Avatar4321 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 When will the baptism numbers for last year be released? I’m curious how the Covid restrictions affected our missionary efforts Link to comment
InCognitus Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Avatar4321 said: When will the baptism numbers for last year be released? I’m curious how the Covid restrictions affected our missionary efforts Historically the statistic reports are released at the same time as April General Conference. I recall being able to look them up on the church website on or shortly after April General Conference weekend. If you look back at prior years, the statistics are published in the May Ensign along with the conference talks. So I would start looking for the 2020 statistics this weekend. Edited April 3, 2021 by InCognitus Link to comment
sunstoned Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 They use to give the numbers over the pulpit during conference. I have not seen this happen the last several years. Link to comment
The Nehor Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Probably before or during the conference session where they do all the reports it will go up. Link to comment
bluebell Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 11 hours ago, sunstoned said: They use to give the numbers over the pulpit during conference. I have not seen this happen the last several years. I think the last time it happened was in 2018. Maybe October 2017. It's hard to find out since the reports are still released during general conference and the news outlets seem to word the release the same way whether it was published during general conference or actually shared over the pulpit. Link to comment
Okrahomer Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) On 4/2/2021 at 9:41 AM, Avatar4321 said: When will the baptism numbers for last year be released? I’m curious how the Covid restrictions affected our missionary efforts It has been posted here. Matt Martinich summarizes here, and promises an analysis soon. Try this one: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/april-2021-general-conference-statistical-report Edited April 3, 2021 by Okrahomer 2 Link to comment
InCognitus Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, Okrahomer said: It has been posted here. I think you mean here. 1 Link to comment
Okrahomer Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/april-2021-general-conference-statistical-report 1 Link to comment
Okrahomer Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, InCognitus said: I think you mean here. Yes! Sorry. Not great posting this from my phone. Edited April 3, 2021 by Okrahomer Link to comment
Popular Post InCognitus Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) I've been keeping track each year (ever since 1830) Year Membership Number Change % Growth April 6, 1830 6 1830 280 274 4566.67% 1831 680 400 142.86% 1832 2,661 1,981 291.32% 1833 3,140 479 18.00% 1834 4,372 1,232 39.24% 1835 8,835 4,463 102.08% 1836 13,293 4,458 50.46% 1837 16,282 2,989 22.49% 1838 17,881 1,599 9.82% 1839 16,460 -1,421 -7.95% 1840 16,865 405 2.46% 1841 19,856 2,991 17.73% 1842 23,564 3,708 18.67% 1843 25,980 2,416 10.25% 1844 26,146 166 0.64% 1845 30,332 4,186 16.01% 1846 33,993 3,661 12.07% 1847 34,694 701 2.06% 1848 40,477 5,783 16.67% 1849 48,160 7,683 18.98% 1850 51,839 3,679 7.64% 1851 52,165 326 0.63% 1852 52,640 475 0.91% 1853 64,154 11,514 21.87% 1854 68,429 4,275 6.66% 1855 63,974 -4,455 -6.51% 1856 63,881 -93 -0.15% 1857 55,236 -8,645 -13.53% 1858 55,755 519 0.94% 1859 57,038 1,283 2.30% 1860 61,082 4,044 7.09% 1861 66,211 5,129 8.40% 1862 68,780 2,569 3.88% 1863 71,770 2,990 4.35% 1864 74,348 2,578 3.59% 1865 76,771 2,423 3.26% 1866 77,884 1,113 1.45% 1867 81,124 3,240 4.16% 1868 84,622 3,498 4.31% 1869 88,432 3,810 4.50% 1870 90,130 1,698 1.92% 1871 95,596 5,466 6.06% 1872 98,152 2,556 2.67% 1873 101,538 3,386 3.45% 1874 103,916 2,378 2.34% 1875 107,167 3,251 3.13% 1876 111,111 3,944 3.68% 1877 115,065 3,954 3.56% 1878 125,046 9,981 8.67% 1879 128,386 3,340 2.67% 1880 133,628 5,242 4.08% 1881 140,733 7,105 5.32% 1882 145,604 4,871 3.46% 1883 151,593 5,989 4.11% 1884 158,242 6,649 4.39% 1885 164,130 5,888 3.72% 1886 166,653 2,523 1.54% 1887 173,029 6,376 