brook P. Hales
Secretary to the First Presidency
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) |
4 |
Temples Rededicated during 2008 (Mexico City Mexico) |
1 |
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.