3.83% 1888 180,294 7,265 4.20% 1889 183,144 2,850 1.58% 1890 188,263 5,119 2.80% 1891 195,445 7,182 3.81% 1892 200,961 5,516 2.82% 1893 214,534 13,573 6.75% 1894 222,369 7,835 3.65% 1895 231,116 8,747 3.93% 1896 241,427 10,311 4.46% 1897 255,736 14,309 5.93% 1898 267,251 11,515 4.50% 1899 271,681 4,430 1.66% 1900 283,765 12,084 4.45% 1901 292,931 9,166 3.23% 1902 299,105 6,174 2.11% 1903 304,901 5,796 1.94% 1904 324,289 19,388 6.36% 1905 332,048 7,759 2.39% 1906 345,014 12,966 3.90% 1907 357,913 12,899 3.74% 1908 371,472 13,559 3.79% 1909 377,279 5,807 1.56% 1910 398,478 21,199 5.62% 1911 407,291 8,813 2.21% 1912 417,555 10,264 2.52% 1913 431,607 14,052 3.37% 1914 454,718 23,111 5.35% 1915 466,238 11,520 2.53% 1916 477,321 11,083 2.38% 1917 488,038 10,717 2.25% 1918 495,962 7,924 1.62% 1919 507,961 11,999 2.42% 1920 525,987 18,026 3.55% 1921 548,803 22,816 4.34% 1922 566,358 17,555 3.20% 1923 575,896 9,538 1.68% 1924 597,861 21,965 3.81% 1925 613,572 15,711 2.63% 1926 623,909 10,337 1.68% 1927 644,745 20,836 3.34% 1928 655,686 10,941 1.70% 1929 663,652 7,966 1.21% 1930 670,017 6,365 0.96% 1931 688,435 18,418 2.75% 1932 703,949 15,514 2.25% 1933 717,619 13,670 1.94% 1934 730,738 13,119 1.83% 1935 746,384 15,646 2.14% 1936 760,690 14,306 1.92% 1937 767,752 7,062 0.93% 1938 784,764 17,012 2.22% 1939 803,528 18,764 2.39% 1940 862,664 59,136 7.36% 1941 892,080 29,416 3.41% 1942 917,715 25,635 2.87% 1943 937,050 19,335 2.11% 1944 954,004 16,954 1.81% 1945 979,454 25,450 2.67% 1946 996,505 17,051 1.74% 1947 1,016,170 19,665 1.97% 1948 1,041,970 25,800 2.54% 1949 1,078,671 36,701 3.52% 1950 1,111,314 32,643 3.03% 1951 1,147,157 35,843 3.23% 1952 1,189,053 41,896 3.65% 1953 1,246,362 57,309 4.82% 1954 1,302,240 55,878 4.48% 1955 1,357,274 55,034 4.23% 1956 1,416,731 59,457 4.38% 1957 1,488,314 71,583 5.05% 1958 1,555,799 67,485 4.53% 1959 1,616,088 60,289 3.88% 1960 1,693,180 77,092 4.77% 1961 1,823,661 130,481 7.71% 1962 1,965,786 142,125 7.79% 1963 2,117,451 151,665 7.72% 1964 2,234,916 117,465 5.55% 1965 2,395,932 161,016 7.20% 1966 2,480,899 84,967 3.55% 1967 2,614,340 133,441 5.38% 1968 2,684,073 69,733 2.67% 1969 2,807,456 123,383 4.60% 1970 2,930,810 123,354 4.39% 1971 3,090,953 160,143 5.46% 1972 3,218,908 127,955 4.14% 1973 3,306,658 87,750 2.73% 1974 3,409,987 103,329 3.12% 1975 3,572,202 162,215 4.76% 1976 3,742,749 170,547 4.77% 1977 3,969,220 226,471 6.05% 1978 4,166,854 197,634 4.98% 1979 4,404,121 237,267 5.69% 1980 4,639,822 235,701 5.35% 1981 4,920,449 280,627 6.05% 1982 5,162,619 242,170 4.92% 1983 5,351,724 189,105 3.66% 1984 5,641,054 289,330 5.41% 1985 5,919,483 278,429 4.94% 1986 6,166,974 247,491 4.18% 1987 6,394,314 227,340 3.69% 1988 6,721,210 326,896 5.11% 1989 7,308,444 587,234 8.74% 1990 7,761,179 452,735 6.19% 1991 8,089,848 328,669 4.23% 1992 8,404,087 314,239 3.88% 1993 8,689,168 285,081 3.39% 1994 9,024,368 335,200 3.86% 1995 9,338,859 314,491 3.48% 1996 9,692,441 353,582 3.79% 1997 10,071,783 379,342 3.91% 1998 10,354,241 282,458 2.80% 1999 10,752,986 398,745 3.85% 2000 11,068,861 315,875 2.94% 2001 11,394,522 325,661 2.94% 2002 11,721,548 327,026 2.87% 2003 11,985,254 263,706 2.25% 2004 12,275,822 290,568 2.42% 2005 12,560,869 285,047 2.32% 2006 12,868,606 307,737 2.45% 2007 13,193,999 325,393 2.53% 2008 13,508,509 314,510 2.38% 2009 13,824,854 316,345 2.34% 2010 14,131,467 306,613 2.22% 2011 14,441,346 309,879 2.19% 2012 14,782,473 341,127 2.36% 2013 15,082,028 299,555 2.03% 2014 15,372,337 290,309 1.92% 2015 15,634,199 261,862 1.70% 2016 15,882,417 248,218 1.59% 2017 16,118,169 235,752 1.48% 2018 16,313,735 195,566 1.21% 2019 16,565,036 251,301 1.56% 2020 16,663,663 98,627 0.60% EDITED: To fix last three lines. Edited April 3, 2021 by InCognitus 6 Link to comment
CA Steve Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) Deleted. Thanks for the chart Incognitus. Very informative. Edited April 3, 2021 by CA Steve 1 Link to comment
InCognitus Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, CA Steve said: Unless I am misunderstanding your 3rd column, your numbers are off in the third and fourth columns for the last two rows. I did not check above those two rows. 2019 16,565,036 251301 1.51% 2020 16,663,663 98,627 .59% Grrr..... I didn't correct the math formula when I added the new line, it should be this: 2016 15,882,417 248,218 1.59% 2017 16,118,169 235,752 1.48% 2018 16,313,735 195,566 1.21% 2019 16,565,036 251,301 1.56% 2020 16,663,663 98,627 0.60% Thanks for pointing that out. I thought the last percentage seemed high, that should have been a good clue to check the formula. EDIT: I fixed it in my original post so it is complete. Edited April 3, 2021 by InCognitus 2 Link to comment
InCognitus Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 It should be obvious from the spreadsheet numbers, but I'll point out that the .6% net increase in church membership for 2020 is the lowest that it has been in the last 163 years, ever since the decrease in membership in 1857. Link to comment
Scott Lloyd Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, InCognitus said: It should be obvious from the spreadsheet numbers, but I'll point out that the .6% net increase in church membership for 2020 is the lowest that it has been in the last 163 years, ever since the decrease in membership in 1857. Wouldn’t that have been intuitively predictable, given the COVID mess we have endured? 2 Link to comment
Peppermint Patty Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said: Wouldn’t that have been intuitively predictable, given the COVID mess we have endured? I think a good comparison would be to look at the numbers from 1919 and 1920. Those were the years the Spanish Flu was in full pandemic mode. Also, you could look and compare the numbers during the years of WWI and WWII when we didn’t have much, if any, missionary program and many nations were completely shut off from access. Similarly, the Korean War or Vietnam years. Edited April 4, 2021 by Peppermint Patty 4 Link to comment
Scott Lloyd Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Peppermint Patty said: I think a good comparison would be to look at the numbers from 1919 and 1920. Those were the years the Spanish Flu was in full pandemic mode. Also, you could look and compare the numbers during the years of WWI and WWII when we didn’t have much, if any, missionary program and many nations were completely shut off from access. Similarly, the Korean War or Vietnam years. I’m old enough to remember the Vietnam War. I recall some years in the. ‘60s when, to appease draft boards, quotas were imposed upon wards limiting the number of missionaries that could be called, but I don’t remember missionary work being curtailed on anywhere near the scale we’ve seen this past year. Edited April 4, 2021 by Scott Lloyd Link to comment
Peppermint Patty Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: I’m old enough to remember the Vietnam War. I recall some years in the. ‘60s when quotas were imposed upon wards limiting the number of missionaries that could be called, but I don’t remember missionary work being curtailed on anywhere near the scale we’ve seen this past year. Scott, during WWII what was our missionary program like compared to 2020? Link to comment
SteveO Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, Peppermint Patty said: Scott, during WWII what was our missionary program like compared to 2020? It was probably as robust as the industrial sector and general economies in each respective year... Link to comment
Scott Lloyd Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 minute ago, Peppermint Patty said: Scott, during WWII what was our missionary program like compared to 2020? I don’t have any information at the ready on that. But I did find this regarding the Church during the 1918 flu epidemic. It says meetings were canceled in October through December. No information about missionary work, but I’m guessing if meetings were only canceled for three months, that missionary work curtailment wasn’t as extensive then as it was this past year. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/the-church-is-more-than-a-meetinghouse?lang=eng Link to comment
Peppermint Patty Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, SteveO said: It was probably as robust as the industrial sector and general economies in each respective year... Steve, I could be mistaken but I was under the impression all missionary age men would have been subject to the mandatory military draft during the years of WWII? And, I don’t think many countries would have accepted our missionaries had that not been the case? Large parts of the world were at war with each other. Link to comment
Peppermint Patty Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 18 minutes ago, Scott Lloyd said: I don’t have any information at the ready on that. But I did find this regarding the Church during the 1918 flu epidemic. It says meetings were canceled in October through December. No information about missionary work, but I’m guessing if meetings were only canceled for three months, that missionary work curtailment wasn’t as extensive then as it was this past year. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/the-church-is-more-than-a-meetinghouse?lang=eng Scott, I was able to find this article about missionary work in WWII. It looks like LDS missionaries were evacuated starting in 1939 from all foreign countries until the end of WWII in 1945: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4542/ 1 Link to comment
SteveO Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, Peppermint Patty said: Steve, I could be mistaken but I was under the impression all missionary age men would have been subject to the mandatory military draft during the years of WWII? And, I don’t think many countries would have accepted our missionaries had that not been the case? Large parts of the world were at war with each other. That assumes missionary work begins and ends with full time missionaries. It does not. My point still stands that at no prior time did life shut down so completely and abruptly and widespread as it did in 2020. Not even during WWII. I moved to Virginia from Utah at the beginning of March last year. I never did meet my bishop in person during my time in corporate housing. We had to communicate entirely by text. The fact the church grew at all is surprising. 3 Link to comment
Peppermint Patty Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, SteveO said: That assumes missionary work begins and ends with full time missionaries. It does not. My point still stands that at no prior time did life shut down so completely and abruptly and widespread as it did in 2020. Not even during WWII. Steve, you should read the article I posted in my comment above. Missionary work was shut down from 1939 until 1945 during WWII. At least in 2020 there were tens of thousands of missionaries still converting people through online means. The internet and social media were obviously not available during 1939-1945. 1 Link to comment
rongo Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Peppermint Patty said: Steve, you should read the article I posted in my comment above. Missionary work was shut down from 1939 until 1945 during WWII. At least in 2020 there were tens of thousands of missionaries still converting people through online means. The internet and social media were obviously not available during 1939-1945. It's been up to the whims of mission president roulette (and also local restrictions). Some places have had relatively normal missionary conditions. Norway has been great for our son. I took the sisters to visit a good contact on Friday (she was near baptism when we moved two years ago, and attended regularly. I had told them that I was 99% sure I remembered which house is hers, and I was right. I really wanted to get them there, because the woman is Pima/Tewa, and one of the sisters is Shoshone/Bannock, but goes home in three weeks). They went door knocking afterwards. I think the Facebook only missions are mostly in North America (by choice of the mission president), with some exceptions. Link to comment
InCognitus Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Scott Lloyd said: No information about missionary work I tried to add a column for the number of full-time missionaries to my membership chart, but the Church Almanac data (that I could find) through 2008 shows the number of "Missionaries Called" by year, and not the number of full-time missionaries in the same way it is reported in our recent annual statistical reports. If I could find the number of missionaries called each year for 2009 and later, I could match apples to apples for the prior year numbers. Edited April 4, 2021 by InCognitus 1 Link to comment
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